pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) (2017-06-04 16:25 +0200) wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 04:38:11PM +0300, Alex Kost wrote:
>> This is a limitation of 'grub-configuration' macro: that backtrace
>> happened because you have 'grub' field *not* in the first place of your
>> 'grub-configuration'.
>>
>> […]
>>
>> Note that this will work if you put (grub grub-efi) in the first place:
>> 
>>   (grub-configuration (grub grub-efi)
>>                       (device "/dev/sda"))
>>
>
> Ah… Thank you for clarifying.
>
>   (bootloader (grub-configuration (grub grub-efi)
>                                   (device "/dev/sda")))
>
> I just tried and this fails too with the same error. I’m not sure why
> it does not match the syntax rule for grub-configuration.

Hm, strange, it doesn't give me that error when 'grub' is in the first
place.  Anyway, I would use 'bootloader-configuration' instead as you do
it now.

> This macro seems complicated and unintuitive. I don’t like how a
> syntax rule feigns being a record definition but isn’t and therefore
> breaks things… Why not just inherit bootloader-configuration?

I don't know, it's better to ask Mathieu (Cc-ed) who made these changes
in the bootloader code.

-- 
Alex



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