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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-05-10 22:29:10 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-05-15 16:36:21 +0200
commit9fcfe30d283cd7d36c6e292ea1235eb24307b003 (patch)
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parent3f9bed04f031a4d4f8d3b6dc0a4de42b0c628496 (diff)
downloadguix-9fcfe30d283cd7d36c6e292ea1235eb24307b003.tar.gz
system: Add 'operating-system-with-gc-roots'.
* gnu/tests/install.scm (operating-system-with-gc-roots): Move to...
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-with-gc-roots): ... here.  New
procedure.
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diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 2c4ca55ffc..01be1243fe 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
             operating-system-boot-script
 
             system-linux-image-file-name
+            operating-system-with-gc-roots
 
             boot-parameters
             boot-parameters?
@@ -519,6 +520,17 @@ bookkeeping."
    (append (operating-system-user-services os)
            (operating-system-essential-services os))))
 
+(define (operating-system-with-gc-roots os roots)
+  "Return a variant of OS where ROOTS are registered as GC roots."
+  (operating-system
+    (inherit os)
+
+    ;; We use this procedure for the installation OS, which already defines GC
+    ;; roots.  Add ROOTS to those.
+    (services (cons (simple-service 'extra-root
+                                    gc-root-service-type roots)
+                    (operating-system-user-services os)))))
+
 
 ;;;
 ;;; /etc.