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-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/system/reconfigure.scm20
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/system/reconfigure.scm b/guix/scripts/system/reconfigure.scm
index dee0c24bd2..579b7fffbe 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/system/reconfigure.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/system/reconfigure.scm
@@ -195,21 +195,31 @@ BOOTLOADER-PACKAGE."
(srfi srfi-34)
(srfi srfi-35))
(let* ((gc-root (string-append #$target %gc-roots-directory "/bootcfg"))
- (temp-gc-root (string-append gc-root ".new")))
- (switch-symlinks temp-gc-root gc-root)
- (install-boot-config #$bootcfg #$bootcfg-file #$target)
+ (new-gc-root (string-append gc-root ".new")))
+ ;; #$bootcfg has dependencies.
+ ;; The bootloader magically loads the configuration from
+ ;; (string-append #$target #$bootcfg-file) (for example
+ ;; "/boot/grub/grub.cfg").
+ ;; If we didn't do something special, the garbage collector
+ ;; would remove the dependencies of #$bootcfg.
+ ;; Register #$bootcfg as a GC root.
;; Preserve the previous activation's garbage collector root
;; until the bootloader installer has run, so that a failure in
;; the bootloader's installer script doesn't leave the user with
;; a broken installation.
+ (switch-symlinks new-gc-root #$bootcfg)
+ (install-boot-config #$bootcfg #$bootcfg-file #$target)
(when #$installer
(catch #t
(lambda ()
(#$installer #$bootloader-package #$device #$target))
(lambda args
- (delete-file temp-gc-root)
+ (delete-file new-gc-root)
(apply throw args))))
- (rename-file temp-gc-root gc-root)))))))
+ ;; We are sure that the installation of the bootloader
+ ;; succeeded, so we can replace the old GC root by the new
+ ;; GC root now.
+ (rename-file new-gc-root gc-root)))))))
(define* (install-bootloader eval configuration bootcfg
#:key