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This is what Nix gets right. Even if static linking is used, if some dependency is updated, all packages that have that dependency in its transitive closure get

This is what Nix gets right. Even if static linking is used, if some dependency is updated, all packages that have that dependency in its transitive closure get recompiled.

saagarjha 7y ago
Sounds a bit inconvenient if something low level gets changed, no? If libc changes you’re in for a day of builds…
- e2le 7y ago
  Who says you need to compile anything? Nix allows you to download the binaries from their "build cache" if you so choose to, the same is true for guix.
  - hedora 7y ago
    But then, you’re downloading GB of stuff, just like windows update.
ComputerGuru 7y ago
FreeBSD’s pkg does that, but they’re recompiled in the package server and you just download the updated binaries built against those releases. It is very fast.