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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/base.scm | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm index a64faa0d18..c244174fd3 100644 --- a/gnu/services/base.scm +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm @@ -1152,8 +1152,10 @@ the tty to run, among other things." (mkdir-p "/var/db/nscd") ;for the persistent cache ;; In libc 2.25 nscd uses inotify to watch /etc/resolv.conf, but only if - ;; that file exists when it is started. Thus create it here. - (unless (file-exists? "/etc/resolv.conf") + ;; that file exists when it is started. Thus create it here. Note: on + ;; some systems, such as when NetworkManager is used, /etc/resolv.conf + ;; is a symlink, hence 'lstat'. + (unless (false-if-exception (lstat "/etc/resolv.conf")) (call-with-output-file "/etc/resolv.conf" (lambda (port) (display "# This is a placeholder.\n" port)))))) |