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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/patches')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/patches/dmd-getpw.patch | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/dmd-getpw.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/dmd-getpw.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c4f9c35951 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/dmd-getpw.patch @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +When bootstrapping and running as PID 1, /etc/{passwd,shadow} may be unavailable. +Gracefully handle that. + +diff --git a/modules/dmd/support.scm b/modules/dmd/support.scm +index 9b592c5..602e409 100644 +--- a/modules/dmd/support.scm ++++ b/modules/dmd/support.scm +@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law."))) + + + ;; Home directory of the user. +-(define user-homedir (passwd:dir (getpwuid (getuid)))) ++(define user-homedir ++ (or (false-if-exception (passwd:dir (getpwuid (getuid)))) ++ (getenv "HOME") ++ "/")) + + ;; Logfile. + (define default-logfile |