bug#44101: closed (Unable to use /dev/disk/by-id/ symlinks with u-boot and guix system reconfigure)

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reconfigure
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Unable to use /dev/disk/by-id/ symlinks with u-boot and guix system reconfigure Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:06:02 -0700

It appears that:

  b97b423e3f61c80d5877dadc95b3f316cd61788f bootloader: Fix u-boot
  installation.

Breaks using a /dev/disk/by-id/ symlink in the bootloader target field
on systems using u-boot with "guix system reconfigure".

Frustratingly, It claims to succeed with bootloader installation, but
does not actually install u-boot to the device... when updating to the
new version of u-boot, I had to manually install the new version.


Using a raw device (e.g. /dev/mmcblk1) still works, but those devices
are not necessarily enumerated in a consistent order and so cannot be
used in a config.scm with guix system reliably.


Reverting that patch fixes using the /dev/disk symlink, though probably
breaks other use-cases.


I'm writing this from memory now, but I can also boot the machines at a
later point and get the exact configurations, if needed.


live well,
  vagrant

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> > Any reason not to apply this patch yet? Hope it can land in the next
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> Nothing besides lack of time. Pushed as
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> Thanks for reporting and testing,
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