On Mon, 2023-12-11 at 12:22 +0100, Andrew Ammerlaan wrote:
> > > +	# Initrd images with systemd require some os-release file
> > > +	cat <<-EOT >> "${imageroot}/etc/os-release" || die
> > > +	NAME=Gentoo
> > > +	ID=gentoo
> > > +	PRETTY_NAME="Gentoo Linux"
> > > +	ANSI_COLOR="1;32"
> > > +	HOME_URL="https://www.gentoo.org/"
> > > +	SUPPORT_URL="https://www.gentoo.org/support/"
> > > +	BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.gentoo.org/"
> > > +	VERSION_ID="dist-kernel testing"
> > > +	EOT
> > > 
> > 
> > Can't we just copy it from host?
> > 
> I guess we can, we would be assuming that the host has a valid one but 
> this shouldn't be a problem since at least for systemd systems you can 
> apparently not boot at all if it is not valid. v2:
> 
>  From 0a22dcc93c8ba16cdb450f2443ad256e56111d6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan@gentoo.org>
> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 08:36:58 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] kernel-install.eclass: fix test phase on systemd systems
> 
> On systemd systems the dracut systemd modules are included automatically.
> Systemd insists our dummy root has some valid /etc/os-release file, 
> otherwise
> it refuses the switch root operation. However, with this fix it still 
> does not
> boot up correctly on systemd systems, it gets stuck in an infinite boot 
> loop.
> Presumably the reason has something to do with our dummy root not having 
> a real
> systemd init to switch root to. We add the systemd dracut modules to the 
> omit
> list to prevent the problem and ensure the test phase behaves the same on
> systemd and non-systemd systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan@gentoo.org>
> ---
>   eclass/kernel-install.eclass | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/eclass/kernel-install.eclass b/eclass/kernel-install.eclass
> index b4d84f3986c0d..e244f6d51a9cd 100644
> --- a/eclass/kernel-install.eclass
> +++ b/eclass/kernel-install.eclass
> @@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ kernel-install_create_qemu_image() {
>   	# some layout needed to pass dracut's usable_root() validation
>   	mkdir -p "${imageroot}"/{bin,dev,etc,lib,proc,root,sbin,sys} || die
>   	touch "${imageroot}/lib/ld-fake.so" || die
> +	# Initrd images with systemd require some os-release file
> +	cp /etc/os-release "${imageroot}/etc/os-release" || die

This should probably be BROOT.

> 
>   	kernel-install_create_init "${imageroot}/sbin/init"
> 
> @@ -263,6 +265,7 @@ kernel-install_test() {
>   		plymouth # hangs, or sometimes steals output
>   		rngd # hangs or segfaults sometimes
>   		i18n # copies all the fonts from /usr/share/consolefonts
> +		dracut-systemd systemd systemd-initrd # gets stuck in boot loop
>   	)
> 
>   	# NB: if you pass a path that does not exist or is not a regular
> 
> 

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Best regards,
Michał Górny