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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/package-management.scm13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
index 85c1c3a9fa..820c9bb468 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
@@ -842,13 +842,22 @@ features of Stow with some extensions.")
(outputs '("out" "debug"))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(arguments
- '(#:configure-flags '("--enable-python")
+ '(#:configure-flags '("--enable-python"
+ ;; The RPM database must be writable.
+ "--localstatedir=/var")
#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
(add-after 'unpack 'fix-lua-check
(lambda _
(substitute* "configure"
(("lua >= ?.?")
- "lua-5.3 >= 5.3")))))))
+ "lua-5.3 >= 5.3"))))
+ (add-after 'unpack 'patch-build-system
+ (lambda _
+ ;; The build system attempts to create /var in the build
+ ;; chroot, and fails.
+ (substitute* "Makefile.in"
+ ((".*MKDIR_P) \\$\\(DESTDIR)\\$\\(localstatedir.*")
+ "")))))))
(native-inputs
(list pkg-config
python))