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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/shepherd.scm6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/shepherd.scm b/gnu/services/shepherd.scm
index e2ec59f5aa..19a052c89b 100644
--- a/gnu/services/shepherd.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/shepherd.scm
@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@
#~(begin
;; Keep track of the booted system.
(false-if-exception (delete-file "/run/booted-system"))
- (symlink (readlink "/run/current-system")
+
+ ;; Make /run/booted-system, an indirect GC root, point to the store item
+ ;; /run/current-system points to. Use 'canonicalize-path' rather than
+ ;; 'readlink' to make sure we get the store item.
+ (symlink (canonicalize-path "/run/current-system")
"/run/booted-system")
;; Close any remaining open file descriptors to be on the safe