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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2018-03-15 10:28:22 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2018-03-15 10:28:22 +0100 |
| commit | 61b1dbbdcd87f6b37d6b87715a9a4da4e63485ab (patch) | |
| tree | aaacf4abaa3297067763d377a5024b10a93a1bce /doc | |
| parent | f8ec8d96d657f95e71e0798124cdeb2c9217c7fa (diff) | |
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guix system: Add '--skip-checks'.
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/30760>.
Reported by Tomáš Čech <sleep_walker@gnu.org>.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (perform-action): Add #:skip-safety-checks?
and honor it.
(show-help, %options): Add --skip-checks.
(process-action): Pass #:skip-safety-checks? to 'perform-action'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document --skip-checks.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index d3a7908f9c..bcea89e07b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -20458,6 +20458,16 @@ of the image size as a function of the size of the system declared in Make @var{file} a symlink to the result, and register it as a garbage collector root. +@item --skip-checks +Skip pre-installation safety checks. + +By default, @command{guix system init} and @command{guix system +reconfigure} perform safety checks: they make sure the file systems that +appear in the @code{operating-system} declaration actually exist +(@pxref{File Systems}), and that any Linux kernel modules that may be +needed at boot time are listed in @code{initrd-modules} (@pxref{Initial +RAM Disk}). Passing this option skips these tests altogether. + @item --on-error=@var{strategy} Apply @var{strategy} when an error occurs when reading @var{file}. @var{strategy} may be one of the following: |