Subject: Re: bug#51347: [PATCH] gnu: qemu: Add Guix support to QEMU guest agent.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:22:22 +0200

Hi Timotej,

Timotej Lazar <[email-masked]> skribis:

> QEMU guest agent hardcodes paths to /sbin/hwclock and /sbin/shutdown. Patch
> the source to try binaries under /run/current-system/profile/sbin first.
>
> * gnu/packages/patches/qemu-fix-agent-paths.patch: New file.
> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register the patch.
> * gnu/packages/virtualization.scm (qemu)[origin]: Apply it.
> ---
> This allows a QEMU host to set the time and shutdown Guix guests. Styled
> after the patch from the Nix package:
>
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/fix-qemu-ga.patch

Neat!  I added this bit as a comment at the top of the patch and
committed.

Thanks!

Ludo’.