Merge branch 'master' into core-updates

99 files changed, 22291 insertions, 342 deletions

diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index dcc4462652..0000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "nix-upstream"]
-	path = nix-upstream
-	url = https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index f34c43dc52..cb774bc737 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
-# Import missing source files and create the build system.
+# Create the build system.
 
 set -e -x
-
-top_srcdir="$PWD"
-export top_srcdir
-
-git submodule init
-git submodule update
-
-./nix/sync-with-upstream
-
 exec autoreconf -vfi
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index bb52cf713f..00737850fd 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4177,10 +4177,91 @@ tool suite.)
 the ``message of the day''.
 @end deffn
 
-@deffn {Monadic Procedure} nscd-service [#:glibc glibc]
-Return a service that runs libc's name service cache daemon (nscd).
+@cindex name service cache daemon
+@cindex nscd
+@deffn {Monadic Procedure} nscd-service [@var{config}] [#:glibc glibc]
+Return a service that runs libc's name service cache daemon (nscd) with the
+given @var{config}---an @code{<nscd-configuration>} object.
 @end deffn
 
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} %nscd-default-configuration
+This is the default @code{<nscd-configuration>} value (see below) used
+by @code{nscd-service}.  This uses the caches defined by
+@var{%nscd-default-caches}; see below.
+@end defvr
+
+@deftp {Data Type} nscd-configuration
+This is the type representing the name service cache daemon (nscd)
+configuration.
+
+@table @asis
+
+@item @code{log-file} (default: @code{"/var/log/nscd.log"})
+Name of nscd's log file.  This is where debugging output goes when
+@code{debug-level} is strictly positive.
+
+@item @code{debug-level} (default: @code{0})
+Integer denoting the debugging levels.  Higher numbers mean more
+debugging output is logged.
+
+@item @code{caches} (default: @var{%nscd-default-caches})
+List of @code{<nscd-cache>} objects denoting things to be cached; see
+below.
+
+@end table
+@end deftp
+
+@deftp {Data Type} nscd-cache
+Data type representing a cache database of nscd and its parameters.
+
+@table @asis
+
+@item @code{database}
+This is a symbol representing the name of the database to be cached.
+Valid values are @code{passwd}, @code{group}, @code{hosts}, and
+@code{services}, which designate the corresponding NSS database
+(@pxref{NSS Basics,,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}).
+
+@item @code{positive-time-to-live}
+@itemx @code{negative-time-to-live} (default: @code{20})
+A number representing the number of seconds during which a positive or
+negative lookup result remains in cache.
+
+@item @code{check-files?} (default: @code{#t})
+Whether to check for updates of the files corresponding to
+@var{database}.
+
+For instance, when @var{database} is @code{hosts}, setting this flag
+instructs nscd to check for updates in @file{/etc/hosts} and to take
+them into account.
+
+@item @code{persistent?} (default: @code{#t})
+Whether the cache should be stored persistently on disk.
+
+@item @code{shared?} (default: @code{#t})
+Whether the cache should be shared among users.
+
+@item @code{max-database-size} (default: 32@tie{}MiB)
+Maximum size in bytes of the database cache.
+
+@c XXX: 'suggested-size' and 'auto-propagate?' seem to be expert
+@c settings, so leave them out.
+
+@end table
+@end deftp
+
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} %nscd-default-caches
+List of @code{<nscd-cache>} objects used by default by
+@code{nscd-configuration} (see above.)
+
+It enables persistent and aggressive caching of service and host name
+lookups.  The latter provides better host name lookup performance,
+resilience in the face of unreliable name servers, and also better
+privacy---often the result of host name lookups is in local cache, so
+external name servers do not even need to be queried.
+@end defvr
+
+
 @deffn {Monadic Procedure} syslog-service
 Return a service that runs @code{syslogd} with reasonable default
 settings.
diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index f1ebe40703..0e912f280e 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   gnu/packages/freeipmi.scm			\
   gnu/packages/ftp.scm				\
   gnu/packages/fribidi.scm			\
+  gnu/packages/game-development.scm		\
   gnu/packages/games.scm			\
   gnu/packages/gawk.scm				\
   gnu/packages/gcal.scm				\
@@ -377,6 +378,15 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/guix-test-networking.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/gtkglext-disable-disable-deprecated.patch \
   gnu/packages/patches/hop-bigloo-4.0b.patch			\
+  gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1042567.patch	\
+  gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1072847.patch	\
+  gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1079729.patch	\
+  gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1080312.patch	\
+  gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1089207.patch	\
+  gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1590.patch		\
+  gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1592.patch		\
+  gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1593.patch		\
+  gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1594.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/inkscape-stray-comma.patch               \
   gnu/packages/patches/jbig2dec-ignore-testtest.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/kmod-module-directory.patch		\
@@ -450,6 +460,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/wmctrl-64-fix.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/xf86-input-synaptics-glibc-2.20.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/xf86-video-openchrome-includes.patch	\
+  gnu/packages/patches/xfce4-panel-plugins.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/xmodmap-asprintf.patch
 
 bootstrapdir = $(guilemoduledir)/gnu/packages/bootstrap
diff --git a/gnu/packages.scm b/gnu/packages.scm
index c9efd0d691..6109d1f896 100644
--- a/gnu/packages.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages.scm
@@ -105,24 +105,29 @@
      (append environment `((,%distro-root-directory . "gnu/packages"))))))
 
 (define* (scheme-files directory)
-  "Return the list of Scheme files found under DIRECTORY."
-  (file-system-fold (const #t)                    ; enter?
-                    (lambda (path stat result)    ; leaf
-                      (if (string-suffix? ".scm" path)
-                          (cons path result)
-                          result))
-                    (lambda (path stat result)    ; down
-                      result)
-                    (lambda (path stat result)    ; up
-                      result)
-                    (const #f)                    ; skip
-                    (lambda (path stat errno result)
-                      (warning (_ "cannot access `~a': ~a~%")
-                               path (strerror errno))
-                      result)
-                    '()
-                    directory
-                    stat))
+  "Return the list of Scheme files found under DIRECTORY, recursively.  The
+returned list is sorted in alphabetical order."
+
+  ;; Sort entries so that 'fold-packages' works in a deterministic fashion
+  ;; regardless of details of the underlying file system.
+  (sort (file-system-fold (const #t)                   ; enter?
+                          (lambda (path stat result)   ; leaf
+                            (if (string-suffix? ".scm" path)
+                                (cons path result)
+                                result))
+                          (lambda (path stat result)   ; down
+                            result)
+                          (lambda (path stat result)   ; up
+                            result)
+                          (const #f)                   ; skip
+                          (lambda (path stat errno result)
+                            (warning (_ "cannot access `~a': ~a~%")
+                                     path (strerror errno))
+                            result)
+                          '()
+                          directory
+                          stat)
+        string<?))
 
 (define file-name->module-name
   (let ((not-slash (char-set-complement (char-set #\/))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 6f6178a3ff..ff6c3379af 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -28,6 +28,113 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python))
 
+(define-public bedtools
+  (package
+    (name "bedtools")
+    (version "2.22.0")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/arq5x/bedtools2/archive/v"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "16aq0w3dmbd0853j32xk9jin4vb6v6fgakfyvrsmsjizzbn3fpfl"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (native-inputs `(("python" ,python-2)))
+    (inputs `(("samtools" ,samtools)
+              ("zlib" ,zlib)))
+    (arguments
+     '(#:test-target "test"
+       #:phases
+       (alist-cons-after
+        'unpack 'patch-makefile-SHELL-definition
+        (lambda _
+          ;; patch-makefile-SHELL cannot be used here as it does not
+          ;; yet patch definitions with `:='.  Since changes to
+          ;; patch-makefile-SHELL result in a full rebuild, features
+          ;; of patch-makefile-SHELL are reimplemented here.
+          (substitute* "Makefile"
+            (("^SHELL := .*$") (string-append "SHELL := " (which "bash") " -e \n"))))
+        (alist-delete
+         'configure
+         (alist-replace
+          'install
+          (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+            (let ((bin (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out") "/bin/")))
+              (mkdir-p bin)
+              (for-each (lambda (file)
+                          (copy-file file (string-append bin (basename file))))
+                        (find-files "bin" ".*"))))
+          %standard-phases)))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/arq5x/bedtools2")
+    (synopsis "Tools for genome analysis and arithmetic")
+    (description
+     "Collectively, the bedtools utilities are a swiss-army knife of tools for
+a wide-range of genomics analysis tasks.  The most widely-used tools enable
+genome arithmetic: that is, set theory on the genome.  For example, bedtools
+allows one to intersect, merge, count, complement, and shuffle genomic
+intervals from multiple files in widely-used genomic file formats such as BAM,
+BED, GFF/GTF, VCF.")
+    (license license:gpl2)))
+
+(define-public bowtie
+  (package
+    (name "bowtie")
+    (version "2.2.4")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/BenLangmead/bowtie2/archive/v"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "15dnbqippwvhyh9zqjhaxkabk7lm1xbh1nvar1x4b5kwm117zijn"))
+              (modules '((guix build utils)))
+              (snippet
+               '(substitute* "Makefile"
+                  (("^CC = .*$") "CC = gcc")
+                  (("^CPP = .*$") "CPP = g++")
+                  ;; replace BUILD_HOST and BUILD_TIME for deterministic build
+                  (("-DBUILD_HOST=.*") "-DBUILD_HOST=\"\\\"guix\\\"\"")
+                  (("-DBUILD_TIME=.*") "-DBUILD_TIME=\"\\\"0\\\"\"")))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (inputs `(("perl" ,perl)
+              ("perl-clone" ,perl-clone)
+              ("perl-test-deep" ,perl-test-deep)
+              ("perl-test-simple" ,perl-test-simple)
+              ("python" ,python-2)))
+    (arguments
+     '(#:make-flags '("allall")
+       #:phases
+       (alist-delete
+        'configure
+        (alist-replace
+         'install
+         (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+           (let ((bin (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out") "/bin/")))
+             (mkdir-p bin)
+             (for-each (lambda (file)
+                         (copy-file file (string-append bin file)))
+                       (find-files "." "bowtie2.*"))))
+         (alist-replace
+          'check
+          (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+            (system* "perl"
+                     "scripts/test/simple_tests.pl"
+                     "--bowtie2=./bowtie2"
+                     "--bowtie2-build=./bowtie2-build"))
+          %standard-phases)))))
+    (home-page "http://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/bowtie2/index.shtml")
+    (synopsis "Fast and sensitive nucleotide sequence read aligner")
+    (description
+     "Bowtie 2 is a fast and memory-efficient tool for aligning sequencing
+reads to long reference sequences.  It is particularly good at aligning reads
+of about 50 up to 100s or 1,000s of characters, and particularly good at
+aligning to relatively long (e.g. mammalian) genomes.  Bowtie 2 indexes the
+genome with an FM Index to keep its memory footprint small: for the human
+genome, its memory footprint is typically around 3.2 GB.  Bowtie 2 supports
+gapped, local, and paired-end alignment modes.")
+    (license license:gpl3+)))
+
 (define-public samtools
   (package
     (name "samtools")
@@ -43,7 +150,14 @@
          "1y5p2hs4gif891b4ik20275a8xf3qrr1zh9wpysp4g8m0g1jckf2"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
-     '(#:make-flags (list (string-append "prefix=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
+     `(;; There are 87 test failures when building on non-64-bit architectures
+       ;; due to invalid test data.  This has since been fixed upstream (see
+       ;; <https://github.com/samtools/samtools/pull/307>), but as there has
+       ;; not been a new release we disable the tests for all non-64-bit
+       ;; systems.
+       #:tests? ,(string=? (or (%current-system) (%current-target-system))
+                           "x86_64-linux")
+       #:make-flags (list (string-append "prefix=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
        #:phases
        (alist-cons-after
         'unpack
diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index 7c22300dd1..f2736b9eb3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -70,6 +70,26 @@ independent of the input data and can be reduced, if necessary, at some cost
 in compression.")
     (license license:zlib)))
 
+(define-public fastjar
+  (package
+   (name "fastjar")
+   (version "0.98")
+   (source (origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (string-append "mirror://savannah/fastjar/fastjar-"
+                                 version ".tar.gz"))
+             (sha256
+              (base32
+               "0iginbz2m15hcsa3x4y7v3mhk54gr1r7m3ghx0pg4n46vv2snmpi"))))
+   (build-system gnu-build-system)
+   (inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
+   (home-page "http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/fastjar")
+   (synopsis "Replacement for Sun's 'jar' utility")
+   (description
+    "FastJar is an attempt to create a much faster replacement for Sun's 'jar'
+utility.  Instead of being written in Java, FastJar is written in C.")
+   (license license:gpl2+)))
+
 (define-public gzip
   (package
    (name "gzip")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..056b3681a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Tomáš Čech <sleep_walker@suse.cz>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages game-development)
+  #:use-module (guix licenses)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages))
+
+(define-public bullet
+  (package
+    (name "bullet")
+    (version "2.82-r2704")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "https://bullet.googlecode.com/files/bullet-"
+                                  version ".tgz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1lnfksxa9b1slyfcxys313ymsllvbsnxh9np06azkbgpfvmwkr37"))))
+    (build-system cmake-build-system)
+    (arguments '(#:tests? #f ; no 'test' target
+                 #:configure-flags (list
+                                    (string-append
+                                     "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fPIC "
+                                     (or (getenv "CXXFLAGS") "")))))
+    (home-page "http://bulletphysics.org/")
+    (synopsis "3D physics engine library")
+    (description
+     "Bullet is a physics engine library usable for collision detection.  It
+is used in some video games and movies.")
+    (license zlib)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm b/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
index f21eeadf45..405b4e744e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -33,14 +34,14 @@
 (define-public lcms
   (package
    (name "lcms")
-   (version "2.4")
+   (version "2.6")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append
                    "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lcms/lcms/"
                    version "/lcms2-" version ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256 (base32
-                     "1s1ppvqaydf2yqc72mw6zfviwxccb311a6hrbi802sgjxw84sl9a"))))
+                     "1c8lgq8gfs3nyplvbx9k8wzfj6r2bqi3f611vb1m8z3476454wji"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("libjpeg-8" ,libjpeg-8)
              ("libtiff" ,libtiff)
@@ -118,13 +119,13 @@ printing, and psresize, for adjusting page sizes.")
 (define-public ghostscript
   (package
    (name "ghostscript")
-   (version "9.06.0")
+   (version "9.14.0")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/ghostscript/gnu-ghostscript-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256 (base32
-                     "0bcg2203p7cm0f53f3s883xhj2c91xnaxakj2cy7kcdknfxplvs4"))))
+                     "0q4jj41p0qbr4mgcc9q78f5zs8cm1g57wgryhsm2yq4lfslm3ib1"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("freetype" ,freetype)
              ("lcms" ,lcms)
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ printing, and psresize, for adjusting page sizes.")
 file format.  It also includes a C library that implements the graphics
 capabilities of the PostScript language.  It supports a wide variety of
 output file formats and printers.")
-   (license license:gpl3+)
+   (license license:agpl3+)
    (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/")))
 
 (define-public gs-fonts
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 1d3ce25421..d9a22b41bb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages gl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages xdisorg))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages xdisorg)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses))
 
 (define-public brasero
   (package
@@ -1292,3 +1293,89 @@ engineering.")
     (description
      "The default GNOME 3 themes (Adwaita and some accessibility themes).")
     (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
+
+(define-public vala
+  (package
+    (name "vala")
+    (version "0.26.1")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/" name "/"
+                                  (version-major+minor version) "/"
+                                  name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0swyym2papln0f62ah05dpvq3vv6fssap26jq2zqp9dkkaqsn1w4"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments '(#:make-flags '("CC=gcc")))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+       ("flex" ,flex)
+       ("bison" ,bison)
+       ("xsltproc" ,libxslt)
+       ("dbus" ,dbus)                                     ; for dbus tests
+       ("gobject-introspection" ,gobject-introspection))) ; for gir tests
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("glib" ,glib))) ; required by libvala-0.26.pc
+    (home-page "http://live.gnome.org/Vala/")
+    (synopsis "Compiler for the GObject type system")
+    (description
+     "Vala is a programming language that aims to bring modern programming
+language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime
+requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and
+libraries written in C.")
+    (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
+
+(define-public vte
+  (package
+    (name "vte")
+    (version "0.38.2")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/" name "/"
+                                  (version-major+minor version) "/"
+                                  name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1rbxrigff9yszbgdw0gw4c2saz4d1hbbpz21phzxx14w49wvmnmj"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+       ("intltool" ,intltool)
+       ("vala" ,vala)
+       ("gobject-introspection" ,gobject-introspection)
+       ("glib" ,glib "bin") ; for glib-genmarshal, etc.
+       ("xmllint" ,libxml2)))
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("gtk+" ,gtk+))) ; required by libvte-2.91.pc
+    (home-page "http://www.gnome.org/")
+    (synopsis "Virtual Terminal Emulator")
+    (description
+     "VTE is a library (libvte) implementing a terminal emulator widget for
+GTK+, and a minimal sample application (vte) using that.  Vte is mainly used in
+gnome-terminal, but can also be used to embed a console/terminal in games,
+editors, IDEs, etc.")
+    (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
+
+;; stable version for gtk2, required by xfce4-terminal.
+(define-public vte/gtk+-2
+  (package (inherit vte)
+    (name "vte")
+    (version "0.28.2")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/" name "/"
+                                  (version-major+minor version) "/"
+                                  name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1bmhahkf8wdsra9whd3k5l5z4rv7r58ksr8mshzajgq2ma0hpkw6"))))
+    (arguments
+     '(#:configure-flags '("--disable-python")))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+       ("intltool" ,intltool)
+       ("glib" ,glib "bin")))   ; for glib-genmarshal, etc.
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("gtk+" ,gtk+-2)         ; required by libvte.pc
+       ("ncurses" ,ncurses))))) ; required by libvte.la
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm b/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
index 2781447685..3ebc20dffa 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
-;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -53,7 +53,17 @@
                           version "/" name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "02r9klfc0z26w270inq652249hq0wfzvwhzvwmk0n8v8nzkk5idh"))))
+        "02r9klfc0z26w270inq652249hq0wfzvwhzvwmk0n8v8nzkk5idh"))
+      (patches (map search-patch
+                    '("icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1042567.patch"
+                      "icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1072847.patch"
+                      "icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1079729.patch"
+                      "icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1080312.patch"
+                      "icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1089207.patch"
+                      "icecat-CVE-2014-1590.patch"
+                      "icecat-CVE-2014-1592.patch"
+                      "icecat-CVE-2014-1593.patch"
+                      "icecat-CVE-2014-1594.patch")))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
@@ -90,6 +100,7 @@
                            "--disable-debug"
                            "--disable-debug-symbols"
 
+                           "--enable-pulseaudio"
                            "--disable-webrtc"     ; webrtc fails to build
 
                            "--with-system-zlib"
diff --git a/gnu/packages/groff.scm b/gnu/packages/groff.scm
index ad7cff32e1..e7a0026d9e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/groff.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/groff.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -31,20 +32,21 @@
 (define-public groff
   (package
    (name "groff")
-   (version "1.22.2")
+   (version "1.22.3")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/groff/groff-" version
                                 ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256 (base32
-                     "0xi07nhj5vdgax37rj25mwxzdmsz1ifx50hjgc6hqbkpqkd6821q"))))
+                     "1998v2kcs288d3y7kfxpvl369nqi06zbbvjzafyvyl3pr7bajj1s"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("ghostscript" ,ghostscript)
              ("netpbm" ,netpbm)))
    (native-inputs `(("bison" ,bison)
-             ("perl" ,perl)
-             ("psutils" ,psutils)
-             ("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
+                    ("perl" ,perl)
+                    ("psutils" ,psutils)
+                    ("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
+   (arguments '(#:parallel-build? #f))  ; parallel build fails
    (synopsis "Typesetting from plain text mixed with formatting commands")
    (description
     "Groff is a typesetting package that reads plain text and produces
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 3f83711f32..a2708a290f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ for SYSTEM, or #f if there is no configuration for SYSTEM."
      #f)))
 
