GNU bug report logs - #27146
system init: if /etc doesn't exist, create it

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From: ng0 <ng0 <at> pragmatique.xyz>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: system init: if /etc doesn't exist, create it
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 13:13:29 +0000

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I had the unfortunate experience of remote fixing a system,
and one way I tried to fix my original problem was to
remove the /etc directory (this included the content of
debian 8 with some alternative changes to the minimal
one I did not set up myself).
When I rebooted, this is still at activation of the first
system generation, I get the repl because the symlink
target does not exist (obviously).

We should think of such situations, however uncommon they are,
and check if /etc exists. If it doesn't exist create it
otherwise it is assumed that it exists and for example
this symlink creation will work: ssl -> /run/current-system/profile/etc/ssl

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ng0
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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: ng0 <ng0 <at> pragmatique.xyz>
Cc: 27146-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27146: system init: if /etc doesn't exist, create it
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:37:37 +0200

ng0 <ng0 <at> pragmatique.xyz> skribis:

> I had the unfortunate experience of remote fixing a system,
> and one way I tried to fix my original problem was to
> remove the /etc directory (this included the content of
> debian 8 with some alternative changes to the minimal
> one I did not set up myself).
> When I rebooted, this is still at activation of the first
> system generation, I get the repl because the symlink
> target does not exist (obviously).
>
> We should think of such situations, however uncommon they are,
> and check if /etc exists. If it doesn't exist create it
> otherwise it is assumed that it exists and for example
> this symlink creation will work: ssl -> /run/current-system/profile/etc/ssl

Indeed, fixed in 49962b15a1c4e72a55b6cf273806d203906de2ed.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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