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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/build/activation.scm | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/system.scm | 3 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm index 04dd19f3e1..16805b9bc6 100644 --- a/gnu/build/activation.scm +++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm @@ -236,8 +236,13 @@ copy SOURCE to TARGET." "Return the '--system' argument passed on the kernel command line." (find-long-option "--system" (linux-command-line))) -(define* (activate-current-system #:optional (system (boot-time-system))) +(define* (activate-current-system + #:optional (system (or (getenv "GUIX_NEW_SYSTEM") + (boot-time-system)))) "Atomically make SYSTEM the current system." + ;; The 'GUIX_NEW_SYSTEM' environment variable is used as a way for 'guix + ;; system reconfigure' to pass the file name of the new system. + (format #t "making '~a' the current system...~%" system) ;; Atomically make SYSTEM current. diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm index 7c0dde9030..056c8e6d30 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/system.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm @@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ it atomically, and then run OS's activation script." ;; The activation script may change $PATH, among others, so protect ;; against that. (return (save-environment-excursion + ;; Tell 'activate-current-system' what the new system is. + (setenv "GUIX_NEW_SYSTEM" system) + (primitive-load (derivation->output-path script)))) ;; TODO: Run 'deco reload ...'. |