Does
AC_ARG_ENABLE([daemon],
[AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-daemon], [do not build the Nix daemon (C++)])],
[guix_build_daemon="$enableval"],
[guix_build_daemon="yes"])
have any use /prog/riders? Is it required to use guix?
✞✞✞
It is possible to run the daemon on a different machine and to connect to it over the network, I assume this is the reason it can be disabled here. See:
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/The-Store.html#index-GUIX_005fDAEMON_005fSOCKET
>>3
Looking at that it appears it's required for building into the store but not fetching and installing derivations.
Finally, it's being rewritten in Guile.
https://nlnet.nl/project/GuixDaemon-Guile/
>>5
Good discussion:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2023-09/msg00328.html
I want to believe.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/maintenance.git/tree/doc/ROADMAP.org#n71
It's happening! \( ̄▽ ̄)/
https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2023/a-build-daemon-in-guile/