[bug#29409] [PATCH] tests: install: Increase extlinux install partition size.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Mathieu Othacehe <address@hidden> skribis:

>> The test "installed-os" also fails with the same error.
>>
>> Any idea of what is going on ?
>
> After git clean and make clean this issue disappears.
> However, another issue appears :
>
> when running "guix system init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt
> --no-substitutes" in qemu, it tries to build several packages including
> binutils.
>
> This fails because there is no network in qemu machine.
>
> Starting download of 
> /gnu/store/a62j9z64i667zi6c2g9xhm15pld6rnyz-binutils-2.23.2.tar.xz
> From 
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/bootstrap/x86_64-linux/20131110/binutils-2.23.2.tar.xz...
> ERROR: In procedure getaddrinfo: Name or service not known

Presumably that’s because of grafts.

The tests in (gnu tests install) go to great lengths to ensure that this
doesn’t happen.  At least you’ll have to use --no-grafts.

HTH,
Ludo’.