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Subject: Re: Serial line lock directory
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2017 15:50:29 +0200
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Hi Danny,

Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:

> On Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:32:09 +0200
> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) wrote:
>
>> Probably it checks whether $localstatedir exist, and it doesn=E2=80=99t =
exist in
>> the build environment.  So you=E2=80=99ll have to somehow tweak =E2=80=
=98configure=E2=80=99 into
>> skipping that test, perhaps by setting the relevant =E2=80=98ac_cv_=E2=
=80=99 variable if
>> it exists.
>
> Good point.
>
> But which directory does GuixSD [intend to] use for serial locks?  The lo=
cks only make sense if every application actually uses the same directory f=
or locks :)

I think /var/lock is what=E2=80=99s conventionally used so I=E2=80=99d stic=
k to that.

Ludo=E2=80=99.