02/11: activation: Allow home directories to be created under /var/lib.

[David Craven]

dvc pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit 6526d43ea4fb0cd151a0d5e9a072c651c1c963d1
Author: David Craven <address@hidden>
Date:   Fri Aug 26 21:45:57 2016 +0200

    activation: Allow home directories to be created under /var/lib.
    
    * gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-user+groups): Make sure /var/lib
      exists.
---
 gnu/build/activation.scm |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index 10aa58d..7dc40b0 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ numeric gid or #f."
   ;; 'groupadd' aborts if the file doesn't already exist.
   (touch "/etc/group")
 
+  ;; Allow home directories to be created under /var/lib.
+  (mkdir "/var/lib")
+
   ;; Create the root account so we can use 'useradd' and 'groupadd'.
   (activate-user (find (match-lambda
                         ((name (? zero?) _ ...) #t)