gnu: slepc: Set origin file-name.
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index 565d6c1..5be24ba 100644 (file)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2015 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
   #:use-module (gnu packages lsof)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gawk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages man)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages firmware)
   #:autoload   (gnu packages cryptsetup) (cryptsetup)
   #:use-module (gnu services)
-  #:use-module (gnu services dmd)
+  #:use-module (gnu services shepherd)
   #:use-module (gnu services base)
   #:use-module (gnu system grub)
   #:use-module (gnu system shadow)
   #:use-module (gnu system nss)
   #:use-module (gnu system locale)
-  #:use-module (gnu system linux)
+  #:use-module (gnu system pam)
   #:use-module (gnu system linux-initrd)
   #:use-module (gnu system file-systems)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
             operating-system-host-name
             operating-system-hosts-file
             operating-system-kernel
+            operating-system-kernel-arguments
             operating-system-initrd
             operating-system-users
             operating-system-groups
             operating-system-timezone
             operating-system-locale
             operating-system-locale-definitions
+            operating-system-locale-libcs
             operating-system-mapped-devices
             operating-system-file-systems
+            operating-system-store-file-system
             operating-system-activation-script
 
             operating-system-derivation
             operating-system-profile
             operating-system-grub.cfg
+            operating-system-etc-directory
+            operating-system-locale-directory
+            operating-system-boot-script
+
+            boot-parameters
+            boot-parameters?
+            boot-parameters-label
+            boot-parameters-root-device
+            boot-parameters-kernel
+            boot-parameters-kernel-arguments
+            read-boot-parameters
 
             local-host-aliases
             %setuid-programs
   operating-system?
   (kernel operating-system-kernel                 ; package
           (default linux-libre))
+  (kernel-arguments operating-system-kernel-arguments
+                    (default '()))                ; list of gexps/strings
   (bootloader operating-system-bootloader)        ; <grub-configuration>
 
   (initrd operating-system-initrd                 ; (list fs) -> M derivation
             (default "en_US.utf8"))
   (locale-definitions operating-system-locale-definitions ; list of <locale-definition>
                       (default %default-locale-definitions))
+  (locale-libcs operating-system-locale-libcs     ; list of <packages>
+                (default %default-locale-libcs))
   (name-service-switch operating-system-name-service-switch ; <name-service-switch>
                        (default %default-nss))
 
                 (default %sudoers-specification)))
 
 \f
-;;;
-;;; Derivation.
-;;;
-
-(define* (file-union name files)
-  "Return a derivation that builds a directory containing all of FILES.  Each
-item in FILES must be a list where the first element is the file name to use
-in the new directory, and the second element is a gexp denoting the target
-file."
-  (define builder
-    #~(begin
-        (mkdir #$output)
-        (chdir #$output)
-        #$@(map (match-lambda
-                 ((target source)
-                  #~(symlink #$source #$target)))
-                files)))
-
-  (gexp->derivation name builder))
-
-(define (directory-union name things)
-  "Return a directory that is the union of THINGS."
-  (match things
-    ((one)
-     ;; Only one thing; return it.
-     (with-monad %store-monad (return one)))
-    (_
-     (gexp->derivation name
-                       #~(begin
-                           (use-modules (guix build union))
-                           (union-build #$output '#$things))
-                       #:modules '((guix build union))
-                       #:local-build? #t))))
-
-\f
 ;;;
 ;;; Services.
 ;;;
@@ -218,37 +202,32 @@ as 'needed-for-boot'."
             (operating-system-file-systems os)))
 
   (define (device-mappings fs)
-    (filter (lambda (md)
-              (string=? (string-append "/dev/mapper/"
-                                       (mapped-device-target md))
-                        (file-system-device fs)))
-            (operating-system-mapped-devices os)))
-
-  (define (requirements fs)
-    (map (lambda (md)
-           (symbol-append 'device-mapping-
-                          (string->symbol (mapped-device-target md))))
-         (device-mappings fs)))
-
-  (sequence %store-monad
-            (map (lambda (fs)
-                   (match fs
-                     (($ <file-system> device title target type flags opts
-                                       #f check? create?)
-                      (file-system-service device target type
-                                           #:title title
-                                           #:requirements (requirements fs)
-                                           #:check? check?
-                                           #:create-mount-point? create?
-                                           #:options opts
-                                           #:flags flags))))
-                 file-systems)))
+    (let ((device (file-system-device fs)))
+      (if (string? device)                        ;title is 'device
+          (filter (lambda (md)
+                    (string=? (string-append "/dev/mapper/"
+                                             (mapped-device-target md))
+                              device))
+                  (operating-system-mapped-devices os))
+          '())))
+
+  (define (add-dependencies fs)
+    ;; Add the dependencies due to device mappings to FS.
+    (file-system
+      (inherit fs)
+      (dependencies
+       (delete-duplicates (append (device-mappings fs)
+                                  (file-system-dependencies fs))
+                          eq?))))
+
+  (map (compose file-system-service add-dependencies) file-systems))
 
