GuixSD is missing /dev/disk/by-uuid

[Chris Marusich]

Hi,

I've noticed that in GuixSD (version 0.9.0), the directory
/dev/disk/by-uuid is missing. Is that expected?

Because this directory is missing, cryptsetup cannot open a LUKS device
by UUID. For example, see the following:

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[0] address@hidden:~
$ sudo cryptsetup open --type luks UUID=c39bbc82-b70d-4e3d-a7dc-05f0b85dd84a 
backup
Device /dev/disk/by-uuid/c39bbc82-b70d-4e3d-a7dc-05f0b85dd84a doesn't exist or 
access denied.
[4] address@hidden:~
$ sudo cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sdd1 backup
Enter passphrase for /dev/sdd1: 
[0] address@hidden:~
$ blkid
/dev/sdd1: UUID="c39bbc82-b70d-4e3d-a7dc-05f0b85dd84a" TYPE="crypto_LUKS" 
PARTUUID="00093e61-01"
[0] address@hidden:~
$ ls /dev/disk
by-id/
[0] address@hidden:~
$ ls /dev/disk/by-id/
dm-name-home  dm-uuid-CRYPT-LUKS1-2c7fc92e9e534bd08a178f15a89746bb-home
[0] address@hidden:~
$ 
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As shown above, cryptsetup works fine if I specify /dev/sdd1, but it
would be nice to be able to specify the UUID instead. The
/dev/disk/by-id directory exists, but the purpose of that directory
appears to be different than the purpose of the /dev/disk/by-uuid
directory, and it does not contain an entry for the device in question.

Is it expected that GuixSD is missing the /dev/disk/by-uuid directory?

Thank you for your help,
Chris