Re: A GNU Distribution

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

       Nix does seem like a great package manager. If I understand it
       correctly, a system using Nix wouldn't have the usual
       directories like /bin but I'm sure that programs with hardcoded
       paths could be fixed.

   (We don't call filenames "paths".  See the GNU coding standards.)

And we spell file name as two words. ;-)

   With Nix, how does the shell search for an executable?

It searches PATH for the right executable.

   Can we rig up a virtual directory /bin that would appear to contain
   the files it ought to contain?

Should be possible I suppose, same for /share, /lib, etc.