@ekaitz_zarraga i smell legacy

@ekaitz_zarraga they are not equivalent, though. if $VAR is not defined in the env, then `test -z $VAR` returns 0, but `test "" = $VAR` fails completely, which can be desirable

@ekaitz_zarraga i'm listening...?

@ekaitz_zarraga i stumbled over this today too (in U-Boot, so Hush). i guess this catches empty strings

@ekaitz_zarraga @civodul `guix install sicp` exists for a reason 😉

it's licensed CC-BY-SA 4.0, it's available as an online course (though of course not 100% equivalent to the book/MIT course) and it's fucking mind blowing

@ekaitz_zarraga :drake_dislike:

@ekaitz_zarraga would you mind posting the exact link?

@ekaitz_zarraga i mean, if you are interested in doing the job, still apply. chances are there aren't any other applicants and by showing interest you might still get the funds (not an expert, obviously).

and with a name like yours it should go without saying that you won't lack expertise in the basque language ;)

@ekaitz_zarraga oh dang, didn't see this one

no, don't die for it.cant' you just post excerpts from your blog?

@ekaitz_zarraga how can't stand them anymore? does it itch? or don't you like how you look?

is it worse than 3 days after being freshly shaven and it just itches and pisses you off but you know you should just wait 1 or 2 more days and then it's ok again?

repost of the day #shitpost #gay #lgbt

@ekaitz_zarraga this sounds about right (after moving the / partition to the new disk)

@ekaitz_zarraga no, dd makes bit-wise copies of your whole file-system.since you want to migrate to a (presumably) bigger disk i'd create a FS, copy the relevant files to the new FS, change the mountpoint of /home in /etc/fstab and check whether this works.

you'll need to install/configure grub for/on the new setup but this should work fine (i think there's nothing guix-specific to this problem)

@ekaitz_zarraga as long as you don't delete stuff you should be fine.

i usually start with a full-disk dd backup, try setting up stuff (which usually works after some hours) and if i fail (or give up before success) i roll back to the backup.

not sure what exactly you want to do but you could just copy your system to the new disk and try to boot from there. if it works you won't need to go back, if it fails you still have your current (working) system

@ekaitz_zarraga 😀 what are you afraid of?

i'm about to #sin and try to get #guix system running on my #mbp.hope the lightning bolt of computing freedom doesn't strike me right away!

i'll probably come up with some questions (ranging from pretty specific to borderline dumb) in the coming hours

phase 0 (backup) is going to be finished soon.

safety-first (non-incremental) full backup of the *whole* disk. if anything goes wrong, we just write the bytes back

dd if=/dev/foo of=/external-drive

@ekaitz_zarraga @Shamar isn't #TempleOS such a thing? not that i really know that or have even used that, but i think i can remember it parsing C code in realtime..?

and also from me: compliments on the great writeup! and thanks so much. will start really digging asap!

@ekaitz_zarraga lolbut at least we can now write "languages" (e.g. assembler) and not having to compile to hex-characters by hand, right?

we're converting all nodes in the bootstrapping graph from the mes documentation, one by one? or do we (already) have a more concise roadmap?

and isn't gcc4 written in c?

@ekaitz_zarraga that's awesome news! :blobparty:

so we're ready to bootstrap #GNU #mes on #RISCV ?