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Re: The tricky case of "--localstatedir=/var"
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Mathieu Lirzin |
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Re: The tricky case of "--localstatedir=/var" |
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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.
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Mathieu Lirzin