Subject: Re: bug#26339: [PATCH] scripts: system: Handle unspecified bootloader package and installer.

From: [email-masked] (Ludovic Courtès)
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 22:32:50 +0200

Mathieu Othacehe <[email-masked]> skribis:

> * guix/scripts/system.system (perform-action): If bootloader installer or
>   bootloader package are #f, do not add them to drvs but keep things going.
>
> This allows to write (installer #f) or (package #f) in <bootloader>
> definition.
>
> Reported-by: Clément Lassieur <[email-masked]>.

What’s the point of setting these to #f?

If really needed, I would rather set them to (const #f) and avoid the
special case in (guix scripts system).

WDYT?

Ludo’.