{ lib, pkgs, kernel ? pkgs.linux
, img ? pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.linux-kernel.target
, storeDir ? builtins.storeDir, rootModules ? [
  "virtio_pci"
  "virtio_mmio"
  "virtio_blk"
  "virtio_balloon"
  "virtio_rng"
  "ext4"
  "unix"
  "9p"
  "9pnet_virtio"
  "crc32c_generic"
] ++ pkgs.lib.optional pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 "rtc_cmos" }:

let
  inherit (pkgs)
    bash bashInteractive busybox cpio coreutils e2fsprogs fetchurl kmod rpm
    stdenv util-linux buildPackages writeScript writeText runCommand;
in rec {
  qemu-common = import ../../../nixos/lib/qemu-common.nix { inherit lib pkgs; };

  qemu = buildPackages.qemu_kvm;

  modulesClosure = pkgs.makeModulesClosure {
    inherit kernel rootModules;
    firmware = kernel;
  };

  hd = "vda"; # either "sda" or "vda"

  initrdUtils = runCommand "initrd-utils" {
    nativeBuildInputs = [ buildPackages.nukeReferences ];
    allowedReferences = [
      "out"
      modulesClosure
    ]; # prevent accidents like glibc being included in the initrd
  } ''
    mkdir -p $out/bin
    mkdir -p $out/lib

    # Copy what we need from Glibc.
    cp -p \
      ${pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc}/lib/ld-*.so.? \
      ${pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc}/lib/libc.so.* \
      ${pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc}/lib/libm.so.* \
      ${pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc}/lib/libresolv.so.* \
      $out/lib

    # Copy BusyBox.
    cp -pd ${pkgs.busybox}/bin/* $out/bin

    # Run patchelf to make the programs refer to the copied libraries.
    for i in $out/bin/* $out/lib/*; do if ! test -L $i; then nuke-refs $i; fi; done

    for i in $out/bin/*; do
        if [ -f "$i" -a ! -L "$i" ]; then
            echo "patching $i..."
            patchelf --set-interpreter $out/lib/ld-*.so.? --set-rpath $out/lib $i || true
        fi
    done
  ''; # */

  stage1Init = writeScript "vm-run-stage1" ''
    #! ${initrdUtils}/bin/ash -e

    export PATH=${initrdUtils}/bin

    mkdir /etc
    echo -n > /etc/fstab

    mount -t proc none /proc
    mount -t sysfs none /sys

    echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/panic_on_oom

    for o in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
      case $o in
        mountDisk=*)
          mountDisk=''${mountDisk#mountDisk=}
          ;;
        command=*)
          set -- $(IFS==; echo $o)
          command=$2
          ;;
        out=*)
          set -- $(IFS==; echo $o)
          export out=$2
          ;;
      esac
    done

    echo "loading kernel modules..."
    for i in $(cat ${modulesClosure}/insmod-list); do
      insmod $i || echo "warning: unable to load $i"
    done

    mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev
    ln -s /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
    ln -s /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin
    ln -s /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout
    ln -s /proc/self/fd/2 /dev/stderr

    ifconfig lo up

    mkdir /fs

    if test -z "$mountDisk"; then
      mount -t tmpfs none /fs
    elif [[ -e "$mountDisk" ]]; then
      mount "$mountDisk" /fs
    else
      mount /dev/${hd} /fs
    fi

    mkdir -p /fs/dev
    mount -o bind /dev /fs/dev

    mkdir -p /fs/dev/shm /fs/dev/pts
    mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=1777" none /fs/dev/shm
    mount -t devpts none /fs/dev/pts

    echo "mounting Nix store..."
    mkdir -p /fs${storeDir}
    mount -t 9p store /fs${storeDir} -o trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L,cache=loose,msize=131072

    mkdir -p /fs/tmp /fs/run /fs/var
    mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=1777" none /fs/tmp
    mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=755" none /fs/run
    ln -sfn /run /fs/var/run

    echo "mounting host's temporary directory..."
    mkdir -p /fs/tmp/xchg
    mount -t 9p xchg /fs/tmp/xchg -o trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L,msize=131072

    mkdir -p /fs/proc
    mount -t proc none /fs/proc

    mkdir -p /fs/sys
    mount -t sysfs none /fs/sys

    mkdir -p /fs/etc
    ln -sf /proc/mounts /fs/etc/mtab
    echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" > /fs/etc/hosts
    # Ensures tools requiring /etc/passwd will work (e.g. nix)
    if [ ! -e /fs/etc/passwd ]; then
      echo "root:x:0:0:System administrator:/root:/bin/sh" > /fs/etc/passwd
    fi

    echo "starting stage 2 ($command)"
    exec switch_root /fs $command $out
  '';

  initrd = pkgs.makeInitrd {
    contents = [{
      object = stage1Init;
      symlink = "/init";
    }];
  };

  stage2Init = writeScript "vm-run-stage2" ''
    #! ${bash}/bin/sh
    source /tmp/xchg/saved-env

    # Set the system time from the hardware clock.  Works around an
    # apparent KVM > 1.5.2 bug.
    ${util-linux}/bin/hwclock -s

    export NIX_STORE=${storeDir}
    export NIX_BUILD_TOP=/tmp
    export TMPDIR=/tmp
    export PATH=/empty
    out="$1"
    cd "$NIX_BUILD_TOP"

    if ! test -e /bin/sh; then
      ${coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p /bin
      ${coreutils}/bin/ln -s ${bash}/bin/sh /bin/sh
    fi

