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<jmd>I want to install version 2.22 of binutils. Is that possible? <davexunit>does anyone know how guix handles creating symlinks for a package in /gnu/store in a user's profile? <davexunit>I have a package with a custom install phase and though the installation happens corectly in /gnu/store, the user profile never has what I expect it to. <Steap>davexunit: there is a "symlink" command you may find interesting <davexunit>but is that really something I need to do manually? the regular install phase just calls out to "make install" <Steap>difficult to know without knowing exactly what your issue is, I gues <Steap>what seems to be missing in ~/.guix-profile ? <davexunit>well, now that I'm looking at this more, I think the issue is elsewhere :) <davexunit>I haven't run guix on this machine in awhile. <Steap>you can either rebuild everything <Steap>or there's a switch to pass to configure that will allow you to keep using /nix/store <davexunit>I have a /gnu/store, too. I just need to ditch my profile and make a new one that uess /gnu/store <davexunit>I didn't realize I was *that* far behind on this machine. <Steap>how many machines do you run Guix on? <davexunit>2, but I haven't used guix on either in awhile. <davexunit>do I have to switch something on for guix to download substitutes from hydra? <davexunit>I have a feeling that this problem has something to with with the /nix/store thing from earlier <klrr_>is there any FAQ or something about te benefit of Scheme vs Nix as language for packages? <klrr_>so, what is the benefit of using Scheme instead of Nix? <jmd`>Such a FAQ would likely degenerate into a religious war. <jmd`>I'm not familiar with Nix. That is the benefit I see. <jmd`>You don't have to learn a special purpose language to package Guix