From 6526d43ea4fb0cd151a0d5e9a072c651c1c963d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Craven <david@craven.ch>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 21:45:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] activation: Allow home directories to be created under
 /var/lib.

* gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-user+groups): Make sure /var/lib
  exists.
---
 gnu/build/activation.scm | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index 10aa58d85c..7dc40b0961 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ numeric gid or #f."
   ;; 'groupadd' aborts if the file doesn't already exist.
   (touch "/etc/group")
 
+  ;; Allow home directories to be created under /var/lib.
+  (mkdir "/var/lib")
+
   ;; Create the root account so we can use 'useradd' and 'groupadd'.
   (activate-user (find (match-lambda
                         ((name (? zero?) _ ...) #t)