    # Set up automatic kernel module loading.
    export MODULE_DIR=${kernel}/lib/modules/
    ${coreutils}/bin/cat <<EOF > /run/modprobe
    #! ${bash}/bin/sh
    export MODULE_DIR=$MODULE_DIR
    exec ${kmod}/bin/modprobe "\$@"
    EOF
    ${coreutils}/bin/chmod 755 /run/modprobe
    echo /run/modprobe > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe

    # For debugging: if this is the second time this image is run,
    # then don't start the build again, but instead drop the user into
    # an interactive shell.
    if test -n "$origBuilder" -a ! -e /.debug; then
      exec < /dev/null
      ${coreutils}/bin/touch /.debug
      $origBuilder $origArgs
      echo $? > /tmp/xchg/in-vm-exit

      ${busybox}/bin/mount -o remount,ro dummy /

      ${busybox}/bin/poweroff -f
    else
      export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:${coreutils}/bin
      echo "Starting interactive shell..."
      echo "(To run the original builder: \$origBuilder \$origArgs)"
      exec ${busybox}/bin/setsid ${bashInteractive}/bin/bash < /dev/${qemu-common.qemuSerialDevice} &> /dev/${qemu-common.qemuSerialDevice}
    fi
  '';

  qemuCommandLinux = ''
    ${qemu-common.qemuBinary qemu} \
      -nographic -no-reboot \
      -device virtio-rng-pci \
      -virtfs local,path=${storeDir},security_model=none,mount_tag=store \
      -virtfs local,path=$TMPDIR/xchg,security_model=none,mount_tag=xchg \
      ''${diskImage:+-drive file=$diskImage,if=virtio,cache=unsafe,werror=report} \
      -kernel ${kernel}/${img} \
      -initrd ${initrd}/initrd \
      -append "console=${qemu-common.qemuSerialDevice} panic=1 command=${stage2Init} out=$out mountDisk=$mountDisk loglevel=4" \
      $QEMU_OPTS
  '';

  vmRunCommand = qemuCommand:
    writeText "vm-run" ''
      export > saved-env

      PATH=${coreutils}/bin
      mkdir xchg
      mv saved-env xchg/

      eval "$preVM"

      if [ "$enableParallelBuilding" = 1 ]; then
        if [ ''${NIX_BUILD_CORES:-0} = 0 ]; then
          QEMU_OPTS+=" -smp cpus=$(nproc)"
        else
          QEMU_OPTS+=" -smp cpus=$NIX_BUILD_CORES"
        fi
      fi

      # Write the command to start the VM to a file so that the user can
      # debug inside the VM if the build fails (when Nix is called with
      # the -K option to preserve the temporary build directory).
      cat > ./run-vm <<EOF
      #! ${bash}/bin/sh
      ''${diskImage:+diskImage=$diskImage}
      TMPDIR=$TMPDIR
      cd $TMPDIR
      ${qemuCommand}
      EOF

      mkdir -p -m 0700 $out

      chmod +x ./run-vm
      source ./run-vm

      if ! test -e xchg/in-vm-exit; then
        echo "Virtual machine didn't produce an exit code."
        exit 1
      fi

      exitCode="$(cat xchg/in-vm-exit)"
      if [ "$exitCode" != "0" ]; then
        exit "$exitCode"
      fi

      eval "$postVM"
    '';

  # A bash script fragment that produces a disk image at `destination`.
  createEmptyImage = {
    # Disk image size in MiB
    size,
    # Name that will be written to ${destination}/nix-support/full-name
    fullName,
    # Where to write the image files, defaulting to $out
    destination ? "$out" }: ''
      mkdir -p ${destination}
      diskImage=${destination}/disk-image.qcow2
      ${qemu}/bin/qemu-img create -f qcow2 $diskImage "${toString size}M"

      mkdir ${destination}/nix-support
      echo "${fullName}" > ${destination}/nix-support/full-name
    '';

  defaultCreateRootFS = ''
    mkdir /mnt
    ${e2fsprogs}/bin/mkfs.ext4 /dev/${hd}
    ${util-linux}/bin/mount -t ext4 /dev/${hd} /mnt

    if test -e /mnt/.debug; then
      exec ${bash}/bin/sh
    fi
    touch /mnt/.debug

    mkdir /mnt/proc /mnt/dev /mnt/sys
  '';

  /* Run a derivation in a Linux virtual machine (using Qemu/KVM).  By
     default, there is no disk image; the root filesystem is a tmpfs,
     and the nix store is shared with the host (via the 9P protocol).
     Thus, any pure Nix derivation should run unmodified, e.g. the
     call

       runInLinuxVM patchelf

     will build the derivation `patchelf' inside a VM.  The attribute
     `preVM' can optionally contain a shell command to be evaluated
     *before* the VM is started (i.e., on the host).  The attribute
     `memSize' specifies the memory size of the VM in megabytes,
     defaulting to 512.  The attribute `diskImage' can optionally
     specify a file system image to be attached to /dev/sda.  (Note
     that currently we expect the image to contain a filesystem, not a
     full disk image with a partition table etc.)

