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| author | Stefan <stefan-guix@vodafonemail.de> | 2021-01-07 21:44:22 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2021-01-16 22:38:17 +0100 |
| commit | d4f5ea502d2c8358c2cf5fffd96cba0ac233984f (patch) | |
| tree | bbab839f460b4161cadd3f3eacf7374d79cd2b88 | |
| parent | 2a333f2535a65bfa3607ef50591e9f5dbc6970d1 (diff) | |
| download | guix-d4f5ea502d2c8358c2cf5fffd96cba0ac233984f.tar.gz | |
services: qemu-binfmt: 'guix-support?' defaults to #t.
* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (qemu-binfmt-service-type)[guix-support?]: Change the default from #f to #t. * doc/guix.texi (Transparent Emulation with QEMU): Change the default of ‘guix-support?’ from #f to #t. Describe the implication of setting it to #f. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/virtualization.scm | 2 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index cea7f8a8cf..1234834945 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -27338,7 +27338,7 @@ This is the configuration for the @code{qemu-binfmt} service. The list of emulated QEMU platforms. Each item must be a @dfn{platform object} as returned by @code{lookup-qemu-platforms} (see below). -@item @code{guix-support?} (default: @code{#f}) +@item @code{guix-support?} (default: @code{#t}) When it is true, QEMU and all its dependencies are added to the build environment of @command{guix-daemon} (@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon, @option{--chroot-directory} option}). This allows the @code{binfmt_misc} @@ -27367,6 +27367,10 @@ build}, transparently using QEMU to emulate the ARMv7 CPU. Pretty handy if you'd like to test a package build for an architecture you don't have access to! +When @code{guix-support?} is set to @code{#f}, programs for other +architectures can still be executed transparently, but invoking commands +like @command{guix build -s armhf-linux @dots{}} will fail. + @item @code{qemu} (default: @code{qemu}) The QEMU package to use. @end table diff --git a/gnu/services/virtualization.scm b/gnu/services/virtualization.scm index f8d413d18e..a45da14a80 100644 --- a/gnu/services/virtualization.scm +++ b/gnu/services/virtualization.scm @@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ potential infinite waits blocking libvirt.")) (platforms qemu-binfmt-configuration-platforms (default '())) ;safest default (guix-support? qemu-binfmt-configuration-guix-support? - (default #f))) + (default #t))) (define (qemu-platform->binfmt qemu platform) "Return a gexp that evaluates to a binfmt string for PLATFORM, using the |