GNU bug report logs - #26339
[PATCH 00/18] wip: Support non grub bootloaders.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 13:51:01 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: patch

Done: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #230 received at 26339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 26339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26339: [PATCH 17/18] scripts: system: Adapt
 "switch-generation" to new bootloader API.
Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 09:13:06 +0200

Hi Mathieu,

On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:27:09 +0200
Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes my idea was to use the boot-type to keep track of the installed
> bootloader, for each system generation (and to restore it if needed).

Ah, so this is trying to restore the correct bootloader to the correct device, should the user have switched bootloader of the guix system and then switched back.

OK!

What happens if the user switches to an old generation which doesn't have this new-style parameters file?
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