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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/install.scm6
-rw-r--r--gnu/tests/base.scm9
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/install.scm b/gnu/build/install.scm
index aebf38c066..7431a09021 100644
--- a/gnu/build/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/install.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ STORE."
("/var/guix/gcroots/booted-system" -> "/run/booted-system")
("/var/guix/gcroots/current-system" -> "/run/current-system")
+ ;; XXX: 'guix-register' creates this symlink with a wrong target, so
+ ;; create it upfront to be sure.
+ ("/var/guix/gcroots/profiles" -> "/var/guix/profiles")
+
(directory "/bin")
(directory "/tmp" 0 0 #o1777) ; sticky bit
(directory "/var/tmp" 0 0 #o1777)
diff --git a/gnu/tests/base.scm b/gnu/tests/base.scm
index 0076566c27..ca6f76c0f8 100644
--- a/gnu/tests/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/tests/base.scm
@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ info --version")
#f))))
marionette))
+ ;; This symlink is currently unused, but better have it point to the
+ ;; right place. See
+ ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-08/msg01641.html>.
+ (test-equal "/var/guix/gcroots/profiles is a valid symlink"
+ "/var/guix/profiles"
+ (marionette-eval '(readlink "/var/guix/gcroots/profiles")
+ marionette))
+
+
(test-assert "screendump"
(begin
(marionette-control (string-append "screendump " #$output