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[PATCH] system: Export 'read-boot-parameters'.

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From: Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com>
To: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
Cc: 26839 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26839: [PATCH] system: Export 'read-boot-parameters'.
Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 22:11:15 +0300

Danny Milosavljevic (2017-05-08 22:25 +0200) wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> On Mon, 08 May 2017 22:40:59 +0300
> Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, commit 9530e73b496fefe65dcb936825b6beda79f7fdf2 removed an export
>> line for 'read-boot-parameters'.
>> 
>> That procedure was used by Emacs-Guix code, and now
>> "M-x guix-system-generations" fails, so do you mind if
>> 'read-boot-parameters' will be exported again?
>
> Be advised that these will not return all boot parameters that would
> actually boot a system successfully.  That was also the case before the
> "--load" patch series.  After the "--load" patch series, there's a new
> procedure "read-boot-parameters-file" that gives you all of them.

I know, thanks.

-- 
Alex

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