GNU bug report logs - #53912
[PATCH 0/5] WIP Add WSL support.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Alex Griffin <a <at> ajgrf.com>

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 06:07:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 53912 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Alex Griffin <a <at> ajgrf.com>, 53912 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#53912] [PATCH 3/5] system: image: Add wsl-tarball support.
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 17:28:41 +0100

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Alex Griffin via Guix-patches via schreef op do 10-02-2022 om 06:27
[+0000]:
> This patch adds the wsl-tarball image type. The difference between
> this and the plain tarball type is the creation of the symlinks at
> /bin/sh and /bin/mount.
> 
> These are necessary for the first boot to work after importing. We
> can’t rely on special-files-service-type for this because the system
> is not activated yet, and the /bin/sh symlink initiates the first
> system activation.

Why would WSL expect these things to be located there?
Can this assumption be removed upstream?

Greetings,
Maxime

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