Re: Update on distro bootstrapping with Guix

[Richard Stallman]

    No.  Basically, each package is installed in its own directory, pretty
    much à la GNU Stow.  However, the directory name contains the hash of
    all the inputs used to build that package (source code, compiler,
    libraries, build scripts, etc.)  Thus, when an input changes, the new
    package ends up being installed in a different directory.

I suggest that, for shared libraries, the hash should disregard the
library's current version, and consider only the interface version.
That way, replacement of the shared library won't require any change
in the installed executable.

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