[bug#43881] [PATCH 1/2] system: Add %base-packages-disk-utils.

[Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>]

* gnu/system.scm (%base-packages-disk-utils): New variable.
---
 gnu/system.scm | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 3f4a0065d0..b10e94b95b 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <jannek@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -38,24 +39,27 @@
   #:use-module ((guix utils) #:select (substitute-keyword-arguments))
   #:use-module (guix i18n)
   #:use-module (guix diagnostics)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages admin)
   #:use-module (gnu packages base)
   #:use-module (gnu packages bash)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages cross-base)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages cryptsetup)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages disk)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages file-systems)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages firmware)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gawk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages guile)
   #:use-module (gnu packages guile-xyz)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages admin)
   #:use-module (gnu packages hurd)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages pciutils)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages package-management)
   #:use-module (gnu packages less)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages zile)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages nano)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages gawk)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
   #:use-module (gnu packages man)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages nano)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages package-management)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pciutils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages firmware)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages zile)
   #:use-module (gnu services)
   #:use-module (gnu services shepherd)
   #:use-module (gnu services base)
@@ -159,6 +163,7 @@
             %base-packages-interactive
             %base-packages-linux
             %base-packages-networking
+            %base-packages-disk-utils
             %base-packages-utils
             %base-firmware
             %default-kernel-arguments))
@@ -726,6 +731,19 @@ of PROVENANCE-SERVICE-TYPE to its services."
         ;; many people are familiar with, so keep it around.
         iw wireless-tools))
 
+(define %base-packages-disk-utils
+  ;; A well-rounded set of packages for interacting with disks, partitions
+  ;; and filesystems.
+  (list parted gptfdisk ddrescue
+        ;; We used to provide fdisk from GNU fdisk, but as of version 2.0.0a
+        ;; it pulls Guile 1.8, which takes unreasonable space; furthermore
+        ;; util-linux's fdisk is already available, in %base-packages-linux.
+        cryptsetup mdadm
+        dosfstools
+        btrfs-progs
+        f2fs-tools
+        jfsutils))
+
 (define %base-packages
   ;; Default set of packages globally visible.  It should include anything
   ;; required for basic administrator tasks.
-- 
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