Re: [PATCH] gnu: Use a directory owned by ntpd user for drift file.

[John Darrington]

On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 08:57:57AM +0200, Vincent Legoll wrote:
     Hello,
     
     > +(define (ntp-service-activation config)
     > +  "Return the activation gexp for config"
     > +  #~(begin
     > +      (use-modules (guix build utils))
     > +
     > +      (define %user
     > +        (getpw "ntpd"))
     > +
     > +      (let ((directory "/var/run/ntpd"))
     > +          (mkdir-p directory)
     > +          (chown directory (passwd:uid %user) (passwd:gid %user)))))
     > +
     
     - why did you use %user (I thought %s were for kind of global vars) ?
     - why did you use define and not put it in the let just below ? Idon't see
     it being used elsewhere...
     

I think you need to look a little harder, because the answer to both your
(very valid) questions is : I copied it from other, existing examples.

J'

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