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Re: Setting up guix source tree for testing a package
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Leo Famulari |
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Re: Setting up guix source tree for testing a package |
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Fri, 12 Mar 2021 16:52:02 -0500 |
On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:31:36AM +0100, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote:
> ~~~~
> ./bootstrap
> ./configure --localstatedir=some_directory
> ~~~~
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> But here I am facing a problem. I have no clue what to set the
> `--localstatedir=directory` to. The docs tell me it is important, but I see no
> instructions on how to choose a directory for the local state, when I have
> already a Guix installed (binary installation on foreign distro).
The manual section Building From Git says this:
"Then, run ./configure as usual. Make sure to pass
--localstatedir=directory where directory is the localstatedir value
used by your current installation (see The Store, for information about
this), usually /var."
Did you try using '/var'?