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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-03-19 14:45:58 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-03-19 15:07:46 +0100
commitef5f5c8659b1ca3999e362dfa33478e0a0150ced (patch)
treee2967b666c0434b76e4a16a9346f50fa04067958 /Makefile.am
parent7c49ab5b1c1aa79a06504456e4decc5112c5b9f9 (diff)
downloadguix-ef5f5c8659b1ca3999e362dfa33478e0a0150ced.tar.gz
build: Protect against misconfiguration of localstatedir.
Suggested by Jookia <166291@gmail.com>.

* m4/guix.m4 (GUIX_CURRENT_LOCALSTATEDIR, GUIX_CHECK_LOCALSTATEDIR): New
macros.
* config-daemon.ac: Use 'GUIX_CHECK_LOCALSTATEDIR'.
* Makefile.am (DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): Add --localstatedir.
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Mention --localstatedir.
(The Store): Mention LOCALSTATEDIR as such.
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diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8a5430794a..a9c281d4d1 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -421,7 +421,11 @@ include daemon.am
 endif BUILD_DAEMON
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
+# Pass an explicit '--localstatedir' so that configure does not error out if
+# it finds an existing installation with a different localstatedir.
 AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS =			\
+  --localstatedir="$$dc_install_base/var"	\
   --with-libgcrypt-prefix="$(LIBGCRYPT_PREFIX)"	\
   --with-libgcrypt-libdir="$(LIBGCRYPT_LIBDIR)"	\
   --with-nix-prefix="$(NIX_PREFIX)"		\