GNU bug report logs - #51425
Invalid <file-system> flags lead to a crash when booting

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Jonathan Brielmaier <jonathan.brielmaier <at> web.de>

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:25:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

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From: Jonathan Brielmaier <jonathan.brielmaier <at> web.de>
To: 51425 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51425: file-system: validate flags
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:24:28 +0200

Imagine the following file system definition in your config.scm:

```
(file-system
  (device (uuid "UUID-123"))
  (flags '((create-mount-point? #t)))
  (mount-point "/mnt")
  (type "ext4")))
```

When you reconfigure there will be no complain, but when you reboot your
system wont boot. The parameter to flags is nonsense, it should be
something like: `read-only`. So mounting of the file system will fail...

It would be nice if we can have some flag validation during reconfigure.

~Jonathan
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