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-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/system.scm5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm
index 6482318168..6fd915cb5e 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/system.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm
@@ -842,7 +842,10 @@ static checks."
(check-mapped-devices os)
(when (zero? (getuid))
(check-file-system-availability (operating-system-file-systems os))
- (check-initrd-modules os)))
+ (unless (%current-target-system)
+ ;; Skip the check if the user is making use of --target, as it cannot
+ ;; be checked against the running kernel.
+ (check-initrd-modules os))))
(mlet* %store-monad
((sys (system-derivation-for-action image action