* gnu/packages/search.scm (plocate): Change build options.
Current plocate package sets the --sharedstatedir to a store directory, which
causes updatedb and plocate to fail by default since the store is immutable.
This will set the default database path to /var/cache/plocate.db instead.
gnu/packages/search.scm | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/search.scm b/gnu/packages/search.scm
index 6f8d673694..87f29c5424 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/search.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/search.scm
@@ -487,8 +487,17 @@ (define-public plocate
- "--sharedstatedir=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/var"))))
+ ;; Put the database in /var/cache/plocate.db
+ "--sharedstatedir=/var"
+ "-Dinstall_systemd=false"
+ "-Ddbpath=cache/plocate.db")
+ (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (add-after 'unpack 'remove-cachedirtag
+ (substitute* "meson.build"
+ ;; Remove the script adding a "cachedirtag"
+ (("meson.add_install_script") "#")))))))
base-commit: a27cef76c29ba6ef0d7c203783b758ea2d5331d7