add guix installer workflow

.forgejo/workflows/installer.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# title: install
+# desc: generate a guix installer image
+# adapted from https://github.com/SystemCrafters/guix-installer/
+
+name: installer
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: docker
+
+    container:
+      image: alpine:3.21
+      options: "--cap-add=all" # needed for guix
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          apk add --no-cache git nodejs util-linux
+
+      - name: Git checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Guix cache
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/guix
+          key: guix-cache-${{ github.sha }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            guix-cache-
+
+      - name: Install guix
+        run: |
+          SUBSTITUTE_URLS="https://ci.guix.gnu.org https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org https://substitutes.nonguix.org https://substitutes.freya.cat"
+
+          apk add --no-cache guix openrc
+
+          cat <<EOF > /etc/init.d/guix-daemon
+          #!/sbin/openrc-run
+          start(){ guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild --substitute-urls="$SUBSTITUTE_URLS" & }
+          EOF
+          chmod +x /etc/init.d/guix-daemon
+
+          rc-update add guix-daemon
+          openrc boot
+
+      - name: Authorize signing keys
+        run: |
+          guix archive --authorize < ./files/keys/nonguix.pub
+          guix archive --authorize < ./files/keys/sakura.pub
+
+      - name: Build ISO
+        run: |
+          ./scripts/build-installer
+
+      - name: Guix cache save
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/guix
+          key: guix-cache-${{ github.sha }}
+
+      - name: Save artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: installer
+          path: guix-installer-*.iso

channels.scm

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         (url "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git")
         (branch "master")
         (commit
-          "a9003b8e6b40b59c9545ae87bb441d3549630db7")
+          "2b32a3809883a9b0fc38a79886921f1a53e00425")
         (introduction
           (make-channel-introduction
             "9edb3f66fd807b096b48283debdcddccfea34bad"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         (url "https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix.git")
         (branch "master")
         (commit
-          "5a7e61a0a5bc191d8558a845bd724a0d41e0afbd")
+          "10e3c2bcaedaba121eec0e255d366a080082cf0a")
         (introduction
           (make-channel-introduction
             "897c1a470da759236cc11798f4e0a5f7d4d59fbc"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         (url "https://g.freya.cat/freya/sakura")
         (branch "main")
         (commit
-          "3caf3d17b1e5e76f1bf948e6799085b27d204bed")
+          "db9a1e89bf4d730232c5c8ab705a1bab01262a25")
         (introduction
           (make-channel-introduction
             "8fb2f9c2fa414754c41c1c73665e3e73e12693ab"

scripts/build-installer

@@ -1,28 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+export GUIX_RETRY_NO_PROMPT=yes
 retry="$(dirname $0)/guix-retry"
 repo="$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/..")"
-extra_args=""
+command="\"$retry\" guix system -L \"$repo/modules\" image -t iso9660 \"$repo/systems/installer.scm\""
-
-if [ ! -d /gnu/store ]; then
-# we are likely in a non guix system
-# just for building the installer
-# make sure to authorize the substitute
-# servers for nonguix and sakura
-guix archive --authorize < "$repo/files/keys/nonguix.pub"
-guix archive --authorize < "$repo/files/keys/sakura.pub"
-substitutes=$(
-(cat <<EOF
-https://substitutes.nonguix.org
-https://substitutes.freya.cat
-https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org
-https://ci.guix.gnu.org
-EOF
-) | tr '\n' ' ')
-extra_args="--substitute-urls=\"$substitutes\""
-fi
-
-command="\"$retry\" guix time-machine -C \"$repo/channels.scm\" $extra_args -- system -L \"$repo/modules\" image -t iso9660 \"$repo/systems/installer.scm\""
 image=$(sh -c "$command")
-
 date="$(date -Iseconds)"
 cp $image "guix-installer-$date.iso"

scripts/guix-retry

@@ -1,21 +1,66 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-error="write_to_session_record_port"
+# fail on errors
+set -e
 
-# create redirection
+# if the error output matches this regex, auto retry
-# file descripters
+# and dont prompt user.
-exec 11>&1 # stdout
+auto_retry_regex="write_to_session_record_port" # Guix does not know how to
-exec 22>&2 # stderr
+                                                # gracefully reconnect TLS...
+# run dir
+run="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/guix-retry/$$"
+mkdir -p "$run"
 
+# delete run dir on exit
+function cleanup {
+	real="$(realpath "$run")"
+	if [[ ! "$real" = "/" ]]; then
+		rm -fr "$real"
+	fi
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# get error stream
+stderr="$run/stderr"
+mkfifo -m 600 "$stderr"
+
+log="$run/log"
+
+# unset fail on errors
+set +e
+
+# retry command forever
+# until success or abort
 while true; do
-	# send stdout to stdout
-	# send stderr though pipe
-	output=$("$@" 2>&1 1>&11 | tee >(cat - >&22)) # return stderr to
-						      # normal stderr as well
 
-	# check if error is in stderr
+	# execute command
-	if echo "$output" | grep -q "$error"; then
+	command="$@"
+	script -q -c "$command; exit \$?" 2>"$stderr" "$log" &
+	pid="$!"
+	output="$(cat "$stderr" | tee /dev/stderr)"
+	wait "$pid"
+	err="$(tail -n1 "$log" | awk -F '"' '{ print $2 }')"
+
+	if [[ "$err" -eq 0 ]]; then
+		# command succeeded, break loop
+		break
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "$output" =~ "$auto_retry_regex" ]]; then
+		# command errored and is set to auto retry
 		continue
 	fi
+
+	if [[ ! -z "$GUIX_RETRY_NO_PROMPT" ]]; then
+		# do not prompt, just fail
 		break
+	fi
+
+	# check if user wants to retry
+	read -p "Command failed. Retry? (y/N): " response
+	if [[ ! "$response" = "y" ]]; then
+		# command failed and told to abort, break loop
+		break
+	fi
 done