forrestthewoodsHere is my best attempt to articulate why I believe all dependencies, including compiler toolchains, belong in version control.
https://www.forrestthewoods.com/blog/dependencies-belong-in-version-control/
Very Human Robot@forrestthewoods
I largely agree. I go so far as to check in generated code, because it both saves other people time, and it reduces opportunities for skew (and unexpected diffs show where there's a problem!)
You'll need the system image too with all the system libraries. At some point, is better to archive the entire disk. Use a well defined VM (or container) for building, so it's reproducible forever!
James Widman@StompyRobot @forrestthewoods
re:
> You'll need the system image too with all the system libraries.
note, this will not work on macOS on Big Sur or later, because:
> New in macOS Big Sur 11 beta, the system ships with a built-in dynamic linker cache of all system-provided libraries. As part of this change, copies of dynamic libraries are no longer present on the filesystem.
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@JamesWidman @forrestthewoods "system image" as in "VM snapshot"