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Subject: Re: Automatically detect other OSs and generate grub entries
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Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes:

> Amirouche Boubekki <amirouche.boubekki@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 3:39 PM Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> wr=
ote:
>>
>>> Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> skribis:
>>>
>>> > Instead of having to manually specify custom grub entries in config=
.scm,
>>> > can Guix use os-prober to automatically detect other operating syst=
em
>>> > and generate grub entries?
>>> >
>>> > https://joeyh.name/code/os-prober/
>>>
>>> I think there is value in having everything in the GuixSD config, whi=
ch
>>> can then be put under version control.
>>>
>>> Now, I have a single OS on my machines so I=E2=80=99m probably not pa=
rt of the
>>> target audience.  :-)
>>
>> My understanding is that os-probe could generate part of GuixSD config=
.
>
> Ah yes, that=E2=80=99d be easy and useful.  The first step would be to =
make a
> package for it.

I have packaged os-prober.

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D28281