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Content-addressed (or input-addressed) component stores, like Nix. If you're blindly assuming which libraries exist on the target system, you've already failed.
by max-privatevoid 2y ago
Content-addressed (or input-addressed) component stores, like Nix. If you're blindly assuming which libraries exist on the target system, you've already failed.
- pjc50 2y agoPart of the point of Debian and Redhat style package management was to be able to assume that if a dependency package was installed, that would provide specific libraries on the target system in a specific place.
- max-privatevoid 2y agoAnd those assumptions often end up being wrong. There will always be differences between distros. Ensure, don't assume.