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[PATCH] services: Create /var/log upon activation

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Message #10 received at 25850-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
Cc: 25850-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25850: [PATCH] services: Create /var/log upon activation
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:39:39 +0100

Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net> skribis:

> When launching a container created with guix system container, the
> attempt to create /var/log/wtmp would fail, as /var/log did not exist.
>
> * gnu/services.scm (activation-script): Create /var/log
> ---
>  gnu/services.scm | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/services.scm b/gnu/services.scm
> index 6ac4f1322..15a0f2f89 100644
> --- a/gnu/services.scm
> +++ b/gnu/services.scm
> @@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ ACTIVATION-SCRIPT-TYPE."
>  
>                        ;; Same for 'wtmp', which is populated by mingetty et
>                        ;; al.
> +                      (if (not (file-exists? "/var/log")) (mkdir "/var/log"))

I changed that to ‘mkdir-p’ and applied, thanks!

Ludo’.

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