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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/system.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system.scm | 19 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm index dc980312ab..59b3dea93c 100644 --- a/gnu/system.scm +++ b/gnu/system.scm @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ file system labels." (define (read-boot-parameters port) "Read boot parameters from PORT and return the corresponding -<boot-parameters> object or #f if the format is unrecognized." +<boot-parameters> object. Raise an error if the format is unrecognized." (define device-sexp->device (match-lambda (('uuid (? symbol? type) (? bytevector? bv)) @@ -481,9 +481,20 @@ file system labels." (_ ;the old format "/"))))) (x ;unsupported format - (warning (G_ "unrecognized boot parameters at '~a'~%") - (port-filename port)) - #f))) + (raise + (make-compound-condition + (formatted-message + (G_ "unrecognized boot parameters at '~a'~%") + (port-filename port)) + (condition + (&fix-hint (hint (format #f (G_ "This probably means that this version +of Guix is older than the one that created @file{~a}. To address this, you +need to update Guix: + +@example +guix pull +@end example") + (port-filename port)))))))))) (define (read-boot-parameters-file system) "Read boot parameters from SYSTEM's (system or generation) \"parameters\" |