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build: file-systems: Allow for bind mounting regular files. 

* gnu/build/file-systems.scm (regular-file?): New procedure.
  (mount-file-system): Create a regular file instead of a directory when bind
  mounting a regular file.
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David Thompson 2015-08-01 13:43:33 -04:00
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commit 8c812f2aee
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@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ corresponds to the symbols listed in FLAGS."
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(define (regular-file? file-name)
"Return #t if FILE-NAME is a regular file."
(eq? (stat:type (stat file-name)) 'regular))
(define* (mount-file-system spec #:key (root "/root"))
"Mount the file system described by SPEC under ROOT. SPEC must have the
form:
@ -339,7 +343,16 @@ run a file system check."
(flags (mount-flags->bit-mask flags)))
(when check?
(check-file-system source type))
(mkdir-p mount-point)
;; Create the mount point. Most of the time this is a directory, but
;; in the case of a bind mount, a regular file may be needed.
(if (and (= MS_BIND (logand flags MS_BIND))
(regular-file? source))
(begin
(mkdir-p (dirname mount-point))
(call-with-output-file mount-point (const #t)))
(mkdir-p mount-point))
(mount source mount-point type flags options)
;; For read-only bind mounts, an extra remount is needed, as per