 (define-public linux-libre
-  (let* ((version "3.18")
+  (let* ((version "3.18.1")
          (build-phase
           '(lambda* (#:key system inputs #:allow-other-keys #:rest args)
              ;; Apply the neat patch.
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ for SYSTEM, or #f if there is no configuration for SYSTEM."
              (uri (linux-libre-urls version))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "1kv03bhls9rya4sg3qixyjirc79pn2g5bcwldcj7hs4apa77sd0g"))))
+               "0yj6sz9cvsbhrc9jksr4wgg63crzmqh65903l7bq9k0gz1f3x1s8"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs `(("perl" ,perl)
                      ("bc" ,bc)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ntp.scm b/gnu/packages/ntp.scm
index 8e6ed4fd3c..b2c520605a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ntp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ntp.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright 2014  John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -20,8 +21,11 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages which)
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
-  #:use-module (guix licenses)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages openssl)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix l:)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
@@ -29,29 +33,31 @@
 (define-public ntp
   (package
    (name "ntp")
-   (version "4.2.6p5")
+   (version "4.2.8")
    (source (origin
 	    (method url-fetch)
 	    (uri (string-append 
-                  "http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-"
-                  (string-join (take (string-split version #\.) 2) ".")
+                  "http://archive.ntp.org/ntp4/ntp-"
+                  (version-major+minor version)
                   "/ntp-" version ".tar.gz"))
 	    (sha256
 	     (base32
-	      "077r69a41hasl8zf5c44km7cqgfhrkaj6a4jnr75j7nkz5qq7ayn"))))
-   (native-inputs `(("which" ,which)))
+	      "1vnqa1542d01xmlkw8f3rq57y360b2j7yxkkg9b11955nvw0v4if"))))
+   (native-inputs `(("which" ,which)
+                    ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
    (inputs
-    ;; Build with POSIX capabilities support on GNU/Linux.  This allows 'ntpd'
-    ;; to run as non-root (when invoked with '-u'.)
-    (if (string-suffix? "-linux"
-                        (or (%current-target-system) (%current-system)))
-        `(("libcap" ,libcap))
-        '()))
+    `(("openssl" ,openssl)
+      ;; Build with POSIX capabilities support on GNU/Linux.  This allows 'ntpd'
+      ;; to run as non-root (when invoked with '-u'.)
+      ,@(if (string-suffix? "-linux"
+                            (or (%current-target-system) (%current-system)))
+            `(("libcap" ,libcap))
+            '())))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (synopsis "Real time clock synchonization system")
    (description "NTP is a system designed to synchronize the clocks of
 computers over a network.")
-   (license (x11-style
+   (license (l:x11-style
              "http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/copyright.html"
              "A non-copyleft free licence from the University of Delaware"))
    (home-page "http://www.ntp.org")))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1042567.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1042567.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e45e3062f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1042567.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+commit 60529fc02cf10482d8fecd699eea271ddc22bcb9
+Author: Jason Orendorff <jorendorff@mozilla.com>
+Date:   Thu Aug 28 15:43:57 2014 -0500
+
+    Bug 1042567 - Reflect JSPropertyOp properties more consistently as data properties. r=efaust, a=lmandel
+
+	Modified   js/src/jsobj.cpp
+diff --git a/js/src/jsobj.cpp b/js/src/jsobj.cpp
+index 2745509..ad336f3 100644
+--- a/js/src/jsobj.cpp
++++ b/js/src/jsobj.cpp
+@@ -235,11 +235,18 @@ js::GetOwnPropertyDescriptor(JSContext *cx, HandleObject obj, HandleId id,
+     if (pobj->isNative()) {
+         desc.setAttributes(GetShapeAttributes(pobj, shape));
+         if (desc.hasGetterOrSetterObject()) {
++            MOZ_ASSERT(desc.isShared());
+             doGet = false;
+             if (desc.hasGetterObject())
+                 desc.setGetterObject(shape->getterObject());
+             if (desc.hasSetterObject())
+                 desc.setSetterObject(shape->setterObject());
++        } else {
++            // This is either a straight-up data property or (rarely) a
++            // property with a JSPropertyOp getter/setter. The latter must be
++            // reported to the caller as a plain data property, so don't
++            // populate desc.getter/setter, and mask away the SHARED bit.
++            desc.attributesRef() &= ~JSPROP_SHARED;
+         }
+     } else {
+         if (!JSObject::getGenericAttributes(cx, pobj, id, &desc.attributesRef()))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1072847.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1072847.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..448b096b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1072847.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+commit 5d91f3b10f999e852e0392470198bd6aefc87e1e
+Author: Jeff Muizelaar <jmuizelaar@mozilla.com>
+Date:   Tue Oct 28 10:08:25 2014 -0400
+
+    Bug 1072847 - Initialize mSurface. r=BenWa, a=bkerensa
+
+	Modified   gfx/2d/DrawTargetCairo.cpp
+diff --git a/gfx/2d/DrawTargetCairo.cpp b/gfx/2d/DrawTargetCairo.cpp
+index 48c2c73..78d9e4f 100644
+--- a/gfx/2d/DrawTargetCairo.cpp
++++ b/gfx/2d/DrawTargetCairo.cpp
+@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ NeedIntermediateSurface(const Pattern& aPattern, const DrawOptions& aOptions)
+ 
+ DrawTargetCairo::DrawTargetCairo()
+   : mContext(nullptr)
++  , mSurface(nullptr)
+   , mLockedBits(nullptr)
+ {
+ }
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1079729.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1079729.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ef60baaad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1079729.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+commit 5de6730cc26744b9efcf4d4adb4a4c45023ef8a0
+Author: Randell Jesup <rjesup@jesup.org>
+Date:   Tue Oct 28 11:06:00 2014 -0400
+
+    Bug 1079729: Fix handling of increasing number of SCTP channels used by DataChannels r=tuexen a=lsblakk
+
+	Modified   media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/gsm/h/fsm.h
+diff --git a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/gsm/h/fsm.h b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/gsm/h/fsm.h
+index ba8e1ff..8d964f1 100755
+--- a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/gsm/h/fsm.h
++++ b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/gsm/h/fsm.h
+@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ typedef struct fsmdef_media_t_ {
+     /*
+      * Data Channel properties
+      */
+-#define WEBRTC_DATACHANNEL_STREAMS_DEFAULT 16
++#define WEBRTC_DATACHANNEL_STREAMS_DEFAULT 256
+     uint32         datachannel_streams;
+     char           datachannel_protocol[SDP_MAX_STRING_LEN + 1];
+ 
+	Modified   netwerk/sctp/datachannel/DataChannel.cpp
+diff --git a/netwerk/sctp/datachannel/DataChannel.cpp b/netwerk/sctp/datachannel/DataChannel.cpp
+index 414e3db..a00d938 100644
+--- a/netwerk/sctp/datachannel/DataChannel.cpp
++++ b/netwerk/sctp/datachannel/DataChannel.cpp
+@@ -910,10 +910,12 @@ DataChannelConnection::RequestMoreStreams(int32_t aNeeded)
+   uint32_t outStreamsNeeded;
+   socklen_t len;
+ 
+-  if (aNeeded + mStreams.Length() > MAX_NUM_STREAMS)
++  if (aNeeded + mStreams.Length() > MAX_NUM_STREAMS) {
+     aNeeded = MAX_NUM_STREAMS - mStreams.Length();
+-  if (aNeeded <= 0)
++  }
++  if (aNeeded <= 0) {
+     return false;
++  }
+ 
+   len = (socklen_t)sizeof(struct sctp_status);
+   if (usrsctp_getsockopt(mMasterSocket, IPPROTO_SCTP, SCTP_STATUS, &status, &len) < 0) {
+@@ -922,19 +924,25 @@ DataChannelConnection::RequestMoreStreams(int32_t aNeeded)
+   }
+   outStreamsNeeded = aNeeded; // number to add
+ 
+-  memset(&sas, 0, sizeof(struct sctp_add_streams));
++  // Note: if multiple channel opens happen when we don't have enough space,
++  // we'll call RequestMoreStreams() multiple times
++  memset(&sas, 0, sizeof(sas));
+   sas.sas_instrms = 0;
+   sas.sas_outstrms = (uint16_t)outStreamsNeeded; /* XXX error handling */
+   // Doesn't block, we get an event when it succeeds or fails
+   if (usrsctp_setsockopt(mMasterSocket, IPPROTO_SCTP, SCTP_ADD_STREAMS, &sas,
+                          (socklen_t) sizeof(struct sctp_add_streams)) < 0) {
+-    if (errno == EALREADY)
++    if (errno == EALREADY) {
++      LOG(("Already have %u output streams", outStreamsNeeded));
+       return true;
++    }
+ 
+     LOG(("***failed: setsockopt ADD errno=%d", errno));
+     return false;
+   }
+   LOG(("Requested %u more streams", outStreamsNeeded));
++  // We add to mStreams when we get a SCTP_STREAM_CHANGE_EVENT and the
++  // values are larger than mStreams.Length()
+   return true;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -1050,6 +1058,13 @@ DataChannelConnection::SendDeferredMessages()
+                                  channel->mFlags & DATA_CHANNEL_FLAGS_OUT_OF_ORDER_ALLOWED,
+                                  channel->mPrPolicy, channel->mPrValue)) {
+         channel->mFlags &= ~DATA_CHANNEL_FLAGS_SEND_REQ;
++
++        channel->mState = OPEN;
++        channel->mReady = true;
++        LOG(("%s: sending ON_CHANNEL_OPEN for %p", __FUNCTION__, channel.get()));
++        NS_DispatchToMainThread(new DataChannelOnMessageAvailable(
++                                  DataChannelOnMessageAvailable::ON_CHANNEL_OPEN, this,
++                                  channel));
+         sent = true;
+       } else {
+         if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK) {
+@@ -1177,6 +1192,7 @@ DataChannelConnection::HandleOpenRequestMessage(const struct rtcweb_datachannel_
+       prPolicy = SCTP_PR_SCTP_TTL;
+       break;
+     default:
++      LOG(("Unknown channel type", req->channel_type));
+       /* XXX error handling */
+       return;
+   }
+@@ -1203,6 +1219,10 @@ DataChannelConnection::HandleOpenRequestMessage(const struct rtcweb_datachannel_
+     }
+     return;
+   }
++  if (stream >= mStreams.Length()) {
++    LOG(("%s: stream %u out of bounds (%u)", __FUNCTION__, stream, mStreams.Length()));
++    return;
++  }
+ 
+   nsCString label(nsDependentCSubstring(&req->label[0], ntohs(req->label_length)));
+   nsCString protocol(nsDependentCSubstring(&req->label[ntohs(req->label_length)],
+@@ -1220,8 +1240,8 @@ DataChannelConnection::HandleOpenRequestMessage(const struct rtcweb_datachannel_
+ 
+   channel->mState = DataChannel::WAITING_TO_OPEN;
+ 
+-  LOG(("%s: sending ON_CHANNEL_CREATED for %s/%s: %u", __FUNCTION__,
+-       channel->mLabel.get(), channel->mProtocol.get(), stream));
++  LOG(("%s: sending ON_CHANNEL_CREATED for %s/%s: %u (state %u)", __FUNCTION__,
++       channel->mLabel.get(), channel->mProtocol.get(), stream, channel->mState));
+   NS_DispatchToMainThread(new DataChannelOnMessageAvailable(
+                             DataChannelOnMessageAvailable::ON_CHANNEL_CREATED,
+                             this, channel));
+@@ -1739,13 +1759,14 @@ DataChannelConnection::HandleStreamResetEvent(const struct sctp_stream_reset_eve
+           // 2. We sent our own reset (CLOSING); either they crossed on the
+           //    wire, or this is a response to our Reset.
+           //    Go to CLOSED
+-          // 3. We've sent a open but haven't gotten a response yet (OPENING)
++          // 3. We've sent a open but haven't gotten a response yet (CONNECTING)
+           //    I believe this is impossible, as we don't have an input stream yet.
+ 
+           LOG(("Incoming: Channel %u  closed, state %d",
+                channel->mStream, channel->mState));
+           ASSERT_WEBRTC(channel->mState == DataChannel::OPEN ||
+                         channel->mState == DataChannel::CLOSING ||
++                        channel->mState == DataChannel::CONNECTING ||
+                         channel->mState == DataChannel::WAITING_TO_OPEN);
+           if (channel->mState == DataChannel::OPEN ||
+               channel->mState == DataChannel::WAITING_TO_OPEN) {
+@@ -1791,20 +1812,21 @@ DataChannelConnection::HandleStreamChangeEvent(const struct sctp_stream_change_e
+     return;
+   } else {
+     if (strchg->strchange_instrms > mStreams.Length()) {
+-      LOG(("Other side increased streamds from %u to %u",
++      LOG(("Other side increased streams from %u to %u",
+            mStreams.Length(), strchg->strchange_instrms));
+     }
+-    if (strchg->strchange_outstrms > mStreams.Length()) {
++    if (strchg->strchange_outstrms > mStreams.Length() ||
++        strchg->strchange_instrms > mStreams.Length()) {
+       uint16_t old_len = mStreams.Length();
++      uint16_t new_len = std::max(strchg->strchange_outstrms,
++                                  strchg->strchange_instrms);
+       LOG(("Increasing number of streams from %u to %u - adding %u (in: %u)",
+-           old_len,
+-           strchg->strchange_outstrms,
+-           strchg->strchange_outstrms - old_len,
++           old_len, new_len, new_len - old_len,
+            strchg->strchange_instrms));
+       // make sure both are the same length
+-      mStreams.AppendElements(strchg->strchange_outstrms - old_len);
++      mStreams.AppendElements(new_len - old_len);
+       LOG(("New length = %d (was %d)", mStreams.Length(), old_len));
+-      for (uint32_t i = old_len; i < mStreams.Length(); ++i) {
++      for (size_t i = old_len; i < mStreams.Length(); ++i) {
+         mStreams[i] = nullptr;
+       }
+       // Re-process any channels waiting for streams.
+@@ -1815,13 +1837,17 @@ DataChannelConnection::HandleStreamChangeEvent(const struct sctp_stream_change_e
+       // Could make a more complex API for OpenXxxFinish() and avoid this loop
+       int32_t num_needed = mPending.GetSize();
+       LOG(("%d of %d new streams already needed", num_needed,
+-           strchg->strchange_outstrms - old_len));
+-      num_needed -= (strchg->strchange_outstrms - old_len); // number we added
++           new_len - old_len));
++      num_needed -= (new_len - old_len); // number we added
+       if (num_needed > 0) {
+         if (num_needed < 16)
+           num_needed = 16;
+         LOG(("Not enough new streams, asking for %d more", num_needed));
+         RequestMoreStreams(num_needed);
++      } else if (strchg->strchange_outstrms < strchg->strchange_instrms) {
++        LOG(("Requesting %d output streams to match partner",
++             strchg->strchange_instrms - strchg->strchange_outstrms));
++        RequestMoreStreams(strchg->strchange_instrms - strchg->strchange_outstrms);
+       }
+ 
+       ProcessQueuedOpens();
+	Modified   netwerk/sctp/datachannel/DataChannelProtocol.h
+diff --git a/netwerk/sctp/datachannel/DataChannelProtocol.h b/netwerk/sctp/datachannel/DataChannelProtocol.h
+index 549f74b..74fbe58 100644
+--- a/netwerk/sctp/datachannel/DataChannelProtocol.h
++++ b/netwerk/sctp/datachannel/DataChannelProtocol.h
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ // Duplicated in fsm.def
+-#define WEBRTC_DATACHANNEL_STREAMS_DEFAULT 16
++#define WEBRTC_DATACHANNEL_STREAMS_DEFAULT 256
+ 
+ #define DATA_CHANNEL_PPID_CONTROL        50
+ #define DATA_CHANNEL_PPID_BINARY         52
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1080312.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1080312.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5efac49e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1080312.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+commit d74bdb4589ad714e2a45e282974db075de2be673
+Author: Randell Jesup <rjesup@jesup.org>
+Date:   Wed Nov 12 22:59:53 2014 -0500
+
+    Bug 1080312 - Update iteration code from upstream. r=jesup, a=abillings
+
+	Modified   netwerk/sctp/src/moz.build
+diff --git a/netwerk/sctp/src/moz.build b/netwerk/sctp/src/moz.build
+index 1901a41..82103b9 100644
+--- a/netwerk/sctp/src/moz.build
++++ b/netwerk/sctp/src/moz.build
+@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ SOURCES += [
+     'user_environment.c',
+     'user_mbuf.c',
+     'user_recv_thread.c',
+-    'user_sctp_timer_iterate.c',
+     'user_socket.c',
+ ]
+ 
+	Modified   netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_callout.c
+diff --git a/netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_callout.c b/netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_callout.c
+index 67b7566..e8ac77f 100755
+--- a/netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_callout.c
++++ b/netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_callout.c
+@@ -30,9 +30,27 @@
+  * THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+  */
+ 
++#if defined(__Userspace__)
++#include <sys/types.h>
++#if !defined (__Userspace_os_Windows)
++#include <sys/wait.h>
++#include <unistd.h>
++#include <pthread.h>
++#endif
++#if defined(__Userspace_os_NaCl)
++#include <sys/select.h>
++#endif
++#include <stdlib.h>
++#include <string.h>
++#include <stdio.h>
++#include <errno.h>
++#include <netinet/sctp_sysctl.h>
++#include <netinet/sctp_pcb.h>
++#else
+ #include <netinet/sctp_os.h>
+ #include <netinet/sctp_callout.h>
+ #include <netinet/sctp_pcb.h>
++#endif
+ 
+ /*
+  * Callout/Timer routines for OS that doesn't have them
+@@ -117,24 +135,16 @@ sctp_os_timer_stop(sctp_os_timer_t *c)
+ 	return (1);
+ }
+ 
+-#if defined(__APPLE__)
+-/*
+- * For __APPLE__, use a single main timer at a faster resolution than
+- * fastim.  The timer just calls this existing callout infrastructure.
+- */
+-#endif
+-void
+-sctp_timeout(void *arg SCTP_UNUSED)
++static void
++sctp_handle_tick(int delta)
+ {
+ 	sctp_os_timer_t *c;
+ 	void (*c_func)(void *);
+ 	void *c_arg;
+ 
+ 	SCTP_TIMERQ_LOCK();
+-#if defined(__APPLE__)
+ 	/* update our tick count */
+-	ticks += SCTP_BASE_VAR(sctp_main_timer_ticks);
+-#endif
++	ticks += delta;
+ 	c = TAILQ_FIRST(&SCTP_BASE_INFO(callqueue));
+ 	while (c) {
+ 		if (c->c_time <= ticks) {
+@@ -155,9 +165,60 @@ sctp_timeout(void *arg SCTP_UNUSED)
+ 	}
+ 	sctp_os_timer_next = NULL;
+ 	SCTP_TIMERQ_UNLOCK();
++}
+ 
+ #if defined(__APPLE__)
+-	/* restart the main timer */
++void
++sctp_timeout(void *arg SCTP_UNUSED)
++{
++	sctp_handle_tick(SCTP_BASE_VAR(sctp_main_timer_ticks));
+ 	sctp_start_main_timer();
++}
+ #endif
++
++#if defined(__Userspace__)
++#define TIMEOUT_INTERVAL 10
++
++void *
++user_sctp_timer_iterate(void *arg)
++{
++	for (;;) {
++#if defined (__Userspace_os_Windows)
++		Sleep(TIMEOUT_INTERVAL);
++#else
++		struct timeval timeout;
++
++		timeout.tv_sec  = 0;
++		timeout.tv_usec = 1000 * TIMEOUT_INTERVAL;
++		select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, &timeout);
++#endif
++		if (SCTP_BASE_VAR(timer_thread_should_exit)) {
++			break;
++		}
++		sctp_handle_tick(MSEC_TO_TICKS(TIMEOUT_INTERVAL));
++	}
++	return (NULL);
+ }
++
++void
++sctp_start_timer(void)
++{
++	/*
++	 * No need to do SCTP_TIMERQ_LOCK_INIT();
++	 * here, it is being done in sctp_pcb_init()
++	 */
++#if defined (__Userspace_os_Windows)
++	if ((SCTP_BASE_VAR(timer_thread) = CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)user_sctp_timer_iterate, NULL, 0, NULL)) == NULL) {
++		SCTP_PRINTF("ERROR; Creating ithread failed\n");
++	}
++#else
++	int rc;
++
++	rc = pthread_create(&SCTP_BASE_VAR(timer_thread), NULL, user_sctp_timer_iterate, NULL);
++	if (rc) {
++		SCTP_PRINTF("ERROR; return code from pthread_create() is %d\n", rc);
++	}
++#endif
++}
++
++#endif
+	Modified   netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_callout.h
+diff --git a/netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_callout.h b/netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_callout.h
+index 2782945..c53c5a4 100755
+--- a/netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_callout.h
++++ b/netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_callout.h
+@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
+ #endif
+ 
+ extern int ticks;
+-extern void sctp_start_timer();
+ #endif
+ 
+ TAILQ_HEAD(calloutlist, sctp_callout);
+@@ -94,6 +93,11 @@ int sctp_os_timer_stop(sctp_os_timer_t *);
+ #define	SCTP_OS_TIMER_ACTIVE(tmr) ((tmr)->c_flags & SCTP_CALLOUT_ACTIVE)
+ #define	SCTP_OS_TIMER_DEACTIVATE(tmr) ((tmr)->c_flags &= ~SCTP_CALLOUT_ACTIVE)
+ 
++#if defined(__Userspace__)
++void sctp_start_timer(void);
++#endif
++#if defined(__APPLE__)
+ void sctp_timeout(void *);
++#endif
+ 
+ #endif
+	Modified   netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c
+diff --git a/netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c b/netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c
+index d4115ad..c17ea04 100755
+--- a/netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c
++++ b/netwerk/sctp/src/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c
+@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD: head/sys/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c 259943 2013-12-27 13:07:00Z t
+ #include <netinet/sctp_timer.h>
+ #include <netinet/sctp_auth.h>
+ #include <netinet/sctp_bsd_addr.h>
++#if defined(__Userspace__)
++#include <netinet/sctp_callout.h>
++#endif
+ #if !defined(__Userspace_os_Windows)
+ #include <netinet/udp.h>
+ #endif
+	Deleted    netwerk/sctp/src/user_sctp_timer_iterate.c
+diff --git a/netwerk/sctp/src/user_sctp_timer_iterate.c b/netwerk/sctp/src/user_sctp_timer_iterate.c
+deleted file mode 100755
+index 0a9dbce..0000000
+--- a/netwerk/sctp/src/user_sctp_timer_iterate.c
++++ /dev/null
+@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
+-/*-
+- * Copyright (c) 2012 Michael Tuexen
+- * All rights reserved.
+- *
+- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+- * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+- * are met:
+- * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+- * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+- *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+- *
+- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+- * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+- * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+- * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+- * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+- * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+- * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+- * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+- * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+- * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+- * SUCH DAMAGE.
+- *
+- */
+-
+-#include <sys/types.h>
+-#if !defined (__Userspace_os_Windows)
+-#include <sys/wait.h>
+-#include <unistd.h>
+-#include <pthread.h>
+-#endif
+-#include <stdlib.h>
+-#include <string.h>
+-#include <stdio.h>
+-#include <errno.h>
+-#include <netinet/sctp_pcb.h>
+-#include <netinet/sctp_sysctl.h>
+-#include "netinet/sctp_callout.h"
+-
+-/* This is the polling time of callqueue in milliseconds
+- * 10ms seems to work well. 1ms was giving erratic behavior
+- */
+-#define TIMEOUT_INTERVAL 10
+-
+-extern int ticks;
+-
+-void *
+-user_sctp_timer_iterate(void *arg)
+-{
+-	sctp_os_timer_t *c;
+-	void (*c_func)(void *);
+-	void *c_arg;
+-	sctp_os_timer_t *sctp_os_timer_next;
+-	/*
+-	 * The MSEC_TO_TICKS conversion depends on hz. The to_ticks in
+-	 * sctp_os_timer_start also depends on hz. E.g. if hz=1000 then
+-	 * for multiple INIT the to_ticks is 2000, 4000, 8000, 16000, 32000, 60000
+-	 * and further to_ticks level off at 60000 i.e. 60 seconds.
+-	 * If hz=100 then for multiple INIT the to_ticks are 200, 400, 800 and so-on.
+-	 */
+-	for (;;) {
+-#if defined (__Userspace_os_Windows)
+-		Sleep(TIMEOUT_INTERVAL);
+-#else
+-		struct timeval timeout;
+-
+-		timeout.tv_sec  = 0;
+-		timeout.tv_usec = 1000 * TIMEOUT_INTERVAL;
+-		select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, &timeout);
+-#endif
+-		if (SCTP_BASE_VAR(timer_thread_should_exit)) {
+-			break;
+-		}
+-		SCTP_TIMERQ_LOCK();
+-		/* update our tick count */
+-		ticks += MSEC_TO_TICKS(TIMEOUT_INTERVAL);
+-		c = TAILQ_FIRST(&SCTP_BASE_INFO(callqueue));
+-		while (c) {
+-			if (c->c_time <= ticks) {
+-				sctp_os_timer_next = TAILQ_NEXT(c, tqe);
+-				TAILQ_REMOVE(&SCTP_BASE_INFO(callqueue), c, tqe);
+-				c_func = c->c_func;
+-				c_arg = c->c_arg;
+-				c->c_flags &= ~SCTP_CALLOUT_PENDING;
+-				SCTP_TIMERQ_UNLOCK();
+-				c_func(c_arg);
+-				SCTP_TIMERQ_LOCK();
+-				c = sctp_os_timer_next;
+-			} else {
+-				c = TAILQ_NEXT(c, tqe);
+-			}
+-		}
+-		SCTP_TIMERQ_UNLOCK();
+-	}
+-	return (NULL);
+-}
+-
+-void
+-sctp_start_timer(void)
+-{
+-	/*
+-	 * No need to do SCTP_TIMERQ_LOCK_INIT();
+-	 * here, it is being done in sctp_pcb_init()
+-	 */
+-#if defined (__Userspace_os_Windows)
+-	if ((SCTP_BASE_VAR(timer_thread) = CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)user_sctp_timer_iterate, NULL, 0, NULL)) == NULL) {
+-		SCTP_PRINTF("ERROR; Creating ithread failed\n");
+-	}
+-#else
+-	int rc;
+-
+-	rc = pthread_create(&SCTP_BASE_VAR(timer_thread), NULL, user_sctp_timer_iterate, NULL);
+-	if (rc) {
+-		SCTP_PRINTF("ERROR; return code from pthread_create() is %d\n", rc);
+-	}
+-#endif
+-}
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1089207.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1089207.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd5602c86b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1587-bug-1089207.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+commit 9df10fea93b483af6646ef2f7aab35598fbaab2f
+Author: Nils Ohlmeier [:drno] <drno@ohlmeier.org>
+Date:   Thu Nov 6 12:21:57 2014 -0500
+
+    Bug 1089207: fix parsing of invalid fmtp att r=drno,jesup a=lmandel
+
+	Modified   media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/sdp/sdp_attr.c
+diff --git a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/sdp/sdp_attr.c b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/sdp/sdp_attr.c
+index fa5ca2e..33d26c0 100644
+--- a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/sdp/sdp_attr.c
++++ b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/sdp/sdp_attr.c
+@@ -458,7 +458,6 @@ sdp_result_e sdp_parse_attr_fmtp (sdp_t *sdp_p, sdp_attr_t *attr_p,
+     char          tmp[SDP_MAX_STRING_LEN];
+     char          *src_ptr;
+     char          *temp_ptr = NULL;
+-    tinybool flag=FALSE;
+     char         *tok=NULL;
+     char         *temp=NULL;
+     u16          custom_x=0;
+@@ -495,29 +494,11 @@ sdp_result_e sdp_parse_attr_fmtp (sdp_t *sdp_p, sdp_attr_t *attr_p,
+     fmtp_p->packetization_mode = 0;
+     fmtp_p->level_asymmetry_allowed = SDP_DEFAULT_LEVEL_ASYMMETRY_ALLOWED_VALUE;
+ 
+-    /* BEGIN - a typical macro fn to replace '/' with ';' from fmtp line*/
+-    /* This ugly replacement of '/' with ';' is only done because
+-    *  econf/MS client sends in this wierd /illegal format.
+-    * fmtp parameters MUST be  separated by ';'
+-    */
+     temp_ptr = cpr_strdup(ptr);
+     if (temp_ptr == NULL) {
+         return (SDP_FAILURE);
+     }
+     fmtp_ptr = src_ptr = temp_ptr;
+-    while (flag == FALSE) {
+-        if (*src_ptr == '\n') {
+-            flag = TRUE;
+-            break;
+-        }
+-        if (*src_ptr == '/') {
+-            *src_ptr =';' ;
+-        }
+-        src_ptr++;
+-    }
+-    /* END */
+-    /* Once we move to RFC compliant video codec implementations, the above
+-    *  patch should be removed */
+ 
+     src_ptr = temp_ptr;
+     while (!done) {
+	Modified   media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/sdp/sdp_main.c
+diff --git a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/sdp/sdp_main.c b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/sdp/sdp_main.c
+index 0be02aa..9760d4e 100644
+--- a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/sdp/sdp_main.c
++++ b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/sdp/sdp_main.c
+@@ -1002,7 +1002,12 @@ sdp_result_e sdp_parse (sdp_t *sdp_p, char **bufp, u16 len)
+          */
+         ptr = next_ptr;
+         line_end = sdp_findchar(ptr, "\n");
+-        if (line_end >= (*bufp + len)) {
++        if ((line_end >= (*bufp + len)) ||
++           (*line_end == '\0')) {
++            /* As this does not update the result value the SDP up to this point
++             * is still accept as valid. So encountering this is not treated as
++             * an error.
++             */
+             sdp_parse_error(sdp_p->peerconnection,
+                 "%s End of line beyond end of buffer.",
+                 sdp_p->debug_str);
+	Modified   media/webrtc/signaling/test/sdp_unittests.cpp
+diff --git a/media/webrtc/signaling/test/sdp_unittests.cpp b/media/webrtc/signaling/test/sdp_unittests.cpp
+index 51df09b..9f98eed 100644
+--- a/media/webrtc/signaling/test/sdp_unittests.cpp
++++ b/media/webrtc/signaling/test/sdp_unittests.cpp
+@@ -755,13 +755,13 @@ TEST_F(SdpTest, parseFmtpMaxFs) {
+   u32 val = 0;
+   ParseSdp(kVideoSdp + "a=fmtp:120 max-fs=300;max-fr=30\r\n");
+   ASSERT_EQ(sdp_attr_get_fmtp_max_fs(sdp_ptr_, 1, 0, 1, &val), SDP_SUCCESS);
+-  ASSERT_EQ(val, 300);
++  ASSERT_EQ(val, 300U);
+ }
+ TEST_F(SdpTest, parseFmtpMaxFr) {
+   u32 val = 0;
+   ParseSdp(kVideoSdp + "a=fmtp:120 max-fs=300;max-fr=30\r\n");
+   ASSERT_EQ(sdp_attr_get_fmtp_max_fr(sdp_ptr_, 1, 0, 1, &val), SDP_SUCCESS);
+-  ASSERT_EQ(val, 30);
++  ASSERT_EQ(val, 30U);
+ }
+ 
+ TEST_F(SdpTest, addFmtpMaxFs) {
+@@ -789,6 +789,29 @@ TEST_F(SdpTest, addFmtpMaxFsFr) {
+             std::string::npos);
+ }
+ 
++static const std::string kBrokenFmtp =
++  "v=0\r\n"
++  "o=- 137331303 2 IN IP4 127.0.0.1\r\n"
++  "s=SIP Call\r\n"
++  "t=0 0\r\n"
++  "m=video 56436 RTP/SAVPF 120\r\n"
++  "c=IN IP4 198.51.100.7\r\n"
++  "a=rtpmap:120 VP8/90000\r\n"
++  /* Note: the \0 in this string triggered bz://1089207
++   */
++  "a=fmtp:120 max-fs=300;max\0fr=30";
++
++TEST_F(SdpTest, parseBrokenFmtp) {
++  u32 val = 0;
++  char *buf = const_cast<char *>(kBrokenFmtp.data());
++  ResetSdp();
++  /* We need to manually invoke the parser here to be able to specify the length
++   * of the string beyond the \0 in last line of the string.
++   */
++  ASSERT_EQ(sdp_parse(sdp_ptr_, &buf, 165), SDP_SUCCESS);
++  ASSERT_EQ(sdp_attr_get_fmtp_max_fs(sdp_ptr_, 1, 0, 1, &val), SDP_INVALID_PARAMETER);
++}
++
+ } // End namespace test.
+ 
+ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1590.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1590.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8513980ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1590.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+commit 50c5ca4bacf7cda77c3a7ab1b8d82ded18fb3355
+Author: Olli Pettay <Olli.Pettay@helsinki.fi>
+Date:   Sun Nov 2 22:01:55 2014 +0200
+
+    Bug 1087633 - Filter out XPConnect wrapped input streams. r=bz, a=lmandel
+
+	Modified   content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.h
+diff --git a/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.h b/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.h
+index b1fc4e3..4ab4f29 100644
+--- a/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.h
++++ b/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.h
+@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
+ #include "nsIPrincipal.h"
+ #include "nsIScriptObjectPrincipal.h"
+ #include "nsISizeOfEventTarget.h"
+-
++#include "nsIXPConnect.h"
++#include "nsIInputStream.h"
+ #include "mozilla/Assertions.h"
+ #include "mozilla/DOMEventTargetHelper.h"
+ #include "mozilla/MemoryReporting.h"
+@@ -446,6 +447,11 @@ public:
+   void Send(nsIInputStream* aStream, ErrorResult& aRv)
+   {
+     NS_ASSERTION(aStream, "Null should go to string version");
++    nsCOMPtr<nsIXPConnectWrappedJS> wjs = do_QueryInterface(aStream);
++    if (wjs) {
++      aRv.Throw(NS_ERROR_DOM_TYPE_ERR);
++      return;
++    }
