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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-05-10 22:29:10 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-05-15 16:36:21 +0200
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system: Add 'operating-system-with-gc-roots'.
* gnu/tests/install.scm (operating-system-with-gc-roots): Move to... * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-with-gc-roots): ... here. New procedure.
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diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 2c4ca55ffc..01be1243fe 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
operating-system-boot-script
system-linux-image-file-name
+ operating-system-with-gc-roots
boot-parameters
boot-parameters?
@@ -519,6 +520,17 @@ bookkeeping."
(append (operating-system-user-services os)
(operating-system-essential-services os))))
+(define (operating-system-with-gc-roots os roots)
+ "Return a variant of OS where ROOTS are registered as GC roots."
+ (operating-system
+ (inherit os)
+
+ ;; We use this procedure for the installation OS, which already defines GC
+ ;; roots. Add ROOTS to those.
+ (services (cons (simple-service 'extra-root
+ gc-root-service-type roots)
+ (operating-system-user-services os)))))
+
;;;
;;; /etc.