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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/xorg.scm11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 6c17170eef..fbb6367d05 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -4377,7 +4377,10 @@ tracking.")
; the compiled keyboard maps go?
(string-append "--with-xkb-bin-directory="
(assoc-ref %build-inputs "xkbcomp")
- "/bin"))
+ "/bin")
+
+ ;; For the log file, etc.
+ "--localstatedir=/var")
#:phases
(alist-replace
'configure
@@ -4385,6 +4388,12 @@ tracking.")
(let ((configure (assoc-ref %standard-phases 'configure)))
(substitute* (find-files "." "\\.c$")
(("/bin/sh") (which "sh")))
+
+ ;; Don't try to 'mkdir /var'.
+ (substitute* "hw/xfree86/Makefile.in"
+ (("mkdir(.*)logdir.*")
+ "true\n"))
+
(apply configure args)))
%standard-phases)))
(home-page "http://www.x.org/wiki/")