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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-08-28 23:48:14 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-08-29 00:09:44 +0200
commit334bda9a9e01b73b772b3f30b04abea35e5391f8 (patch)
tree535eea82144ae697f022bcfe1854dd875659486b /gnu/tests/base.scm
parent40d28609f759b1445583f6f77005f92295f1213b (diff)
downloadguix-334bda9a9e01b73b772b3f30b04abea35e5391f8.tar.gz
tests: Make sure /var/guix/gcroots/profiles is a valid symlink.
Reported by csanchezdll@gmail.com (Carlos Sánchez de La Lama)
at <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-08/msg01641.html>.

* gnu/build/install.scm (directives): Add /var/guix/gcroots/profiles
symlink.
* gnu/tests/base.scm (run-basic-test)["/var/guix/gcroots/profiles is a
valid symlink"]: New test.
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diff --git a/gnu/tests/base.scm b/gnu/tests/base.scm
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--- a/gnu/tests/base.scm
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@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ info --version")
                                       #f))))
                              marionette))
 
+          ;; This symlink is currently unused, but better have it point to the
+          ;; right place.  See
+          ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-08/msg01641.html>.
+          (test-equal "/var/guix/gcroots/profiles is a valid symlink"
+            "/var/guix/profiles"
+            (marionette-eval '(readlink "/var/guix/gcroots/profiles")
+                             marionette))
+
+
           (test-assert "screendump"
             (begin
               (marionette-control (string-append "screendump " #$output