+     aRv = Send(RequestBody(aStream));
+   }
+   void SendAsBinary(const nsAString& aBody, ErrorResult& aRv);
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1592.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1592.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6de1b6fe4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1592.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,400 @@
+commit 7efadbb03cdffa11ebfc2da3113377d2f33b893b
+Author: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@hsivonen.fi>
+Date:   Mon Nov 3 15:23:26 2014 +0200
+
+    Bug 1088635. r=smaug, a=bkerensa
+
+	Modified   content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
+diff --git a/content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp b/content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
+index cbed38d..3493bce 100644
+--- a/content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
++++ b/content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp
+@@ -3916,7 +3916,7 @@ nsDocument::InsertChildAt(nsIContent* aKid, uint32_t aIndex,
+                           bool aNotify)
+ {
+   if (aKid->IsElement() && GetRootElement()) {
+-    NS_ERROR("Inserting element child when we already have one");
++    NS_WARNING("Inserting root element when we already have one");
+     return NS_ERROR_DOM_HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR;
+   }
+ 
+	Modified   parser/html/nsHtml5Parser.cpp
+diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5Parser.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5Parser.cpp
+index a485be4..f28adb4 100644
+--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5Parser.cpp
++++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5Parser.cpp
+@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ nsHtml5Parser::Parse(const nsAString& aSourceBuffer,
+      * WillBuildModel to be called before the document has had its 
+      * script global object set.
+      */
+-    mExecutor->WillBuildModel(eDTDMode_unknown);
++    rv = mExecutor->WillBuildModel(eDTDMode_unknown);
++    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+   }
+ 
+   // Return early if the parser has processed EOF
+@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ nsHtml5Parser::Parse(const nsAString& aSourceBuffer,
+     }
+     mDocumentClosed = true;
+     if (!mBlocked && !mInDocumentWrite) {
+-      ParseUntilBlocked();
++      return ParseUntilBlocked();
+     }
+     return NS_OK;
+   }
+@@ -378,7 +379,8 @@ nsHtml5Parser::Parse(const nsAString& aSourceBuffer,
+ 
+       if (mTreeBuilder->HasScript()) {
+         mTreeBuilder->Flush(); // Move ops to the executor
+-        mExecutor->FlushDocumentWrite(); // run the ops
++        rv = mExecutor->FlushDocumentWrite(); // run the ops
++        NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+         // Flushing tree ops can cause all sorts of things.
+         // Return early if the parser got terminated.
+         if (mExecutor->IsComplete()) {
+@@ -437,7 +439,8 @@ nsHtml5Parser::Parse(const nsAString& aSourceBuffer,
+       "Buffer wasn't tokenized to completion?");
+     // Scripting semantics require a forced tree builder flush here
+     mTreeBuilder->Flush(); // Move ops to the executor
+-    mExecutor->FlushDocumentWrite(); // run the ops
++    rv = mExecutor->FlushDocumentWrite(); // run the ops
++    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+   } else if (stackBuffer.hasMore()) {
+     // The buffer wasn't tokenized to completion. Tokenize the untokenized
+     // content in order to preload stuff. This content will be retokenized
+@@ -594,11 +597,13 @@ nsHtml5Parser::IsScriptCreated()
+ /* End nsIParser  */
+ 
+ // not from interface
+-void
++nsresult
+ nsHtml5Parser::ParseUntilBlocked()
+ {
+-  if (mBlocked || mExecutor->IsComplete() || NS_FAILED(mExecutor->IsBroken())) {
+-    return;
++  nsresult rv = mExecutor->IsBroken();
++  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
++  if (mBlocked || mExecutor->IsComplete()) {
++    return NS_OK;
+   }
+   NS_ASSERTION(mExecutor->HasStarted(), "Bad life cycle.");
+   NS_ASSERTION(!mInDocumentWrite,
+@@ -611,7 +616,7 @@ nsHtml5Parser::ParseUntilBlocked()
+       if (mFirstBuffer == mLastBuffer) {
+         if (mExecutor->IsComplete()) {
+           // something like cache manisfests stopped the parse in mid-flight
+-          return;
++          return NS_OK;
+         }
+         if (mDocumentClosed) {
+           NS_ASSERTION(!GetStreamParser(),
+@@ -620,8 +625,10 @@ nsHtml5Parser::ParseUntilBlocked()
+           mTreeBuilder->StreamEnded();
+           mTreeBuilder->Flush();
+           mExecutor->FlushDocumentWrite();
++          // The below call does memory cleanup, so call it even if the
++          // parser has been marked as broken.
+           mTokenizer->end();
+-          return;            
++          return NS_OK;
+         }
+         // never release the last buffer.
+         NS_ASSERTION(!mLastBuffer->getStart() && !mLastBuffer->getEnd(),
+@@ -643,14 +650,14 @@ nsHtml5Parser::ParseUntilBlocked()
+           NS_ASSERTION(mExecutor->IsInFlushLoop(),
+               "How did we come here without being in the flush loop?");
+         }
+-        return; // no more data for now but expecting more
++        return NS_OK; // no more data for now but expecting more
+       }
+       mFirstBuffer = mFirstBuffer->next;
+       continue;
+     }
+ 
+     if (mBlocked || mExecutor->IsComplete()) {
+-      return;
++      return NS_OK;
+     }
+ 
+     // now we have a non-empty buffer
+@@ -667,10 +674,11 @@ nsHtml5Parser::ParseUntilBlocked()
+       }
+       if (mTreeBuilder->HasScript()) {
+         mTreeBuilder->Flush();
+-        mExecutor->FlushDocumentWrite();
++        nsresult rv = mExecutor->FlushDocumentWrite();
++        NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+       }
+       if (mBlocked) {
+-        return;
++        return NS_OK;
+       }
+     }
+     continue;
+	Modified   parser/html/nsHtml5Parser.h
+diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5Parser.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5Parser.h
+index aff79c7..e2ef2f8 100644
+--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5Parser.h
++++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5Parser.h
+@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class nsHtml5Parser : public nsIParser,
+     /**
+      * Parse until pending data is exhausted or a script blocks the parser
+      */
+-    void ParseUntilBlocked();
++    nsresult ParseUntilBlocked();
+ 
+   private:
+ 
+	Modified   parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.cpp
+diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.cpp
+index 4790568..7e3917b 100644
+--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.cpp
++++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.cpp
+@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ nsHtml5StreamParser::WriteStreamBytes(const uint8_t* aFromSegment,
+   // NS_HTML5_STREAM_PARSER_READ_BUFFER_SIZE.
+   if (!mLastBuffer) {
+     NS_WARNING("mLastBuffer should not be null!");
+-    MarkAsBroken();
++    MarkAsBroken(NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER);
+     return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
+   }
+   if (mLastBuffer->getEnd() == NS_HTML5_STREAM_PARSER_READ_BUFFER_SIZE) {
+@@ -902,7 +902,8 @@ nsHtml5StreamParser::OnStartRequest(nsIRequest* aRequest, nsISupports* aContext)
+    * WillBuildModel to be called before the document has had its 
+    * script global object set.
+    */
+-  mExecutor->WillBuildModel(eDTDMode_unknown);
++  rv = mExecutor->WillBuildModel(eDTDMode_unknown);
++  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+   
+   nsRefPtr<nsHtml5OwningUTF16Buffer> newBuf =
+     nsHtml5OwningUTF16Buffer::FalliblyCreate(
+@@ -1003,8 +1004,9 @@ nsHtml5StreamParser::DoStopRequest()
+ 
+   if (!mUnicodeDecoder) {
+     uint32_t writeCount;
+-    if (NS_FAILED(FinalizeSniffing(nullptr, 0, &writeCount, 0))) {
+-      MarkAsBroken();
++    nsresult rv;
++    if (NS_FAILED(rv = FinalizeSniffing(nullptr, 0, &writeCount, 0))) {
++      MarkAsBroken(rv);
+       return;
+     }
+   } else if (mFeedChardet) {
+@@ -1076,7 +1078,7 @@ nsHtml5StreamParser::DoDataAvailable(const uint8_t* aBuffer, uint32_t aLength)
+     rv = SniffStreamBytes(aBuffer, aLength, &writeCount);
+   }
+   if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
+-    MarkAsBroken();
++    MarkAsBroken(rv);
+     return;
+   }
+   NS_ASSERTION(writeCount == aLength, "Wrong number of stream bytes written/sniffed.");
+@@ -1662,13 +1664,13 @@ nsHtml5StreamParser::TimerFlush()
+ }
+ 
+ void
+-nsHtml5StreamParser::MarkAsBroken()
++nsHtml5StreamParser::MarkAsBroken(nsresult aRv)
+ {
+   NS_ASSERTION(IsParserThread(), "Wrong thread!");
+   mTokenizerMutex.AssertCurrentThreadOwns();
+ 
+   Terminate();
+-  mTreeBuilder->MarkAsBroken();
++  mTreeBuilder->MarkAsBroken(aRv);
+   mozilla::DebugOnly<bool> hadOps = mTreeBuilder->Flush(false);
+   NS_ASSERTION(hadOps, "Should have had the markAsBroken op!");
+   if (NS_FAILED(NS_DispatchToMainThread(mExecutorFlusher))) {
+	Modified   parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.h
+diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.h
+index c7dcbbe..476ef16 100644
+--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.h
++++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5StreamParser.h
+@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class nsHtml5StreamParser : public nsICharsetDetectionObserver {
+     }
+ #endif
+ 
+-    void MarkAsBroken();
++    void MarkAsBroken(nsresult aRv);
+ 
+     /**
+      * Marks the stream parser as interrupted. If you ever add calls to this
+	Modified   parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderCppSupplement.h
+diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderCppSupplement.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderCppSupplement.h
+index 4cd5c7c..1e65394 100644
+--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderCppSupplement.h
++++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderCppSupplement.h
+@@ -949,14 +949,14 @@ nsHtml5TreeBuilder::DropHandles()
+ }
+ 
+ void
+-nsHtml5TreeBuilder::MarkAsBroken()
++nsHtml5TreeBuilder::MarkAsBroken(nsresult aRv)
+ {
+   if (MOZ_UNLIKELY(mBuilder)) {
+     MOZ_ASSUME_UNREACHABLE("Must not call this with builder.");
+     return;
+   }
+   mOpQueue.Clear(); // Previous ops don't matter anymore
+-  mOpQueue.AppendElement()->Init(eTreeOpMarkAsBroken);
++  mOpQueue.AppendElement()->Init(aRv);
+ }
+ 
+ void
+	Modified   parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderHSupplement.h
+diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderHSupplement.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderHSupplement.h
+index a321e80..8d380eb 100644
+--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderHSupplement.h
++++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeBuilderHSupplement.h
+@@ -223,4 +223,4 @@
+ 
+     void errEndWithUnclosedElements(nsIAtom* aName);
+ 
+-    void MarkAsBroken();
++    void MarkAsBroken(nsresult aRv);
+	Modified   parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor.cpp
+diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor.cpp
+index ebcafca..6c52e5f 100644
+--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor.cpp
++++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor.cpp
+@@ -411,7 +411,11 @@ nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor::RunFlushLoop()
+         GetParser()->GetStreamParser();
+       // Now parse content left in the document.write() buffer queue if any.
+       // This may generate tree ops on its own or dequeue a speculation.
+-      GetParser()->ParseUntilBlocked();
++      nsresult rv = GetParser()->ParseUntilBlocked();
++      if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
++        MarkAsBroken(rv);
++        return;
++      }
+     }
+ 
+     if (mOpQueue.IsEmpty()) {
+@@ -496,21 +500,24 @@ nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor::RunFlushLoop()
+   }
+ }
+ 
+-void
++nsresult
+ nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor::FlushDocumentWrite()
+ {
++  nsresult rv = IsBroken();
++  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
++
+   FlushSpeculativeLoads(); // Make sure speculative loads never start after the
+                 // corresponding normal loads for the same URLs.
+ 
+   if (MOZ_UNLIKELY(!mParser)) {
+     // The parse has ended.
+     mOpQueue.Clear(); // clear in order to be able to assert in destructor
+-    return;
++    return rv;
+   }
+   
+   if (mFlushState != eNotFlushing) {
+     // XXX Can this happen? In case it can, let's avoid crashing.
+-    return;
++    return rv;
+   }
+ 
+   mFlushState = eInFlush;
+@@ -545,7 +552,7 @@ nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor::FlushDocumentWrite()
+     }
+     NS_ASSERTION(mFlushState == eInDocUpdate, 
+       "Tried to perform tree op outside update batch.");
+-    nsresult rv = iter->Perform(this, &scriptElement);
++    rv = iter->Perform(this, &scriptElement);
+     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
+       MarkAsBroken(rv);
+       break;
+@@ -560,13 +567,14 @@ nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor::FlushDocumentWrite()
+ 
+   if (MOZ_UNLIKELY(!mParser)) {
+     // Ending the doc update caused a call to nsIParser::Terminate().
+-    return;
++    return rv;
+   }
+ 
+   if (scriptElement) {
+     // must be tail call when mFlushState is eNotFlushing
+     RunScript(scriptElement);
+   }
++  return rv;
+ }
+ 
+ // copied from HTML content sink
+	Modified   parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor.h
+diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor.h
+index 9617dcb..1f81448 100644
+--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor.h
++++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor.h
+@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor : public nsHtml5DocumentBuilder,
+                   
+     void RunFlushLoop();
+ 
+-    void FlushDocumentWrite();
++    nsresult FlushDocumentWrite();
+ 
+     void MaybeSuspend();
+ 
+	Modified   parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.cpp
+diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.cpp b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.cpp
+index 48b71dc..7ad65247 100644
+--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.cpp
++++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.cpp
+@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ nsHtml5TreeOperation::AppendToDocument(nsIContent* aNode,
+   nsIDocument* doc = aBuilder->GetDocument();
+   uint32_t childCount = doc->GetChildCount();
+   rv = doc->AppendChildTo(aNode, false);
++  if (rv == NS_ERROR_DOM_HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR) {
++    return NS_OK;
++  }
+   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+   nsNodeUtils::ContentInserted(doc, aNode, childCount);
+ 
+@@ -739,8 +742,7 @@ nsHtml5TreeOperation::Perform(nsHtml5TreeOpExecutor* aBuilder,
+       return NS_OK;
+     }
+     case eTreeOpMarkAsBroken: {
+-      aBuilder->MarkAsBroken(NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY);
+-      return NS_OK;
++      return mOne.result;
+     }
+     case eTreeOpRunScript: {
+       nsIContent* node = *(mOne.node);
+	Modified   parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.h
+diff --git a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.h b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.h
+index 2727733..06d0274 100644
+--- a/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.h
++++ b/parser/html/nsHtml5TreeOperation.h
+@@ -435,6 +435,15 @@ class nsHtml5TreeOperation {
+       mFour.integer = aInt;
+     }
+ 
++    inline void Init(nsresult aRv)
++    {
++      NS_PRECONDITION(mOpCode == eTreeOpUninitialized,
++        "Op code must be uninitialized when initializing.");
++      NS_PRECONDITION(NS_FAILED(aRv), "Initialized tree op with non-failure.");
++      mOpCode = eTreeOpMarkAsBroken;
++      mOne.result = aRv;
++    }
++
+     inline void InitAddClass(nsIContentHandle* aNode, const char16_t* aClass)
+     {
+       NS_PRECONDITION(mOpCode == eTreeOpUninitialized,
+@@ -487,11 +496,12 @@ class nsHtml5TreeOperation {
+       nsIAtom*                        atom;
+       nsHtml5HtmlAttributes*          attributes;
+       nsHtml5DocumentMode             mode;
+-      char16_t*                      unicharPtr;
++      char16_t*                       unicharPtr;
+       char*                           charPtr;
+       nsHtml5TreeOperationStringPair* stringPair;
+       nsAHtml5TreeBuilderState*       state;
+       int32_t                         integer;
++      nsresult                        result;
+     }                   mOne, mTwo, mThree, mFour;
+ };
+ 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1593.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1593.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..446920a95f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1593.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+commit a58cea744ac5b93b99a66554e1029b2c7aa3255d
+Author: Matthew Gregan <kinetik@flim.org>
+Date:   Tue Nov 11 08:58:52 2014 +1300
+
+    Bug 1085175. r=roc, a=dveditz
+
+	Modified   content/media/MediaCache.cpp
+diff --git a/content/media/MediaCache.cpp b/content/media/MediaCache.cpp
+index 598d905..c99f724 100644
+--- a/content/media/MediaCache.cpp
++++ b/content/media/MediaCache.cpp
+@@ -1174,6 +1174,7 @@ MediaCache::Update()
+       // Figure out where we should be reading from. It's the first
+       // uncached byte after the current mStreamOffset.
+       int64_t dataOffset = stream->GetCachedDataEndInternal(stream->mStreamOffset);
++      MOZ_ASSERT(dataOffset >= 0);
+ 
+       // Compute where we'd actually seek to to read at readOffset
+       int64_t desiredOffset = dataOffset;
+@@ -1702,6 +1703,7 @@ MediaCacheStream::NotifyDataStarted(int64_t aOffset)
+   ReentrantMonitorAutoEnter mon(gMediaCache->GetReentrantMonitor());
+   NS_WARN_IF_FALSE(aOffset == mChannelOffset,
+                    "Server is giving us unexpected offset");
++  MOZ_ASSERT(aOffset >= 0);
+   mChannelOffset = aOffset;
+   if (mStreamLength >= 0) {
+     // If we started reading at a certain offset, then for sure
+@@ -2118,23 +2120,28 @@ MediaCacheStream::Seek(int32_t aWhence, int64_t aOffset)
+     return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
+ 
+   int64_t oldOffset = mStreamOffset;
++  int64_t newOffset = mStreamOffset;
+   switch (aWhence) {
+   case PR_SEEK_END:
+     if (mStreamLength < 0)
+       return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
+-    mStreamOffset = mStreamLength + aOffset;
++    newOffset = mStreamLength + aOffset;
+     break;
+   case PR_SEEK_CUR:
+-    mStreamOffset += aOffset;
++    newOffset += aOffset;
+     break;
+   case PR_SEEK_SET:
+-    mStreamOffset = aOffset;
++    newOffset = aOffset;
+     break;
+   default:
+     NS_ERROR("Unknown whence");
+     return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
+   }
+ 
++  if (newOffset < 0)
++    return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
++  mStreamOffset = newOffset;
++
+   CACHE_LOG(PR_LOG_DEBUG, ("Stream %p Seek to %lld", this, (long long)mStreamOffset));
+   gMediaCache->NoteSeek(this, oldOffset);
+ 
+@@ -2176,11 +2183,10 @@ MediaCacheStream::Read(char* aBuffer, uint32_t aCount, uint32_t* aBytes)
+         break;
+       }
+       size = std::min(size, bytesRemaining);
+-      // Clamp size until 64-bit file size issues (bug 500784) are fixed.
++      // Clamp size until 64-bit file size issues are fixed.
+       size = std::min(size, int64_t(INT32_MAX));
+     }
+ 
+-    int32_t bytes;
+     int32_t cacheBlock = streamBlock < mBlocks.Length() ? mBlocks[streamBlock] : -1;
+     if (cacheBlock < 0) {
+       // We don't have a complete cached block here.
+@@ -2208,7 +2214,10 @@ MediaCacheStream::Read(char* aBuffer, uint32_t aCount, uint32_t* aBytes)
+         // We can just use the data in mPartialBlockBuffer. In fact we should
+         // use it rather than waiting for the block to fill and land in
+         // the cache.
+-        bytes = std::min<int64_t>(size, streamWithPartialBlock->mChannelOffset - mStreamOffset);
++        int64_t bytes = std::min<int64_t>(size, streamWithPartialBlock->mChannelOffset - mStreamOffset);
++        // Clamp bytes until 64-bit file size issues are fixed.
++        bytes = std::min(bytes, int64_t(INT32_MAX));
++        NS_ABORT_IF_FALSE(bytes >= 0 && bytes <= aCount, "Bytes out of range.");
+         memcpy(aBuffer,
+           reinterpret_cast<char*>(streamWithPartialBlock->mPartialBlockBuffer.get()) + offsetInStreamBlock, bytes);
+         if (mCurrentMode == MODE_METADATA) {
+@@ -2232,6 +2241,7 @@ MediaCacheStream::Read(char* aBuffer, uint32_t aCount, uint32_t* aBytes)
+     gMediaCache->NoteBlockUsage(this, cacheBlock, mCurrentMode, TimeStamp::Now());
+ 
+     int64_t offset = cacheBlock*BLOCK_SIZE + offsetInStreamBlock;
++    int32_t bytes;
+     NS_ABORT_IF_FALSE(size >= 0 && size <= INT32_MAX, "Size out of range.");
+     nsresult rv = gMediaCache->ReadCacheFile(offset, aBuffer + count, int32_t(size), &bytes);
+     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
+@@ -2268,9 +2278,7 @@ MediaCacheStream::ReadAt(int64_t aOffset, char* aBuffer,
+ }
+ 
+ nsresult
+-MediaCacheStream::ReadFromCache(char* aBuffer,
+-                                  int64_t aOffset,
+-                                  int64_t aCount)
++MediaCacheStream::ReadFromCache(char* aBuffer, int64_t aOffset, int64_t aCount)
+ {
+   ReentrantMonitorAutoEnter mon(gMediaCache->GetReentrantMonitor());
+   if (mClosed)
+@@ -2292,7 +2300,7 @@ MediaCacheStream::ReadFromCache(char* aBuffer,
+         return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
+       }
+       size = std::min(size, bytesRemaining);
+-      // Clamp size until 64-bit file size issues (bug 500784) are fixed.
++      // Clamp size until 64-bit file size issues are fixed.
+       size = std::min(size, int64_t(INT32_MAX));
+     }
+ 
+@@ -2303,7 +2311,10 @@ MediaCacheStream::ReadFromCache(char* aBuffer,
+       // We can just use the data in mPartialBlockBuffer. In fact we should
+       // use it rather than waiting for the block to fill and land in
+       // the cache.
+-      bytes = std::min<int64_t>(size, mChannelOffset - streamOffset);
++      // Clamp bytes until 64-bit file size issues are fixed.
++      int64_t toCopy = std::min<int64_t>(size, mChannelOffset - streamOffset);
++      bytes = std::min(toCopy, int64_t(INT32_MAX));
++      NS_ABORT_IF_FALSE(bytes >= 0 && bytes <= toCopy, "Bytes out of range.");
+       memcpy(aBuffer + count,
+         reinterpret_cast<char*>(mPartialBlockBuffer.get()) + offsetInStreamBlock, bytes);
+     } else {
+	Modified   media/libnestegg/include/nestegg-stdint.h
+diff --git a/media/libnestegg/include/nestegg-stdint.h b/media/libnestegg/include/nestegg-stdint.h
+index 599a7a5..c315991 100644
+--- a/media/libnestegg/include/nestegg-stdint.h
++++ b/media/libnestegg/include/nestegg-stdint.h
+@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+ #ifdef _WIN32
+ typedef __int64 int64_t;
+ typedef unsigned __int64 uint64_t;
++#if !defined(INT64_MAX)
++#define INT64_MAX 9223372036854775807LL
++#endif
+ #else
+ #include <stdint.h>
+ #endif
+	Modified   media/libnestegg/src/nestegg.c
+diff --git a/media/libnestegg/src/nestegg.c b/media/libnestegg/src/nestegg.c
+index 8813cf2..56884d7 100644
+--- a/media/libnestegg/src/nestegg.c
++++ b/media/libnestegg/src/nestegg.c
+@@ -1950,6 +1950,9 @@ nestegg_offset_seek(nestegg * ctx, uint64_t offset)
+ {
+   int r;
+ 
++  if (offset > INT64_MAX)
++    return -1;
++
+   /* Seek and set up parser state for segment-level element (Cluster). */
+   r = ne_io_seek(ctx->io, offset, NESTEGG_SEEK_SET);
+   if (r != 0)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1594.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1594.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5ce7b069b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/icecat-CVE-2014-1594.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+commit 7a8497c0df722b1ed145b99a82c71ed1f7b1d6ce
+Author: Markus Stange <mstange@themasta.com>
+Date:   Thu Oct 9 21:26:27 2014 -0400
+
+    Bug 1074280 - Use AsContainerLayer() in order to avoid a bad cast. r=roc, a=bkerensa
+
+	Modified   gfx/layers/basic/BasicLayerManager.cpp
+diff --git a/gfx/layers/basic/BasicLayerManager.cpp b/gfx/layers/basic/BasicLayerManager.cpp
+index 5a3a1f6..ff42bc0 100644
+--- a/gfx/layers/basic/BasicLayerManager.cpp
++++ b/gfx/layers/basic/BasicLayerManager.cpp
+@@ -901,18 +901,17 @@ BasicLayerManager::PaintLayer(gfxContext* aTarget,
+   RenderTraceScope trace("BasicLayerManager::PaintLayer", "707070");
+ 
+   const nsIntRect* clipRect = aLayer->GetEffectiveClipRect();
+-  // aLayer might not be a container layer, but if so we take care not to use
+-  // the container variable
+-  BasicContainerLayer* container = static_cast<BasicContainerLayer*>(aLayer);
+-  bool needsGroup = aLayer->GetFirstChild() &&
++  BasicContainerLayer* container =
++    static_cast<BasicContainerLayer*>(aLayer->AsContainerLayer());
++  bool needsGroup = container &&
+                     container->UseIntermediateSurface();
+   BasicImplData* data = ToData(aLayer);
+   bool needsClipToVisibleRegion =
+     data->GetClipToVisibleRegion() && !aLayer->AsThebesLayer();
+-  NS_ASSERTION(needsGroup || !aLayer->GetFirstChild() ||
++  NS_ASSERTION(needsGroup || !container ||
+                container->GetOperator() == CompositionOp::OP_OVER,
+                "non-OVER operator should have forced UseIntermediateSurface");
+-  NS_ASSERTION(!aLayer->GetFirstChild() || !aLayer->GetMaskLayer() ||
++  NS_ASSERTION(!container || !aLayer->GetMaskLayer() ||
+                container->UseIntermediateSurface(),
+                "ContainerLayer with mask layer should force UseIntermediateSurface");
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/xfce4-panel-plugins.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/xfce4-panel-plugins.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df5a0a914d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/xfce4-panel-plugins.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+Search for xfce4 panel plugins in the directories specified
+in XDG_DATA_DIRS and X_XFCE4_LIB_DIRS.  For discussion of the
+relevant issues, see:
+
+  https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5455
+
+Patch by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
+
+--- xfce4-panel-4.10.0/panel/panel-module.c.orig	2012-04-28 16:31:35.000000000 -0400
++++ xfce4-panel-4.10.0/panel/panel-module.c	2014-12-14 01:31:55.728107386 -0500
+@@ -35,8 +35,14 @@
+ #include <panel/panel-plugin-external-wrapper.h>
+ #include <panel/panel-plugin-external-46.h>
+ 
+-#define PANEL_PLUGINS_LIB_DIR (LIBDIR G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "panel" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugins")
+-#define PANEL_PLUGINS_LIB_DIR_OLD (LIBDIR G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "panel-plugins")
++#define PANEL_PLUGINS_LIB_DIR_TAIL (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "panel" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugins")
++#define PANEL_PLUGINS_LIB_DIR_TAIL_OLD (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "panel-plugins")
++
++static const gchar *plugins_lib_dir_tails[] =
++{
++  PANEL_PLUGINS_LIB_DIR_TAIL,
++  PANEL_PLUGINS_LIB_DIR_TAIL_OLD
++};
+ 
+ 
+ typedef enum _PanelModuleRunMode PanelModuleRunMode;
+@@ -335,21 +341,39 @@
+           /* show a messsage if the old module path key still exists */
+           g_message ("Plugin %s: The \"X-XFCE-Module-Path\" key is "
+                      "ignored in \"%s\", the panel will look for the "
+-                     "module in %s. See bug #5455 why this decision was made",
+-                     name, filename, PANEL_PLUGINS_LIB_DIR);
++                     "module in DIR%s for each DIR in $X_XFCE4_LIB_DIRS "
++                     "(%s by default).  See bug #5455 for discussion.",
++                     name, filename, PANEL_PLUGINS_LIB_DIR_TAIL, LIBDIR);
+         }
+ #endif
+ 
+-      path = g_module_build_path (PANEL_PLUGINS_LIB_DIR, module_name);
+-      found = g_file_test (path, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS);
++      /* search for module */
++      {
++        gchar   *dirs_string;
++        gchar  **dirs;
++        int      i, j;
++
++        dirs_string = (gchar *) g_getenv ("X_XFCE4_LIB_DIRS");
++        if (!dirs_string)
++          dirs_string = LIBDIR;
++        dirs = g_strsplit (dirs_string, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, 0);
++
++        found = FALSE;
++        path = NULL;
++
++        for (i = 0; !found && dirs[i] != NULL; i++)
++          for (j = 0; !found && j < G_N_ELEMENTS (plugins_lib_dir_tails); j++)
++            {
++              gchar *dir = g_strconcat (dirs[i], plugins_lib_dir_tails[j], NULL);
++
++              g_free (path);
++              path = g_module_build_path (dir, module_name);
++              found = g_file_test (path, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS);
++              g_free (dir);
++            }
+ 
+-      if (!found)
+-        {
+-          /* deprecated location for module plugin directories */
+-          g_free (path);
+-          path = g_module_build_path (PANEL_PLUGINS_LIB_DIR_OLD, module_name);
+-          found = g_file_test (path, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS);
+-        }
++        g_strfreev (dirs);
++      }
+ 
+       if (G_LIKELY (found))
+         {
+--- xfce4-panel-4.10.0/panel/panel-module-factory.c.orig	2012-04-28 16:31:35.000000000 -0400
++++ xfce4-panel-4.10.0/panel/panel-module-factory.c	2014-12-13 23:55:27.439404812 -0500
+@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
+ #define PANEL_PLUGINS_DATA_DIR     (DATADIR G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "panel" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugins")
+ #define PANEL_PLUGINS_DATA_DIR_OLD (DATADIR G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "panel-plugins")
+ 
++static const gchar *plugins_data_dir_tails[] =
++{
++  (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "xfce4" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "panel" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugins"),
++  (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "xfce4" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "panel-plugins")
++};
+ 
+ 
+ static void     panel_module_factory_finalize        (GObject                  *object);
+@@ -223,8 +228,22 @@
+ panel_module_factory_load_modules (PanelModuleFactory *factory,
+                                    gboolean            warn_if_known)
+ {
++  const gchar * const * system_data_dirs;
++  int i, j;
++
+   panel_return_if_fail (PANEL_IS_MODULE_FACTORY (factory));
+ 
++  system_data_dirs = g_get_system_data_dirs ();
++  for (i = 0; system_data_dirs[i] != NULL; i++)
++    for (j = 0; j < G_N_ELEMENTS (plugins_data_dir_tails); j++)
++    {
++      gchar *dir;
++
++      dir = g_strconcat (system_data_dirs[i], plugins_data_dir_tails[j], NULL);
++      panel_module_factory_load_modules_dir (factory, dir, warn_if_known);
++      g_free (dir);
++    }
++
+   /* load from the new and old location */
+   panel_module_factory_load_modules_dir (factory, PANEL_PLUGINS_DATA_DIR, warn_if_known);
+   panel_module_factory_load_modules_dir (factory, PANEL_PLUGINS_DATA_DIR_OLD, warn_if_known);
diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index a724a1b21f..03cad3e25f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -74,6 +74,27 @@
     (home-page "http://www.perl.org/")
     (license gpl1+)))                          ; or "Artistic"
 
