From ef5f5c8659b1ca3999e362dfa33478e0a0150ced Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:45:58 +0100 Subject: 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. --- doc/guix.texi | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index b36be05686..868948adfc 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -527,6 +527,14 @@ following packages are also needed: C++11 standard. @end itemize +When configuring Guix on a system that already has a Guix installation, +be sure to specify the same state directory as the existing installation +using the @code{--localstatedir} option of the @command{configure} +script (@pxref{Directory Variables, @code{localstatedir},, standards, +GNU Coding Standards}). The @command{configure} script protects against +unintended misconfiguration of @var{localstatedir} so you do not +inadvertently corrupt your store (@pxref{The Store}). + When a working installation of @url{http://nixos.org/nix/, the Nix package manager} is available, you can instead configure Guix with @code{--disable-daemon}. In that case, @@ -2945,9 +2953,9 @@ Sub-directories in the store are referred to as @dfn{store items} or sometimes @dfn{store paths}. The store has an associated database that contains information such as the store paths referred to by each store path, and the list of @emph{valid} store items---results of successful -builds. This database resides in @file{/var/guix/db} (or under whatever -state directory was specified @i{via} @option{--localstatedir} at -configure time). +builds. This database resides in @file{@var{localstatedir}/guix/db}, +where @var{localstatedir} is the state directory specified @i{via} +@option{--localstatedir} at configure time, usually @file{/var}. The store is @emph{always} accessed by the daemon on behalf of its clients (@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon}). To manipulate the store, clients -- cgit 1.4.1