Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de> writes:

> * gnu/packages/openldap.scm (nss-pam-ldapd)[arguments]: Set
> "--with-ldap-conf-file" to look for global configuration file; add build phase
> to install example configuration file in the package output directory.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/openldap.scm | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/openldap.scm b/gnu/packages/openldap.scm
> index b67510647..61f7a9469 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/openldap.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/openldap.scm
> @@ -94,8 +94,23 @@
>       `(#:configure-flags
>         (list (string-append "--with-pam-seclib-dir="
>                              (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/lib/security/")
> -             (string-append "--with-ldap-conf-file="
> -                            (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/etc/nslcd.conf"))))
> +             ;; nslcd cannot be convinced to look at run-time for its
> +             ;; configuration file at a location that differs from the
> +             ;; configured location.
> +             "--with-ldap-conf-file=/etc/nslcd.conf")
> +       #:phases
> +       (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +         ;; This is necessary because we tell nslcd with configure flags that
> +         ;; it should look for its configuration file at /etc/nslcd.conf.  The
> +         ;; build system tries to install a default configuration to that very
> +         ;; location.
> +         (add-after 'unpack 'override-nslcd.conf-install-path
> +           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> +             (substitute* "Makefile.in"
> +               (("\\$\\(DESTDIR\\)\\$\\(NSLCD_CONF_PATH\\)")
> +                (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out")
> +                               "/etc/nslcd.conf.example")))
> +             #t)))))
>      (inputs
>       `(("linux-pam" ,linux-pam)
>         ("openldap" ,openldap)

LGTM.