 (define (mapped-device-user device file-systems)
   "Return a file system among FILE-SYSTEMS that uses DEVICE, or #f."
   (let ((target (string-append "/dev/mapper/" (mapped-device-target device))))
     (find (lambda (fs)
-            (string=? (file-system-device fs) target))
+            (and (eq? 'device (file-system-title fs))
+                 (string=? (file-system-device fs) target)))
           file-systems)))
 
 (define (operating-system-user-mapped-devices os)
@@ -273,51 +252,94 @@ from the initrd."
            devices)))
 
 (define (device-mapping-services os)
-  "Return the list of device-mapping services for OS as a monadic list."
-  (sequence %store-monad
-            (map (lambda (md)
-                   (let* ((source (mapped-device-source md))
-                          (target (mapped-device-target md))
-                          (type   (mapped-device-type md))
-                          (open   (mapped-device-kind-open type))
-                          (close  (mapped-device-kind-close type)))
-                     (device-mapping-service target
-                                             (open source target)
-                                             (close source target))))
-                 (operating-system-user-mapped-devices os))))
+  "Return the list of device-mapping services for OS as a list."
+  (map (lambda (md)
+         (let* ((source (mapped-device-source md))
+                (target (mapped-device-target md))
+                (type   (mapped-device-type md))
+                (open   (mapped-device-kind-open type))
+                (close  (mapped-device-kind-close type)))
+           (device-mapping-service target
+                                   (open source target)
+                                   (close source target))))
+       (operating-system-user-mapped-devices os)))
 
 (define (swap-services os)
-  "Return the list of swap services for OS as a monadic list."
-  (sequence %store-monad
-            (map swap-service (operating-system-swap-devices os))))
-
-(define (essential-services os)
+  "Return the list of swap services for OS."
+  (map swap-service (operating-system-swap-devices os)))
+
+(define* (operating-system-directory-base-entries os #:key container?)
+  "Return the basic entries of the 'system' directory of OS for use as the
+value of the SYSTEM-SERVICE-TYPE service."
+  (mlet %store-monad ((locale (operating-system-locale-directory os)))
+    (if container?
+        (return `(("locale" ,locale)))
+        (mlet %store-monad
+            ((kernel  ->  (operating-system-kernel os))
+             (initrd      (operating-system-initrd-file os))
+             (params      (operating-system-parameters-file os)))
+          (return `(("kernel" ,kernel)
+                    ("parameters" ,params)
+                    ("initrd" ,initrd)
+                    ("locale" ,locale)))))))      ;used by libc
+
+(define* (essential-services os #:key container?)
   "Return the list of essential services for OS.  These are special services
 that implement part of what's declared in OS are responsible for low-level
-bookkeeping."
+bookkeeping.  CONTAINER? determines whether to return the list of services for
+a container or that of a \"bare metal\" system."
   (define known-fs
     (map file-system-mount-point (operating-system-file-systems os)))
 
-  (mlet* %store-monad ((mappings  (device-mapping-services os))
-                       (root-fs   (root-file-system-service))
-                       (other-fs  (other-file-system-services os))
-                       (unmount   (user-unmount-service known-fs))
-                       (swaps     (swap-services os))
-                       (procs     (user-processes-service
-                                   (map (compose first service-provision)
-                                        other-fs)))
-                       (host-name (host-name-service
-                                   (operating-system-host-name os))))
-    (return (cons* host-name procs root-fs unmount
-                   (append other-fs mappings swaps)))))
-
-(define (operating-system-services os)
+  (let* ((mappings  (device-mapping-services os))
+         (root-fs   (root-file-system-service))
+         (other-fs  (other-file-system-services os))
+         (unmount   (user-unmount-service known-fs))
+         (swaps     (swap-services os))
+         (procs     (user-processes-service
+                     (map service-parameters other-fs)))
+         (host-name (host-name-service (operating-system-host-name os)))
+         (entries   (operating-system-directory-base-entries
+                     os #:container? container?)))
+    (cons* (service system-service-type entries)
+           %boot-service
+
+           ;; %SHEPHERD-ROOT-SERVICE must come first 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
+           ;; activation code.
+           %shepherd-root-service
+           %activation-service
+           (service cleanup-service-type #f)
+
+           (pam-root-service (operating-system-pam-services os))
+           (account-service (append (operating-system-accounts os)
+                                    (operating-system-groups os))
+                            (operating-system-skeletons os))
+           (operating-system-etc-service os)
+           (service fstab-service-type '())
+           (session-environment-service
+            (operating-system-environment-variables os))
+           host-name procs root-fs unmount
+           (service setuid-program-service-type
+                    (operating-system-setuid-programs os))
+           (service profile-service-type
+                    (operating-system-packages os))
+           (append other-fs mappings swaps
+
+                   ;; Add the firmware service, unless we are building for a
+                   ;; container.
+                   (if container?
+                       '()
+                       (list %linux-bare-metal-service
+                             (service firmware-service-type
+                                      (operating-system-firmware os))))))))
+
+(define* (operating-system-services os #:key container?)
   "Return all the services of OS, including \"internal\" services that do not
 explicitly appear in OS."
-  (mlet %store-monad
-      ((user      (sequence %store-monad (operating-system-user-services os)))
-       (essential (essential-services os)))
-    (return (append essential user))))
+  (append (operating-system-user-services os)
+          (essential-services os #:container? container?)))
 
