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Cannot declare an NFS mount using the <file-system> record

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: 39551 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39551: Cannot declare an NFS mount using the <file-system> record
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 03:54:21 -0500

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Hello,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:

> When I try adding an NFS mount point to my Guix System, like:
>
> [...]
> (file-system
>   (device "192.168.1.10:/mnt/scratch/")
>   (mount-point "/mnt/scratch/")
>   (type "nfs")
>   (options "rw,async,soft,noexec"))
> [...]
>
> Reconfiguring fails with the message:
>
> error: device '192.168.1.10' not found: No such file or directory
> hint: If '192.168.1.10' is a file system label, write
> `(file-system-label "192.168.1.10")' in your `device' field.
>
> So it doesn't appear to be possible to declare an NFS mount currently,
> despite commit 0c85db79f7a8abc3bcdbf8931d959fe94306a5a1 that'd suggest
> it should be possible.
>
> Maxim

The attached patch fixes this issue

[0001-scripts-system-Disable-checks-for-NFS-shares.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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