I know that a lot of what Nix does is working around its break from FHS, but I can imagine there are still things that seep through. Are there any unsolvable problems due to this?

I saw on this post that it is possible to use FHS on Nix. Does this solve all potential issues then?

  • matcha_addict@lemy.lolOP
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    10 months ago

    So that means packaging software for nix is a pain, compared to, say, gentoo or arch’s AUR, but only for a small subset of packages.

    I’ll keep this in mind as I’m exploring if I should switch from Gentoo.

    • hackeryarn@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I would say it’s actually easier in many cases. Nix has really fantastic packaging tooling. You do have to learn a bit of the nix language, however (not become an expert).

      The issue comes when trying to build from source. In most other distros, ou just follow the readme. In nix, you have to package it.

      • matcha_addict@lemy.lolOP
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        10 months ago

        If I am packaging software for gentoo, all I have to do is translate the build instructions from the project’s documentation to gentoo’s package recipe. In nix, it seems that it is not that simple and you’ll have to do some exploration. Am I wrong?