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 (plocate): Change build options.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
(arguments
`(#:configure-flags
(list
- (string-append
- "--sharedstatedir=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/var"))))
+ ;; Put the database in /var/cache/plocate.db
+ "--sharedstatedir=/var"
+ "-Dinstall_systemd=false"
+ "-Ddbpath=cache/plocate.db")
+ #:phases
+ (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (add-after 'unpack 'remove-cachedirtag
+ (lambda _
+ (substitute* "meson.build"
+ ;; Remove the script adding a "cachedirtag"
+ (("meson.add_install_script") "#")))))))
(inputs
(list liburing
`(,zstd "lib")))