     If the build fails and Nix is run with the `-K' option, a script
     `run-vm' will be left behind in the temporary build directory
     that allows you to boot into the VM and debug it interactively.
  */

  runInLinuxVM = drv:
    lib.overrideDerivation drv
    ({ memSize ? 512, QEMU_OPTS ? "", args, builder, ... }: {
      requiredSystemFeatures = [ "kvm" ];
      builder = "${bash}/bin/sh";
      args = [ "-e" (vmRunCommand qemuCommandLinux) ];
      origArgs = args;
      origBuilder = builder;
      QEMU_OPTS = "${QEMU_OPTS} -m ${toString memSize}";
      passAsFile =
        [ ]; # HACK fix - see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/16742
    });

  extractFs = { file, fs ? null }:
    runInLinuxVM (stdenv.mkDerivation {
      name = "extract-file";
      buildInputs = [ util-linux ];
      buildCommand = ''
        ln -s ${kernel}/lib /lib
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe loop
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe ext4
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe hfs
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe hfsplus
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe squashfs
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe iso9660
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe ufs
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe cramfs

        mkdir -p $out
        mkdir -p tmp
        mount -o loop,ro,ufstype=44bsd ${
          lib.optionalString (fs != null) "-t ${fs} "
        }${file} tmp ||
          mount -o loop,ro ${
            lib.optionalString (fs != null) "-t ${fs} "
          }${file} tmp
        cp -Rv tmp/* $out/ || exit 0
      '';
    });

  extractMTDfs = { file, fs ? null }:
    runInLinuxVM (stdenv.mkDerivation {
      name = "extract-file-mtd";
      buildInputs = [ pkgs.util-linux pkgs.mtdutils ];
      buildCommand = ''
        ln -s ${kernel}/lib /lib
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe mtd
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe mtdram total_size=131072
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe mtdchar
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe mtdblock
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe jffs2
        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe zlib

        mkdir -p $out
        mkdir -p tmp

        dd if=${file} of=/dev/mtd0
        mount ${lib.optionalString (fs != null) "-t ${fs} "}/dev/mtdblock0 tmp

        cp -R tmp/* $out/
      '';
    });

  /* Like runInLinuxVM, but run the build not using the stdenv from
     the Nix store, but using the tools provided by /bin, /usr/bin
     etc. from the specified filesystem image, which typically is a
     filesystem containing a non-NixOS Linux distribution.
  */

  runInLinuxImage = drv:
    runInLinuxVM (lib.overrideDerivation drv (attrs: {
      mountDisk = attrs.mountDisk or true;

      /* Mount `image' as the root FS, but use a temporary copy-on-write
         image since we don't want to (and can't) write to `image'.
      */
      preVM = ''
        diskImage=$(pwd)/disk-image.qcow2
        origImage=${attrs.diskImage}
        if test -d "$origImage"; then origImage="$origImage/disk-image.qcow2"; fi
        ${qemu}/bin/qemu-img create -F ${attrs.diskImageFormat} -b "$origImage" -f qcow2 $diskImage
      '';

      /* Inside the VM, run the stdenv setup script normally, but at the
         very end set $PATH and $SHELL to the `native' paths for the
         distribution inside the VM.
      */
      postHook = ''
        PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
        SHELL=/bin/sh
        eval "$origPostHook"
      '';

      origPostHook = lib.optionalString (attrs ? postHook) attrs.postHook;

      # Don't run Nix-specific build steps like patchelf.
      fixupPhase = "true";
    }));

  /* Create a filesystem image of the specified size and fill it with
     a set of RPM packages.
  */

  fillDiskWithRPMs = { size ? 4096, rpms, name, fullName, preInstall ? ""
    , postInstall ? "", runScripts ? true, createRootFS ? defaultCreateRootFS
    , QEMU_OPTS ? "", memSize ? 512, unifiedSystemDir ? false }:

    runInLinuxVM (stdenv.mkDerivation {
      inherit name preInstall postInstall rpms QEMU_OPTS memSize;
      preVM = createEmptyImage { inherit size fullName; };

      buildCommand = ''
        ${createRootFS}

        chroot=$(type -tP chroot)

        # Make the Nix store available in /mnt, because that's where the RPMs live.
        mkdir -p /mnt${storeDir}
        ${util-linux}/bin/mount -o bind ${storeDir} /mnt${storeDir}

        # Newer distributions like Fedora 18 require /lib etc. to be
        # symlinked to /usr.
        ${lib.optionalString unifiedSystemDir ''
          mkdir -p /mnt/usr/bin /mnt/usr/sbin /mnt/usr/lib /mnt/usr/lib64
          ln -s /usr/bin /mnt/bin
          ln -s /usr/sbin /mnt/sbin
          ln -s /usr/lib /mnt/lib
          ln -s /usr/lib64 /mnt/lib64
          ${util-linux}/bin/mount -t proc none /mnt/proc
        ''}

        echo "unpacking RPMs..."
        set +o pipefail
        for i in $rpms; do
            echo "$i..."
            ${rpm}/bin/rpm2cpio "$i" | chroot /mnt ${cpio}/bin/cpio -i --make-directories --unconditional
        done

        eval "$preInstall"

        echo "initialising RPM DB..."
        PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin $chroot /mnt \
          ldconfig -v || true
        PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin $chroot /mnt \
          rpm --initdb

