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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/activation.scm3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index 10aa58d85c..7dc40b0961 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ numeric gid or #f."
;; 'groupadd' aborts if the file doesn't already exist.
(touch "/etc/group")
+ ;; Allow home directories to be created under /var/lib.
+ (mkdir "/var/lib")
+
;; Create the root account so we can use 'useradd' and 'groupadd'.
(activate-user (find (match-lambda
((name (? zero?) _ ...) #t)