Get rid of the Perl dependency #341

edolstra · 2014-09-16T13:30:14Z

linquize · 2014-09-16T16:01:26Z

👍 to rewrite in C++

wmertens · 2014-10-11T09:03:19Z

👍!

Just to have an idea of the scope:

$ git grep -l perl scripts/ corepkgs/ | xargs wc -l | sort -n
  17 corepkgs/config.nix.in
  28 corepkgs/buildenv.nix
  51 scripts/nix-generate-patches.in
  65 scripts/nix-collect-garbage.in
  73 scripts/show-duplication.pl
  79 scripts/find-runtime-roots.pl.in
 100 scripts/nix-copy-closure.in
 102 scripts/copy-from-other-stores.pl.in
 102 scripts/nix-pull.in
 132 scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in
 143 scripts/nix-install-package.in
 168 corepkgs/buildenv.pl
 212 scripts/nix-channel.in
 282 scripts/build-remote.pl.in
 288 scripts/nix-build.in
 294 scripts/nix-push.in
 377 scripts/download-using-manifests.pl.in
 612 scripts/download-from-binary-cache.pl.in
3125 total

and

  42 perl//lib/Nix/Config.pm.in
 114 perl//lib/Nix/CopyClosure.pm
  42 perl//lib/Nix/Crypto.pm
 340 perl//lib/Nix/GeneratePatches.pm
 468 perl//lib/Nix/Manifest.pm
 103 perl//lib/Nix/SSH.pm
  92 perl//lib/Nix/Store.pm
 292 perl//lib/Nix/Store.xs
  47 perl//lib/Nix/Utils.pm
  40 perl//local.mk
   7 perl//MANIFEST
1587 total

domenkozar · 2014-10-13T13:45:21Z

👍

offlinehacker · 2014-10-13T21:12:02Z

+1

matejc · 2014-10-24T14:56:14Z

👍

hilyjiang · 2015-01-24T06:03:02Z

+1

domenkozar · 2015-04-08T19:52:38Z

Would also get rid of #19

copumpkin · 2015-04-19T18:05:34Z

👍 obviously. Seems like it wouldn't have to be a monolithic work item. I'm guessing many of the *.pm files are just wrapping functionality that's already in the C++ library, so some of that wouldn't even be necessary anymore. The individual utilities could be replaced one at a time if someone didn't want to take on the entire task at once.

lucabrunox · 2015-04-21T17:03:46Z

I'm on nix-collect-garbage :) starting low

copumpkin · 2015-04-21T17:05:01Z

Yay!

edolstra · 2015-04-21T17:55:01Z

🍺

lucabrunox · 2015-04-23T10:46:53Z

I'm now on find-runtime-roots.pl

edolstra · 2015-04-23T10:55:01Z

Rather than replacing it with an external C++ program, please add it directly to gc.cc.

domenkozar · 2015-08-09T14:43:52Z

I've added a 50$ bounty for this issue at https://www.bountysource.com/issues/4399291-get-rid-of-the-perl-dependency

bjornfor · 2015-11-07T09:17:07Z

Is there a bounty service that doesn't require sign-up? I'd like to support, but I don't want yet another account on some web service...

domenkozar · 2015-11-07T09:21:59Z

You can login with github account. But no :)

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vcunat · 2015-11-07T09:24:41Z

And you can always make promises without any service at all...

bjornfor · 2015-11-07T09:29:24Z

Ah, I didn't know bountysource was "a promise", I thought it was direct payment.

vcunat · 2015-11-07T09:36:51Z

Well, maybe, but I think there's an unavoidable tricky point: who decides that the issue is solved well-enough?

