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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/memtest86-efi/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/memtest86-efi/default.nix
index 10135d66408..8d28dbcf40e 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/memtest86-efi/default.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/memtest86-efi/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, libguestfs-with-appliance }:
+{ fetchzip, lib, p7zip, stdenv }:
stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
pname = "memtest86-efi";
- version = "8.0";
+ version = "8.1";
- src = fetchurl {
- # TODO: The latest version of memtest86 is actually 8.1, but apparently the
- # company has stopped distributing versioned binaries of memtest86:
+ src = fetchzip {
+ # TODO: The latest version of memtest86 is actually 8.2, but the
+ # company developing memtest86 has stopped providing a versioned download
+ # link for the latest version:
+ #
# https://www.passmark.com/forum/memtest86/44494-version-8-1-distribution-file-is-not-versioned?p=44505#post44505
- # However, it does look like redistribution is okay, so if we had
- # somewhere to host binaries that we make sure to version, then we could
- # probably keep up with the latest versions released by the company.
+ #
+ # However, versioned links for the previous version are available, so that
+ # is what is being used.
+ #
+ # It does look like redistribution is okay, so if we had somewhere to host
+ # binaries that we make sure to version, then we could probably keep up
+ # with the latest versions released by the company.
url = "https://www.memtest86.com/downloads/memtest86-${version}-usb.zip";
- sha256 = "147mnd7fnx2wvbzscw7pkg9ljiczhz05nb0cjpmww49a0ms4yknw";
+ sha256 = "0qiyd8ymn307shmvwmqd80q3svxf49133d2pf84qpdlcmjjfnhgg";
+ stripRoot = false;
};
- nativeBuildInputs = [ libguestfs-with-appliance unzip ];
-
- unpackPhase = ''
- unzip -q $src -d .
- '';
+ nativeBuildInputs = [ p7zip ];
installPhase = ''
mkdir -p $out
@@ -27,16 +30,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
# memtest86 is distributed as a bootable USB image. It contains the actual
# memtest86 EFI app.
#
- # The following command uses libguestfs to extract the actual EFI app from the
- # usb image so that it can be installed directly on the hard drive. This creates
- # the ./BOOT/ directory with the memtest86 EFI app.
- guestfish --ro --add ./memtest86-usb.img --mount /dev/sda1:/ copy-out /EFI/BOOT .
-
- cp -r BOOT/* $out/
+ # The following command uses p7zip to extract the actual EFI app from the
+ # usb image so that it can be installed directly on the hard drive.
+ 7z x -o$TEMP/temp-efi-dirs $src/memtest86-usb.img
+ 7z x -o$TEMP/memtest86-files $TEMP/temp-efi-dirs/EFI\ System\ Partition.img
+ cp -r $TEMP/memtest86-files/EFI/BOOT/* $out/
'';
meta = with lib; {
- homepage = http://memtest86.com/;
+ homepage = "http://memtest86.com/";
downloadPage = "https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm";
description = "A tool to detect memory errors, to be run from a bootloader";
longDescription = ''