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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/activation.scm1
-rw-r--r--gnu/build/file-systems.scm17
-rw-r--r--gnu/build/vm.scm31
3 files changed, 33 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index 299c0728cb..9c58370ec3 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ they already exist."
(false-if-exception (delete-file file)))
(format #t "populating /etc from ~a...~%" etc)
+ (mkdir-p "/etc")
;; Create the /etc/ssl -> /run/current-system/profile/etc/ssl symlink. This
;; symlink, to a target outside of the store, probably doesn't belong in the
diff --git a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
index b6930497d6..203fbdfffb 100644
--- a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
@@ -373,15 +373,16 @@ not valid header was found."
(define (disk-partitions)
"Return the list of device names corresponding to valid disk partitions."
- (define (last-character str)
- (string-ref str (- (string-length str) 1)))
-
(define (partition? name major minor)
- ;; Select device names that end in a digit, like libblkid's 'probe_all'
- ;; function does. Checking for "/sys/dev/block/MAJOR:MINOR/partition"
- ;; doesn't work for partitions coming from mapped devices.
- (and (char-set-contains? char-set:digit (last-character name))
- (> major 2))) ;ignore RAM disks and floppy disks
+ ;; grub-mkrescue does some funny things for EFI support which
+ ;; makes it a lot more difficult than one would expect to support
+ ;; booting an ISO-9660 image from an USB flash drive.
+ ;; For example there's a buggy (too small) hidden partition in it
+ ;; which Linux mounts and then proceeds to fail while trying to
+ ;; fall off the edge.
+ ;; In any case, partition tables are supposed to be optional so
+ ;; here we allow checking entire disks for file systems, too.
+ (> major 2)) ;ignore RAM disks and floppy disks
(call-with-input-file "/proc/partitions"
(lambda (port)
diff --git a/gnu/build/vm.scm b/gnu/build/vm.scm
index d8c53ef37f..727494ad93 100644
--- a/gnu/build/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/vm.scm
@@ -76,11 +76,14 @@
(qemu (qemu-command)) (memory-size 512)
linux initrd
make-disk-image?
+ single-file-output?
(disk-image-size (* 100 (expt 2 20)))
(disk-image-format "qcow2")
(references-graphs '()))
"Run BUILDER, a Scheme file, into a VM running LINUX with INITRD, and copy
-the result to OUTPUT.
+the result to OUTPUT. If SINGLE-FILE-OUTPUT? is true, copy a single file from
+/xchg to OUTPUT. Otherwise, copy the contents of /xchg to a new directory
+OUTPUT.
When MAKE-DISK-IMAGE? is true, OUTPUT will contain a VM image of
DISK-IMAGE-SIZE bytes resulting from the execution of BUILDER, which may
@@ -137,8 +140,17 @@ the #:references-graphs parameter of 'derivation'."
;; When MAKE-DISK-IMAGE? is true, the image is in OUTPUT already.
(unless make-disk-image?
- (mkdir output)
- (copy-recursively "xchg" output)))
+ (if single-file-output?
+ (let ((graph? (lambda (name stat)
+ (member (basename name) references-graphs))))
+ (match (find-files "xchg" (negate graph?))
+ ((result)
+ (copy-file result output))
+ (x
+ (error "did not find a single result file" x))))
+ (begin
+ (mkdir output)
+ (copy-recursively "xchg" output)))))
;;;
@@ -157,8 +169,8 @@ the #:references-graphs parameter of 'derivation'."
(define (estimated-partition-size graphs)
"Return the estimated size of a partition that can store the store items
given by GRAPHS, a list of file names produced by #:references-graphs."
- ;; Simply add a 20% overhead.
- (round (* 1.2 (closure-size graphs))))
+ ;; Simply add a 25% overhead.
+ (round (* 1.25 (closure-size graphs))))
(define* (initialize-partition-table device partitions
#:key
@@ -354,9 +366,9 @@ SYSTEM-DIRECTORY is the name of the directory of the 'system' derivation."
(error "failed to create GRUB EFI image"))))
(define* (make-iso9660-image grub config-file os-drv target
- #:key (volume-id "GuixSD") (volume-uuid #f))
+ #:key (volume-id "GuixSD_image") (volume-uuid #f))
"Given a GRUB package, creates an iso image as TARGET, using CONFIG-FILE as
-Grub configuration and OS-DRV as the stuff in it."
+GRUB configuration and OS-DRV as the stuff in it."
(let ((grub-mkrescue (string-append grub "/bin/grub-mkrescue")))
(mkdir-p "/tmp/root/var/run")
(mkdir-p "/tmp/root/run")
@@ -440,11 +452,14 @@ passing it a directory name where it is mounted."
;; Create a tiny configuration file telling the embedded grub
;; where to load the real thing.
+ ;; XXX This is quite fragile, and can prevent the image from booting
+ ;; when there's more than one volume with this label present.
+ ;; Reproducible almost-UUIDs could reduce the risk (not eliminate it).
(call-with-output-file grub-config
(lambda (port)
(format port
"insmod part_msdos~@
- search --set=root --label GuixSD~@
+ search --set=root --label GuixSD_image~@
configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg~%")))
(display "creating EFI firmware image...")