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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-08 15:09:43 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-08 15:10:42 +0100
commit421c3bcc1b77360ad57b10c5d6b5da5b4d739182 (patch)
tree543322c1c4cb6f466866ac6dd438346a448837f9
parent99ae9ceb18fe5cf37878e68d2f25df31b3becd69 (diff)
downloadguix-421c3bcc1b77360ad57b10c5d6b5da5b4d739182.tar.gz
services: udev: Make /dev/kvm 666 as a workaround.
* gnu/services/base.scm (kvm-udev-rule): Change /dev/kvm mode to 666 to
  work around <http://bugs.gnu.org/18994>.
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 49bf0c3660..abf8ae99ac 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -542,8 +542,11 @@ item of @var{packages}."
                         (call-with-output-file
                             (string-append rules.d "/90-kvm.rules")
                           (lambda (port)
+                            ;; FIXME: As a workaround for
+                            ;; <http://bugs.gnu.org/18994>, make /dev/kvm 666
+                            ;; instead of 660.
                             (display "\
-KERNEL==\"kvm\", GROUP=\"kvm\", MODE=\"0660\"\n" port))))
+KERNEL==\"kvm\", GROUP=\"kvm\", MODE=\"0666\"\n" port))))
                     #:modules '((guix build utils))))
 
 (define* (udev-service #:key (udev eudev) (rules '()))