+(define-public perl-clone
+  (package
+    (name "perl-clone")
+    (version "0.37")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/G/GA/GARU/"
+                                  "Clone-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "17fdhxpzrq2nwim3zkcrz4m9gjixp0i886yz54ysrshxy3k53wnr"))))
+    (build-system perl-build-system)
+    (synopsis "Recursively copy Perl datatypes")
+    (description
+     "This module provides a clone() method which makes recursive copies of
+nested hash, array, scalar and reference types, including tied variables and
+objects.")
+    (home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~garu/"
+                              "Clone-" version))
+    (license (package-license perl))))
+
 (define-public perl-file-list
   (package
     (name "perl-file-list")
@@ -253,6 +274,54 @@ Perlish API and none of the bloat and rarely used features of IPC::Run.")
     ;; licenses, any version."
     (license (list bsd-3 gpl3+))))
 
+(define-public perl-test-deep
+  (package
+    (name "perl-test-deep")
+    (version "0.114")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/R/RJ/RJBS/"
+                                  "Test-Deep-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "09yr47vw7vj27sdik312x08938higcij8ybyq8k67mlccx8cpqf0"))))
+    (build-system perl-build-system)
+    (inputs `(("perl-test-tester" ,perl-test-tester)
+              ("perl-test-nowarnings" ,perl-test-nowarnings)))
+    (synopsis "Flexible deep comparison for the Test::Builder framework")
+    (description
+     "Test::Deep compares two structures by going through each level, ensuring
+that the values match, that arrays and hashes have the same elements and that
+references are blessed into the correct class. It also handles circular data
+structures without getting caught in an infinite loop.")
+    (home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/"
+                              "Test-Deep-" version))
+    (license gpl1+)))  ; or "Artistic License"
+
+(define-public perl-test-nowarnings
+  (package
+    (name "perl-test-nowarnings")
+    (version "1.04")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/"
+                                  "Test-NoWarnings-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0v385ch0hzz9naqwdw2az3zdqi15gka76pmiwlgsy6diiijmg2k3"))))
+    (build-system perl-build-system)
+    (inputs `(("perl-test-tester" ,perl-test-tester)))
+    (synopsis "Ensure no warnings are produced while testing")
+    (description
+     "This modules causes any warnings during testing to be captured and
+stored.  It automatically adds an extra test that will run when your script
+ends to check that there were no warnings.  If there were any warings, the
+test will fail and output diagnostics of where, when and what the warning was,
+including a stack trace of what was going on when it occurred.")
+    (home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/"
+                              "Test-NoWarnings-" version))
+    (license lgpl2.1)))
+
 (define-public perl-test-script
   (package
     (name "perl-test-script")
@@ -277,6 +346,46 @@ bin as is also commonly used) paths of your Perl distribution.")
                               "Test-Script-" version))
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
+(define-public perl-test-simple
+  (package
+    (name "perl-test-simple")
+    (version "1.001009")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/E/EX/EXODIST/"
+                                  "Test-Simple-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1klxpy658aj1pmrw63j1hc16gilwh5rzhp9rb2d1iydi3hcm8xb5"))))
+    (build-system perl-build-system)
+    (synopsis "Basic utilities for writing tests")
+    (description
+     "Test::Simple contains basic utilities for writing tests.")
+    (home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~exodist/"
+                              "Test-Simple-" version))
+    (license (package-license perl))))
+
+(define-public perl-test-tester
+  (package
+    (name "perl-test-tester")
+    (version "0.109")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/F/FD/FDALY/"
+                                  "Test-Tester-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0m9n28z09kq455r5nydj1bnr85lvmbfpcbjdkjfbpmfb5xgciiyk"))))
+    (build-system perl-build-system)
+    (synopsis "Simplify running Test::Builder tests")
+    (description
+     "Test::Tester allows testing of test modules based on Test::Builder with
+a minimum of effort.")
+    (home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~fdaly/"
+                              "Test-Tester-" version))
+    ;; "Under the same license as Perl itself"
+    (license (package-license perl))))
+
 (define-public perl-file-which
   (package
     (name "perl-file-which")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index dc7def5507..adb84fc5b7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages openssl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages elf)
   #:use-module (gnu packages maths)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gcc)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages databases)
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages which)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages glib)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gtk)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix git-download)
@@ -614,6 +618,43 @@ get the local timezone information, unless you know the zoneinfo name, and
 under several distributions that's hard or impossible to figure out.")
     (license cc0)))
 
+(define-public python-pysam
+  (package
+    (name "python-pysam")
+    (version "0.8.1")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pysam/pysam-"
+                           version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "1fb6i6hbpzxaxb62kyyp5alaidwhj40f7c6gwbhr6njzlqd5l459"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f ; tests are excluded in the manifest
+       #:phases
+       (alist-cons-before
+        'build 'set-flags
+        (lambda _
+          (setenv "LDFLAGS" "-lncurses")
+          (setenv "CFLAGS" "-D_CURSES_LIB=1"))
+        %standard-phases)))
+    (inputs
+     `(("python-cython"     ,python-cython)
+       ("python-setuptools" ,python-setuptools)
+       ("ncurses"           ,ncurses)
+       ("zlib"              ,zlib)))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/pysam-developers/pysam")
+    (synopsis "Python bindings to the SAMtools C API")
+    (description
+     "Pysam is a Python module for reading and manipulating files in the
+SAM/BAM format.  Pysam is a lightweight wrapper of the SAMtools C API.  It
+also includes an interface for tabix.")
+    (license expat)))
+
+(define-public python2-pysam
+  (package-with-python2 python-pysam))
 
