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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (guix build install)
+  #:use-module (guix build utils)
+  #:use-module (guix build install)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:export (install-grub
+            evaluate-populate-directive
+            reset-timestamps
+            register-closure))
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;;
+;;; This module supports the installation of the GNU system on a hard disk.
+;;; It is meant to be used both in a build environment (in derivations that
+;;; build VM images), and on the bare metal (when really installing the
+;;; system.)
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(define* (install-grub grub.cfg device mount-point)
+  "Install GRUB with GRUB.CFG on DEVICE, which is assumed to be mounted on
+MOUNT-POINT.  Return #t on success."
+  (mkdir-p (string-append mount-point "/boot/grub"))
+  (symlink grub.cfg (string-append mount-point "/boot/grub/grub.cfg"))
+  (zero? (system* "grub-install" "--no-floppy"
+                  "--boot-directory" (string-append mount-point "/boot")
+                  device)))
+
+(define (evaluate-populate-directive directive target)
+  "Evaluate DIRECTIVE, an sexp describing a file or directory to create under
+directory TARGET."
+  (match directive
+    (('directory name)
+     (mkdir-p (string-append target name)))
+    (('directory name uid gid)
+     (let ((dir (string-append target name)))
+       (mkdir-p dir)
+       (chown dir uid gid)))
+    ((new '-> old)
+     (symlink old (string-append target new)))))
+
+(define (reset-timestamps directory)
+  "Reset the timestamps of all the files under DIRECTORY, so that they appear
+as created and modified at the Epoch."
+  (display "clearing file timestamps...\n")
+  (for-each (lambda (file)
+              (let ((s (lstat file)))
+                ;; XXX: Guile uses libc's 'utime' function (not 'futime'), so
+                ;; the timestamp of symlinks cannot be changed, and there are
+                ;; symlinks here pointing to /gnu/store, which is the host,
+                ;; read-only store.
+                (unless (eq? (stat:type s) 'symlink)
+                  (utime file 0 0 0 0))))
+            (find-files directory "")))
+
+(define (register-closure store closure)
+  "Register CLOSURE in STORE, where STORE is the directory name of the target
+store and CLOSURE is the name of a file containing a reference graph as used
+by 'guix-register'."
+  (let ((status (system* "guix-register" "--prefix" store
+                         closure)))
+    (unless (zero? status)
+      (error "failed to register store items" closure))))
+
+;;; install.scm ends here