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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index ece61adb2b..a91c7136da 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -695,6 +696,20 @@ we're running in the final root."
(dmd-conf (dmd-configuration-file services)))
(gexp->file "boot"
#~(begin
+ (use-modules (guix build utils))
+
+ ;; Clean out /tmp and /var/run.
+ ;;
+ ;; XXX This needs to happen before service activations, so
+ ;; it has to be here, but this also implicitly assumes
+ ;; that /tmp and /var/run are on the root partition.
+ (false-if-exception (delete-file-recursively "/tmp"))
+ (false-if-exception (delete-file-recursively "/var/run"))
+ (false-if-exception (mkdir "/tmp"))
+ (false-if-exception (chmod "/tmp" #o1777))
+ (false-if-exception (mkdir "/var/run"))
+ (false-if-exception (chmod "/var/run" #o755))
+
;; Activate the system.
;; TODO: Use 'load-compiled'.
(primitive-load #$activate)