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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-07-20 17:57:36 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-07-20 18:03:11 +0200
commit264967c883d32606c18b378f717c303e7490c942 (patch)
tree1624b9c4122f5e6ffcd0945071fb5ed3f1620ea6 /gnu/system
parenteb9c0d20f9d7d8c0366c9362cef27ac2d2191041 (diff)
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install: Add service for the loopback device.
Lack of a loopback device prevented the system from building starting
from commit 363c946b36a77aa6f0e60b8c93a171d2e649164f.

* gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Add
'static-networking-service-type' instance for 'lo'.
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diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 6a3ae1947b..95661dc973 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -298,6 +298,13 @@ You have been warned.  Thanks for being so brave.\x1b[0m
                    `(("/bin/sh" ,(file-append (canonical-package bash)
                                               "/bin/sh"))))
 
+          ;; Loopback device, needed by OpenSSH notably.
+          (service static-networking-service-type
+                   (list (static-networking (interface "lo")
+                                            (ip "127.0.0.1")
+                                            (requirement '())
+                                            (provision '(loopback)))))
+
           ;; Keep a reference to BARE-BONES-OS to make sure it can be
           ;; installed without downloading/building anything.  Also keep the
           ;; things needed by 'profile-derivation' to minimize the amount of