 (define-public python2-pysqlite
   (package
@@ -2117,10 +2158,35 @@ that client code uses to construct the grammar directly in Python code.")
          "0m6v9nwdldlwk22gcd339zg6mny5m301fxgks7z8sb8m9wawg8qp"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (outputs '("out" "doc"))
+    (propagated-inputs ; the following packages are all needed at run time
+     `(("python-pyparsing" ,python-pyparsing)
+       ("python-pygobject" ,python-pygobject)
+       ("gobject-introspection" ,gobject-introspection)
+       ;; The 'gtk+' package (and 'gdk-pixbuf', 'atk' and 'pango' propagated
+       ;; from 'gtk+') provides the required 'typelib' files used by
+       ;; 'gobject-introspection'. The location of these files is set with the
+       ;; help of the environment variable GI_TYPELIB_PATH. At build time this
+       ;; is done automatically by a 'native-search-path' procedure. However,
+       ;; at run-time the user must set this variable as follows:
+       ;;
+       ;; export GI_TYPELIB_PATH=~/.guix-profile/lib/girepository-1.0
+       ;;
+       ;; 'typelib' files include references to dynamic libraries. Currently
+       ;; the references do not include the full path to the libraries. For
+       ;; this reason the user must set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the location of 
+       ;; 'libgtk-3.so.0', 'libgdk-3.so.0' and 'libatk-1.0.so.0':
+       ;;
+       ;; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/.guix-profile/lib
+       ("gtk+" ,gtk+)
+       ;; From version 1.4.0 'matplotlib' makes use of 'cairocffi' instead of
+       ;; 'pycairo'. However, 'pygobject' makes use of a 'pycairo' 'context'
+       ;; object. For this reason we need to import both libraries.
+       ;; https://pythonhosted.org/cairocffi/cffi_api.html#converting-pycairo
+       ("python-pycairo" ,python-pycairo)
+       ("python-cairocffi" ,python-cairocffi)))
     (inputs
      `(("python-setuptools" ,python-setuptools)
        ("python-dateutil" ,python-dateutil-2)
-       ("python-pyparsing" ,python-pyparsing)
        ("python-six" ,python-six)
        ("python-pytz" ,python-pytz)
        ("python-numpy" ,python-numpy-bootstrap)
@@ -2131,10 +2197,10 @@ that client code uses to construct the grammar directly in Python code.")
        ("libpng" ,libpng)
        ("imagemagick" ,imagemagick)
        ("freetype" ,freetype)
+       ("cairo" ,cairo)
+       ("glib" ,glib)
+       ("python-pillow" ,python-pillow)
        ;; FIXME: Add backends when available.
-       ;("python-pygtk" ,python-pygtk)
-       ;("python-pycairo" ,python-pycairo)
-       ;("python-pygobject" ,python-pygobject)
        ;("python-wxpython" ,python-wxpython)
        ;("python-pyqt" ,python-pyqt)
        ))
@@ -2144,40 +2210,51 @@ that client code uses to construct the grammar directly in Python code.")
        ("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
     (arguments
      `(#:phases
-       (alist-cons-after
-        'install 'install-doc
-        (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-          (let* ((data (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "doc") "/share"))
-                 (doc (string-append data "/doc/" ,name "-" ,version))
-                 (info (string-append data "/info"))
-                 (html (string-append doc "/html")))
-            (with-directory-excursion "doc"
-              ;; Without setting this variable we get an encoding error.
-              (setenv "LANG" "en_US.UTF-8")
-              ;; Produce pdf in 'A4' format.
-              (substitute* (find-files "." "conf\\.py")
-                (("latex_paper_size = 'letter'")
-                 "latex_paper_size = 'a4'"))
-              (mkdir-p html)
-              (mkdir-p info)
-              ;; The doc recommends to run the 'html' target twice.
-              (system* "python" "make.py" "html")
-              (system* "python" "make.py" "html")
-              (system* "python" "make.py" "latex")
-              (system* "python" "make.py" "texinfo")
-              (copy-file "build/texinfo/matplotlib.info"
-                         (string-append info "/matplotlib.info"))
-              (copy-file "build/latex/Matplotlib.pdf"
-                         (string-append doc "/Matplotlib.pdf"))
-              (with-directory-excursion "build/html"
-                (map (lambda (file)
-                       (let* ((dir (dirname file))
-                              (tgt-dir (string-append html "/" dir)))
-                         (unless (equal? "." dir)
-                           (mkdir-p tgt-dir))
-                         (copy-file file (string-append html "/" file))))
-                     (find-files "." ".*"))))))
-        %standard-phases)))
+       (alist-cons-before
+        'build 'configure-environment
+        (lambda* (#:key outputs inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+          (let ((cairo (assoc-ref inputs "cairo"))
+                (gtk+ (assoc-ref inputs "gtk+")))
+            ;; Setting these directories in the 'basedirlist' of 'setup.cfg'
+            ;; has not effect.
+            ;;
+            ;; FIXME: setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH should be removed once we patch
+            ;; gobject-introspection to include the full path of shared
+            ;; libraries in 'typelib' files.
+            (setenv "LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+                    (string-append cairo "/lib:" gtk+ "/lib"))
+            (setenv "HOME" (getcwd))
+            (call-with-output-file "setup.cfg"
+              (lambda (port)
+                (format port "[rc_options]~%
+backend = GTK3Agg~%")))))
+        (alist-cons-after
+         'install 'install-doc
+         (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+           (let* ((data (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "doc") "/share"))
+                  (doc (string-append data "/doc/" ,name "-" ,version))
+                  (info (string-append data "/info"))
+                  (html (string-append doc "/html")))
+             (with-directory-excursion "doc"
+               ;; Without setting this variable we get an encoding error.
+               (setenv "LANG" "en_US.UTF-8")
+               ;; Produce pdf in 'A4' format.
+               (substitute* (find-files "." "conf\\.py")
+                 (("latex_paper_size = 'letter'")
+                  "latex_paper_size = 'a4'"))
+               (mkdir-p html)
+               (mkdir-p info)
+               ;; The doc recommends to run the 'html' target twice.
+               (system* "python" "make.py" "html")
+               (system* "python" "make.py" "html")
+               (system* "python" "make.py" "latex")
+               (system* "python" "make.py" "texinfo")
+               (copy-file "build/texinfo/matplotlib.info"
+                          (string-append info "/matplotlib.info"))
+               (copy-file "build/latex/Matplotlib.pdf"
+                          (string-append doc "/Matplotlib.pdf"))
+               (copy-recursively "build/html" html))))
+        %standard-phases))))
     (home-page "http://matplotlib.org")
     (synopsis "2D plotting library for Python")
     (description
@@ -2193,9 +2270,17 @@ toolkits.")
     (package (inherit matplotlib)
       ;; Make sure we use exactly PYTHON2-NUMPYDOC, which is
       ;; customized for Python 2.
-      (inputs `(("python2-numpydoc" ,python2-numpydoc)
-                ,@(alist-delete "python-numpydoc" 
-                                (package-inputs matplotlib)))))))
+      (propagated-inputs 
+       `(("python2-py2cairo" ,python2-py2cairo)
+         ("python2-pygobject-2" ,python2-pygobject-2)
+         ,@(alist-delete "python-pycairo"
+                         (alist-delete "python-pygobject"
+                                       (package-propagated-inputs 
+                                        matplotlib)))))
+      (inputs 
+       `(("python2-numpydoc" ,python2-numpydoc)
+         ,@(alist-delete "python-numpydoc" 
+                         (package-inputs matplotlib)))))))
 
 ;; Scipy 0.14.0 with Numpy 0.19.X fails several tests.  This is known and
 ;; planned to be fixed in 0.14.1.  It is claimed that the failures can safely
@@ -2542,3 +2627,102 @@ a front-end for C compilers or analysis tools.")
 
 (define-public python2-cffi
   (package-with-python2 python-cffi))
+
+(define-public python-xcffib
+  (package
+    (name "python-xcffib")
+    (version "0.1.9")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/x/"
+                          "xcffib/xcffib-" version ".tar.gz"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32
+        "0655hzxv57h1a9ja9kwp0ichbkhf3djw32k33d66xp0q37dq2y81"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (inputs
+     `(("libxcb" ,libxcb)
+       ("python-six" ,python-six)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("python-setuptools" ,python-setuptools)))
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("python-cffi" ,python-cffi))) ; used at run time
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases 
+       (alist-cons-after
+        'install 'install-doc
+        (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+          (let ((doc (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out") "/share"
+                                    "/doc/" ,name "-" ,version)))
+            (mkdir-p doc)
+            (copy-file "README.md"
+                       (string-append doc "/README.md"))))
+        %standard-phases)))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/tych0/xcffib")
+    (synopsis "XCB Python bindings")
+    (description
+     "Xcffib is a replacement for xpyb, an XCB Python bindings.  It adds
+support for Python 3 and PyPy.  It is based on cffi.")
+    (license expat)))
+
+(define-public python2-xcffib
+  (package-with-python2 python-xcffib))
+
+(define-public python-cairocffi
+  (package
+    (name "python-cairocffi")
+    (version "0.6")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      ;; The archive on pypi is missing the 'utils' directory!
+      (uri (string-append "https://github.com/SimonSapin/cairocffi/archive/v"
+                          version ".tar.gz"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32
+        "03w5p62sp3nqiccx864sbq0jvh7946277jqx3rcc3dch5xwfvv51"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (outputs '("out" "doc"))
+    (inputs
+     `(("gdk-pixbuf" ,gdk-pixbuf)
+       ("cairo" ,cairo)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+       ("python-sphinx" ,python-sphinx)
+       ("python-docutils" ,python-docutils)
+       ("python-setuptools" ,python-setuptools)))
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("python-xcffib" ,python-xcffib))) ; used at run time
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases 
+       (alist-cons-after
+        'install 'install-doc
+        (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+          (let* ((data (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "doc") "/share"))
+                 (doc (string-append data "/doc/" ,name "-" ,version))
+                 (html (string-append doc "/html")))
+            (setenv "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" 
+                    (string-append (assoc-ref inputs "cairo") "/lib" ":"
+                                   (assoc-ref inputs "gdk-pixbuf") "/lib"))
+            (setenv "LANG" "en_US.UTF-8")
+            (mkdir-p html)
+            (for-each (lambda (file)
+                        (copy-file (string-append "." file)
+                                   (string-append doc file)))
+                      '("/README.rst" "/CHANGES" "/LICENSE"))
+            (system* "python" "setup.py" "build_sphinx")
+            (copy-recursively "docs/_build/html" html)))
+        %standard-phases)))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/SimonSapin/cairocffi")
+    (synopsis "Python bindings and object-oriented API for Cairo")
+    (description
+     "Cairocffi is a CFFI-based drop-in replacement for Pycairo, a set of
+Python bindings and object-oriented API for cairo.  Cairo is a 2D vector
+graphics library with support for multiple backends including image buffers,
+PNG, PostScript, PDF, and SVG file output.")
+    (license bsd-3)))
+
+(define-public python2-cairocffi
+  (package-with-python2 python-cairocffi))
+
diff --git a/gnu/packages/qemu.scm b/gnu/packages/qemu.scm
index 0a37a246bd..77aeecf40c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/qemu.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/qemu.scm
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
   ;; This is QEMU without GUI support.
   (package
     (name "qemu-headless")
-    (version "2.0.0")
+    (version "2.2.0")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/qemu-"
                                  version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0frsahiw56jr4cqr9m6s383lyj4ar9hfs2wp3y4yr76krah1mk30"))))
+               "1703c3scl5n07gmpilg7g2xzyxnr7jczxgx6nn4m8kv9gin9p35n"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:phases (alist-replace
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tmux.scm b/gnu/packages/tmux.scm
index 636b56e0db..9cb35bb4b2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tmux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tmux.scm
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 (define-public tmux
   (package
     (name "tmux")
-    (version "1.7")
+    (version "1.9a")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
                     version "/tmux-" version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0ywy1x2g905hmhkdz418ik42lcvnhnwr8fv63rcqczfg27d6nd38"))))
+               "1x9k4wfd4l5jg6fh7xkr3yyilizha6ka8m5b1nr0kw8wj0mv5qy5"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("libevent" ,libevent)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 063f1dae43..984ba7e1f4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5, WMV and H.264 movies.")
 (define-public youtube-dl
   (package
     (name "youtube-dl")
-    (version "2014.11.21.1")
+    (version "2014.12.15")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "http://youtube-dl.org/downloads/"
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5, WMV and H.264 movies.")
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0rxpx8j4qhhsws6czlfji1x9igsinkbbwvld10qdylll7g9q1v7j"))))
+                "09z7v6jxs4a36kyy681mcypcqsxipplnbdy9s3rva1rpp5f74h2z"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (inputs `(("setuptools" ,python-setuptools)))
     (home-page "http://youtube-dl.org")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
index 6820d018e3..6a84a45376 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages image)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages glib)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xorg))
 
 ;; packages outside the x.org system proper
@@ -57,6 +58,47 @@ can also be used for copying files, as an alternative to sftp/scp, thus
 avoiding password prompts when X11 forwarding has already been setup.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
+(define-public xdotool
+  (package
+    (name "xdotool")
+    (version "2.20110530.1")
+    (source
+      (origin
+        (method url-fetch)
+        (uri (string-append
+              "http://semicomplete.googlecode.com/files/" name "-"
+              version ".tar.gz"))
+        (sha256
+          (base32
+           "0rxggg1cy7nnkwidx8x2w3c5f3pk6dh2b6q0q7hp069r3n5jrd77"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     '(#:tests? #f ; Test suite requires a lot of black magic
+       #:phases 
+       (alist-replace 'configure 
+                      (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys #:rest args)
+                        (setenv "PREFIX" (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                        (setenv "LDFLAGS" (string-append "-Wl,-rpath="
+                                               (assoc-ref
+                                                %outputs "out") "/lib"))
+                        (setenv "CC" "gcc"))
+                      %standard-phases)))
+    (native-inputs `(("perl" ,perl))) ; for pod2man
+    (inputs `(("libx11" ,libx11)
+              ("libxext" ,libxext)
+              ("libxi" ,libxi)
+              ("libxinerama" ,libxinerama)
+              ("libxtst" ,libxtst)))
+    (home-page "http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool")
+    (synopsis "Fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more")
+    (description "Xdotool lets you simulate keyboard input and mouse activity,
+move and resize windows, etc.  It does this using X11's XTEST extension and
+other Xlib functions.  Additionally, you can search for windows and move,
+resize, hide, and modify window properties like the title.  If your window
+manager supports it, you can use xdotool to switch desktops, move windows
+between desktops, and change the number of desktops.")
+    (license license:bsd-3)))
+
 (define-public xeyes
   (package
     (name "xeyes")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xfce.scm b/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
index 69776fc582..2b15c3e35c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Sou Bunnbu <iyzsong@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages glib)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gtk)
@@ -249,7 +251,8 @@ management D-Bus specification.")
                                   "/src/" name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1f8903nx6ivzircl8d8s9zna4vjgfy0qhjk5d2x19g9bmycgj89k"))))
+                "1f8903nx6ivzircl8d8s9zna4vjgfy0qhjk5d2x19g9bmycgj89k"))
+              (patches (list (search-patch "xfce4-panel-plugins.patch")))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
@@ -261,6 +264,10 @@ management D-Bus specification.")
        ("garcon", garcon)
        ("libwnck" ,libwnck-1)
        ("libxfce4ui" ,libxfce4ui)))
+    (native-search-paths
+     (list (search-path-specification
+            (variable "X_XFCE4_LIB_DIRS")
+            (directories '("lib/xfce4")))))
     (home-page "http://www.xfce.org/")
     (synopsis "Xfce desktop panel")
     (description
@@ -269,6 +276,35 @@ applications menu, workspace switcher and more.")
     ;; Libraries are under LGPLv2.1+, and programs under GPLv2+.
     (license (list gpl2+ lgpl2.1+))))
 
+(define-public xfce4-battery-plugin
+  (package
+    (name "xfce4-battery-plugin")
+    (version "1.0.5")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/"
+                                  name "/" (version-major+minor version) "/"
+                                  name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "04gbplcj8z4vg5xbks8cc2jjf62mmf9sdymg90scjwmb82pv2ngn"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+                     ("intltool" ,intltool)))
+    (inputs `(("glib" ,glib)
+              ("gtk+" ,gtk+-2)
+              ("libxfce4util" ,libxfce4util)
+              ("libxfce4ui" ,libxfce4ui)
+              ("xfce4-panel" ,xfce4-panel)))
+    (home-page
+     "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-battery-plugin")
+    (synopsis "Battery monitor panel plugin for Xfce4")
+    (description
+     "A battery monitor panel plugin for Xfce4, compatible with APM and ACPI.")
+    ;; The main plugin code is covered by gpl2+, but the files containing code
+    ;; to read the battery state via ACPI or APM are covered by lgpl2.0+.
+    (license (list gpl2+ lgpl2.0+))))
+
 (define-public xfce4-appfinder
   (package
     (name "xfce4-appfinder")
@@ -476,3 +512,33 @@ on the screen.")
 optional application menu or icons for minimized applications or launchers,
 devices and folders.")
     (license gpl2+)))
+
+(define-public xfce4-terminal
+  (package
+    (name "xfce4-terminal")
+    (version "0.6.3")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/" name "/"
+                                  (version-major+minor version) "/"
+                                  name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "023y0lkfijifh05yz8grimxadqpi98mrivr00sl18nirq8b4fbwi"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+       ("intltool" ,intltool)))
+    (inputs
+     `(("libxfce4ui" ,libxfce4ui)
+       ("vte" ,vte/gtk+-2)))
+    (home-page "http://www.xfce.org/")
+    (synopsis "Xfce terminal emulator")
+    (description
+     "A lightweight and easy to use terminal emulator for Xfce.  Features
+include a simple configuration interface, the ability to use multiple tabs
+with terminals within a single window, the possibility to have a
+pseudo-transparent terminal background, and a compact mode (where both the
+menubar and the window decorations are hidden) that helps you to save space
+on your desktop.")
+    (license gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 712222bdde..95edba6e7c 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@
                 #:select (mount-flags->bit-mask))
   #:use-module (guix gexp)
   #:use-module (guix monads)
+  #:use-module (guix records)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
   #:use-module (ice-9 format)
   #:export (root-file-system-service
             file-system-service
@@ -46,6 +48,16 @@
             console-font-service
             udev-service
             mingetty-service
+
+            %nscd-default-caches
+            %nscd-default-configuration
+
+            nscd-configuration
+            nscd-configuration?
+
+            nscd-cache
+            nscd-cache?
+
             nscd-service
             syslog-service
             guix-service
@@ -374,9 +386,110 @@ the ``message of the day''."
                                #:allow-empty-passwords? allow-empty-passwords?
                                #:motd motd)))))))
 
-(define* (nscd-service #:key (glibc (canonical-package glibc)))
-  "Return a service that runs libc's name service cache daemon (nscd)."
-  (with-monad %store-monad
+(define-record-type* <nscd-configuration> nscd-configuration
+  make-nscd-configuration
+  nscd-configuration?
+  (log-file    nscd-configuration-log-file        ;string
+               (default "/var/log/nscd.log"))
+  (debug-level nscd-debug-level                   ;integer
+               (default 0))
+  ;; TODO: See nscd.conf in glibc for other options to add.
+  (caches     nscd-configuration-caches           ;list of <nscd-cache>
+              (default %nscd-default-caches)))
+
+(define-record-type* <nscd-cache> nscd-cache make-nscd-cache
+  nscd-cache?
+  (database              nscd-cache-database)              ;symbol
+  (positive-time-to-live nscd-cache-positive-time-to-live) ;integer
+  (negative-time-to-live nscd-cache-negative-time-to-live
+                         (default 20))             ;integer
+  (suggested-size        nscd-cache-suggested-size ;integer ("default module
+                                                   ;of hash table")
+                         (default 211))
+  (check-files?          nscd-cache-check-files?  ;Boolean
+                         (default #t))
+  (persistent?           nscd-cache-persistent?   ;Boolean
+                         (default #t))
+  (shared?               nscd-cache-shared?       ;Boolean
+                         (default #t))
+  (max-database-size     nscd-cache-max-database-size ;integer
+                         (default (* 32 (expt 2 20))))
+  (auto-propagate?       nscd-cache-auto-propagate? ;Boolean
+                         (default #t)))
+
+(define %nscd-default-caches
+  ;; Caches that we want to enable by default.  Note that when providing an
+  ;; empty nscd.conf, all caches are disabled.
+  (list (nscd-cache (database 'hosts)
+
+                    ;; Aggressively cache the host name cache to improve
+                    ;; privacy and resilience.
+                    (positive-time-to-live (* 3600 12))
+                    (negative-time-to-live 20)
+                    (persistent? #t))
+
+        (nscd-cache (database 'services)
+
+                    ;; Services are unlikely to change, so we can be even more
+                    ;; aggressive.
+                    (positive-time-to-live (* 3600 24))
+                    (negative-time-to-live 3600)
+                    (check-files? #t)             ;check /etc/services changes
+                    (persistent? #t))))
+
+(define %nscd-default-configuration
+  ;; Default nscd configuration.
+  (nscd-configuration))
+
+(define (nscd.conf-file config)
+  "Return the @file{nscd.conf} configuration file for @var{config}, an
+@code{<nscd-configuration>} object."
+  (define cache->config
+    (match-lambda
+     (($ <nscd-cache> (= symbol->string database)
+                      positive-ttl negative-ttl size check-files?
+                      persistent? shared? max-size propagate?)
+      (string-append "\nenable-cache\t" database "\tyes\n"
+
+                     "positive-time-to-live\t" database "\t"
+                     (number->string positive-ttl) "\n"
+                     "negative-time-to-live\t" database "\t"
+                     (number->string negative-ttl) "\n"
+                     "suggested-size\t" database "\t"
+                     (number->string size) "\n"
+                     "check-files\t" database "\t"
+                     (if check-files? "yes\n" "no\n")
+                     "persistent\t" database "\t"
+                     (if persistent? "yes\n" "no\n")
+                     "shared\t" database "\t"
+                     (if shared? "yes\n" "no\n")
+                     "max-db-size\t" database "\t"
+                     (number->string max-size) "\n"
+                     "auto-propagate\t" database "\t"
+                     (if propagate? "yes\n" "no\n")))))
+
+  (match config
+    (($ <nscd-configuration> log-file debug-level caches)
+     (text-file "nscd.conf"
+                (string-append "\
+# Configuration of libc's name service cache daemon (nscd).\n\n"
+                               (if log-file
+                                   (string-append "logfile\t" log-file)
+                                   "")
+                               "\n"
+                               (if debug-level
+                                   (string-append "debug-level\t"
+                                                  (number->string debug-level))
+                                   "")
+                               "\n"
+                               (string-concatenate
+                                (map cache->config caches)))))))
+
+(define* (nscd-service #:optional (config %nscd-default-configuration)
+                       #:key (glibc (canonical-package glibc)))
+  "Return a service that runs libc's name service cache daemon (nscd) with the
+given @var{config}---an @code{<nscd-configuration>} object."
+  (mlet %store-monad ((nscd.conf (nscd.conf-file config)))
     (return (service
              (documentation "Run libc's name service cache daemon (nscd).")
              (provision '(nscd))
@@ -388,7 +501,7 @@ the ``message of the day''."
 