 \f
 ;;;
@@ -332,17 +354,18 @@ explicitly appear in OS."
   ;; Default set of packages globally visible.  It should include anything
   ;; required for basic administrator tasks.
   (cons* procps psmisc which less zile nano
-         (@ (gnu packages admin) dmd) guix
          lsof                                 ;for Guix's 'list-runtime-roots'
          pciutils usbutils
          util-linux inetutils isc-dhcp
 
          ;; wireless-tools is deprecated in favor of iw, but it's still what
          ;; many people are familiar with, so keep it around.
-         iw wireless-tools
+         iw wireless-tools rfkill
 
+         iproute
          net-tools                        ; XXX: remove when Inetutils suffices
          man-db
+         texinfo                               ;for the standalone Info reader
 
          ;; The 'sudo' command is already in %SETUID-PROGRAMS, but we also
          ;; want the other commands and the man pages (notably because
@@ -351,7 +374,7 @@ explicitly appear in OS."
 
          ;; Get 'insmod' & co. from kmod, not module-init-tools, since udev
          ;; already depends on it anyway.
-         kmod eudev
+         kmod eudev-with-blkid
 
          e2fsprogs kbd
 
@@ -380,94 +403,43 @@ This is the GNU system.  Welcome.\n")
 (define (emacs-site-file)
   "Return the Emacs 'site-start.el' file.  That file contains the necessary
 settings for 'guix.el' to work out-of-the-box."
-  (gexp->file "site-start.el"
-              #~(progn
-                 ;; Add the "normal" elisp directory to the search path;
-                 ;; guix.el may be there.
-                 (add-to-list
-                  'load-path
-                  "/run/current-system/profile/share/emacs/site-lisp")
-
-                 ;; Attempt to load guix.el.
-                 (require 'guix-init nil t)
-
-                 (when (require 'geiser-guile nil t)
-                   ;; Make sure Geiser's Scheme modules are in Guile's search
-                   ;; path.
-                   (add-to-list
-                    'geiser-guile-load-path
-                    "/run/current-system/profile/share/geiser/guile")))))
+  (scheme-file "site-start.el"
+               #~(progn
+                  ;; Add the "normal" elisp directory to the search path;
+                  ;; guix.el may be there.
+                  (add-to-list
+                   'load-path
+                   "/run/current-system/profile/share/emacs/site-lisp")
+
+                  ;; Attempt to load guix.el.
+                  (require 'guix-init nil t)
+
+                  ;; Attempt to load geiser.
+                  (require 'geiser-install nil t))))
 
