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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-09-12 17:41:06 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-09-12 22:13:52 +0200
commit6d49355d8b69869ba46c7ca6a98eafc5dc6c4c64 (patch)
treee52b48be0d7dca9209d6e506f36815dc6931aa4c /guix/scripts
parentddfc2fd8e0b4a4d2aa647c7ebf98e521bcd9dc2a (diff)
activation: Honor $GUIX_NEW_SYSTEM for use by 'guix system reconfigure'.
* gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-current-system): Honor $GUIX_NEW_SYSTEM by default. * guix/scripts/system.scm (switch-to-system): Set $GUIX_NEW_SYSTEM before loading SCRIPT.
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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 ...'.