              (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
                        (list (string-append #$glibc "/sbin/nscd")
-                             "-f" "/dev/null" "--foreground")))
+                             "-f" #$nscd.conf "--foreground")))
              (stop #~(make-kill-destructor))
 
              (respawn? #f)))))
diff --git a/gnu/services/networking.scm b/gnu/services/networking.scm
index 1cb501bb7a..db9be8cfbd 100644
--- a/gnu/services/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/networking.scm
@@ -80,60 +80,62 @@ fe80::1%lo0 apps.facebook.com\n")
                                     gateway
                                     (provision '(networking))
                                     (name-servers '())
-                                    (inetutils inetutils)
                                     (net-tools net-tools))
   "Return a service that starts @var{interface} with address @var{ip}.  If
 @var{gateway} is true, it must be a string specifying the default network
 gateway."
+  (define loopback?
+    (memq 'loopback provision))
 
-  ;; TODO: Eventually we should do this using Guile's networking procedures,
-  ;; like 'configure-qemu-networking' does, but the patch that does this is
-  ;; not yet in stock Guile.
+  ;; TODO: Eventually replace 'route' with bindings for the appropriate
+  ;; ioctls.
   (with-monad %store-monad
     (return
      (service
 
       ;; Unless we're providing the loopback interface, wait for udev to be up
       ;; and running so that INTERFACE is actually usable.
-      (requirement (if (memq 'loopback provision)
-                       '()
-                       '(udev)))
+      (requirement (if loopback? '() '(udev)))
 
       (documentation
        "Bring up the networking interface using a static IP address.")
       (provision provision)
       (start #~(lambda _
                  ;; Return #t if successfully started.
-                 (and (zero? (system* (string-append #$inetutils
-                                                     "/bin/ifconfig")
-                                      "-i" #$interface "-A" #$ip
-                                      "-i" #$interface "--up"))
-                      #$(if gateway
-                            #~(zero? (system* (string-append #$net-tools
-                                                             "/sbin/route")
-                                              "add" "-net" "default"
-                                              "gw" #$gateway))
-                            #t)
-                      #$(if (pair? name-servers)
-                            #~(call-with-output-file "/etc/resolv.conf"
-                                (lambda (port)
-                                  (display
-                                   "# Generated by 'static-networking-service'.\n"
-                                   port)
-                                  (for-each (lambda (server)
-                                              (format port "nameserver ~a~%"
-                                                      server))
-                                            '#$name-servers)))
-                            #t))))
+                 (let* ((addr     (inet-pton AF_INET #$ip))
+                        (sockaddr (make-socket-address AF_INET addr 0)))
+                   (configure-network-interface #$interface sockaddr
+                                                (logior IFF_UP
+                                                        #$(if loopback?
+                                                              #~IFF_LOOPBACK
+                                                              0))))
+                 #$(if gateway
+                       #~(zero? (system* (string-append #$net-tools
+                                                        "/sbin/route")
+                                         "add" "-net" "default"
+                                         "gw" #$gateway))
+                       #t)
+                 #$(if (pair? name-servers)
+                       #~(call-with-output-file "/etc/resolv.conf"
+                           (lambda (port)
+                             (display
+                              "# Generated by 'static-networking-service'.\n"
+                              port)
+                             (for-each (lambda (server)
+                                         (format port "nameserver ~a~%"
+                                                 server))
+                                       '#$name-servers)))
+                       #t)))
       (stop #~(lambda _
                 ;; Return #f is successfully stopped.
-                (not (and (system* (string-append #$inetutils "/bin/ifconfig")
-                                   #$interface "down")
-                          #$(if gateway
-                                #~(system* (string-append #$net-tools
-                                                          "/sbin/route")
-                                           "del" "-net" "default")
-                                #t)))))
+                (let ((sock (socket AF_INET SOCK_STREAM 0)))
+                  (set-network-interface-flags sock #$interface 0)
+                  (close-port sock))
+                (not #$(if gateway
+                           #~(system* (string-append #$net-tools
+                                                     "/sbin/route")
+                                      "del" "-net" "default")
+                           #t))))
       (respawn? #f)))))
 
 (define* (dhcp-client-service #:key (dhcp isc-dhcp))
diff --git a/gnu/services/xorg.scm b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
index fbf96c799b..27a72e8019 100644
--- a/gnu/services/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
   #:export (xorg-start-command
-
+            %default-xsessions
             %default-slim-theme
             %default-slim-theme-name
             slim-service))
@@ -136,9 +136,10 @@ EndSection
 
 (define* (xinitrc #:key
                   (guile (canonical-package guile-2.0))
-                  (ratpoison ratpoison)
-                  (windowmaker windowmaker))
-  "Return a system-wide xinitrc script that starts the specified X session."
+                  fallback-session)
+  "Return a system-wide xinitrc script that starts the specified X session,
+which should be passed to this script as the first argument.  If not, the
+@var{fallback-session} will be used."
   (define builder
     #~(begin
         (use-modules (ice-9 match))
@@ -155,20 +156,14 @@ EndSection
               (execl shell shell "--login" "-c"
                      (string-join (cons command args))))))
 
-        ;; First, try to run ~/.xsession.
-        (let* ((home     (getenv "HOME"))
-               (xsession (string-append home "/.xsession")))
-          (exec-from-login-shell xsession))
-
-        ;; Then try a pre-configured session type.
-        (let ((ratpoison (string-append #$ratpoison "/bin/ratpoison"))
-              (wmaker    (string-append #$windowmaker "/bin/wmaker")))
-          (match (command-line)
-            ((_ "ratpoison")
-             (exec-from-login-shell ratpoison))
-            (_
-             (exec-from-login-shell wmaker))))))
-
+        (let ((home (getenv "HOME"))
+              (session (match (command-line)
+                         ((_ x) x)
+                         (_     #$fallback-session))))
+          ;; First, try to run ~/.xsession.
+          (exec-from-login-shell (string-append home "/.xsession"))
+          ;; Then try to start the specified session.
+          (exec-from-login-shell session))))
   (gexp->script "xinitrc" builder))
 
 
@@ -176,6 +171,35 @@ EndSection
 ;;; SLiM log-in manager.
 ;;;
 
+(define %default-xsessions
+  ;; Default xsessions available for log-in manager, representing as a list of
+  ;; monadic desktop entries.
+  (list (text-file* "wmaker.desktop" "
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Window Maker
+Exec=" windowmaker "/bin/wmaker
+Type=Application
+")
+        (text-file* "ratpoison.desktop" "
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Ratpoison
+Exec=" ratpoison "/bin/ratpoison
+Type=Application
+")))
+
+(define (xsessions-directory sessions)
+  "Return a directory containing SESSIONS, which should be a list of monadic
+desktop entries."
+  (mlet %store-monad ((sessions (sequence %store-monad sessions)))
+    (define builder
+      #~(begin
+          (mkdir #$output)
+          (for-each (lambda (session)
+                      (symlink session (string-append #$output "/"
+                                                      (basename session))))
+                    '#$sessions)))
+    (gexp->derivation "xsessions-dir" builder)))
+
 (define %default-slim-theme
   ;; Theme based on work by Felipe López.
   #~(string-append #$%artwork-repository "/slim"))
@@ -191,6 +215,9 @@ EndSection
                        (theme %default-slim-theme)
                        (theme-name %default-slim-theme-name)
                        (xauth xauth) (dmd dmd) (bash bash)
+                       (sessions %default-xsessions)
+                       (auto-login-session #~(string-append #$windowmaker
+                                                            "/bin/wmaker"))
                        startx)
   "Return a service that spawns the SLiM graphical login manager, which in
 turn starts the X display server with @var{startx}, a command as returned by
@@ -198,7 +225,7 @@ turn starts the X display server with @var{startx}, a command as returned by
 
 When @var{allow-empty-passwords?} is true, allow logins with an empty
 password.  When @var{auto-login?} is true, log in automatically as
-@var{default-user}.
+@var{default-user} with @var{auto-login-session}.
 
 If @var{theme} is @code{#f}, the use the default log-in theme; otherwise
 @var{theme} must be a gexp denoting the name of a directory containing the
@@ -207,7 +234,9 @@ theme."
 
   (define (slim.cfg)
     (mlet %store-monad ((startx  (or startx (xorg-start-command)))
-                        (xinitrc (xinitrc)))
+                        (xinitrc (xinitrc #:fallback-session
+                                          auto-login-session))
+                        (sessiondir (xsessions-directory sessions)))
       (text-file* "slim.cfg"  "
 default_path /run/current-system/profile/bin
 default_xserver " startx "
@@ -218,7 +247,7 @@ authfile /var/run/slim.auth
 # The login command.  '%session' is replaced by the chosen session name, one
 # of the names specified in the 'sessions' setting: 'wmaker', 'xfce', etc.
 login_cmd  exec " xinitrc " %session
-sessions   wmaker,ratpoison
+sessiondir " sessiondir "
 
 halt_cmd " dmd "/sbin/halt
 reboot_cmd " dmd "/sbin/reboot
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 01e79480b1..ab3fe42ae1 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ configuration template file in the installation system."
               #~(unless (file-exists? #$local-template)
                   (copy-file #$template #$local-template)))))))
 
+(define %nscd-minimal-caches
+  ;; Minimal in-memory caching policy for nscd.
+  (list (nscd-cache (database 'hosts)
+                    (positive-time-to-live (* 3600 12))
+                    (negative-time-to-live 20)
+                    (persistent? #f)
+                    (max-database-size (* 5 (expt 2 20)))))) ;5 MiB
+
 (define (installation-services)
   "Return the list services for the installation image."
   (let ((motd (text-file "motd" "
@@ -206,7 +214,10 @@ You have been warned.  Thanks for being so brave.
           (console-font-service "tty5")
           (console-font-service "tty6")
 
-          (nscd-service))))
+          ;; Since this is running on a USB stick with a unionfs as the root
+          ;; file system, use an appropriate cache configuration.
+          (nscd-service (nscd-configuration
+                         (caches %nscd-minimal-caches))))))
 
 (define %issue
   ;; Greeting.
diff --git a/guix/build-system/python.scm b/guix/build-system/python.scm
index 4bba7167ca..e8af9f8146 100644
--- a/guix/build-system/python.scm
+++ b/guix/build-system/python.scm
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ PYTHON-BUILD-SYSTEM, such that it is compiled with PYTHON instead.  The
 inputs are changed recursively accordingly.  If the name of P starts with
 OLD-PREFIX, this is replaced by NEW-PREFIX; otherwise, NEW-PREFIX is
 prepended to the name."
-  (let* ((build-system (package-build-system p))
-         (rewrite-if-package
+  (let* ((rewrite-if-package
           (lambda (content)
             ;; CONTENT may be a file name, in which case it is returned, or a
             ;; package, which is rewritten with the new PYTHON and NEW-PREFIX.
@@ -68,28 +67,23 @@ prepended to the name."
            (match-lambda
              ((name content . rest)
               (append (list name (rewrite-if-package content)) rest)))))
-    (package (inherit p)
-      (name
-        (let ((name (package-name p)))
-          (if (eq? build-system python-build-system)
-              (string-append new-prefix
-                             (if (string-prefix? old-prefix name)
-                                 (substring name (string-length old-prefix))
-                                 name))
-              name)))
-      (arguments
-        (let ((arguments (package-arguments p)))
-          (if (eq? build-system python-build-system)
-              (if (member #:python arguments)
-                  (substitute-keyword-arguments arguments ((#:python p) python))
-                  (append arguments `(#:python ,python)))
-              arguments)))
-      (inputs
-        (map rewrite (package-inputs p)))
-      (propagated-inputs
-        (map rewrite (package-propagated-inputs p)))
-      (native-inputs
-        (map rewrite (package-native-inputs p))))))
+
+    (if (eq? (package-build-system p) python-build-system)
+        (package (inherit p)
+          (name (let ((name (package-name p)))
+                  (string-append new-prefix
+                                 (if (string-prefix? old-prefix name)
+                                     (substring name (string-length old-prefix))
+                                     name))))
+          (arguments
+           (let ((arguments (package-arguments p)))
+             (if (member #:python arguments)
+                 (substitute-keyword-arguments arguments ((#:python p) python))
+                 (append arguments `(#:python ,python)))))
+          (inputs (map rewrite (package-inputs p)))
+          (propagated-inputs (map rewrite (package-propagated-inputs p)))
+          (native-inputs (map rewrite (package-native-inputs p))))
+        p)))
 
 (define package-with-python2
   (cut package-with-explicit-python <> (default-python2) "python-" "python2-"))
diff --git a/guix/build/python-build-system.scm b/guix/build/python-build-system.scm
index 2f3d04a5d8..74ba0c765d 100644
--- a/guix/build/python-build-system.scm
+++ b/guix/build/python-build-system.scm
@@ -105,19 +105,36 @@
                             files)))
               bindirs)))
 
+(define* (rename-pth-file #:key name inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+  "Rename easy-install.pth to NAME.pth to avoid conflicts between packages
+installed with setuptools."
+  (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+         (python (assoc-ref inputs "python"))
+         (site-packages (string-append out "/lib/python"
+                                       (get-python-version python)
+                                       "/site-packages"))
+         (easy-install-pth (string-append site-packages "/easy-install.pth"))
+         (new-pth (string-append site-packages "/" name ".pth")))
+    (when (file-exists? easy-install-pth)
+      (rename-file easy-install-pth new-pth))
+    #t))
+
 (define %standard-phases
   ;; 'configure' and 'build' phases are not needed.  Everything is done during
   ;; 'install'.
-  (alist-cons-after
-   'install 'wrap
-   wrap
-   (alist-replace
-    'build build
+  (alist-cons-before
+   'strip 'rename-pth-file
+   rename-pth-file
+   (alist-cons-after
+    'install 'wrap
+    wrap
     (alist-replace
-     'check check
-     (alist-replace 'install install
-                    (alist-delete 'configure
-                                               gnu:%standard-phases))))))
+     'build build
+     (alist-replace
+      'check check
+      (alist-replace 'install install
+                     (alist-delete 'configure
+                                   gnu:%standard-phases)))))))
 
 (define* (python-build #:key inputs (phases %standard-phases)
                        #:allow-other-keys #:rest args)
diff --git a/guix/build/syscalls.scm b/guix/build/syscalls.scm
index e1fafe2266..b210f8faa8 100644
--- a/guix/build/syscalls.scm
+++ b/guix/build/syscalls.scm
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@
             all-network-interfaces
             network-interfaces
             network-interface-flags
-            loopback-network-interface?))
+            loopback-network-interface?
+            network-interface-address
+            set-network-interface-flags
+            set-network-interface-address
+            configure-network-interface))
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;;;
@@ -230,6 +234,77 @@ user-land process."
 
 
 ;;;
+;;; Packed structures.
+;;;
+
+(define-syntax sizeof*
+  ;; XXX: This duplicates 'compile-time-value'.
+  (syntax-rules (int128)
+    ((_ int128)
+     16)
+    ((_ type)
+     (let-syntax ((v (lambda (s)
+                       (let ((val (sizeof type)))
+                         (syntax-case s ()
+                           (_ val))))))
+       v))))
+
+(define-syntax type-size
+  (syntax-rules (~)
+    ((_ (type ~ order))
+     (sizeof* type))
+    ((_ type)
+     (sizeof* type))))
+
+(define-syntax write-type
+  (syntax-rules (~)
+    ((_ bv offset (type ~ order) value)
+     (bytevector-uint-set! bv offset value
+                           (endianness order) (sizeof* type)))
+    ((_ bv offset type value)
+     (bytevector-uint-set! bv offset value
+                           (native-endianness) (sizeof* type)))))
+
+(define-syntax write-types
+  (syntax-rules ()
+    ((_ bv offset () ())
+     #t)
+    ((_ bv offset (type0 types ...) (field0 fields ...))
+     (begin
+       (write-type bv offset type0 field0)
+       (write-types bv (+ offset (type-size type0))
+                    (types ...) (fields ...))))))
+
+(define-syntax read-type
+  (syntax-rules (~)
+    ((_ bv offset (type ~ order))
+     (bytevector-uint-ref bv offset
+                          (endianness order) (sizeof* type)))
+    ((_ bv offset type)
+     (bytevector-uint-ref bv offset
+                          (native-endianness) (sizeof* type)))))
+
+(define-syntax read-types
+  (syntax-rules ()
+    ((_ bv offset ())
+     '())
+    ((_ bv offset (type0 types ...))
+     (cons (read-type bv offset type0)
+           (read-types bv (+ offset (type-size type0)) (types ...))))))
+
+(define-syntax define-c-struct
+  (syntax-rules ()
+    "Define READ as an optimized serializer and WRITE! as a deserializer for
+the C structure with the given TYPES."
+    ((_ name read write! (fields types) ...)
+     (begin
+       (define (write! bv offset fields ...)
+         (write-types bv offset (types ...) (fields ...)))
+       (define (read bv offset)
+         (read-types bv offset (types ...)))))))
+
+
+;;;
 ;;; Network interfaces.
 ;;;
 
@@ -241,6 +316,18 @@ user-land process."
   (if (string-contains %host-type "linux")
       #x8913                                      ;GNU/Linux
       #xc4804191))                                ;GNU/Hurd
+(define SIOCSIFFLAGS
+  (if (string-contains %host-type "linux")
+      #x8914                                      ;GNU/Linux
+      -1))                                        ;FIXME: GNU/Hurd?
+(define SIOCGIFADDR
+  (if (string-contains %host-type "linux")
+      #x8915                                      ;GNU/Linux
+      -1))                                        ;FIXME: GNU/Hurd?
+(define SIOCSIFADDR
+  (if (string-contains %host-type "linux")
+      #x8916                                      ;GNU/Linux
+      -1))                                        ;FIXME: GNU/Hurd?
 
 ;; Flags and constants from <net/if.h>.
 
@@ -263,6 +350,56 @@ user-land process."
       40
       32))
 
+(define-c-struct sockaddr-in                      ;<linux/in.h>
+  read-sockaddr-in
+  write-sockaddr-in!
+  (family    unsigned-short)
+  (port      (int16 ~ big))
+  (address   (int32 ~ big)))
+
+(define-c-struct sockaddr-in6                     ;<linux/in6.h>
+  read-sockaddr-in6
+  write-sockaddr-in6!
+  (family    unsigned-short)
+  (port      (int16 ~ big))
+  (flowinfo  (int32 ~ big))
+  (address   (int128 ~ big))
+  (scopeid   int32))
+
+(define (write-socket-address! sockaddr bv index)
+  "Write SOCKADDR, a socket address as returned by 'make-socket-address', to
+bytevector BV at INDEX."
+  (let ((family (sockaddr:fam sockaddr)))
+    (cond ((= family AF_INET)
+           (write-sockaddr-in! bv index
+                               family
+                               (sockaddr:port sockaddr)
+                               (sockaddr:addr sockaddr)))
+          ((= family AF_INET6)
+           (write-sockaddr-in6! bv index
+                                family
+                                (sockaddr:port sockaddr)
+                                (sockaddr:flowinfo sockaddr)
+                                (sockaddr:addr sockaddr)
+                                (sockaddr:scopeid sockaddr)))
+          (else
+           (error "unsupported socket address" sockaddr)))))
+
+(define (read-socket-address bv index)
+  "Read a socket address from bytevector BV at INDEX."
+  (let ((family (bytevector-u16-native-ref bv index)))
+    (cond ((= family AF_INET)
+           (match (read-sockaddr-in bv index)
+             ((family port address)
+              (make-socket-address family address port))))
+          ((= family AF_INET6)
+           (match (read-sockaddr-in6 bv index)
+             ((family port flowinfo address scopeid)
+              (make-socket-address family address port
+                                   flowinfo scopeid))))
+          (else
+           "unsupported socket address family" family))))
+
 (define %ioctl
   ;; The most terrible interface, live from Scheme.
   (pointer->procedure int
@@ -354,4 +491,65 @@ interface NAME."
     (close-port sock)
     (not (zero? (logand flags IFF_LOOPBACK)))))
 
+(define (set-network-interface-flags socket name flags)
+  "Set the flag of network interface NAME to FLAGS."
+  (let ((req (make-bytevector ifreq-struct-size)))
+    (bytevector-copy! (string->utf8 name) 0 req 0
+                      (min (string-length name) (- IF_NAMESIZE 1)))
+    ;; Set the 'ifr_flags' field.
+    (bytevector-uint-set! req IF_NAMESIZE flags (native-endianness)
+                          (sizeof short))
+    (let* ((ret (%ioctl (fileno socket) SIOCSIFFLAGS
+                        (bytevector->pointer req)))
+           (err (errno)))
+      (unless (zero? ret)
+        (throw 'system-error "set-network-interface-flags"
+               "set-network-interface-flags on ~A: ~A"
+               (list name (strerror err))
+               (list err))))))
+
+(define (set-network-interface-address socket name sockaddr)
+  "Set the address of network interface NAME to SOCKADDR."
+  (let ((req (make-bytevector ifreq-struct-size)))
+    (bytevector-copy! (string->utf8 name) 0 req 0
+                      (min (string-length name) (- IF_NAMESIZE 1)))
+    ;; Set the 'ifr_addr' field.
+    (write-socket-address! sockaddr req IF_NAMESIZE)
+    (let* ((ret (%ioctl (fileno socket) SIOCSIFADDR
+                        (bytevector->pointer req)))
+           (err (errno)))
+      (unless (zero? ret)
+        (throw 'system-error "set-network-interface-address"
+               "set-network-interface-address on ~A: ~A"
+               (list name (strerror err))
+               (list err))))))
+
+(define (network-interface-address socket name)
+  "Return the address of network interface NAME.  The result is an object of
+the same type as that returned by 'make-socket-address'."
+  (let ((req (make-bytevector ifreq-struct-size)))
+    (bytevector-copy! (string->utf8 name) 0 req 0
+                      (min (string-length name) (- IF_NAMESIZE 1)))
+    (let* ((ret (%ioctl (fileno socket) SIOCGIFADDR
+                        (bytevector->pointer req)))
+           (err (errno)))
+      (if (zero? ret)
+          (read-socket-address req IF_NAMESIZE)
+          (throw 'system-error "network-interface-address"
+                 "network-interface-address on ~A: ~A"
+                 (list name (strerror err))
+                 (list err))))))
+
+(define (configure-network-interface name sockaddr flags)
+  "Configure network interface NAME to use SOCKADDR, an address as returned by
+'make-socket-address', and FLAGS, a bitwise-or of IFF_* constants."
+  (let ((sock (socket (sockaddr:fam sockaddr) SOCK_STREAM 0)))
+    (dynamic-wind
+      (const #t)
+      (lambda ()
+        (set-network-interface-address sock name sockaddr)
+        (set-network-interface-flags sock name flags))
+      (lambda ()
+        (close-port sock)))))
+
 ;;; syscalls.scm ends here
diff --git a/guix/packages.scm b/guix/packages.scm
index cf16a4730c..a25eab7699 100644
--- a/guix/packages.scm
+++ b/guix/packages.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -546,40 +547,38 @@ for the host system (\"native inputs\"), and not target inputs."
 recursively."
   (transitive-inputs (package-propagated-inputs package)))
 
-(define-syntax-rule (first-value exp)
-  "Truncate all but the first value returned by EXP."
-  (call-with-values (lambda () exp)
-    (lambda (result . _)
-      result)))
+(define-syntax define-memoized/v
+  (lambda (form)
+    "Define a memoized single-valued unary procedure with docstring.
+The procedure argument is compared to cached keys using `eqv?'."
+    (syntax-case form ()
+      ((_ (proc arg) docstring body body* ...)
+       (string? (syntax->datum #'docstring))
+       #'(define proc
+           (let ((cache (make-hash-table)))
+             (define (proc arg)
+               docstring
+               (match (hashv-get-handle cache arg)
+                 ((_ . value)
+                  value)
+                 (_
+                  (let ((result (let () body body* ...)))
+                    (hashv-set! cache arg result)
+                    result))))
+             proc))))))
 