 (define (emacs-site-directory)
   "Return the Emacs site directory, aka. /etc/emacs."
-  (mlet %store-monad ((file (emacs-site-file)))
-    (gexp->derivation "emacs"
-                      #~(begin
-                          (mkdir #$output)
-                          (chdir #$output)
-                          (symlink #$file "site-start.el")))))
-
-(define (user-shells os)
-  "Return the list of all the shells used by the accounts of OS.  These may be
-gexps or strings."
-  (mlet %store-monad ((accounts (operating-system-accounts os)))
-    (return (map user-account-shell accounts))))
-
-(define (shells-file shells)
-  "Return a derivation that builds a shell list for use as /etc/shells based
-on SHELLS.  /etc/shells is used by xterm, polkit, and other programs."
-  (gexp->derivation "shells"
-                    #~(begin
-                        (use-modules (srfi srfi-1))
-
-                        (define shells
-                          (delete-duplicates (list #$@shells)))
-
-                        (call-with-output-file #$output
-                          (lambda (port)
-                            (display "\
-/bin/sh
-/run/current-system/profile/bin/sh
-/run/current-system/profile/bin/bash\n" port)
-                            (for-each (lambda (shell)
-                                        (display shell port)
-                                        (newline port))
-                                      shells))))))
-
-(define* (etc-directory #:key
-                        (locale "C") (timezone "Europe/Paris")
-                        (issue "Hello!\n")
-                        (skeletons '())
-                        (pam-services '())
-                        (profile "/run/current-system/profile")
-                        hosts-file nss (shells '())
-                        (sudoers-file (plain-file "sudoers" "")))
-  "Return a derivation that builds the static part of the /etc directory."
-  (mlet* %store-monad
-      ((pam.d      (pam-services->directory pam-services))
-       (login.defs (text-file "login.defs" "# Empty for now.\n"))
-       (shells     (shells-file shells))
-       (emacs      (emacs-site-directory))
-       (issue      (text-file "issue" issue))
-       (nsswitch   (text-file "nsswitch.conf"
-                              (name-service-switch->string nss)))
-
-       ;; Startup file for POSIX-compliant login shells, which set system-wide
-       ;; environment variables.
-       (profile    (text-file* "profile"  "\
-export LANG=\"" locale "\"
-export TZ=\"" timezone "\"
-export TZDIR=\"" tzdata "/share/zoneinfo\"
-
-# Tell 'modprobe' & co. where to look for modules.
-export LINUX_MODULE_DIRECTORY=/run/booted-system/kernel/lib/modules
-
-# These variables are honored by OpenSSL (libssl) and Git.
-export SSL_CERT_DIR=/etc/ssl/certs
-export SSL_CERT_FILE=\"$SSL_CERT_DIR/ca-certificates.crt\"
-export GIT_SSL_CAINFO=\"$SSL_CERT_FILE\"
-
-# Crucial variables that could be missing the the profiles' 'etc/profile'
+  (computed-file "emacs"
+                 #~(begin
+                     (mkdir #$output)
+                     (chdir #$output)
+                     (symlink #$(emacs-site-file) "site-start.el"))))
+
+(define* (operating-system-etc-service os)
+  "Return a <service> that builds containing the static part of the /etc
+directory."
+  (let ((login.defs (plain-file "login.defs" "# Empty for now.\n"))
+
+        (emacs      (emacs-site-directory))
+        (issue      (plain-file "issue" (operating-system-issue os)))
+        (nsswitch   (plain-file "nsswitch.conf"
+                                (name-service-switch->string
+                                 (operating-system-name-service-switch os))))
+
+        ;; Startup file for POSIX-compliant login shells, which set system-wide
+        ;; environment variables.
+        (profile    (mixed-text-file "profile"  "\
+# Crucial variables that could be missing in the profiles' 'etc/profile'
 # because they would require combining both profiles.
 # FIXME: See <http://bugs.gnu.org/20255>.
 export MANPATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/share/man:/run/current-system/profile/share/man
@@ -496,15 +468,22 @@ else
   export PATH=\"$HOME/.guix-profile/bin:$PATH\"
 fi
 
-# Append the directory of 'site-start.el' to the search path.
-export EMACSLOADPATH=:/etc/emacs
+# Since 'lshd' does not use pam_env, /etc/environment must be explicitly
+# loaded when someone logs in via SSH.  See <http://bugs.gnu.org/22175>.
+# We need 'PATH' to be defined here, for 'cat' and 'cut'.
+if [ -f /etc/environment -a -n \"$SSH_CLIENT\" \\
+     -a -z \"$LINUX_MODULE_DIRECTORY\" ]
+then
+  . /etc/environment
+  export `cat /etc/environment | cut -d= -f1`
+fi
 
-# By default, applications that use D-Bus, such as Emacs, abort at startup
-# when /etc/machine-id is missing.  Make sure these warnings are non-fatal.
-export DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS=0
+# Set the umask, notably for users logging in via 'lsh'.
+# See <http://bugs.gnu.org/22650>.
+umask 022
 
-# Allow Aspell to find dictionaries installed in the user profile.
-export ASPELL_CONF=\"dict-dir $HOME/.guix-profile/lib/aspell\"
+# Allow GStreamer-based applications to find plugins.
+export GST_PLUGIN_PATH=\"$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/gstreamer-1.0\"
 
 if [ -n \"$BASH_VERSION\" -a -f /etc/bashrc ]
 then
@@ -513,7 +492,7 @@ then
 fi
 "))
 
-       (bashrc    (text-file "bashrc" "\
+        (bashrc    (plain-file "bashrc" "\
 # Bash-specific initialization.
 