        ${util-linux}/bin/mount -o bind /tmp /mnt/tmp

        echo "installing RPMs..."
        PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin $chroot /mnt \
          rpm -iv --nosignature ${
            lib.optionalString (!runScripts) "--noscripts"
          } $rpms

        echo "running post-install script..."
        eval "$postInstall"

        rm /mnt/.debug

        ${util-linux}/bin/umount /mnt${storeDir} /mnt/tmp ${
          lib.optionalString unifiedSystemDir "/mnt/proc"
        }
        ${util-linux}/bin/umount /mnt
      '';

      passthru = { inherit fullName; };
    });

  /* Generate a script that can be used to run an interactive session
     in the given image.
  */

  makeImageTestScript = image:
    writeScript "image-test" ''
      #! ${bash}/bin/sh
      if test -z "$1"; then
        echo "Syntax: $0 <copy-on-write-temp-file>"
        exit 1
      fi
      diskImage="$1"
      if ! test -e "$diskImage"; then
        ${qemu}/bin/qemu-img create -b ${image}/disk-image.qcow2 -f qcow2 -F qcow2 "$diskImage"
      fi
      export TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
      export out=/dummy
      export origBuilder=
      export origArgs=
      mkdir $TMPDIR/xchg
      export > $TMPDIR/xchg/saved-env
      mountDisk=1
      ${qemuCommandLinux}
    '';

  /* Build RPM packages from the tarball `src' in the Linux
     distribution installed in the filesystem `diskImage'.  The
     tarball must contain an RPM specfile.
  */

  buildRPM = attrs:
    runInLinuxImage (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
      prePhases = [ "prepareImagePhase" "sysInfoPhase" ];
      dontConfigure = true;

      outDir = "rpms/${attrs.diskImage.name}";

      prepareImagePhase = ''
        if test -n "$extraRPMs"; then
          for rpmdir in $extraRPMs ; do
            rpm -iv $(ls $rpmdir/rpms/*/*.rpm | grep -v 'src\.rpm' | sort | head -1)
          done
        fi
      '';

      sysInfoPhase = ''
        echo "System/kernel: $(uname -a)"
        if test -e /etc/fedora-release; then echo "Fedora release: $(cat /etc/fedora-release)"; fi
        if test -e /etc/SuSE-release; then echo "SUSE release: $(cat /etc/SuSE-release)"; fi
        echo "installed RPM packages"
        rpm -qa --qf "%{Name}-%{Version}-%{Release} (%{Arch}; %{Distribution}; %{Vendor})\n"
      '';

      buildPhase = ''
        eval "$preBuild"

        srcName="$(rpmspec --srpm -q --qf '%{source}' *.spec)"
        cp "$src" "$srcName" # `ln' doesn't work always work: RPM requires that the file is owned by root

        export HOME=/tmp/home
        mkdir $HOME

        rpmout=/tmp/rpmout
        mkdir $rpmout $rpmout/SPECS $rpmout/BUILD $rpmout/RPMS $rpmout/SRPMS

        echo "%_topdir $rpmout" >> $HOME/.rpmmacros

        if [ `uname -m` = i686 ]; then extra="--target i686-linux"; fi
        rpmbuild -vv $extra -ta "$srcName"

        eval "$postBuild"
      '';

      installPhase = ''
        eval "$preInstall"

        mkdir -p $out/$outDir
        find $rpmout -name "*.rpm" -exec cp {} $out/$outDir \;

        for i in $out/$outDir/*.rpm; do
          echo "Generated RPM/SRPM: $i"
          rpm -qip $i
        done

        eval "$postInstall"
      ''; # */
    } // attrs));

  /* Create a filesystem image of the specified size and fill it with
     a set of Debian packages.  `debs' must be a list of list of
     .deb files, namely, the Debian packages grouped together into
     strongly connected components.  See deb/deb-closure.nix.
  */

  fillDiskWithDebs = { size ? 4096, debs, name, fullName, postInstall ? null
    , createRootFS ? defaultCreateRootFS, QEMU_OPTS ? "", memSize ? 512, ...
    }@args:

    runInLinuxVM (stdenv.mkDerivation ({
      inherit name postInstall QEMU_OPTS memSize;

      debs = (lib.intersperse "|" debs);

      preVM = createEmptyImage { inherit size fullName; };

      buildCommand = ''
        ${createRootFS}

        PATH=$PATH:${lib.makeBinPath [ pkgs.dpkg pkgs.glibc pkgs.xz ]}

        # Unpack the .debs.  We do this to prevent pre-install scripts
        # (which have lots of circular dependencies) from barfing.
        echo "unpacking Debs..."

        for deb in $debs; do
          if test "$deb" != "|"; then
            echo "$deb..."
            dpkg-deb --extract "$deb" /mnt
          fi
        done

        # Make the Nix store available in /mnt, because that's where the .debs live.
        mkdir -p /mnt/inst${storeDir}
        ${util-linux}/bin/mount -o bind ${storeDir} /mnt/inst${storeDir}
        ${util-linux}/bin/mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc
        ${util-linux}/bin/mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev

        # Misc. files/directories assumed by various packages.
        echo "initialising Dpkg DB..."
        touch /mnt/etc/shells
        touch /mnt/var/lib/dpkg/status
        touch /mnt/var/lib/dpkg/available
        touch /mnt/var/lib/dpkg/diversions

        # Now install the .debs.  This is basically just to register
        # them with dpkg and to make their pre/post-install scripts
        # run.
        echo "installing Debs..."