-(define (package-transitive-supported-systems package)
+(define-memoized/v (package-transitive-supported-systems package)
   "Return the intersection of the systems supported by PACKAGE and those
 supported by its dependencies."
-  (first-value
-   (let loop ((package package)
-              (systems (package-supported-systems package))
-              (visited vlist-null))
-     (match (vhash-assq package visited)
-       ((_ . result)
-        (values (lset-intersection string=? systems result)
-                visited))
-       (#f
-        (call-with-values
-            (lambda ()
-              (fold2 (lambda (input systems visited)
-                       (match input
-                         ((label (? package? package) . _)
-                          (loop package systems visited))
-                         (_
-                          (values systems visited))))
-                     (lset-intersection string=?
-                                        systems
-                                        (package-supported-systems package))
-                     visited
-                     (package-direct-inputs package)))
-          (lambda (systems visited)
-            (values systems
-                    (vhash-consq package systems visited)))))))))
+  (fold (lambda (input systems)
+          (match input
+            ((label (? package? p) . _)
+             (lset-intersection
+              string=? systems (package-transitive-supported-systems p)))
+            (_
+             systems)))
+        (package-supported-systems package)
+        (package-direct-inputs package)))
 
 (define (bag-transitive-inputs bag)
   "Same as 'package-transitive-inputs', but applied to a bag."
diff --git a/guix/profiles.scm b/guix/profiles.scm
index 2742ba8933..44d7a314a3 100644
--- a/guix/profiles.scm
+++ b/guix/profiles.scm
@@ -414,7 +414,13 @@ INFO-DIR? is #f."
                                     (return #f))))
     (define inputs
       (if info-dir
-          (cons info-dir (manifest-inputs manifest))
+          ;; XXX: Here we use the tuple (INFO-DIR "out") just so that the list
+          ;; is unambiguous for the gexp code when MANIFEST has a single input
+          ;; denoted as a string (the pattern (DRV STRING) is normally
+          ;; interpreted in a gexp as "the STRING output of DRV".).  See
+          ;; <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-12/msg00292.html>.
+          (cons (list info-dir "out")
+                (manifest-inputs manifest))
           (manifest-inputs manifest)))
 