 # The 'bash-completion' package.
@@ -523,30 +502,22 @@ then
   # completion loader that searches its own completion files as well
   # as those in ~/.guix-profile and /run/current-system/profile.
   source /run/current-system/profile/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh
-fi\n"))
-       (skel      (skeleton-directory skeletons)))
-    (file-union "etc"
-                `(("services" ,#~(string-append #$net-base "/etc/services"))
-                  ("protocols" ,#~(string-append #$net-base "/etc/protocols"))
-                  ("rpc" ,#~(string-append #$net-base "/etc/rpc"))
-                  ("emacs" ,#~#$emacs)
-                  ("pam.d" ,#~#$pam.d)
-                  ("login.defs" ,#~#$login.defs)
-                  ("issue" ,#~#$issue)
-                  ("nsswitch.conf" ,#~#$nsswitch)
-                  ("skel" ,#~#$skel)
-                  ("shells" ,#~#$shells)
-                  ("profile" ,#~#$profile)
-                  ("bashrc" ,#~#$bashrc)
-                  ("hosts" ,#~#$hosts-file)
-                  ("localtime" ,#~(string-append #$tzdata "/share/zoneinfo/"
-                                                 #$timezone))
-                  ("sudoers" ,sudoers-file)))))
-
-(define (operating-system-profile os)
-  "Return a derivation that builds the system profile of OS."
-  (profile-derivation (manifest (map package->manifest-entry
-                                     (operating-system-packages os)))))
+fi\n")))
+    (etc-service
+     `(("services" ,#~(string-append #$net-base "/etc/services"))
+       ("protocols" ,#~(string-append #$net-base "/etc/protocols"))
+       ("rpc" ,#~(string-append #$net-base "/etc/rpc"))
+       ("emacs" ,#~#$emacs)
+       ("login.defs" ,#~#$login.defs)
+       ("issue" ,#~#$issue)
+       ("nsswitch.conf" ,#~#$nsswitch)
+       ("profile" ,#~#$profile)
+       ("bashrc" ,#~#$bashrc)
+       ("hosts" ,#~#$(or (operating-system-hosts-file os)
+                         (default-/etc/hosts (operating-system-host-name os))))
+       ("localtime" ,#~(string-append #$tzdata "/share/zoneinfo/"
+                                      #$(operating-system-timezone os)))
+       ("sudoers" ,(operating-system-sudoers-file os))))))
 
 (define %root-account
   ;; Default root account.
@@ -558,18 +529,14 @@ fi\n"))
    (home-directory "/root")))
 
 (define (operating-system-accounts os)
-  "Return the user accounts for OS, including an obligatory 'root' account."
-  (define users
-    ;; Make sure there's a root account.
-    (if (find (lambda (user)
-                (and=> (user-account-uid user) zero?))
-              (operating-system-users os))
-        (operating-system-users os)
-        (cons %root-account (operating-system-users os))))
-
-  (mlet %store-monad ((services (operating-system-services os)))
-    (return (append users
-                    (append-map service-user-accounts services)))))
+  "Return the user accounts for OS, including an obligatory 'root' account,
+and excluding accounts requested by services."
+  ;; Make sure there's a root account.
+  (if (find (lambda (user)
+              (and=> (user-account-uid user) zero?))
+            (operating-system-users os))
+      (operating-system-users os)
+      (cons %root-account (operating-system-users os))))
 
 (define (maybe-string->file file-name thing)
   "If THING is a string, return a <plain-file> with THING as its content.
@@ -604,31 +571,29 @@ use 'plain-file' instead~%")
 
 (define (operating-system-etc-directory os)
   "Return that static part of the /etc directory of OS."
-  (mlet* %store-monad
-      ((services     (operating-system-services os))
-       (pam-services ->
-                     ;; Services known to PAM.
-                     (append (operating-system-pam-services os)
-                             (append-map service-pam-services services)))
-       (profile-drv (operating-system-profile os))
-       (skeletons   (operating-system-skeletons os))
-       (/etc/hosts  (maybe-file->monadic
-                     "hosts"
-                     (or (operating-system-hosts-file os)
-                         (default-/etc/hosts (operating-system-host-name os)))))
-       (shells      (user-shells os)))
-   (etc-directory #:pam-services pam-services
-                  #:skeletons skeletons
-                  #:issue (operating-system-issue os)
-                  #:locale (operating-system-locale os)
-                  #:nss (operating-system-name-service-switch os)
-                  #:timezone (operating-system-timezone os)
-                  #:hosts-file /etc/hosts
-                  #:shells shells
-                  #:sudoers-file (maybe-string->file
-                                  "sudoers"
-                                  (operating-system-sudoers-file os))
-                  #:profile profile-drv)))
+  (etc-directory
+   (fold-services (operating-system-services os)
+                  #:target-type etc-service-type)))
+
+(define (operating-system-environment-variables os)
+  "Return the environment variables of OS for
+@var{session-environment-service-type}, to be used in @file{/etc/environment}."
+  `(("LANG" . ,(operating-system-locale os))
+    ("TZ" . ,(operating-system-timezone os))
+    ("TZDIR" . ,#~(string-append #$tzdata "/share/zoneinfo"))
+    ;; Tell 'modprobe' & co. where to look for modules.
+    ("LINUX_MODULE_DIRECTORY" . "/run/booted-system/kernel/lib/modules")
+    ;; These variables are honored by OpenSSL (libssl) and Git.
+    ("SSL_CERT_DIR" . "/etc/ssl/certs")
+    ("SSL_CERT_FILE" . "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")
+    ("GIT_SSL_CAINFO" . "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")
+    ;; Prepend the directory of 'site-start.el' to the search path, so
+    ;; that it has higher precedence than the 'site-start.el' file our
+    ;; Emacs package provides.
+    ("EMACSLOADPATH" . "/etc/emacs:")
+    ;; By default, applications that use D-Bus, such as Emacs, abort at startup
+    ;; when /etc/machine-id is missing.  Make sure these warnings are non-fatal.
+    ("DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS" . "0")))
 