        export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

        oldIFS="$IFS"
        IFS="|"
        for component in $debs; do
          IFS="$oldIFS"
          echo
          echo ">>> INSTALLING COMPONENT: $component"
          debs=
          for i in $component; do
            debs="$debs /inst/$i";
          done
          chroot=$(type -tP chroot)

          # Create a fake start-stop-daemon script, as done in debootstrap.
          mv "/mnt/sbin/start-stop-daemon" "/mnt/sbin/start-stop-daemon.REAL"
          echo "#!/bin/true" > "/mnt/sbin/start-stop-daemon"
          chmod 755 "/mnt/sbin/start-stop-daemon"

          PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin $chroot /mnt \
            /usr/bin/dpkg --install --force-all $debs < /dev/null || true

          # Move the real start-stop-daemon back into its place.
          mv "/mnt/sbin/start-stop-daemon.REAL" "/mnt/sbin/start-stop-daemon"
        done

        echo "running post-install script..."
        eval "$postInstall"

        rm /mnt/.debug

        ${util-linux}/bin/umount /mnt/inst${storeDir}
        ${util-linux}/bin/umount /mnt/proc
        ${util-linux}/bin/umount /mnt/dev
        ${util-linux}/bin/umount /mnt
      '';

      passthru = { inherit fullName; };
    } // args));

  /* Generate a Nix expression containing fetchurl calls for the
     closure of a set of top-level RPM packages from the
     `primary.xml.gz' file of a Fedora or openSUSE distribution.
  */

  rpmClosureGenerator =
    { name, packagesLists, urlPrefixes, packages, archs ? [ ] }:
    assert (builtins.length packagesLists) == (builtins.length urlPrefixes);
    runCommand "${name}.nix" {
      nativeBuildInputs =
        [ buildPackages.perl buildPackages.perlPackages.XMLSimple ];
      inherit archs;
    } ''
      ${lib.concatImapStrings (i: pl: ''
        gunzip < ${pl} > ./packages_${toString i}.xml
      '') packagesLists}
      perl -w ${rpm/rpm-closure.pl} \
        ${
          lib.concatImapStrings
          (i: pl: "./packages_${toString i}.xml ${pl.snd} ")
          (lib.zipLists packagesLists urlPrefixes)
        } \
        ${toString packages} > $out
    '';

  /* Helper function that combines rpmClosureGenerator and
     fillDiskWithRPMs to generate a disk image from a set of package
     names.
  */

  makeImageFromRPMDist = { name, fullName, size ? 4096, urlPrefix ? ""
    , urlPrefixes ? [ urlPrefix ], packagesList ? ""
    , packagesLists ? [ packagesList ], packages, extraPackages ? [ ]
    , preInstall ? "", postInstall ? "", archs ? [ "noarch" "i386" ]
    , runScripts ? true, createRootFS ? defaultCreateRootFS, QEMU_OPTS ? ""
    , memSize ? 512, unifiedSystemDir ? false }:

    fillDiskWithRPMs {
      inherit name fullName size preInstall postInstall runScripts createRootFS
        unifiedSystemDir QEMU_OPTS memSize;
      rpms = import (rpmClosureGenerator {
        inherit name packagesLists urlPrefixes archs;
        packages = packages ++ extraPackages;
      }) { inherit fetchurl; };
    };

  /* Like `rpmClosureGenerator', but now for Debian/Ubuntu releases
     (i.e. generate a closure from a Packages.bz2 file).
  */

  debClosureGenerator = { name, packagesLists, urlPrefix, packages }:

    runCommand "${name}.nix" {
      nativeBuildInputs = [ buildPackages.perl buildPackages.dpkg ];
    } ''
      for i in ${toString packagesLists}; do
        echo "adding $i..."
        case $i in
          *.xz | *.lzma)
            xz -d < $i >> ./Packages
            ;;
          *.bz2)
            bunzip2 < $i >> ./Packages
            ;;
          *.gz)
            gzip -dc < $i >> ./Packages
            ;;
        esac
      done

      perl -w ${deb/deb-closure.pl} \
        ./Packages ${urlPrefix} ${toString packages} > $out
    '';

  /* Helper function that combines debClosureGenerator and
     fillDiskWithDebs to generate a disk image from a set of package
     names.
  */

  makeImageFromDebDist = { name, fullName, size ? 4096, urlPrefix
    , packagesList ? "", packagesLists ? [ packagesList ], packages
    , extraPackages ? [ ], postInstall ? "", extraDebs ? [ ]
    , createRootFS ? defaultCreateRootFS, QEMU_OPTS ? "", memSize ? 512, ...
    }@args:

    let
      expr = debClosureGenerator {
        inherit name packagesLists urlPrefix;
        packages = packages ++ extraPackages;
      };
    in (fillDiskWithDebs ({
      inherit name fullName size postInstall createRootFS QEMU_OPTS memSize;
      debs = import expr { inherit fetchurl; } ++ extraDebs;
    } // args)) // {
      inherit expr;
    };

