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[PATCH 00/15] Rewrite bootloader subsystem.

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From: Sergey Trofimov <sarg <at> sarg.org.ru>
To: Lilah Tascheter <lilah <at> lunabee.space>
Cc: 72457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#72457] [PATCH 00/15] Rewrite bootloader subsystem.
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 11:19:55 +0200

Sergey Trofimov <sarg <at> sarg.org.ru> writes:

> Lilah Tascheter <lilah <at> lunabee.space> writes:
>
>> The big thing is that this definately needs to be tested. We support lots of
>> bootloaders for lots of hardware and I definately do not possess any of it.
>> Please test this and send back the results for me to revise any bugs. I've made
>> sure as many tests as I could run work, and that GRUB and uefi-uki-bootloader
>> work both in regular systems and disk images.
>>
>
> I've built a new system generation, but it didn't apply properly,
> showing this error:
>
I solved it by explicitly specifying uuid in bootloader-target: `(uuid "6BA3-A04D" 'fat)`.

Another issue is that `./pre-inst-env guix system list-generations` fails to print
older generations. Older guix prints fine even generations created with
the new bootloader code.

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    619:8  3 (_ #(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#<directory (guix scripts system) 7fcc08817b40>) 120 "/var/guix/profiles/system" #f) #<variable 7fcbef
8cd0 value: #<procedure display-channel (a)>>) "/var/guix/profiles/system-120-link") #<<boot-parameters> label: "GNU with Linux 6.9.7" root-de
ce: #<file-system-label "Guix_image"> bootloader-name: (grub-efi) store-device: #<file-system-label "Guix_image"> store-mount-point: "/" store
irectory-prefix: #f store-crypto-devices: () locale: "en_GB.UTF-8" kernel: "/gnu/store/c2xsizqd0rw8jxmrfvvwrvzwmb75r028-linux-6.9.7/bzImage" k
nel-arguments: ("root=Guix_image" #<gexp (string-append (if #<gexp-input #t:out> "gnu.system=" "--system=") #<gexp-input "/var/guix/profiles/s
tem-120-link":out>) /storage/devel/ext/guix/gnu/system/boot.scm:299:11 7fcbee836150> #<gexp (string-append (if #<gexp-input #t:out> "gnu.load=
"--load=") #<gexp-input "/var/guix/profiles/system-120-link":out> "/boot") /storage/devel/ext/guix/gnu/syste…>) #) #) #) #) #) #) …))
    163:9  2 (_ #(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#<directory (guix scripts system) 7fcc08817b40>) 120 "/var/guix/profiles/system" #f) #<variable 7fcbef
8cd0 value: #<procedure display-channel (a)>>) "/var/guix/profiles/system-120-link") #<<boot-parameters> label: "GNU with Linux 6.9.7" root-de
ce: #<file-system-label "Guix_image"> bootloader-name: (grub-efi) store-device: #<file-system-label "Guix_image"> store-mount-point: "/" store
irectory-prefix: #f store-crypto-devices: () locale: "en_GB.UTF-8" kernel: "/gnu/store/c2xsizqd0rw8jxmrfvvwrvzwmb75r028-linux-6.9.7/bzImage" k
nel-arguments: ("root=Guix_image" #<gexp (string-append (if #<gexp-input #t:out> "gnu.system=" "--system=") #<gexp-input "/var/guix/profiles/s
tem-120-link":out>) /storage/devel/ext/guix/gnu/system/boot.scm:299:11 7fcbee836150> #<gexp (string-append (if #<gexp-input #t:out> "gnu.load=
"--load=") #<gexp-input "/var/guix/profiles/system-120-link":out> "/boot") /storage/devel/ext/guix/gnu/syste…>) #) #) #) #) #) #) …))
In unknown file:
           1 (string-join (grub-efi) #<undefined> #<undefined>)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  1685:16  0 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _)

ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception:
In procedure string-append: Wrong type (expecting string): grub-efi
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