 (define %setuid-programs
   ;; Default set of setuid-root programs.
@@ -636,6 +601,7 @@ use 'plain-file' instead~%")
     (list #~(string-append #$shadow "/bin/passwd")
           #~(string-append #$shadow "/bin/su")
           #~(string-append #$inetutils "/bin/ping")
+          #~(string-append #$inetutils "/bin/ping6")
           #~(string-append #$sudo "/bin/sudo")
           #~(string-append #$fuse "/bin/fusermount"))))
 
@@ -648,171 +614,40 @@ use 'plain-file' instead~%")
 root ALL=(ALL) ALL
 %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL\n"))
 
-(define (user-group->gexp group)
-  "Turn GROUP, a <user-group> object, into a list-valued gexp suitable for
-'active-groups'."
-  #~(list #$(user-group-name group)
-          #$(user-group-password group)
-          #$(user-group-id group)
-          #$(user-group-system? group)))
-
-(define (user-account->gexp account)
-  "Turn ACCOUNT, a <user-account> object, into a list-valued gexp suitable for
-'activate-users'."
-  #~`(#$(user-account-name account)
-      #$(user-account-uid account)
-      #$(user-account-group account)
-      #$(user-account-supplementary-groups account)
-      #$(user-account-comment account)
-      #$(user-account-home-directory account)
-      ,#$(user-account-shell account)             ; this one is a gexp
-      #$(user-account-password account)
-      #$(user-account-system? account)))
-
-(define (modprobe-wrapper)
-  "Return a wrapper for the 'modprobe' command that knows where modules live.
-
-This wrapper is typically invoked by the Linux kernel ('call_modprobe', in
-kernel/kmod.c), a situation where the 'LINUX_MODULE_DIRECTORY' environment
-variable is not set---hence the need for this wrapper."
-  (let ((modprobe "/run/current-system/profile/bin/modprobe"))
-    (gexp->script "modprobe"
-                  #~(begin
-                      (setenv "LINUX_MODULE_DIRECTORY"
-                              "/run/booted-system/kernel/lib/modules")
-                      (apply execl #$modprobe
-                             (cons #$modprobe (cdr (command-line))))))))
-
-(define (operating-system-activation-script os)
+(define* (operating-system-activation-script os #:key container?)
   "Return the activation script for OS---i.e., the code that \"activates\" the
 stateful part of OS, including user accounts and groups, special directories,
 etc."
-  (define %modules
-    '((gnu build activation)
-      (gnu build linux-boot)
-      (gnu build linux-modules)
-      (gnu build file-systems)
-      (guix build utils)
-      (guix elf)))
-
-  (define (service-activations services)
-    ;; Return the activation scripts for SERVICES.
-    (let ((gexps (filter-map service-activate services)))
-      (sequence %store-monad (map (cut gexp->file "activate-service.scm" <>)
-                                  gexps))))
-
-  (mlet* %store-monad ((services (operating-system-services os))
-                       (actions  (service-activations services))
-                       (etc      (operating-system-etc-directory os))
-                       (modules  (imported-modules %modules))
-                       (compiled (compiled-modules %modules))
-                       (modprobe (modprobe-wrapper))
-                       (firmware (directory-union
-                                  "firmware" (operating-system-firmware os)))
-                       (accounts (operating-system-accounts os)))
-    (define setuid-progs
-      (operating-system-setuid-programs os))
-
-    (define user-specs
-      (map user-account->gexp accounts))
-
-    (define groups
-      (append (operating-system-groups os)
-              (append-map service-user-groups services)))
-
-    (define group-specs
-      (map user-group->gexp groups))
-
-    (assert-valid-users/groups accounts groups)
-
-    (gexp->file "activate"
-                #~(begin
-                    (eval-when (expand load eval)
-                      ;; Make sure 'use-modules' below succeeds.
-                      (set! %load-path (cons #$modules %load-path))
-                      (set! %load-compiled-path
-                            (cons #$compiled %load-compiled-path)))
-
-                    (use-modules (gnu build activation))
-
-                    ;; Make sure /bin/sh is valid and current.
-                    (activate-/bin/sh
-                     (string-append #$(canonical-package bash)
-                                    "/bin/sh"))
-
-                    ;; Populate /etc.
-                    (activate-etc #$etc)
-
-                    ;; Add users and user groups.
-                    (setenv "PATH"
-                            (string-append #$(@ (gnu packages admin) shadow)
-                                           "/sbin"))
-                    (activate-users+groups (list #$@user-specs)
-                                           (list #$@group-specs))
-
-                    ;; Activate setuid programs.
-                    (activate-setuid-programs (list #$@setuid-progs))
-
-                    ;; Tell the kernel to use our 'modprobe' command.
-                    (activate-modprobe #$modprobe)
-
-                    ;; Tell the kernel where firmware is.
-                    (activate-firmware
-                     (string-append #$firmware "/lib/firmware"))
-
-                    ;; Let users debug their own processes!
-                    (activate-ptrace-attach)
-
-                    ;; Run the services' activation snippets.
-                    ;; TODO: Use 'load-compiled'.
-                    (for-each primitive-load '#$actions)
-
-                    ;; Set up /run/current-system.
-                    (activate-current-system)))))
-
-(define (operating-system-boot-script os)
+  (let* ((services   (operating-system-services os #:container? container?))
+         (activation (fold-services services
+                                    #:target-type activation-service-type)))
+    (activation-service->script activation)))
+
+(define* (operating-system-boot-script os #:key container?)
   "Return the boot script for OS---i.e., the code started by the initrd once
-we're running in the final root."
-  (mlet* %store-monad ((services (operating-system-services os))
-                       (activate (operating-system-activation-script os))
-                       (dmd-conf (dmd-configuration-file services)))
-    (gexp->file "boot"
-                #~(begin
-                    (use-modules (guix build utils))
-
-                    ;; Clean out /tmp and /var/run.
-                    ;;
-                    ;; XXX This needs to happen before service activations, so
-                    ;; it has to be here, but this also implicitly assumes
-                    ;; that /tmp and /var/run are on the root partition.
-                    (false-if-exception (delete-file-recursively "/tmp"))
-                    (false-if-exception (delete-file-recursively "/var/run"))
-                    (false-if-exception (mkdir "/tmp"))
-                    (false-if-exception (chmod "/tmp" #o1777))
-                    (false-if-exception (mkdir "/var/run"))
-                    (false-if-exception (chmod "/var/run" #o755))
-
-                    ;; Activate the system.
-                    ;; TODO: Use 'load-compiled'.
-                    (primitive-load #$activate)
-
-                    ;; Keep track of the booted system.
-                    (false-if-exception (delete-file "/run/booted-system"))
-                    (symlink (readlink "/run/current-system")
-                             "/run/booted-system")
-
-                    ;; Close any remaining open file descriptors to be on the
-                    ;; safe side.  This must be the very last thing we do,
-                    ;; because Guile has internal FDs such as 'sleep_pipe'
-                    ;; that need to be alive.
-                    (let loop ((fd 3))
-                      (when (< fd 1024)
-                        (false-if-exception (close-fdes fd))
-                        (loop (+ 1 fd))))
-
-                    ;; Start dmd.
-                    (execl (string-append #$dmd "/bin/dmd")
-                           "dmd" "--config" #$dmd-conf)))))
+we're running in the final root.  When CONTAINER? is true, skip all
+hardware-related operations as necessary when booting a Linux container."
+  (let* ((services (operating-system-services os #:container? container?))
+         (boot     (fold-services services #:target-type boot-service-type)))
+    ;; BOOT is the script as a monadic value.
+    (service-parameters boot)))
+
+(define* (operating-system-derivation os #:key container?)
+  "Return a derivation that builds OS."
+  (let* ((services (operating-system-services os #:container? container?))
+         (system   (fold-services services)))
+    ;; SYSTEM contains the derivation as a monadic value.
+    (service-parameters system)))
+
+(define* (operating-system-profile os #:key container?)
+  "Return a derivation that builds the system profile of OS."
+  (mlet* %store-monad
+      ((services -> (operating-system-services os #:container? container?))
+       (profile (fold-services services
+                               #:target-type profile-service-type)))
+    (match profile
+      (("profile" profile)
+       (return profile)))))
 
