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[PATCH] gnu: qemu: Add Guix support to QEMU guest agent.

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Message #10 received at 51347-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Timotej Lazar <timotej.lazar <at> araneo.si>
Cc: 51347-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51347: [PATCH] gnu: qemu: Add Guix support to QEMU guest
 agent.
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:22:22 +0200

Hi Timotej,

Timotej Lazar <timotej.lazar <at> araneo.si> 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’.

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