AndersonTorres · 2015-11-07T18:39:29Z

Also, what if multiple people solve it?

domenkozar · 2015-11-07T18:44:34Z

The one offering the bounty decides how the money should be split.

domenkozar · 2016-08-11T10:52:15Z

nix-channel port away from perl free Nix? 👯

shlevy · 2016-08-11T15:00:49Z

nix-channel in #1026

davidak · 2016-08-11T17:05:31Z

@shlevy Thank you! I just added another $50 to the bounty.

https://www.bountysource.com/issues/4399291-get-rid-of-the-perl-dependency

Don't forget to claim it when it is complete.

shlevy · 2016-08-11T18:17:47Z

I consider the core work finished (if all PRs are merged and a simple final Makefile tweak added on top, nix on Linux has no dependency on perl) and the bounty is linked to this github issue. Any objections to me closing the issue to claim the bounty, and using the perl-to-c++ milestone to track the remaining bits?

domenkozar · 2016-08-11T20:38:48Z

@shlevy sure, if PRs are merged and Nix can compile without perl, feel free to claim this :)

vcunat · 2016-08-12T06:53:55Z

I understood it as a suggestion to close/claim before merging the PRs.

davidak · 2016-08-12T10:36:03Z

@vcunat No, the issue is solved for me when every change is merged in master. (and properly works together)

shlevy · 2016-08-12T10:37:16Z

OK, thought I'd check 😄

Fixes NixOS#341

shlevy · 2016-08-12T12:14:38Z

#1027

domenkozar · 2016-11-01T20:09:12Z

@shlevy I'd say you have done your part of the work so it's fine if you collect the bounty.

shlevy · 2016-11-01T22:35:01Z

@domenkozar Do I have to do anything besides just close the issue?

domenkozar · 2016-11-02T08:21:39Z

I think you have to claim bounty on bountysource manually.

shlevy · 2016-11-02T11:05:28Z

From https://github.com/bountysource/core/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions it looks like the only way is to close the issue, maybe even the only way is to merge a commit that closes the issue. I will try closing this, let me know if you get the confirmation email.

domenkozar · 2016-11-02T11:34:58Z

I needed to refresh about 6 times before you showed up as a claimer on https://www.bountysource.com/issues/4399291-get-rid-of-the-perl-dependency, but it's accepted from me.

I'll try to write up a summary for all chip-in-ers :)

shlevy · 2016-11-02T11:36:37Z

Did my summary not show up?

domenkozar · 2016-11-02T11:38:36Z

Nope

Fixes NixOS#341

nixos-discourse · 2021-07-16T14:12:20Z

This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/java-nix-reproducibility/13825/13

nixos-discourse · 2023-10-25T01:03:08Z

This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/2023-10-23-nix-team-meeting-minutes-97/34561/1

…hix/cachix-action-11 chore(deps): bump cachix/cachix-action from 10 to 11

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add '-lperl -pthread' to LDFLAGS #349

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shlevy added a commit to shlevy/nix that referenced this issue Aug 12, 2016

Remove perl dependency.

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Fixes NixOS#341

domenkozar mentioned this issue Aug 13, 2016

command-not-found.pl: don't rely on Config.pm anymore NixOS/nixpkgs#17715

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shlevy closed this as completed Nov 2, 2016

vcunat mentioned this issue Nov 13, 2016

nix-daemon is slow to download files from the cache #1128

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shlevy added a commit to shlevy/nix that referenced this issue Jan 20, 2017

Remove perl dependency.

f74fe58

Fixes NixOS#341

rht mentioned this issue Jan 30, 2017

Link caching ipfs/kubo#3642

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shlevy added a commit to shlevy/nix that referenced this issue Feb 7, 2017

Remove perl dependency.

418a837

Fixes NixOS#341

dtzWill mentioned this issue Feb 4, 2018

Improve Nix and rewrite Perl scripts in C++ nix-community/google-summer-of-code#14

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zolodev pushed a commit to zolodev/nix that referenced this issue Jan 1, 2024

Merge pull request NixOS#341 from NixOS/dependabot/github_actions/cac…

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…hix/cachix-action-11 chore(deps): bump cachix/cachix-action from 10 to 11

Get rid of the Perl dependency #341

Get rid of the Perl dependency #341

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