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		amelius on Feb 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Linux Upskill Challenge It wouldn't be a problem if it was easy to recompile the entire Nix system with a different glibc version.

pxc on Feb 5, 2023 [–]

To change glibc do you have to override the stdenv? Why is that hard? Do you have to make a new bootstrap or something awful like that?

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