  # The set of supported RPM-based distributions.

  rpmDistros = {

    # Note: no i386 release for Fedora >= 26
    fedora26x86_64 = let version = "26";
    in {
      name = "fedora-${version}-x86_64";
      fullName = "Fedora ${version} (x86_64)";
      packagesList = fetchurl rec {
        url =
          "mirror://fedora/linux/releases/${version}/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/${sha256}-primary.xml.gz";
        sha256 =
          "880055a50c05b20641530d09b23f64501a000b2f92fe252417c530178730a95e";
      };
      urlPrefix =
        "mirror://fedora/linux/releases/${version}/Everything/x86_64/os";
      archs = [ "noarch" "x86_64" ];
      packages = commonFedoraPackages ++ [ "cronie" "util-linux" ];
      unifiedSystemDir = true;
    };

    fedora27x86_64 = let version = "27";
    in {
      name = "fedora-${version}-x86_64";
      fullName = "Fedora ${version} (x86_64)";
      packagesList = fetchurl rec {
        url =
          "mirror://fedora/linux/releases/${version}/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/${sha256}-primary.xml.gz";
        sha256 =
          "48986ce4583cd09825c6d437150314446f0f49fa1a1bd62dcfa1085295030fe9";
      };
      urlPrefix =
        "mirror://fedora/linux/releases/${version}/Everything/x86_64/os";
      archs = [ "noarch" "x86_64" ];
      packages = commonFedoraPackages ++ [ "cronie" "util-linux" ];
      unifiedSystemDir = true;
    };

    centos6i386 = let version = "6.9";
    in rec {
      name = "centos-${version}-i386";
      fullName = "CentOS ${version} (i386)";
      urlPrefix = "mirror://centos/${version}/os/i386";
      packagesList = fetchurl rec {
        url = "${urlPrefix}/repodata/${sha256}-primary.xml.gz";
        sha256 =
          "b826a45082ef68340325c0855f3d2e5d5a4d0f77d28ba3b871791d6f14a97aeb";
      };
      archs = [ "noarch" "i386" ];
      packages = commonCentOSPackages ++ [ "procps" ];
    };

    centos6x86_64 = let version = "6.9";
    in rec {
      name = "centos-${version}-x86_64";
      fullName = "CentOS ${version} (x86_64)";
      urlPrefix = "mirror://centos/${version}/os/x86_64";
      packagesList = fetchurl rec {
        url = "${urlPrefix}/repodata/${sha256}-primary.xml.gz";
        sha256 =
          "ed2b2d4ac98d774d4cd3e91467e1532f7e8b0275cfc91a0d214b532dcaf1e979";
      };
      archs = [ "noarch" "x86_64" ];
      packages = commonCentOSPackages ++ [ "procps" ];
    };

    # Note: no i386 release for 7.x
    centos7x86_64 = let version = "7.4.1708";
    in rec {
      name = "centos-${version}-x86_64";
      fullName = "CentOS ${version} (x86_64)";
      urlPrefix = "mirror://centos/${version}/os/x86_64";
      packagesList = fetchurl rec {
        url = "${urlPrefix}/repodata/${sha256}-primary.xml.gz";
        sha256 =
          "b686d3a0f337323e656d9387b9a76ce6808b26255fc3a138b1a87d3b1cb95ed5";
      };
      archs = [ "noarch" "x86_64" ];
      packages = commonCentOSPackages ++ [ "procps-ng" ];
    };
  };

  # The set of supported Dpkg-based distributions.

  debDistros = {
    ubuntu1404i386 = {
      name = "ubuntu-14.04-trusty-i386";
      fullName = "Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty (i386)";
      packagesLists = [
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2";
          sha256 = "1d5y3v3v079gdq45hc07ja0bjlmzqfwdwwlq0brwxi8m75k3iz7x";
        })
        (fetchurl {
          url =
            "mirror://ubuntu/dists/trusty/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2";
          sha256 = "03x9w92by320rfklrqhcl3qpwmnxds9c8ijl5zhcb21d6dcz5z1a";
        })
      ];
      urlPrefix = "mirror://ubuntu";
      packages = commonDebPackages ++ [ "diffutils" "libc-bin" ];
    };

    ubuntu1404x86_64 = {
      name = "ubuntu-14.04-trusty-amd64";
      fullName = "Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty (amd64)";
      packagesLists = [
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2";
          sha256 = "1hhzbyqfr5i0swahwnl5gfp5l9p9hspywb1vpihr3b74p1z935bh";
        })
        (fetchurl {
          url =
            "mirror://ubuntu/dists/trusty/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2";
          sha256 = "04560ba8s4z4v5iawknagrkn9q1nzvpn081ycmqvhh73p3p3g1jm";
        })
      ];
      urlPrefix = "mirror://ubuntu";
      packages = commonDebPackages ++ [ "diffutils" "libc-bin" ];
    };

    ubuntu1604i386 = {
      name = "ubuntu-16.04-xenial-i386";
      fullName = "Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial (i386)";
      packagesLists = [
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-i386/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "13r75sp4slqy8w32y5dnr7pp7p3cfvavyr1g7gwnlkyrq4zx4ahy";
        })
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/xenial/universe/binary-i386/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "14fid1rqm3sc0wlygcvn0yx5aljf51c2jpd4x0zxij4019316hsh";
        })
      ];
      urlPrefix = "mirror://ubuntu";
      packages = commonDebPackages ++ [ "diffutils" "libc-bin" ];
    };

    ubuntu1604x86_64 = {
      name = "ubuntu-16.04-xenial-amd64";
      fullName = "Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial (amd64)";
      packagesLists = [
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "110qnkhjkkwm316fbig3aivm2595ydz6zskc4ld5cr8ngcrqm1bn";
        })
        (fetchurl {
          url =
            "mirror://ubuntu/dists/xenial/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "0mm7gj491yi6q4v0n4qkbsm94s59bvqir6fk60j73w7y4la8rg68";
        })
      ];
      urlPrefix = "mirror://ubuntu";
      packages = commonDebPackages ++ [ "diffutils" "libc-bin" ];
    };

