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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-06-20 09:44:27 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-06-20 10:05:18 +0200
commit661c237b4d8e670e73ea946179a94a3b956bb90e (patch)
tree12090ee441330c21df3e1978c1475ac8c4bc3e79 /gnu
parent80f755090db5d67af5a44992d11799cb65792c3e (diff)
downloadguix-661c237b4d8e670e73ea946179a94a3b956bb90e.tar.gz
services: boot: Reverse the order of boot expressions.
* gnu/services.scm (compute-boot-script): Reverse MEXPS.
* gnu/system.scm (essential-services): Reverse order of
%SHEPHERD-ROOT-SERVICE, %ACTIVATION-SERVICE, and CLEANUP-SERVICE-TYPE.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
-rw-r--r--gnu/services.scm6
-rw-r--r--gnu/system.scm8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services.scm b/gnu/services.scm
index 81af4df849..3162c6ba05 100644
--- a/gnu/services.scm
+++ b/gnu/services.scm
@@ -334,7 +334,11 @@ containing the given entries."
                 (extend system-derivation)))
 
 (define (compute-boot-script _ mexps)
-  (mlet %store-monad ((gexps (sequence %store-monad mexps)))
+  ;; Reverse MEXPS so that extensions appear in the boot script in the right
+  ;; order.  That is, user extensions would come first, and extensions added
+  ;; by 'essential-services' (e.g., running shepherd) are guaranteed to come
+  ;; last.
+  (mlet %store-monad ((gexps (sequence %store-monad (reverse mexps))))
     (gexp->file "boot"
                 ;; Clean up and activate the system, then spawn shepherd.
                 #~(begin #$@gexps))))
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index d367307a24..7c51c4da97 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -470,13 +470,13 @@ a container or that of a \"bare metal\" system."
     (cons* (service system-service-type entries)
            %boot-service
 
-           ;; %SHEPHERD-ROOT-SERVICE must come first so that the gexp that
+           ;; %SHEPHERD-ROOT-SERVICE must come last so that the gexp that
            ;; execs shepherd comes last in the boot script (XXX).  Likewise,
-           ;; the cleanup service must come last so that its gexp runs before
+           ;; the cleanup service must come first so that its gexp runs before
            ;; activation code.
-           %shepherd-root-service
-           %activation-service
            (service cleanup-service-type #f)
+           %activation-service
+           %shepherd-root-service
 
            (pam-root-service (operating-system-pam-services os))
            (account-service (append (operating-system-accounts os)