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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/base.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/base.scm | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm index 0a27093966..e59abd035c 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/base.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm @@ -206,14 +206,20 @@ interactive means to merge two files.") (sha256 (base32 "0amn0bbwqvsvvsh6drfwz20ydc2czk374lzw5kksbh6bf78k4ks3")) - (patches (list (search-patch "findutils-absolute-paths.patch"))))) + (patches (map search-patch + '("findutils-absolute-paths.patch" + "findutils-localstatedir.patch"))))) (build-system gnu-build-system) (arguments - ;; Work around cross-compilation failure. - ;; See <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27299#comment1>. - (if (%current-target-system) - '(#:configure-flags '("gl_cv_func_wcwidth_works=yes")) - '())) + `(#:configure-flags (list + ;; Tell 'updatedb' to write to /var. + "--localstatedir=/var" + + ;; Work around cross-compilation failure. See + ;; <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27299#comment1>. + ,@(if (%current-target-system) + '("gl_cv_func_wcwidth_works=yes") + '())))) (synopsis "Operating on files matching given criteria") (description "Findutils supplies the basic file directory searching utilities of the |