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Re: The tricky case of "--localstatedir=/var"
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: The tricky case of "--localstatedir=/var" |
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Thu, 17 Mar 2016 23:11:40 +0100 |
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Jookia <address@hidden> skribis:
> Over the past month a few people (myself included) have been hit by the
> 'gotcha'
> of not running ./configure with "--localstatedir=/var".
As discussed on IRC, the expected default values are specified in
<http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Directory-Variables.html>.
I think it’s reasonable to keep following these rules.
However, for the purpose of avoiding bad surprises (configuring Guix
with the wrong localstatedir), I thought we could have a ‘configure’
check that would compare the chosen localstatedir with the current
installation’s localstatedir, and bail out if they don’t match.
WDYT?
Thanks, and apologies for the delay!
Ludo’.
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