On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 17:33:09 +0200 Vincent Legoll <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm wondering if it's normal to have *-grub.cfg.drv rebuilt on > successive "guix system reconfigure", when nothing has > changed between first and subsequent runs. > > Is this reproducible on your GuixSD systems ? > > root@guixsd /etc# guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm > The following derivation will be built: > /gnu/store/786b130gin8jrhksbwfimpi2xjnc2fsd-grub.cfg.drv > /gnu/store/j05dqpaj3ln3s512nzp39i4nzrpfxwaf-system > /gnu/store/900qjchmspy9iyxyzz48bw2sh5k861nq-grub.cfg > /gnu/store/gka9rl2k8mqqi27rrvjpgz6yw165d3if-grub-2.02beta3 > activating system... > setting up setuid programs in '/run/setuid-programs'... > populating /etc from /gnu/store/lwvwgajp7yigf8hmwm56wvf5rh94i5hm-etc... > usermod: no changes > usermod: no changes > usermod: no changes > making '/gnu/store/j05dqpaj3ln3s512nzp39i4nzrpfxwaf-system' the > current system... > Installing for i386-pc platform. > Installation finished. No error reported. > > root@guixsd /etc# guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm > The following derivation will be built: > /gnu/store/l4lsqqyncz8pq5w4hqjsl49rydjfqwb8-grub.cfg.drv > /gnu/store/j05dqpaj3ln3s512nzp39i4nzrpfxwaf-system > /gnu/store/wb836hy9adib0phxvzzcdigvhmvaq52d-grub.cfg > /gnu/store/gka9rl2k8mqqi27rrvjpgz6yw165d3if-grub-2.02beta3 > activating system... > setting up setuid programs in '/run/setuid-programs'... > populating /etc from /gnu/store/lwvwgajp7yigf8hmwm56wvf5rh94i5hm-etc... > usermod: no changes > usermod: no changes > usermod: no changes > making '/gnu/store/j05dqpaj3ln3s512nzp39i4nzrpfxwaf-system' the > current system... > Installing for i386-pc platform. > Installation finished. No error reported. > The grub configuration generates menu entries for each invocation of 'guix system reconfigure' to enable system roll-backs during boot-up, so it is always updated. The thing that's "changed" is the menu entries. `~Eric
