Hi, Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> skribis:
> The question "What packages do I need to do normal C development?" should > really be documented. > > How about a doc section - at the beginning of the chapter > https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Development.html - that says: > > Packages needed for C development > ================================= > > For C development, you will typically need the packages > make gcc-toolchain gdb > > Do NOT install glibc and binutils explicitly, as they would shadow > the 'ld' wrapper that is necessary for proper operation of GCC. Good idea, I did something along these lines: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=1f14e25c1969a93908288cb302a572f3cbbaa478 > Additionally, the documentation page > https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Application-Setup.html > starts with the sentence > "When using Guix on top of GNU/Linux distribution other than Guix System > ..." > but then the majority of the page applies to native Guix as well. > How about restructuring this documentation chapter into two pages: > - one that explains things valid about Guix in general, > - one that covers only the foreign-distro topics. The locale and nscd bits are foreign-distro-specific, but the for the rest I agree that something needs to be done. Thanks for your feedback! Ludo’.
