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Fri, 12 Mar 2021 16:52:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 16:52:02 -0500 From: Leo Famulari To: Zelphir Kaltstahl Subject: Re: Setting up guix source tree for testing a package Message-ID: References: <7698a9df-6fe6-9581-a513-456f8058ad3b@posteo.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7698a9df-6fe6-9581-a513-456f8058ad3b@posteo.de> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=66.111.4.28; envelope-from=leo@famulari.name; helo=out4-smtp.messagingengine.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: help-guix Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; 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aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=famulari.name header.s=mesmtp header.b=xXWAn3r9; dkim=pass header.d=messagingengine.com header.s=fm2 header.b=bz84ifjo; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of help-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=help-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.59 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=famulari.name header.s=mesmtp header.b=xXWAn3r9; dkim=pass header.d=messagingengine.com header.s=fm2 header.b=bz84ifjo; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of help-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=help-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 4463317F81 X-Spam-Score: -2.59 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: dPVYKIKkHTY7 On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:31:36AM +0100, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote: > ~~~~ > ./bootstrap > ./configure --localstatedir=some_directory > ~~~~ > > 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'?