GNU bug report logs - #20394
Guix 44fd6ef built within guix fails to create /etc/bash_completion.d

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: 20394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20394: Guix 44fd6ef built within guix fails to create /etc/bash_completion.d
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:19:43 +0200

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Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> skribis:

> I attempted to update guix-devel to 44fd6ef, but got this error during
> the install phase:
>
>  /gnu/store/7an2gbwqav1pv9kk4xkslrb45qn44j7w-coreutils-8.23/bin/mkdir -p '/etc/bash_completion.d'
> /gnu/store/7an2gbwqav1pv9kk4xkslrb45qn44j7w-coreutils-8.23/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/etc/bash_completion.d’: Permission denied
> Makefile:3000: recipe for target 'install-dist_bashcompletionDATA' failed
> make[3]: *** [install-dist_bashcompletionDATA] Error 1

I think this is fixed with:

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diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
index 131cbcd..5340d42 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
      `(#:configure-flags (list
                           "--localstatedir=/var"
                           "--sysconfdir=/etc"
+                          (string-append "--with-bash-completion-dir="
+                                         (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
+                                         "/etc/bash_completion.d")
                           (string-append "--with-libgcrypt-prefix="
                                          (assoc-ref %build-inputs
                                                     "libgcrypt")))

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Can you confirm?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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