Re: RFC: Portability should be a higher priority for Guix (was Re: 01/01: build-system/meson: Really skip the 'fix-runpath' phase on armhf.)

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello Kei,

Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> skribis:

> I am interested in helping with non-x86_64 issues. Particularly, helping
> with i686-related changes should be just a change in workflow, but I'm
> interested in obtaining freedom-respecting non-x86 hardware (or at least
> using a virtual machine as close as possible to real hardware
> configurations). Any recommendation or links for where I can get a
> Yeeloong laptop or what freedom-respecting armhf computers are
> available?

Without having actual hardware, you can use the qemu-binfmt service on
your machine (info "(guix) Virtualization Services").  It’s slow, but it
allows you to reproduce and debug issues for other architectures.

Thanks,
Ludo’.