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authorBruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu>2023-03-05 15:19:13 +0000
committerAndrew Tropin <andrew@trop.in>2023-04-07 09:07:32 +0400
commit5c893787be78a79433fe1343f5b70cd647e8f667 (patch)
tree39d7727d4d89318d6cdf491b51163440b981f89f /gnu
parentb46d9f247017105ca9127d9f2ac9a4d3da262e61 (diff)
home: xdg-base-directories: Set correct value for XDG_STATE_HOME.
XDG Base Directory Specification 0.8 officially introduces the XDG_STATE_HOME environment variable. Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/61809>. * gnu/home/services/xdg.scm (home-xdg-base-directories-configuration)[state-home]: Set default value according to spec. Update field documentation. (home-xdg-base-directories-service-type): Update service description. Signed-off-by: Andrew Tropin <andrew@trop.in>
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
-rw-r--r--gnu/home/services/xdg.scm22
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/home/services/xdg.scm b/gnu/home/services/xdg.scm
index 3007493f85..ac557b4c3d 100644
--- a/gnu/home/services/xdg.scm
+++ b/gnu/home/services/xdg.scm
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ like sockets.")
Specification, but helps to make implementation of home services more
consistent.")
(state-home
- (path "$HOME/.local/var/lib")
- "Base directory for programs to store state files, like databases,
-analogus to @file{/var/lib}, but for user. It is not a part of XDG
-Base Directory Specification, but helps to make implementation of home
-services more consistent."))
+ (path "$HOME/.local/state")
+ "Base directory for programs to store state data that should persist
+between (application) restarts, such as logs, but are not important or
+portable enough to the user to warrant storing them in
+@env{XDG_DATA_HOME}."))
(define (home-xdg-base-directories-environment-variables-service config)
(map
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@ are no extensions use configuration instead."
(compose identity)
(extend last-extension-or-cfg)
(description "Configure XDG base directories. This
-service introduces two additional variables @env{XDG_STATE_HOME},
-@env{XDG_LOG_HOME}. They are not a part of XDG specification, at
-least yet, but are convenient to have, it improves the consistency
-between different home services. The services of this service-type is
-instantiated by default, to provide non-default value, extend the
-service-type (using @code{simple-service} for example).")))
+service introduces an additional @env{XDG_LOG_HOME} variable. It's not
+a part of XDG specification, at least yet, but are convenient to have,
+it improves the consistency between different home services. The
+services of this service-type is instantiated by default, to provide
+non-default value, extend the service-type (using @code{simple-service}
+for example).")))
(define (generate-home-xdg-base-directories-documentation)
(generate-documentation