Re: Serial line lock directory

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Danny,

Danny Milosavljevic <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:32:09 +0200
> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
>
>> Probably it checks whether $localstatedir exist, and it doesn’t exist in
>> the build environment.  So you’ll have to somehow tweak ‘configure’ into
>> skipping that test, perhaps by setting the relevant ‘ac_cv_’ variable if
>> it exists.
>
> Good point.
>
> But which directory does GuixSD [intend to] use for serial locks?  The locks 
> only make sense if every application actually uses the same directory for 
> locks :)

I think /var/lock is what’s conventionally used so I’d stick to that.

Ludo’.