GNU bug report logs - #46344
Honour and generate conventional kernel command-line arguments

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Package: guix; Severity: important; Reported by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@HIDDEN>; dated Sat, 6 Feb 2021 12:49:02 UTC; Maintainer for guix is bug-guix@HIDDEN.
Severity set to 'important' from 'normal' Request was from Ludovic Courtès <ludo@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.

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To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@HIDDEN>
Subject: Re: bug#46344: Honour and generate conventional kernel command-line
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Hi,

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@HIDDEN> skribis:

> Use, e.g., =E2=80=98root=3D=E2=80=99 instead of the Guix-specific and uni=
ntuitive
> =E2=80=98--root=3D=E2=80=99.  It's surrounded by normal =E2=80=98nomodese=
t=E2=80=99 & =E2=80=98quiet=E2=80=99=20
> arguments anyway.
>
> For things like =E2=80=98--repl=E2=80=99 we might substitute =E2=80=98rd.=
repl=E2=80=99, or =E2=80=98rd.rescue=E2=80=99
> which has the advantage of being used by systemd [users] as well.

(Why =E2=80=9Crd.=E2=80=9D?  I=E2=80=99d use =E2=80=9Cgnu.=E2=80=9D to make=
 sure we don=E2=80=99t inadvertently use
something that has a different meaning elsewhere.)

I agree with the proposed change, I=E2=80=99ve been meaning to do something
about it for a long time, too.  :-)

For =E2=80=98--root=E2=80=99 is a bit tricky because it=E2=80=99s an implic=
it option, not
explicitly listed in /run/current-system/parameters and similar places.

So we=E2=80=99d probably have to (1) make it explicit, and (2) use =E2=80=
=98--root=E2=80=99 when
generating a GRUB entry for a system generation that lacks the explicit
=E2=80=9Croot=3DXYZ=E2=80=9D string in its =E2=80=98kernel-arguments=E2=80=
=99.

Ludo=E2=80=99.




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[Low priority, but I keep forgetting about it.]

Guix,

What the subject says.  The Linux command line isn't bash.

Use, e.g., =E2=80=98root=3D=E2=80=99 instead of the Guix-specific and unint=
uitive=20
=E2=80=98--root=3D=E2=80=99.  It's surrounded by normal =E2=80=98nomodeset=
=E2=80=99 & =E2=80=98quiet=E2=80=99=20
arguments anyway.

For things like =E2=80=98--repl=E2=80=99 we might substitute =E2=80=98rd.re=
pl=E2=80=99, or=20
=E2=80=98rd.rescue=E2=80=99 which has the advantage of being used by system=
d=20
[users] as well.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-guix@HIDDEN. Full text available.
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