Hi Ludo, > Danny: could you check with either --container or --pure? It could be > that some other settings from the outside environment were interfering.
I tried $ guix environment guix --container $ ./configure --localstatedir=/var That works. Same for $ guix environment guix --container --pure $ ./configure --localstatedir=/var That works. But $ guix environment guix $ ./configure --localstatedir=/var works now too. Hmm, I've rebooted since. Sorry for the noise. This time when it didn't work, I did $ make clean beforehand so it's not because of obsolete compiled files this time. Note that in-between (after it didn't work but before your E-Mail) I did $ guix environment guix sqlite $ ./configure --localstatedir=/var And that worked, too. If that left some permanent state, it would also be clear why it works now. Also, I did guix system reconfigure since then - with the same config (because I wanted my modified cups-service to take effect). (That eventually broke with 503 on texlive). In any case, I'd suggest to test an eventual GuixSD release by booting it and: $ git clone ...guix $ guix environment guix $ ./configure --localstatedir=/var and see whether it fails. If it works, good.