    ubuntu1804i386 = {
      name = "ubuntu-18.04-bionic-i386";
      fullName = "Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic (i386)";
      packagesLists = [
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/bionic/main/binary-i386/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "0f0v4131kwf7m7f8j3288rlqdxk1k3vqy74b7fcfd6jz9j8d840i";
        })
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/bionic/universe/binary-i386/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "1v75c0dqr0wp0dqd4hnci92qqs4hll8frqdbpswadgxm5chn91bw";
        })
      ];
      urlPrefix = "mirror://ubuntu";
      packages = commonDebPackages ++ [ "diffutils" "libc-bin" ];
    };

    ubuntu1804x86_64 = {
      name = "ubuntu-18.04-bionic-amd64";
      fullName = "Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic (amd64)";
      packagesLists = [
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/bionic/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "1ls81bjyvmfz6i919kszl7xks1ibrh1xqhsk6698ackndkm0wp39";
        })
        (fetchurl {
          url =
            "mirror://ubuntu/dists/bionic/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "1832nqpn4ap95b3sj870xqayrza9in4kih9jkmjax27pq6x15v1r";
        })
      ];
      urlPrefix = "mirror://ubuntu";
      packages = commonDebPackages ++ [ "diffutils" "libc-bin" ];
    };

    ubuntu2004i386 = {
      name = "ubuntu-20.04-focal-i386";
      fullName = "Ubuntu 20.04 Focal (i386)";
      packagesLists = [
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/focal/main/binary-i386/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "sha256-7RAYURoN3RKYQAHpwBS9TIV6vCmpURpphyMJQmV4wLc=";
        })
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/focal/universe/binary-i386/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "sha256-oA551xVE80volUPgkMyvzpQ1d+GhuZd4DAe7dXZnULM=";
        })
      ];
      urlPrefix = "mirror://ubuntu";
      packages = commonDebPackages ++ [ "diffutils" "libc-bin" ];
    };

    ubuntu2004x86_64 = {
      name = "ubuntu-20.04-focal-amd64";
      fullName = "Ubuntu 20.04 Focal (amd64)";
      packagesLists = [
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/focal/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "sha256-d1eSH/j+7Zw5NKDJk21EG6SiOL7j6myMHfXLzUP8mGE=";
        })
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/focal/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "sha256-RqdG2seJvZU3rKVNsWgLnf9RwkgVMRE1A4IZnX2WudE=";
        })
      ];
      urlPrefix = "mirror://ubuntu";
      packages = commonDebPackages ++ [ "diffutils" "libc-bin" ];
    };

    ubuntu2204i386 = {
      name = "ubuntu-22.04-jammy-i386";
      fullName = "Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy (i386)";
      packagesLists = [
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/jammy/main/binary-i386/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "sha256-iZBmwT0ep4v+V3sayybbOgZBOFFZwPGpOKtmuLMMVPQ=";
        })
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/jammy/universe/binary-i386/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "sha256-DO2LdpZ9rDDBhWj2gvDWd0TJJVZHxKsYTKTi6GXjm1E=";
        })
      ];
      urlPrefix = "mirror://ubuntu";
      packages = commonDebPackages ++ [ "diffutils" "libc-bin" ];
    };

    ubuntu2204x86_64 = {
      name = "ubuntu-22.04-jammy-amd64";
      fullName = "Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy (amd64)";
      packagesLists = [
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/jammy/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "sha256-N8tX8VVMv6ccWinun/7hipqMF4K7BWjgh0t/9M6PnBE=";
        })
        (fetchurl {
          url = "mirror://ubuntu/dists/jammy/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.xz";
          sha256 = "sha256-0pyyTJP+xfQyVXBrzn60bUd5lSA52MaKwbsUpvNlXOI=";
        })
      ];
      urlPrefix = "mirror://ubuntu";
      packages = commonDebPackages ++ [ "diffutils" "libc-bin" ];
    };

    debian10i386 = {
      name = "debian-10.13-buster-i386";
      fullName = "Debian 10.13 Buster (i386)";
      packagesList = fetchurl {
        url =
          "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20221126T084953Z/dists/buster/main/binary-i386/Packages.xz";
        hash = "sha256-n9JquhtZgxw3qr9BX0MQoY3ZTIHN0dit+iru3DC31UY=";
      };
      urlPrefix = "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20221126T084953Z";
      packages = commonDebianPackages;
    };

    debian10x86_64 = {
      name = "debian-10.13-buster-amd64";
      fullName = "Debian 10.13 Buster (amd64)";
      packagesList = fetchurl {
        url =
          "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20221126T084953Z/dists/buster/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz";
        hash = "sha256-YukIIB3u87jgp9oudwklsxyKVKjSL618wFgDSXiFmjU=";
      };
      urlPrefix = "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20221126T084953Z";
      packages = commonDebianPackages;
    };

    debian11i386 = {
      name = "debian-11.8-bullseye-i386";
      fullName = "Debian 11.8 Bullseye (i386)";
      packagesList = fetchurl {
        url =
          "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20231124T031419Z/dists/bullseye/main/binary-i386/Packages.xz";
        hash = "sha256-0bKSLLPhEC7FB5D1NA2jaQP0wTe/Qp1ddiA/NDVjRaI=";
      };
      urlPrefix = "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20231124T031419Z";
      packages = commonDebianPackages;
    };

