[bug#36060] [PATCH] services: cups: Create /var/cache on activation.

["Alex Griffin" <a@ajgrf.com>]

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I recently ran into the situation where CUPS wouldn't start because /var/cache didn't exist yet. This patch just creates /var/cache on CUPS activation.

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Alex Griffin

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From 4a2335d70088ad485ca2f91d5f21a4e7078fb927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2019 16:26:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] services: cups: Create /var/cache on activation.

* gnu/services/cups.scm (%cups-activation): Create /var/cache if it doesn't
exist yet.
---
 gnu/services/cups.scm | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/services/cups.scm b/gnu/services/cups.scm
index 9125139ef3..4cdc83452f 100644
--- a/gnu/services/cups.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/cups.scm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -897,6 +898,7 @@ IPP specifications.")
           (mkdir-p/perms "/var/log/cups" user #o755)
           (mkdir-p/perms "/etc/cups" user #o755)
           (mkdir-p/perms "/etc/cups/ssl" user #o700)
+          (mkdir-p "/var/cache")
           ;; This certificate is used for HTTPS connections to the CUPS web
           ;; interface.
           (create-self-signed-certificate-if-absent
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