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-rw-r--r--gnu/services.scm6
-rw-r--r--gnu/system.scm8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services.scm b/gnu/services.scm
index 81af4df849..3162c6ba05 100644
--- a/gnu/services.scm
+++ b/gnu/services.scm
@@ -334,7 +334,11 @@ containing the given entries."
(extend system-derivation)))
(define (compute-boot-script _ mexps)
- (mlet %store-monad ((gexps (sequence %store-monad mexps)))
+ ;; Reverse MEXPS so that extensions appear in the boot script in the right
+ ;; order. That is, user extensions would come first, and extensions added
+ ;; by 'essential-services' (e.g., running shepherd) are guaranteed to come
+ ;; last.
+ (mlet %store-monad ((gexps (sequence %store-monad (reverse mexps))))
(gexp->file "boot"
;; Clean up and activate the system, then spawn shepherd.
#~(begin #$@gexps))))
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index d367307a24..7c51c4da97 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -470,13 +470,13 @@ a container or that of a \"bare metal\" system."
(cons* (service system-service-type entries)
%boot-service
- ;; %SHEPHERD-ROOT-SERVICE must come first so that the gexp that
+ ;; %SHEPHERD-ROOT-SERVICE must come last so that the gexp that
;; execs shepherd comes last in the boot script (XXX). Likewise,
- ;; the cleanup service must come last so that its gexp runs before
+ ;; the cleanup service must come first so that its gexp runs before
;; activation code.
- %shepherd-root-service
- %activation-service
(service cleanup-service-type #f)
+ %activation-service
+ %shepherd-root-service
(pam-root-service (operating-system-pam-services os))
(account-service (append (operating-system-accounts os)