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-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/system.scm10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm
index 345d8c3e5f..7a4a2a6a06 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/system.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm
@@ -100,9 +100,13 @@ When GRUB? is true, install GRUB on DEVICE, using GRUB.CFG."
(if (string=? target "/")
(warning (_ "initializing the current root file system~%"))
- ;; Copy items to the new store.
- (for-each (cut copy-closure store <> target #:log-port log-port)
- to-copy))
+ (begin
+ ;; Make sure the target store exists.
+ (mkdir-p (string-append target (%store-prefix)))
+
+ ;; Copy items to the new store.
+ (for-each (cut copy-closure store <> target #:log-port log-port)
+ to-copy)))
;; Create a bunch of additional files.
(format log-port "populating '~a'...~%" target)