GNU bug report logs - #22281
grub.cfg incorrectly determines root device

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Package: guix;

Reported by: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 01:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 0.9.1

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 22281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: 22281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber <at> dustycloud.org>
Subject: Re: bug#22281: grub.cfg incorrectly determines root device
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 08:54:34 +0100

ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:

> ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:
>
>> As Chris notes at
>> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-12/msg00554.html>,
>> the generated grub.cfg on GuixSD should search the root by UUID or label
>> rather than by file.
>
> Patch available at
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-01/msg00036.html>.

I went ahead and pushed it as 6b77920.

It’s maybe not a 100% fix in that it will search the root partition by
label or by UUID if and only if a label or UUID is given in the
‘file-system’ object for /.

Anyway, feedback welcome!

Thanks,
Ludo’.
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