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authorMogria <m0gr14@gmail.com>2017-02-24 16:36:58 +0100
committerMogria <m0gr14@gmail.com>2017-02-24 16:36:58 +0100
commit417dbaf6a34552f0c7d959e5a63e6672ff85c4d7 (patch)
tree40beebce186dd238193beec95bf2a2960586a746 /pkgs/tools/misc/findutils
parent4810677227a76a849bb848eee4cc49c980a467bf (diff)
findutils: updatedb now uses writable database outside of /nix/store by default
updatedb could only be run by providing the --output parameter,
because it would use a path inside the nix store as it's database.
The default for --output is now /var/cache/locatedb (the same
as in the NixOS locate service)
Diffstat (limited to 'pkgs/tools/misc/findutils')
-rw-r--r--pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix
index 8bedbeb12fef9..8906564ade5b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "info" ];
 
+  configureFlags = [ "--localstatedir=/var/cache" ];
+
   crossAttrs = {
     # http://osdir.com/ml/bug-findutils-gnu/2009-08/msg00026.html
     configureFlags = [ "gl_cv_func_wcwidth_works=yes" ];