Thomas Sigurdsen <[email protected]> writes: >> Firstly, it often says that I need to use '--fallback'. Is that >> because the binary is not available? >> > > '--fallback' means that guix will fall back to compiling from source if > it can't download binaries (also called substitutes). By default guix > tries to download substitutes from the build farm (hydra). > >> >> Secondly, I noted that with, e.g., 'guix package -i kodi' software gets >> compiled. I understood that GNU Guix is capable of both binary and >> source packages. Which should I typically expect? Can I choose? >> > > It seems to me I usually get core and common packages as substitutes > (binaries). There is the ‘--no-substitutes’ command line flag to disable > substitutes and always build from source. I can't see a flag for > disabling source builds. > > You'll find this information in the guix info pages, specifically under > "common build options" and "invoking guix system".
Anecdotally, I swear I've seen guix build some things from source even when I did not specify --fallback. Has anybody else seen that occur? -- Chris
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