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Subject: Re: Serial line lock directory
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:32:09 +0200
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Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> skribis:

> Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> writes:
>
>> I'm trying to package minicom and there I get an error message=20
>>
>>   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 m=
arker) when a serial device is in use (and removing the file to free the se=
rial device).  This is supposed to prevent multiple different programs acci=
dentally 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.

Probably it checks whether $localstatedir exist, and it doesn=E2=80=99t exi=
st in
the build environment.  So you=E2=80=99ll have to somehow tweak =E2=80=98co=
nfigure=E2=80=99 into
skipping that test, perhaps by setting the relevant =E2=80=98ac_cv_=E2=80=
=99 variable if
it exists.

HTH!

Ludo=E2=80=99.