    debian11x86_64 = {
      name = "debian-11.8-bullseye-amd64";
      fullName = "Debian 11.8 Bullseye (amd64)";
      packagesList = fetchurl {
        url =
          "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20231124T031419Z/dists/bullseye/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz";
        hash = "sha256-CYPsGgQgJZkh3JmbcAQkYDWP193qrkOADOgrMETZIeo=";
      };
      urlPrefix = "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20231124T031419Z";
      packages = commonDebianPackages;
    };

    debian12i386 = {
      name = "debian-12.2-bookworm-i386";
      fullName = "Debian 12.2 Bookworm (i386)";
      packagesList = fetchurl {
        url =
          "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20231124T031419Z/dists/bookworm/main/binary-i386/Packages.xz";
        hash = "sha256-OeN9Q2HFM3GsPNhOa4VhM7qpwT66yUNwC+6Z8SbGEeQ=";
      };
      urlPrefix = "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20231124T031419Z";
      packages = commonDebianPackages;
    };

    debian12x86_64 = {
      name = "debian-12.2-bookworm-amd64";
      fullName = "Debian 12.2 Bookworm (amd64)";
      packagesList = fetchurl {
        url =
          "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20231124T031419Z/dists/bookworm/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz";
        hash = "sha256-SZDElRfe9BlBwDlajQB79Qdn08rv8whYoQDeVCveKVs=";
      };
      urlPrefix = "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20231124T031419Z";
      packages = commonDebianPackages;
    };
  };

  # Common packages for Fedora images.
  commonFedoraPackages = [
    "autoconf"
    "automake"
    "basesystem"
    "bzip2"
    "curl"
    "diffutils"
    "fedora-release"
    "findutils"
    "gawk"
    "gcc-c++"
    "gzip"
    "make"
    "patch"
    "perl"
    "pkgconf-pkg-config"
    "rpm"
    "rpm-build"
    "tar"
    "unzip"
  ];

  commonCentOSPackages = [
    "autoconf"
    "automake"
    "basesystem"
    "bzip2"
    "curl"
    "diffutils"
    "centos-release"
    "findutils"
    "gawk"
    "gcc-c++"
    "gzip"
    "make"
    "patch"
    "perl"
    "pkgconfig"
    "rpm"
    "rpm-build"
    "tar"
    "unzip"
  ];

  commonRHELPackages = [
    "autoconf"
    "automake"
    "basesystem"
    "bzip2"
    "curl"
    "diffutils"
    "findutils"
    "gawk"
    "gcc-c++"
    "gzip"
    "make"
    "patch"
    "perl"
    "pkgconfig"
    "procps-ng"
    "rpm"
    "rpm-build"
    "tar"
    "unzip"
  ];

  # Common packages for openSUSE images.
  commonOpenSUSEPackages = [
    "aaa_base"
    "autoconf"
    "automake"
    "bzip2"
    "curl"
    "diffutils"
    "findutils"
    "gawk"
    "gcc-c++"
    "gzip"
    "make"
    "patch"
    "perl"
    "pkg-config"
    "rpm"
    "tar"
    "unzip"
    "util-linux"
    "gnu-getopt"
  ];

  # Common packages for Debian/Ubuntu images.
  commonDebPackages = [
    "base-passwd"
    "dpkg"
    "libc6-dev"
    "perl"
    "bash"
    "dash"
    "gzip"
    "bzip2"
    "tar"
    "grep"
    "mawk"
    "sed"
    "findutils"
    "g++"
    "make"
    "curl"
    "patch"
    "locales"
    "coreutils"
    # Needed by checkinstall:
    "util-linux"
    "file"
    "dpkg-dev"
    "pkg-config"
    # Needed because it provides /etc/login.defs, whose absence causes
    # the "passwd" post-installs script to fail.
    "login"
    "passwd"
  ];

  commonDebianPackages = commonDebPackages ++ [ "sysvinit" "diff" ];

  /* A set of functions that build the Linux distributions specified
     in `rpmDistros' and `debDistros'.  For instance,
     `diskImageFuns.ubuntu1004x86_64 { }' builds an Ubuntu 10.04 disk
     image containing the default packages specified above.  Overrides
     of the default image parameters can be given.  In particular,
     `extraPackages' specifies the names of additional packages from
     the distribution that should be included in the image; `packages'
     allows the entire set of packages to be overridden; and `size'
     sets the size of the disk in megabytes.  E.g.,
     `diskImageFuns.ubuntu1004x86_64 { extraPackages = ["firefox"];
     size = 8192; }' builds an 8 GiB image containing Firefox in
     addition to the default packages.
  */
  diskImageFuns =
    (lib.mapAttrs (name: as: as2: makeImageFromRPMDist (as // as2)) rpmDistros)
    // (lib.mapAttrs (name: as: as2: makeImageFromDebDist (as // as2))
      debDistros);

  # Shorthand for `diskImageFuns.<attr> { extraPackages = ... }'.
  diskImageExtraFuns =
    lib.mapAttrs (name: f: extraPackages: f { inherit extraPackages; })
    diskImageFuns;

  /* Default disk images generated from the `rpmDistros' and
     `debDistros' sets.
  */
  diskImages = lib.mapAttrs (name: f: f { }) diskImageFuns;

}