Commit 6355db00 authored by MZauchner's avatar MZauchner
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Mount /dev when creating a VM image from RPMs 

Currently, using `runInLinuxVM` fails for CentosOS7 versions >=7.4. The
error manifests itself by the VM powering down after failing to
initialize the NSS library. The reason for this is that some devices in
/dev are required during the built process of the VM.

To fix this issue, we mount /dev before calling chroot.
parent 8d20628d

pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix

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@@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ rec { 
        # Make the Nix store available in /mnt, because that's where the RPMs live.

        mkdir -p /mnt${storeDir}

        ${util-linux}/bin/mount -o bind ${storeDir} /mnt${storeDir}

        # Some programs may require devices in /dev to be available (e.g. /dev/random)

        ${util-linux}/bin/mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev



        # Newer distributions like Fedora 18 require /lib etc. to be

        # symlinked to /usr.
@@ -487,7 +489,7 @@ rec { 


        rm /mnt/.debug



        ${util-linux}/bin/umount /mnt${storeDir} /mnt/tmp ${lib.optionalString unifiedSystemDir "/mnt/proc"}

        ${util-linux}/bin/umount /mnt${storeDir} /mnt/tmp /mnt/dev ${lib.optionalString unifiedSystemDir "/mnt/proc"}

        ${util-linux}/bin/umount /mnt

      '';