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203a9455c4695152fc5d0085bffeead9ce3216c2 broke system boot

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From: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
To: 27212 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
Subject: bug#27212: [PATCH] file-systems: Improve error handling in the iso9660 case - fixes boot problem.
Date: Sat,  3 Jun 2017 20:00:13 +0200

* gnu/build/file-systems.scm (read-iso9660-superblock): Modify.
---
 gnu/build/file-systems.scm | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
index 3e0873377..740c37124 100644
--- a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
@@ -260,7 +260,11 @@ volume descriptor from ~s"
   "Return the raw contents of DEVICE's iso9660 primary volume descriptor
 as a bytevector, or #f if DEVICE does not contain an iso9660 file system."
   ;; Start reading at sector 16.
-  (read-iso9660-primary-volume-descriptor device (* 2048 16)))
+  ;; Since we are not sure that the device contains an ISO9660 filesystem,
+  ;; we have to find that out first.
+  (if (read-superblock device (* 2048 16) 2048 iso9660-superblock?)
+       (read-iso9660-primary-volume-descriptor device (* 2048 16))
+       #f)) ; Device does not contain an iso9660 filesystem.
 
 (define (iso9660-superblock-uuid sblock)
   "Return the modification time of an iso9660 primary volume descriptor

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