Subject: [PATCH v3 2/5] gnu: services: Ensure /var/run existence in activation-script.

From: Nicolas Graves <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2024 03:19:54 +0100

* gnu/services.scm (activation-script): Ensure /var/run existence.
* gnu/build/install.scm (evaluate-populate-directive)
[directives]: Remove directory /var/run.

Change-Id: I5fb93d33b6b1f045f1e5ba206b9b0b74b5184260
---
 gnu/build/install.scm | 2 +-
 gnu/services.scm      | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/build/install.scm b/gnu/build/install.scm
index d4982650c1..618a51af8e 100644
--- a/gnu/build/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/install.scm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2013-2020, 2022 Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Chris Marusich <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2022 Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
+;;; Copyright © 2024 Nicolas Graves <[email-masked]>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -134,7 +135,6 @@ (define (directives store)
     (directory "/var/guix/gcroots")
     (directory "/var/empty")                        ; for no-login accounts
     (directory "/var/db")                           ; for dhclient, etc.
-    (directory "/var/run")
     (directory "/run")
     (directory "/mnt")
     (directory "/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root" 0 0)
diff --git a/gnu/services.scm b/gnu/services.scm
index 23c3d8a9f4..59481af10f 100644
--- a/gnu/services.scm
+++ b/gnu/services.scm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Christine Lemmer-Webber <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Brice Waegeneire <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Brian Cully <[email-masked]>
+;;; Copyright © 2024 Nicolas Graves <[email-masked]>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -692,6 +693,7 @@ (define actions
                       (use-modules (gnu build activation)
                                    (guix build utils))
 
+                      (mkdir-p "/var/run")
                       ;; Make sure the user accounting database exists.  If it
                       ;; does not exist, 'setutxent' does not create it and
                       ;; thus there is no accounting at all.
-- 
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