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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/system.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system.scm | 26 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm index ede0a6f004..92ed454b2c 100644 --- a/gnu/system.scm +++ b/gnu/system.scm @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ (default %base-firmware)) (host-name operating-system-host-name) ; string - (hosts-file operating-system-hosts-file ; M item | #f + (hosts-file operating-system-hosts-file ; file-like | #f (default #f)) (mapped-devices operating-system-mapped-devices ; list of <mapped-device> @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ This is the GNU system. Welcome.\n") (define (default-/etc/hosts host-name) "Return the default /etc/hosts file." - (text-file "hosts" (local-host-aliases host-name))) + (plain-file "hosts" (local-host-aliases host-name))) (define (emacs-site-file) "Return the Emacs 'site-start.el' file. That file contains the necessary @@ -585,6 +585,22 @@ use 'plain-file' instead~%") (x x))) +(define (maybe-file->monadic file-name thing) + "If THING is a value in %STORE-MONAD, return it as is; otherwise return +THING in the %STORE-MONAD. + +This is for backward-compatibility of fields that used to be monadic values +and are now file-like objects." + (with-monad %store-monad + (match thing + ((? procedure?) + (warning (_ "using a monadic value for '~a' is deprecated; \ +use 'plain-file' instead~%") + file-name) + thing) + (x + (return x))))) + (define (operating-system-etc-directory os) "Return that static part of the /etc directory of OS." (mlet* %store-monad @@ -595,8 +611,10 @@ use 'plain-file' instead~%") (append-map service-pam-services services))) (profile-drv (operating-system-profile os)) (skeletons (operating-system-skeletons os)) - (/etc/hosts (or (operating-system-hosts-file os) - (default-/etc/hosts (operating-system-host-name os)))) + (/etc/hosts (maybe-file->monadic + "hosts" + (or (operating-system-hosts-file os) + (default-/etc/hosts (operating-system-host-name os))))) (shells (user-shells os))) (etc-directory #:pam-services pam-services #:skeletons skeletons |