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Subject: Re: The tricky case of "--localstatedir=/var"
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ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) skribis:

> As discussed on IRC, the expected default values are specified in
> <http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Directory-Variables.html>.
> I think it=E2=80=99s reasonable to keep following these rules.
>
> However, for the purpose of avoiding bad surprises (configuring Guix
> with the wrong localstatedir), I thought we could have a =E2=80=98configu=
re=E2=80=99
> check that would compare the chosen localstatedir with the current
> installation=E2=80=99s localstatedir, and bail out if they don=E2=80=99t =
match.

Commit ef5f5c8659b1ca3999e362dfa33478e0a0150ced implements a =E2=80=98confi=
gure=E2=80=99
check such that one gets an error for obvious misconfiguration, and a
warning when the user passed an explicit --localstatedir flag that does
not match (=E2=80=9CI know what I=E2=80=99m doing=E2=80=9D.)

I believe that should avoid the most common issue.

Comments welcome!

Ludo=E2=80=99.