 (define (operating-system-root-file-system os)
   "Return the root file system of OS."
@@ -838,25 +673,60 @@ we're running in the final root."
                                            #:mapped-devices mapped-devices)))
     (return #~(string-append #$initrd "/initrd"))))
 
+(define (locale-name->definition* name)
+  "Variant of 'locale-name->definition' that raises an error upon failure."
+  (match (locale-name->definition name)
+    (#f
+     (raise (condition
+             (&message
+              (message (format #f (_ "~a: invalid locale name") name))))))
+    (def def)))
+
 (define (operating-system-locale-directory os)
   "Return the directory containing the locales compiled for the definitions
 listed in OS.  The C library expects to find it under
 /run/current-system/locale."
-  ;; While we're at it, check whether the locale of OS is defined.
-  (unless (member (operating-system-locale os)
-                  (map locale-definition-name
-                       (operating-system-locale-definitions os)))
-    (raise (condition
-            (&message (message "system locale lacks a definition")))))
+  (define name
+    (operating-system-locale os))
+
+  (define definitions
+    ;; While we're at it, check whether NAME is defined and add it if needed.
+    (if (member name (map locale-definition-name
+                          (operating-system-locale-definitions os)))
+        (operating-system-locale-definitions os)
+        (cons (locale-name->definition* name)
+              (operating-system-locale-definitions os))))
 
-  (locale-directory (operating-system-locale-definitions os)))
+  (locale-directory definitions
+                    #:libcs (operating-system-locale-libcs os)))
 
