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Re: The tricky case of "--localstatedir=/var"


From: Mathieu Lirzin
Subject: Re: The tricky case of "--localstatedir=/var"
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 23:19:19 +0100
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address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> 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.

IMO this is the right way to handle this issue.


-- 
Mathieu Lirzin



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