From: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
To: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Serial line lock directory
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 23:58:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a85kuvv6.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170606205429.4266cc4d@scratchpost.org> (Danny Milosavljevic's message of "Tue, 6 Jun 2017 20:54:29 +0200")
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Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> writes:
> I'm trying to package minicom and there I get an error message
>
> checking for com line lock directory... configure: error: No suitable lock directory
>
> ... which was checking for a (common) directory to put a file in (as a marker) when a serial device is in use (and removing the file to free the serial device). This is supposed to prevent multiple different programs accidentally using the same serial line.
>
> Where and how should this be done in Guix?
That sounds like a directory which should exist in the localstatedir
(info '(standards) Directory Variables'). I haven't looked closely at
the package, but your package definition makes it look like it's using a
GNU build system, so hopefully it provides a way to configure the
value used for the localstatedir.
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Chris
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-07 6:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-06 18:54 Serial line lock directory Danny Milosavljevic
2017-06-07 6:58 ` Chris Marusich [this message]
2017-06-07 12:32 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-08 19:08 ` Danny Milosavljevic
2017-06-09 13:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
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