 (define (kernel->grub-label kernel)
   "Return a label for the GRUB menu entry that boots KERNEL."
   (string-append "GNU with "
                  (string-titlecase (package-name kernel)) " "
                  (package-version kernel)
-                 " (alpha)"))
+                 " (beta)"))
+
+(define (store-file-system file-systems)
+  "Return the file system object among FILE-SYSTEMS that contains the store."
+  (match (filter (lambda (fs)
+                   (and (file-system-mount? fs)
+                        (not (memq 'bind-mount (file-system-flags fs)))
+                        (string-prefix? (file-system-mount-point fs)
+                                        (%store-prefix))))
+                 file-systems)
+    ((and candidates (head . tail))
+     (reduce (lambda (fs1 fs2)
+               (if (> (string-length (file-system-mount-point fs1))
+                      (string-length (file-system-mount-point fs2)))
+                   fs1
+                   fs2))
+             head
+             candidates))))
+
+(define (operating-system-store-file-system os)
+  "Return the file system that contains the store of OS."
+  (store-file-system (operating-system-file-systems os)))
 
 (define* (operating-system-grub.cfg os #:optional (old-entries '()))
   "Return the GRUB configuration file for OS.  Use OLD-ENTRIES to populate the
@@ -864,18 +734,23 @@ listed in OS.  The C library expects to find it under
   (mlet* %store-monad
       ((system      (operating-system-derivation os))
        (root-fs ->  (operating-system-root-file-system os))
+       (store-fs -> (operating-system-store-file-system os))
        (kernel ->   (operating-system-kernel os))
+       (root-device -> (if (eq? 'uuid (file-system-title root-fs))
+                           (uuid->string (file-system-device root-fs))
+                           (file-system-device root-fs)))
        (entries ->  (list (menu-entry
                            (label (kernel->grub-label kernel))
                            (linux kernel)
                            (linux-arguments
-                            (list (string-append "--root="
-                                                 (file-system-device root-fs))
-                                  #~(string-append "--system=" #$system)
-                                  #~(string-append "--load=" #$system
-                                                   "/boot")))
+                            (cons* (string-append "--root=" root-device)
+                                   #~(string-append "--system=" #$system)
+                                   #~(string-append "--load=" #$system
+                                                    "/boot")
+                                   (operating-system-kernel-arguments os)))
                            (initrd #~(string-append #$system "/initrd"))))))
-    (grub-configuration-file (operating-system-bootloader os) entries
+    (grub-configuration-file (operating-system-bootloader os)
+                             store-fs entries
                              #:old-entries old-entries)))
 
 (define (operating-system-parameters-file os)
@@ -890,25 +765,41 @@ this file is the reconstruction of GRUB menu entries for old configurations."
                                    (label #$label)
                                    (root-device #$(file-system-device root))
                                    (kernel #$(operating-system-kernel os))
+                                   (kernel-arguments
+                                    #$(operating-system-kernel-arguments os))
                                    (initrd #$initrd)))))
 
-(define (operating-system-derivation os)
-  "Return a derivation that builds OS."
-  (mlet* %store-monad
-      ((profile     (operating-system-profile os))
-       (etc         (operating-system-etc-directory os))
-       (boot        (operating-system-boot-script os))
-       (kernel  ->  (operating-system-kernel os))
-       (initrd      (operating-system-initrd-file os))
-       (locale      (operating-system-locale-directory os))
-       (params      (operating-system-parameters-file os)))
-    (file-union "system"
-                `(("boot" ,#~#$boot)
-                  ("kernel" ,#~#$kernel)
-                  ("parameters" ,#~#$params)
-                  ("initrd" ,initrd)
-                  ("profile" ,#~#$profile)
-                  ("locale" ,#~#$locale)          ;used by libc
-                  ("etc" ,#~#$etc)))))
+\f
+;;;
+;;; Boot parameters
+;;;
+
+(define-record-type* <boot-parameters>
+  boot-parameters make-boot-parameters boot-parameters?
+  (label            boot-parameters-label)
+  (root-device      boot-parameters-root-device)
+  (kernel           boot-parameters-kernel)
+  (kernel-arguments boot-parameters-kernel-arguments))
+
+(define (read-boot-parameters port)
+  "Read boot parameters from PORT and return the corresponding
+<boot-parameters> object or #f if the format is unrecognized."
+  (match (read port)
+    (('boot-parameters ('version 0)
+                       ('label label) ('root-device root)
+                       ('kernel linux)
+                       rest ...)
+     (boot-parameters
+      (label label)
+      (root-device root)
+      (kernel linux)
+      (kernel-arguments
+       (match (assq 'kernel-arguments rest)
+         ((_ args) args)
+         (#f       '())))))                       ;the old format
+    (x                                            ;unsupported format
+     (warning (_ "unrecognized boot parameters for '~a'~%")
+              system)
+     #f)))
 
 ;;; system.scm ends here