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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-06-04 12:49:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-06-04 12:49:43 +0200 |
| commit | 67dfa1986d7e8af9a42ffa7c9d2b40599857cf19 (patch) | |
| tree | 87364788f14fbf9ade52e18de680d80fcf535c97 /gnu | |
| parent | 696062b1f06194f6c276ff6889ce2f19b1755eaf (diff) | |
| download | guix-67dfa1986d7e8af9a42ffa7c9d2b40599857cf19.tar.gz | |
gnu: findutils: Use /var as the localstatedir, for 'updatedb'.
* gnu/packages/patches/findutils-localstatedir.patch: New file. * gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. * gnu/packages/base.scm (findutils)[source]: Use it. [arguments]: Pass --localstatedir=/var.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/base.scm | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/patches/findutils-localstatedir.patch | 14 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm index 0a27093966..e59abd035c 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/base.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm @@ -206,14 +206,20 @@ interactive means to merge two files.") (sha256 (base32 "0amn0bbwqvsvvsh6drfwz20ydc2czk374lzw5kksbh6bf78k4ks3")) - (patches (list (search-patch "findutils-absolute-paths.patch"))))) + (patches (map search-patch + '("findutils-absolute-paths.patch" + "findutils-localstatedir.patch"))))) (build-system gnu-build-system) (arguments - ;; Work around cross-compilation failure. - ;; See <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27299#comment1>. - (if (%current-target-system) - '(#:configure-flags '("gl_cv_func_wcwidth_works=yes")) - '())) + `(#:configure-flags (list + ;; Tell 'updatedb' to write to /var. + "--localstatedir=/var" + + ;; Work around cross-compilation failure. See + ;; <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27299#comment1>. + ,@(if (%current-target-system) + '("gl_cv_func_wcwidth_works=yes") + '())))) (synopsis "Operating on files matching given criteria") (description "Findutils supplies the basic file directory searching utilities of the diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/findutils-localstatedir.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/findutils-localstatedir.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c774303cf1 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/findutils-localstatedir.patch @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Do not try to create $localstatedir (aka. /var) since we don't have +write access. + +--- findutils-4.4.2/locate/Makefile.in 2015-06-04 12:40:52.690935795 +0200 ++++ findutils-4.4.2/locate/Makefile.in 2015-06-04 12:41:32.087286685 +0200 +@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ updatedb: updatedb.sh Makefile + chmod +x $@ + + install-data-hook: +- $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir) ++ true + + dblocation.texi: Makefile + echo '@set LOCATE_DB $(LOCATE_DB)' > $@ |