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diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index bad318d06b..45c6051732 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#:use-module (guix gexp)
#:use-module (guix store)
#:use-module (guix monads)
+ #:use-module ((guix packages) #:select (package-version))
#:use-module ((guix store) #:select (%store-prefix))
#:use-module (gnu installer)
#:use-module (gnu services dbus)
@@ -73,19 +74,94 @@
;;; Code:
-(define (log-to-info)
+;;;
+;;; Documentation service.
+;;;
+
+(define %installation-node-names
+ ;; Translated name of the "System Installation" node of the manual. Ideally
+ ;; we'd extract it from the 'guix-manual' gettext domain, but that one is
+ ;; usually not available at run time, hence this hack.
+ '(("de" . "Systeminstallation")
+ ("en" . "System Installation")
+ ("es" . "Instalación del sistema")
+ ("fr" . "Installation du système")))
+
+(define (log-to-info tty user)
"Return a script that spawns the Info reader on the right section of the
manual."
(program-file "log-to-info"
- #~(begin
+ #~(let* ((tty (open-file #$(string-append "/dev/" tty)
+ "r0+"))
+ (locale (cadr (command-line)))
+ (language (string-take locale
+ (string-index locale #\_)))
+ (infodir "/run/current-system/profile/share/info")
+ (per-lang (string-append infodir "/guix." language
+ ".info.gz"))
+ (file (if (file-exists? per-lang)
+ per-lang
+ (string-append infodir "/guix.info")))
+ (node (or (assoc-ref '#$%installation-node-names
+ language)
+ "System Installation")))
+ (redirect-port tty (current-output-port))
+ (redirect-port tty (current-error-port))
+ (redirect-port tty (current-input-port))
+
+ (let ((pw (getpwnam #$user)))
+ (setgid (passwd:gid pw))
+ (setuid (passwd:uid pw)))
+
;; 'gunzip' is needed to decompress the doc.
(setenv "PATH" (string-append #$gzip "/bin"))
- (execl (string-append #$info-reader "/bin/info") "info"
- "-d" "/run/current-system/profile/share/info"
- "-f" (string-append #$guix "/share/info/guix.info")
- "-n" "System Installation"))))
+ ;; Change this process' locale so that command-line
+ ;; arguments to 'info' are properly encoded.
+ (catch #t
+ (lambda ()
+ (setlocale LC_ALL locale)
+ (setenv "LC_ALL" locale))
+ (lambda _
+ ;; Sometimes LOCALE itself is not available. In that
+ ;; case pick the one UTF-8 locale that's known to work
+ ;; instead of failing.
+ (setlocale LC_ALL "en_US.utf8")
+ (setenv "LC_ALL" "en_US.utf8")))
+
+ (execl #$(file-append info-reader "/bin/info")
+ "info" "-d" infodir "-f" file "-n" node))))
+
+(define (documentation-shepherd-service tty)
+ (list (shepherd-service
+ (provision (list (symbol-append 'term- (string->symbol tty))))
+ (requirement '(user-processes host-name udev virtual-terminal))
+ (start #~(lambda* (#:optional (locale "en_US.utf8"))
+ (fork+exec-command
+ (list #$(log-to-info tty "documentation") locale)
+ #:environment-variables
+ `("GUIX_LOCPATH=/run/current-system/locale"
+ "TERM=linux"))))
+ (stop #~(make-kill-destructor)))))
+
+(define %documentation-users
+ ;; User account for the Info viewer.
+ (list (user-account (name "documentation")
+ (system? #t)
+ (group "nogroup")
+ (home-directory "/var/empty"))))
+
+(define documentation-service-type
+ ;; Documentation viewer service.
+ (service-type (name 'documentation)
+ (extensions
+ (list (service-extension shepherd-root-service-type
+ documentation-shepherd-service)
+ (service-extension account-service-type
+ (const %documentation-users))))
+ (description "Run the Info reader on a tty.")))
+
(define %backing-directory
;; Sub-directory used as the backing store for copy-on-write.
"/tmp/guix-inst")
@@ -212,13 +288,11 @@ the user's target storage device rather than on the RAM disk."
(define %installation-services
;; List of services of the installation system.
(let ((motd (plain-file "motd" "
-\x1b[1;37mWelcome to the installation of the Guix System Distribution!\x1b[0m
-
-\x1b[2mThere is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. In particular, you may
-LOSE ALL YOUR DATA as a side effect of the installation process. Furthermore,
-it is 'beta' software, so it may contain bugs.
+\x1b[1;37mWelcome to the installation of GNU Guix!\x1b[0m
-You have been warned. Thanks for being so brave.\x1b[0m
+\x1b[2m\
+Using this shell, you can carry out the installation process \"manually.\"
+Access documentation at any time by pressing Alt-F2.\x1b[0m
")))
(define (normal-tty tty)
(mingetty-service (mingetty-configuration (tty tty)
@@ -241,10 +315,7 @@ You have been warned. Thanks for being so brave.\x1b[0m
;; Documentation. The manual is in UTF-8, but
;; 'console-font-service' sets up Unicode support and loads a font
;; with all the useful glyphs like em dash and quotation marks.
- (mingetty-service (mingetty-configuration
- (tty "tty2")
- (auto-login "guest")
- (login-program (log-to-info))))
+ (service documentation-service-type "tty2")
;; Documentation add-on.
%configuration-template-service
@@ -273,12 +344,18 @@ You have been warned. Thanks for being so brave.\x1b[0m
;; since it takes the installation directory as an argument.
(cow-store-service)
- ;; Install Unicode support and a suitable font. Use a font that
- ;; doesn't have more than 256 glyphs so that we can use colors with
- ;; varying brightness levels (see note in setfont(8)).
+ ;; Install Unicode support and a suitable font.
(service console-font-service-type
- (map (lambda (tty)
- (cons tty "lat9u-16"))
+ (map (match-lambda
+ ("tty2"
+ ;; Use a font that contains characters such as
+ ;; curly quotes as found in the manual.
+ '("tty2" . "LatGrkCyr-8x16"))
+ (tty
+ ;; Use a font that doesn't have more than 256
+ ;; glyphs so that we can use colors with varying
+ ;; brightness levels (see note in setfont(8)).
+ `(,tty . "lat9u-16")))
'("tty1" "tty2" "tty3" "tty4" "tty5" "tty6")))
;; To facilitate copy/paste.
@@ -348,6 +425,15 @@ You have been warned. Thanks for being so brave.\x1b[0m
(bootloader (bootloader-configuration
(bootloader grub-bootloader)
(target "/dev/sda")))
+ (label (string-append "GNU Guix installation "
+ (package-version guix)))
+
+ ;; XXX: The AMD Radeon driver is reportedly broken, which makes kmscon
+ ;; non-functional:
+ ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-03/msg00441.html>.
+ ;; Thus, blacklist it.
+ (kernel-arguments '("quiet" "modprobe.blacklist=radeon"))
+
(file-systems
;; Note: the disk image build code overrides this root file system with
;; the appropriate one.
@@ -379,8 +465,7 @@ You have been warned. Thanks for being so brave.\x1b[0m
(group "users")
(supplementary-groups '("wheel")) ; allow use of sudo
(password "")
- (comment "Guest of GNU")
- (home-directory "/home/guest"))))
+ (comment "Guest of GNU"))))
(issue %issue)
(services %installation-services)