     (define builder
diff --git a/nix-upstream b/nix-upstream
deleted file mode 160000
-Subproject e7720aa10a1da63bb15a4587837d64926894494
diff --git a/nix/AUTHORS b/nix/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc2279d628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Most of the code is this directory was written by several people for
+the Nix project (http://nixos.org/nix).  Thanks!
diff --git a/nix/COPYING b/nix/COPYING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ab7695ab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,504 @@
+		  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+		       Version 2.1, February 1999
+
+ Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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+
+[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL.  It also counts
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diff --git a/nix/boost/assert.hpp b/nix/boost/assert.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..754ebb954b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/assert.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//
+//  boost/assert.hpp - BOOST_ASSERT(expr)
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 Peter Dimov and Multi Media Ltd.
+//
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
+//  is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
+//  This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+//
+//  Note: There are no include guards. This is intentional.
+//
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/assert.html for documentation.
+//
+
+#undef BOOST_ASSERT
+
+#if defined(BOOST_DISABLE_ASSERTS)
+
+# define BOOST_ASSERT(expr) ((void)0)
+
+#elif defined(BOOST_ENABLE_ASSERT_HANDLER)
+
+#include <boost/current_function.hpp>
+
+namespace boost
+{
+
+void assertion_failed(char const * expr, char const * function, char const * file, long line); // user defined
+
+} // namespace boost
+
+#define BOOST_ASSERT(expr) ((expr)? ((void)0): ::boost::assertion_failed(#expr, BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION, __FILE__, __LINE__))
+
+#else
+# include <assert.h>
+# define BOOST_ASSERT(expr) assert(expr)
+#endif
diff --git a/nix/boost/format.hpp b/nix/boost/format.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f965f0f33e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/format.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// -*- C++ -*-
+//  Boost general library 'format'   ---------------------------
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+//  (C) Samuel Krempp 2001
+//                  krempp@crans.ens-cachan.fr
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+//  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+// ideas taken from R�diger Loos's format class
+// and Karl Nelson's ofstream
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// format.hpp :  primary header
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef BOOST_FORMAT_HPP
+#define BOOST_FORMAT_HPP
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <cassert>
+
+#if HAVE_LOCALE
+#include <locale>
+#else
+#define BOOST_NO_STD_LOCALE
+#define BOOST_NO_LOCALE_ISIDIGIT
+#include <cctype>
+#endif
+
+#include <boost/format/macros_default.hpp>
+
+
+// ****  Forward declarations ----------------------------------
+#include <boost/format/format_fwd.hpp>           // basic_format<Ch,Tr>, and other frontends
+#include <boost/format/internals_fwd.hpp>        // misc forward declarations for internal use
+
+
+// ****  Auxiliary structs (stream_format_state<Ch,Tr> , and format_item<Ch,Tr> )
+#include <boost/format/internals.hpp>    
+
+// ****  Format  class  interface --------------------------------
+#include <boost/format/format_class.hpp>
+
+// **** Exceptions -----------------------------------------------
+#include <boost/format/exceptions.hpp>
+
+// **** Implementation -------------------------------------------
+//#include <boost/format/format_implementation.hpp>   // member functions
+
+#include <boost/format/group.hpp>                   // class for grouping arguments
+
+#include <boost/format/feed_args.hpp>               // argument-feeding functions
+//#include <boost/format/parsing.hpp>                 // format-string parsing (member-)functions
+
+// **** Implementation of the free functions ----------------------
+//#include <boost/format/free_funcs.hpp>
+
+
+#endif // BOOST_FORMAT_HPP
diff --git a/nix/boost/format/exceptions.hpp b/nix/boost/format/exceptions.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79e452449e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/format/exceptions.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// -*- C++ -*-
+//  Boost general library 'format'   ---------------------------
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+//  (C) Samuel Krempp 2001
+//                  krempp@crans.ens-cachan.fr
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+//  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+// ideas taken from R�diger Loos's format class
+// and Karl Nelson's ofstream (also took its parsing code as basis for printf parsing)
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// exceptions.hpp 
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+#ifndef BOOST_FORMAT_EXCEPTIONS_HPP
+#define BOOST_FORMAT_EXCEPTIONS_HPP
+
+
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+
+namespace boost {
+
+namespace io {
+
+// **** exceptions -----------------------------------------------
+
+class format_error : public std::exception
+{
+public:
+  format_error() {}
+  virtual const char *what() const throw()
+  {
+    return "boost::format_error: "
+      "format generic failure";
+  }
+};
+
+class bad_format_string : public format_error
+{
+public:
+  bad_format_string() {}
+  virtual const char *what() const throw()
+  {
+    return "boost::bad_format_string: "
+      "format-string is ill-formed";
+  }
+};
+
+class too_few_args : public format_error
+{
+public:
+  too_few_args() {}
+  virtual const char *what() const throw()
+  {
+    return "boost::too_few_args: "
+      "format-string refered to more arguments than were passed";
+  }
+};
+
+class too_many_args : public format_error
+{
+public:
+  too_many_args() {}
+  virtual const char *what() const throw()
+  {
+    return "boost::too_many_args: "
+      "format-string refered to less arguments than were passed";
+  }
+};
+
+
+class  out_of_range : public format_error
+{
+public:
+  out_of_range() {}
+  virtual const char *what() const throw()
+  {
+    return "boost::out_of_range: "
+      "tried to refer to an argument (or item) number which is out of range, "
+      "according to the format string.";
+  }
+};
+
+
+} // namespace io
+
+} // namespace boost
+
+
+#endif // BOOST_FORMAT_EXCEPTIONS_HPP
diff --git a/nix/boost/format/feed_args.hpp b/nix/boost/format/feed_args.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d0b47b4a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/format/feed_args.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+// -*- C++ -*-
+//  Boost general library 'format'   ---------------------------
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+//  (C) Samuel Krempp 2001
+//                  krempp@crans.ens-cachan.fr
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+//  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+// ideas taken from R�diger Loos's format class
+// and Karl Nelson's ofstream
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// feed_args.hpp :  functions for processing each argument 
+//                      (feed, feed_manip, and distribute)
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+#ifndef BOOST_FORMAT_FEED_ARGS_HPP
+#define BOOST_FORMAT_FEED_ARGS_HPP
+
+#include "boost/format/format_class.hpp"
+#include "boost/format/group.hpp"
+
+#include "boost/throw_exception.hpp"
+
+namespace boost {
+namespace io {
+namespace detail {
+namespace  { 
+
+  inline
+  void empty_buf(BOOST_IO_STD ostringstream & os) { 
+    static const std::string emptyStr;
+    os.str(emptyStr); 
+  }
+
+  void do_pad( std::string & s, 
+                std::streamsize w, 
+                const char c, 
+                std::ios::fmtflags f, 
+                bool center) 
+    // applies centered / left / right  padding  to the string s.
+    // Effects : string s is padded.
+  {
+    std::streamsize n=w-s.size();
+    if(n<=0) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if(center) 
+      {
+        s.reserve(w); // allocate once for the 2 inserts
+        const std::streamsize n1 = n /2, n0 = n - n1; 
+        s.insert(s.begin(), n0, c);
+        s.append(n1, c);
+      } 
+    else 
+      {
+        if(f & std::ios::left) {
+          s.append(n, c);
+        }
+        else {
+          s.insert(s.begin(), n, c);
+        }
+      }
+  } // -do_pad(..) 
+
+
+  template<class T> inline
+  void put_head(BOOST_IO_STD ostream& , const T& ) {
+  }
+
+  template<class T> inline
+  void put_head( BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os, const group1<T>& x ) {
+    os << group_head(x.a1_); // send the first N-1 items, not the last
+  }
+
+  template<class T> inline
+  void put_last( BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os, const T& x ) {
+    os << x ;
+  }
+
+  template<class T> inline
+  void put_last( BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os, const group1<T>& x ) {
+    os << group_last(x.a1_); // this selects the last element
+  }
+
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_OVERLOAD_FOR_NON_CONST 
+  template<class T> inline
+  void put_head( BOOST_IO_STD ostream& , T& ) {
+  }
+
+  template<class T> inline
+  void put_last( BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os, T& x ) {
+    os << x ;
+  }
+#endif
+
+
+
+  
+template<class T> 
+void put( T x, 
+          const format_item& specs, 
+          std::string & res, 
+          BOOST_IO_STD ostringstream& oss_ )
+{
+  // does the actual conversion of x, with given params, into a string
+  // using the *supplied* strinstream. (the stream state is important)
+
+  typedef std::string string_t;
+  typedef format_item  format_item_t;
+
+  stream_format_state   prev_state(oss_);
+    
+  specs.state_.apply_on(oss_);
+
+  // in case x is a group, apply the manip part of it, 
+  // in order to find width
+  put_head( oss_, x );
+  empty_buf( oss_);
+
+  const std::streamsize w=oss_.width();
+  const std::ios::fmtflags fl=oss_.flags();
+  const bool internal = (fl & std::ios::internal) != 0;
+  const bool two_stepped_padding = internal
+    &&  ! ( specs.pad_scheme_ & format_item_t::spacepad ) 
+    && specs.truncate_ < 0 ;
+      
+
+  if(! two_stepped_padding) 
+    {
+      if(w>0) // handle simple padding via do_pad, not natively in stream 
+        oss_.width(0);
+      put_last( oss_, x);
+      res = oss_.str();
+
+      if (specs.truncate_ >= 0)
+        res.erase(specs.truncate_);
+
+      // complex pads :
+      if(specs.pad_scheme_ & format_item_t::spacepad)
+        {
+          if( res.size()==0 ||   ( res[0]!='+' && res[0]!='-'  ))
+            {
+              res.insert(res.begin(), 1, ' '); // insert 1 space at  pos 0
+            }
+        }
+      if(w > 0) // need do_pad
+        {
+          do_pad(res,w,oss_.fill(), fl, (specs.pad_scheme_ & format_item_t::centered) !=0 );
+        }
+    } 
+  else  // 2-stepped padding
+    {
+      put_last( oss_, x); // oss_.width() may result in padding.
+      res = oss_.str();
+      
+      if (specs.truncate_ >= 0)
+        res.erase(specs.truncate_);
+
+      if( res.size() - w > 0)
+        { //   length w exceeded
+          // either it was multi-output with first output padding up all width..
+          // either it was one big arg and we are fine.
+          empty_buf( oss_);
+          oss_.width(0);
+          put_last(oss_, x );
+          string_t tmp = oss_.str();  // minimal-length output
+          std::streamsize d;
+          if( (d=w - tmp.size()) <=0 ) 
+            {
+              // minimal length is already >= w, so no padding  (cool!)
+              res.swap(tmp);
+            }
+          else
+            { // hum..  we need to pad (it was necessarily multi-output)
+              typedef typename string_t::size_type size_type;
+              size_type i = 0;
+              while( i<tmp.size() && tmp[i] == res[i] ) // find where we should pad.
+                ++i;
+              tmp.insert(i, static_cast<size_type>( d ), oss_.fill());
+              res.swap( tmp );
+            }
+        }
+      else 
+        { // okay, only one thing was printed and padded, so res is fine.
+        }
+    }
+
+  prev_state.apply_on(oss_);
+  empty_buf( oss_);
+  oss_.clear();
+} // end- put(..)
+
+
+}  // local namespace
+
+
+
+
+
+template<class T> 
+void distribute(basic_format& self, T x) 
+  // call put(x, ..) on every occurence of the current argument :
+{
+  if(self.cur_arg_ >= self.num_args_)
+    {
+      if( self.exceptions() & too_many_args_bit )
+        boost::throw_exception(too_many_args()); // too many variables have been supplied !
+      else return;
+    }
+  for(unsigned long i=0; i < self.items_.size(); ++i)
+    {
+      if(self.items_[i].argN_ == self.cur_arg_)
+        {
+          put<T> (x, self.items_[i], self.items_[i].res_, self.oss_ );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+template<class T> 
+basic_format&  feed(basic_format& self, T x) 
+{
+  if(self.dumped_) self.clear();
+  distribute<T> (self, x);
+  ++self.cur_arg_;
+  if(self.bound_.size() != 0)
+    {
+      while( self.cur_arg_ < self.num_args_ && self.bound_[self.cur_arg_] )
+        ++self.cur_arg_;
+    }
+
+  // this arg is finished, reset the stream's format state
+  self.state0_.apply_on(self.oss_);
+  return self;
+}
+    
+
+} // namespace detail
+} // namespace io
+} // namespace boost
+
+
+#endif //  BOOST_FORMAT_FEED_ARGS_HPP
diff --git a/nix/boost/format/format_class.hpp b/nix/boost/format/format_class.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6875623acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/format/format_class.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+// -*- C++ -*-
+//  Boost general library 'format'   ---------------------------
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+//  (C) Samuel Krempp 2001
+//                  krempp@crans.ens-cachan.fr
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+//  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+// ideas taken from R�diger Loos's format class
+// and Karl Nelson's ofstream (also took its parsing code as basis for printf parsing)
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// format_class.hpp :  class interface
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+#ifndef BOOST_FORMAT_CLASS_HPP
+#define BOOST_FORMAT_CLASS_HPP
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <boost/format/format_fwd.hpp>
+#include <boost/format/internals_fwd.hpp>
+
+#include <boost/format/internals.hpp>
+
+namespace boost {
+
+class basic_format 
+{
+public:
+  typedef std::string                string_t;
+  typedef BOOST_IO_STD ostringstream internal_stream_t;
+private:
+  typedef BOOST_IO_STD ostream       stream_t;
+  typedef io::detail::stream_format_state  stream_format_state;
+  typedef io::detail::format_item          format_item_t;
+
+public:
+  basic_format(const char* str);
+  basic_format(const string_t& s);
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_STD_LOCALE
+  basic_format(const char* str, const std::locale & loc);
+  basic_format(const string_t& s, const std::locale & loc);
+#endif // no locale
+  basic_format(const basic_format& x);
+  basic_format& operator= (const basic_format& x);
+
+  basic_format& clear(); // empty the string buffers (except bound arguments, see clear_binds() )
+
+  // pass arguments through those operators :
+  template<class T>  basic_format&   operator%(const T& x) 
+  { 
+    return io::detail::feed<const T&>(*this,x);
+  }
+
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_OVERLOAD_FOR_NON_CONST
+  template<class T>  basic_format&   operator%(T& x) 
+  {
+    return io::detail::feed<T&>(*this,x);
+  }
+#endif
+
+
+  // system for binding arguments :
+  template<class T>  
+  basic_format&         bind_arg(int argN, const T& val) 
+  {
+    return io::detail::bind_arg_body(*this, argN, val); 
+  }
+  basic_format&         clear_bind(int argN);
+  basic_format&         clear_binds();
+
+  // modify the params of a directive, by applying a manipulator :
+  template<class T> 
+  basic_format&  modify_item(int itemN, const T& manipulator) 
+  {
+    return io::detail::modify_item_body(*this, itemN, manipulator) ;
+  }
+
+  // Choosing which errors will throw exceptions :
+  unsigned char exceptions() const;
+  unsigned char exceptions(unsigned char newexcept);
+
+  // final output
+  string_t str() const;
+  friend BOOST_IO_STD ostream& 
+  operator<< ( BOOST_IO_STD ostream& , const basic_format& ); 
+                      
+
+  template<class T>  friend basic_format&  
+  io::detail::feed(basic_format&, T);
+    
+  template<class T>  friend   
+  void io::detail::distribute(basic_format&, T);
+  
+  template<class T>  friend
+  basic_format&  io::detail::modify_item_body(basic_format&, int, const T&);
+
+  template<class T> friend
+  basic_format&  io::detail::bind_arg_body(basic_format&, int, const T&);
+
+// make the members private only if the friend templates are supported
+private:
+
+  // flag bits, used for style_
+  enum style_values  { ordered = 1,        // set only if all directives are  positional directives
+                       special_needs = 4 };     
+
+  // parse the format string :
+  void parse(const string_t&);
+
+  int                           style_;         // style of format-string :  positional or not, etc
+  int                           cur_arg_;       // keep track of wich argument will come
+  int                           num_args_;      // number of expected arguments
+  mutable bool                  dumped_;        // true only after call to str() or <<
+  std::vector<format_item_t>    items_;         // vector of directives (aka items)
+  string_t                      prefix_;        // piece of string to insert before first item
+
+  std::vector<bool>             bound_;         // stores which arguments were bound
+                                                //   size = num_args OR zero
+  internal_stream_t             oss_;           // the internal stream.
+  stream_format_state           state0_;        // reference state for oss_
+  unsigned char                 exceptions_;
+}; // class basic_format
+
+
+} // namespace boost
+
+
+#endif // BOOST_FORMAT_CLASS_HPP
diff --git a/nix/boost/format/format_fwd.hpp b/nix/boost/format/format_fwd.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97c55f6684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/format/format_fwd.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// -*- C++ -*-
+//  Boost general library 'format'   ---------------------------
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+//  (C) Samuel Krempp 2001
+//                  krempp@crans.ens-cachan.fr
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+//  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+// ideas taken from R�diger Loos's format class
+// and Karl Nelson's ofstream (also took its parsing code as basis for printf parsing)
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// format_fwd.hpp :  forward declarations, for primary header format.hpp
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef BOOST_FORMAT_FWD_HPP
+#define BOOST_FORMAT_FWD_HPP
+
+#include <string>
+#include <iosfwd>
+
+namespace boost {
+
+class basic_format;
+
+typedef basic_format    format;
+
+namespace io {
+enum format_error_bits { bad_format_string_bit = 1, 
+                         too_few_args_bit = 2, too_many_args_bit = 4,
+                         out_of_range_bit = 8,
+                         all_error_bits = 255, no_error_bits=0 };
+                  
+// Convertion:  format   to   string
+std::string     str(const basic_format& ) ;
+
+} // namespace io
+
+
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream& 
+operator<<( BOOST_IO_STD ostream&, const basic_format&);
+
+
+} // namespace boost
+
+#endif // BOOST_FORMAT_FWD_HPP
diff --git a/nix/boost/format/format_implementation.cc b/nix/boost/format/format_implementation.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa191afe11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/format/format_implementation.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+// -*- C++ -*-
+//  Boost general library format ---------------------------
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+//  (C) Samuel Krempp 2001
+//                  krempp@crans.ens-cachan.fr
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+//  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+// ideas taken from R�diger Loos's format class
+// and Karl Nelson's ofstream
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// format_implementation.hpp  Implementation of the basic_format class
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+#ifndef BOOST_FORMAT_IMPLEMENTATION_HPP
+#define BOOST_FORMAT_IMPLEMENTATION_HPP
+
+#include <boost/throw_exception.hpp>
+#include <boost/assert.hpp>
+#include <boost/format.hpp>
+
+namespace boost {
+
+// --------  format:: -------------------------------------------
+basic_format::basic_format(const char* str)
+    : style_(0), cur_arg_(0), num_args_(0), dumped_(false),
+      items_(), oss_(), exceptions_(io::all_error_bits)
+{
+    state0_.set_by_stream(oss_);
+    string_t emptyStr;
+    if( !str) str = emptyStr.c_str();
+    parse( str );
+}
+
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_STD_LOCALE
+basic_format::basic_format(const char* str, const std::locale & loc)
+    : style_(0), cur_arg_(0), num_args_(0), dumped_(false),
+      items_(), oss_(), exceptions_(io::all_error_bits)
+{
+    oss_.imbue( loc );
+    state0_.set_by_stream(oss_);
+    string_t emptyStr;
+    if( !str) str = emptyStr.c_str();
+    parse( str );
+}
+
+basic_format::basic_format(const string_t& s, const std::locale & loc)
+    : style_(0), cur_arg_(0), num_args_(0), dumped_(false),
+      items_(),  oss_(), exceptions_(io::all_error_bits)
+{
+    oss_.imbue( loc );
+    state0_.set_by_stream(oss_);
+    parse(s);  
+}
+#endif //BOOST_NO_STD_LOCALE
+
+basic_format::basic_format(const string_t& s)
+    : style_(0), cur_arg_(0), num_args_(0), dumped_(false),
+      items_(),  oss_(), exceptions_(io::all_error_bits)
+{
+    state0_.set_by_stream(oss_);
+    parse(s);  
+}
+
+basic_format:: basic_format(const basic_format& x)
+    : style_(x.style_), cur_arg_(x.cur_arg_), num_args_(x.num_args_), dumped_(false), 
+      items_(x.items_), prefix_(x.prefix_), bound_(x.bound_), 
+      oss_(),   // <- we obviously can't copy x.oss_
+      state0_(x.state0_), exceptions_(x.exceptions_)
+{ 
+    state0_.apply_on(oss_);
+} 
+
+basic_format& basic_format::operator= (const basic_format& x)
+{
+    if(this == &x)
+      return *this;
+    state0_ = x.state0_;
+    state0_.apply_on(oss_);
+
+    // plus all the other (trivial) assignments :
+    exceptions_ = x.exceptions_;
+    items_ = x.items_;
+    prefix_ = x.prefix_;
+    bound_=x.bound_;
+    style_=x.style_; 
+    cur_arg_=x.cur_arg_; 
+    num_args_=x.num_args_;
+    dumped_=x.dumped_;
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+unsigned char basic_format::exceptions() const 
+{
+  return exceptions_; 
+}
+
+unsigned char basic_format::exceptions(unsigned char newexcept) 
+{ 
+  unsigned char swp = exceptions_; 
+  exceptions_ = newexcept; 
+  return swp; 
+}
+
+
+basic_format& basic_format ::clear()
+  // empty the string buffers (except bound arguments, see clear_binds() )
+  // and make the format object ready for formatting a new set of arguments
+{
+    BOOST_ASSERT( bound_.size()==0 || num_args_ == static_cast<int>(bound_.size()) );
+
+    for(unsigned long i=0; i<items_.size(); ++i){
+      items_[i].state_ = items_[i].ref_state_;
+      // clear converted strings only if the corresponding argument is not  bound :
+      if( bound_.size()==0 || !bound_[ items_[i].argN_ ] )  items_[i].res_.resize(0);
+    }
+    cur_arg_=0; dumped_=false;
+    // maybe first arg is bound:
+    if(bound_.size() != 0)
+      {
+        while(cur_arg_ < num_args_ && bound_[cur_arg_] )      ++cur_arg_;
+      }
+    return *this;
+}
+
+basic_format& basic_format ::clear_binds() 
+  // cancel all bindings, and clear()
+{
+    bound_.resize(0);
+    clear();
+    return *this;
+}
+
+basic_format& basic_format::clear_bind(int argN) 
+  // cancel the binding of ONE argument, and clear()
+{
+    if(argN<1 || argN > num_args_ || bound_.size()==0 || !bound_[argN-1] ) 
+      {
+        if( exceptions() & io::out_of_range_bit )
+          boost::throw_exception(io::out_of_range()); // arg not in range.
+        else return *this;
+      }
+    bound_[argN-1]=false;
+    clear();
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+
+std::string basic_format::str() const
+{
+  dumped_=true;
+  if(items_.size()==0)
+    return prefix_;
+  if( cur_arg_ < num_args_)
+      if( exceptions() & io::too_few_args_bit )
+        boost::throw_exception(io::too_few_args()); // not enough variables have been supplied !
+
+  unsigned long sz = prefix_.size();
+  unsigned long i;
+  for(i=0; i < items_.size(); ++i) 
+    sz += items_[i].res_.size() + items_[i].appendix_.size();
+  string_t res;
+  res.reserve(sz);
+
+  res += prefix_;
+  for(i=0; i < items_.size(); ++i) 
+  {
+    const format_item_t& item = items_[i];
+    res += item.res_;
+    if( item.argN_ == format_item_t::argN_tabulation) 
+    { 
+      BOOST_ASSERT( item.pad_scheme_ & format_item_t::tabulation);
+      std::streamsize  n = item.state_.width_ - res.size();
+      if( n > 0 )
+        res.append( n, item.state_.fill_ );
+    }
+    res += item.appendix_;
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
+namespace io {
+namespace detail {
+
+template<class T>
+basic_format&  bind_arg_body( basic_format& self, 
+                                      int argN, 
+                                      const T& val)
+  // bind one argument to a fixed value
+  // this is persistent over clear() calls, thus also over str() and <<
+{
+    if(self.dumped_) self.clear(); // needed, because we will modify cur_arg_..
+    if(argN<1 || argN > self.num_args_) 
+      {
+        if( self.exceptions() & io::out_of_range_bit )
+          boost::throw_exception(io::out_of_range()); // arg not in range.
+        else return self;
+      }
+    if(self.bound_.size()==0) 
+      self.bound_.assign(self.num_args_,false);
+    else 
+      BOOST_ASSERT( self.num_args_ == static_cast<signed int>(self.bound_.size()) );
+    int o_cur_arg = self.cur_arg_;
+    self.cur_arg_ = argN-1; // arrays begin at 0
+
+    self.bound_[self.cur_arg_]=false; // if already set, we unset and re-sets..
+    self.operator%(val); // put val at the right place, because cur_arg is set
+    
+
+    // Now re-position cur_arg before leaving :
+    self.cur_arg_ = o_cur_arg; 
+    self.bound_[argN-1]=true;
+    if(self.cur_arg_ == argN-1 )
+      // hum, now this arg is bound, so move to next free arg
+      {
+        while(self.cur_arg_ < self.num_args_ && self.bound_[self.cur_arg_])   ++self.cur_arg_;
+      }
+    // In any case, we either have all args, or are on a non-binded arg :
+    BOOST_ASSERT( self.cur_arg_ >= self.num_args_ || ! self.bound_[self.cur_arg_]);
+    return self;
+}
+
+template<class T>
+basic_format&  modify_item_body( basic_format& self,
+                                      int itemN, 
+                                      const T& manipulator)
+  // applies a manipulator to the format_item describing a given directive.
+  // this is a permanent change, clear or clear_binds won't cancel that.
+{
+  if(itemN<1 || itemN >= static_cast<signed int>(self.items_.size() )) 
+    {
+      if( self.exceptions() & io::out_of_range_bit ) 
+        boost::throw_exception(io::out_of_range()); // item not in range.
+      else return self;
+    }
+  self.items_[itemN-1].ref_state_.apply_manip( manipulator );
+  self.items_[itemN-1].state_ = self.items_[itemN-1].ref_state_;
+  return self;
+}
+
+} // namespace detail
+
+} // namespace io
+
+} // namespace boost
+
+
+
+#endif  // BOOST_FORMAT_IMPLEMENTATION_HPP
diff --git a/nix/boost/format/free_funcs.cc b/nix/boost/format/free_funcs.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..151db37a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/format/free_funcs.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// -*- C++ -*-
+//  Boost general library 'format'   ---------------------------
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+//  (C) Samuel Krempp 2001
+//                  krempp@crans.ens-cachan.fr
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+//  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+// ideas taken from R�diger Loos's format class
+// and Karl Nelson's ofstream (also took its parsing code as basis for printf parsing)
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// free_funcs.hpp :  implementation of the free functions declared in namespace format
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef BOOST_FORMAT_FUNCS_HPP
+#define BOOST_FORMAT_FUNCS_HPP
+
+#include "boost/format.hpp"
+#include "boost/throw_exception.hpp"
+
+namespace boost {
+
+namespace io {
+  inline 
+  std::string str(const basic_format& f) 
+    // adds up all pieces of strings and converted items, and return the formatted string
+  {
+    return f.str();
+  }
+}   // - namespace io
+
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream& 
+operator<<( BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os, 
+            const boost::basic_format& f) 
+  // effect: "return os << str(f);" but we can try to do it faster
+{
+  typedef boost::basic_format   format_t;
+  if(f.items_.size()==0) 
+    os << f.prefix_;
+  else {
+    if(f.cur_arg_ < f.num_args_)
+      if( f.exceptions() & io::too_few_args_bit )
+        boost::throw_exception(io::too_few_args()); // not enough variables have been supplied !
+    if(f.style_ & format_t::special_needs) 
+        os << f.str();
+    else {
+    // else we dont have to count chars output, so we dump directly to os :
+      os << f.prefix_;
+      for(unsigned long i=0; i<f.items_.size(); ++i) 
+        {
+          const format_t::format_item_t& item = f.items_[i];
+          os << item.res_;
+          os << item.appendix_;
+
+        }
+    }
+  }
+  f.dumped_=true;
+  return os;
+}
+
+
+
+} // namespace boost
+
+
+#endif // BOOST_FORMAT_FUNCS_HPP
diff --git a/nix/boost/format/group.hpp b/nix/boost/format/group.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac63f3f0ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/format/group.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,680 @@
+
+// -*- C++ -*-
+//  Boost general library 'format'   ---------------------------
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+//  (C) Samuel Krempp 2001
+//                  krempp@crans.ens-cachan.fr
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+//  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+// ideas taken from R�diger Loos's format class
+// and Karl Nelson's ofstream
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// group.hpp :  encapsulates a group of manipulators along with an argument
+//                      
+// group_head : cut the last element of a group out.
+// (is overloaded below on each type of group)
+
+// group_last : returns the last element of a group
+// (is overloaded below on each type of group)
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+#ifndef BOOST_FORMAT_GROUP_HPP
+#define BOOST_FORMAT_GROUP_HPP
+
+
+namespace boost {
+namespace io {
+
+
+namespace detail {
+
+
+// empty group, but useful even though.
+struct group0 
+{
+    group0()      {}
+};
+
+template <class Ch, class Tr>
+inline
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream&
+operator << ( BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os,
+             const group0& )
+{ 
+   return os; 
+}
+
+template <class T1>
+struct group1
+{
+    T1 a1_;
+    group1(T1 a1)
+      : a1_(a1)
+      {}
+};
+
+template <class Ch, class Tr, class T1>
+inline
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream&
+operator << (BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os,
+             const group1<T1>& x)
+{ 
+   os << x.a1_;  
+   return os; 
+}
+
+
+
+
+template <class T1,class T2>
+struct group2
+{
+    T1 a1_;
+    T2 a2_;
+    group2(T1 a1,T2 a2)
+      : a1_(a1),a2_(a2)
+      {}
+};
+
+template <class Ch, class Tr, class T1,class T2>
+inline
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream&
+operator << (BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os,
+             const group2<T1,T2>& x)
+{ 
+   os << x.a1_<< x.a2_;  
+   return os; 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3>
+struct group3
+{
+    T1 a1_;
+    T2 a2_;
+    T3 a3_;
+    group3(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3)
+      : a1_(a1),a2_(a2),a3_(a3)
+      {}
+};
+
+template <class Ch, class Tr, class T1,class T2,class T3>
+inline
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream&
+operator << (BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os,
+             const group3<T1,T2,T3>& x)
+{ 
+   os << x.a1_<< x.a2_<< x.a3_;  
+   return os; 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4>
+struct group4
+{
+    T1 a1_;
+    T2 a2_;
+    T3 a3_;
+    T4 a4_;
+    group4(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4)
+      : a1_(a1),a2_(a2),a3_(a3),a4_(a4)
+      {}
+};
+
+template <class Ch, class Tr, class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4>
+inline
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream&
+operator << (BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os,
+             const group4<T1,T2,T3,T4>& x)
+{ 
+   os << x.a1_<< x.a2_<< x.a3_<< x.a4_;  
+   return os; 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5>
+struct group5
+{
+    T1 a1_;
+    T2 a2_;
+    T3 a3_;
+    T4 a4_;
+    T5 a5_;
+    group5(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5)
+      : a1_(a1),a2_(a2),a3_(a3),a4_(a4),a5_(a5)
+      {}
+};
+
+template <class Ch, class Tr, class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5>
+inline
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream&
+operator << (BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os,
+             const group5<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5>& x)
+{ 
+   os << x.a1_<< x.a2_<< x.a3_<< x.a4_<< x.a5_;  
+   return os; 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6>
+struct group6
+{
+    T1 a1_;
+    T2 a2_;
+    T3 a3_;
+    T4 a4_;
+    T5 a5_;
+    T6 a6_;
+    group6(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6)
+      : a1_(a1),a2_(a2),a3_(a3),a4_(a4),a5_(a5),a6_(a6)
+      {}
+};
+
+template <class Ch, class Tr, class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6>
+inline
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream&
+operator << (BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os,
+             const group6<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6>& x)
+{ 
+   os << x.a1_<< x.a2_<< x.a3_<< x.a4_<< x.a5_<< x.a6_;  
+   return os; 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7>
+struct group7
+{
+    T1 a1_;
+    T2 a2_;
+    T3 a3_;
+    T4 a4_;
+    T5 a5_;
+    T6 a6_;
+    T7 a7_;
+    group7(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6,T7 a7)
+      : a1_(a1),a2_(a2),a3_(a3),a4_(a4),a5_(a5),a6_(a6),a7_(a7)
+      {}
+};
+
+template <class Ch, class Tr, class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7>
+inline
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream&
+operator << (BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os,
+             const group7<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7>& x)
+{ 
+   os << x.a1_<< x.a2_<< x.a3_<< x.a4_<< x.a5_<< x.a6_<< x.a7_;  
+   return os; 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8>
+struct group8
+{
+    T1 a1_;
+    T2 a2_;
+    T3 a3_;
+    T4 a4_;
+    T5 a5_;
+    T6 a6_;
+    T7 a7_;
+    T8 a8_;
+    group8(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6,T7 a7,T8 a8)
+      : a1_(a1),a2_(a2),a3_(a3),a4_(a4),a5_(a5),a6_(a6),a7_(a7),a8_(a8)
+      {}
+};
+
+template <class Ch, class Tr, class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8>
+inline
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream&
+operator << (BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os,
+             const group8<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8>& x)
+{ 
+   os << x.a1_<< x.a2_<< x.a3_<< x.a4_<< x.a5_<< x.a6_<< x.a7_<< x.a8_;  
+   return os; 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8,class T9>
+struct group9
+{
+    T1 a1_;
+    T2 a2_;
+    T3 a3_;
+    T4 a4_;
+    T5 a5_;
+    T6 a6_;
+    T7 a7_;
+    T8 a8_;
+    T9 a9_;
+    group9(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6,T7 a7,T8 a8,T9 a9)
+      : a1_(a1),a2_(a2),a3_(a3),a4_(a4),a5_(a5),a6_(a6),a7_(a7),a8_(a8),a9_(a9)
+      {}
+};
+
+template <class Ch, class Tr, class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8,class T9>
+inline
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream&
+operator << (BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os,
+             const group9<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9>& x)
+{ 
+   os << x.a1_<< x.a2_<< x.a3_<< x.a4_<< x.a5_<< x.a6_<< x.a7_<< x.a8_<< x.a9_;  
+   return os; 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8,class T9,class T10>
+struct group10
+{
+    T1 a1_;
+    T2 a2_;
+    T3 a3_;
+    T4 a4_;
+    T5 a5_;
+    T6 a6_;
+    T7 a7_;
+    T8 a8_;
+    T9 a9_;
+    T10 a10_;
+    group10(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6,T7 a7,T8 a8,T9 a9,T10 a10)
+      : a1_(a1),a2_(a2),a3_(a3),a4_(a4),a5_(a5),a6_(a6),a7_(a7),a8_(a8),a9_(a9),a10_(a10)
+      {}
+};
+
+template <class Ch, class Tr, class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8,class T9,class T10>
+inline
+BOOST_IO_STD ostream&
+operator << (BOOST_IO_STD ostream& os,
+             const group10<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9,T10>& x)
+{ 
+   os << x.a1_<< x.a2_<< x.a3_<< x.a4_<< x.a5_<< x.a6_<< x.a7_<< x.a8_<< x.a9_<< x.a10_;  
+   return os; 
+}
+
+
+
+
+template <class T1,class T2>
+inline
+group1<T1> 
+group_head( group2<T1,T2> const& x)
+{
+   return group1<T1> (x.a1_); 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2>
+inline
+group1<T2> 
+group_last( group2<T1,T2> const& x)
+{
+   return group1<T2> (x.a2_); 
+}
+
+
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3>
+inline
+group2<T1,T2> 
+group_head( group3<T1,T2,T3> const& x)
+{
+   return group2<T1,T2> (x.a1_,x.a2_); 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3>
+inline
+group1<T3> 
+group_last( group3<T1,T2,T3> const& x)
+{
+   return group1<T3> (x.a3_); 
+}
+
+
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4>
+inline
+group3<T1,T2,T3> 
+group_head( group4<T1,T2,T3,T4> const& x)
+{
+   return group3<T1,T2,T3> (x.a1_,x.a2_,x.a3_); 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4>
+inline
+group1<T4> 
+group_last( group4<T1,T2,T3,T4> const& x)
+{
+   return group1<T4> (x.a4_); 
+}
+
+
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5>
+inline
+group4<T1,T2,T3,T4> 
+group_head( group5<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5> const& x)
+{
+   return group4<T1,T2,T3,T4> (x.a1_,x.a2_,x.a3_,x.a4_); 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5>
+inline
+group1<T5> 
+group_last( group5<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5> const& x)
+{
+   return group1<T5> (x.a5_); 
+}
+
+
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6>
+inline
+group5<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5> 
+group_head( group6<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6> const& x)
+{
+   return group5<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5> (x.a1_,x.a2_,x.a3_,x.a4_,x.a5_); 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6>
+inline
+group1<T6> 
+group_last( group6<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6> const& x)
+{
+   return group1<T6> (x.a6_); 
+}
+
+
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7>
+inline
+group6<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6> 
+group_head( group7<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7> const& x)
+{
+   return group6<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6> (x.a1_,x.a2_,x.a3_,x.a4_,x.a5_,x.a6_); 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7>
+inline
+group1<T7> 
+group_last( group7<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7> const& x)
+{
+   return group1<T7> (x.a7_); 
+}
+
+
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8>
+inline
+group7<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7> 
+group_head( group8<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8> const& x)
+{
+   return group7<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7> (x.a1_,x.a2_,x.a3_,x.a4_,x.a5_,x.a6_,x.a7_); 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8>
+inline
+group1<T8> 
+group_last( group8<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8> const& x)
+{
+   return group1<T8> (x.a8_); 
+}
+
+
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8,class T9>
+inline
+group8<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8> 
+group_head( group9<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9> const& x)
+{
+   return group8<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8> (x.a1_,x.a2_,x.a3_,x.a4_,x.a5_,x.a6_,x.a7_,x.a8_); 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8,class T9>
+inline
+group1<T9> 
+group_last( group9<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9> const& x)
+{
+   return group1<T9> (x.a9_); 
+}
+
+
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8,class T9,class T10>
+inline
+group9<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9> 
+group_head( group10<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9,T10> const& x)
+{
+   return group9<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9> (x.a1_,x.a2_,x.a3_,x.a4_,x.a5_,x.a6_,x.a7_,x.a8_,x.a9_); 
+}
+
+template <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8,class T9,class T10>
+inline
+group1<T10> 
+group_last( group10<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9,T10> const& x)
+{
+   return group1<T10> (x.a10_); 
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+} // namespace detail
+
+
+
+// helper functions
+
+
+inline detail::group1< detail::group0 >  
+group() { return detail::group1< detail::group0 > ( detail::group0() ); }
+
+template  <class T1, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group2<T1, Var const&> >
+  group(T1 a1, Var const& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group2<T1, Var const&> >
+                   ( detail::group2<T1, Var const&> 
+                        (a1, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group3<T1,T2, Var const&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2, Var const& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group3<T1,T2, Var const&> >
+                   ( detail::group3<T1,T2, Var const&> 
+                        (a1,a2, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group4<T1,T2,T3, Var const&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3, Var const& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group4<T1,T2,T3, Var const&> >
+                   ( detail::group4<T1,T2,T3, Var const&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group5<T1,T2,T3,T4, Var const&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4, Var const& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group5<T1,T2,T3,T4, Var const&> >
+                   ( detail::group5<T1,T2,T3,T4, Var const&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3,a4, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group6<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5, Var const&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5, Var const& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group6<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5, Var const&> >
+                   ( detail::group6<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5, Var const&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3,a4,a5, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group7<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6, Var const&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6, Var const& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group7<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6, Var const&> >
+                   ( detail::group7<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6, Var const&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group8<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7, Var const&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6,T7 a7, Var const& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group8<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7, Var const&> >
+                   ( detail::group8<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7, Var const&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group9<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8, Var const&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6,T7 a7,T8 a8, Var const& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group9<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8, Var const&> >
+                   ( detail::group9<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8, Var const&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8,class T9, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group10<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9, Var const&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6,T7 a7,T8 a8,T9 a9, Var const& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group10<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9, Var const&> >
+                   ( detail::group10<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9, Var const&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8,a9, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_OVERLOAD_FOR_NON_CONST
+
+template  <class T1, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group2<T1, Var&> >
+  group(T1 a1, Var& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group2<T1, Var&> >
+                   ( detail::group2<T1, Var&> 
+                        (a1, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group3<T1,T2, Var&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2, Var& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group3<T1,T2, Var&> >
+                   ( detail::group3<T1,T2, Var&> 
+                        (a1,a2, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group4<T1,T2,T3, Var&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3, Var& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group4<T1,T2,T3, Var&> >
+                   ( detail::group4<T1,T2,T3, Var&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group5<T1,T2,T3,T4, Var&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4, Var& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group5<T1,T2,T3,T4, Var&> >
+                   ( detail::group5<T1,T2,T3,T4, Var&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3,a4, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group6<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5, Var&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5, Var& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group6<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5, Var&> >
+                   ( detail::group6<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5, Var&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3,a4,a5, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group7<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6, Var&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6, Var& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group7<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6, Var&> >
+                   ( detail::group7<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6, Var&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group8<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7, Var&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6,T7 a7, Var& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group8<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7, Var&> >
+                   ( detail::group8<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7, Var&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group9<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8, Var&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6,T7 a7,T8 a8, Var& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group9<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8, Var&> >
+                   ( detail::group9<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8, Var&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+template  <class T1,class T2,class T3,class T4,class T5,class T6,class T7,class T8,class T9, class Var> 
+inline
+detail::group1< detail::group10<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9, Var&> >
+  group(T1 a1,T2 a2,T3 a3,T4 a4,T5 a5,T6 a6,T7 a7,T8 a8,T9 a9, Var& var)
+{ 
+   return detail::group1< detail::group10<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9, Var&> >
+                   ( detail::group10<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9, Var&> 
+                        (a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8,a9, var) 
+                  );
+}
+
+
+#endif  //end- #ifndef BOOST_NO_OVERLOAD_FOR_NON_CONST
+
+
+} // namespace io
+
+} // namespace boost
+
+
+#endif   // BOOST_FORMAT_GROUP_HPP
diff --git a/nix/boost/format/internals.hpp b/nix/boost/format/internals.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d25eb4c864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/format/internals.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+// -*- C++ -*-
+//  Boost general library 'format'   ---------------------------
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+//  (C) Samuel Krempp 2001
+//                  krempp@crans.ens-cachan.fr
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+//  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+// ideas taken from R�diger Loos's format class
+// and Karl Nelson's ofstream
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// internals.hpp :  internal structs. included by format.hpp
+//                              stream_format_state, and format_item
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+#ifndef BOOST_FORMAT_INTERNALS_HPP
+#define BOOST_FORMAT_INTERNALS_HPP
+
+
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace boost {
+namespace io {
+namespace detail {
+
+
+// --------------
+// set of params that define the format state of a stream
+
+struct stream_format_state 
+{
+  typedef std::ios   basic_ios;
+
+  std::streamsize width_;
+  std::streamsize precision_;
+  char fill_; 
+  std::ios::fmtflags flags_;
+
+  stream_format_state()       : width_(-1), precision_(-1), fill_(0), flags_(std::ios::dec)  {}
+  stream_format_state(basic_ios& os)                  {set_by_stream(os); }
+
+  void apply_on(basic_ios & os) const;                //- applies format_state to the stream
+  template<class T> void apply_manip(T manipulator)   //- modifies state by applying manipulator.
+       { apply_manip_body<T>( *this, manipulator) ; }
+  void reset();                                       //- sets to default state.
+  void set_by_stream(const basic_ios& os);            //- sets to os's state.
+};  
+
+
+
+// --------------
+// format_item : stores all parameters that can be defined by directives in the format-string
+
+struct format_item 
+{     
+  enum pad_values { zeropad = 1, spacepad =2, centered=4, tabulation = 8 };
+
+  enum arg_values { argN_no_posit   = -1, // non-positional directive. argN will be set later.
+                    argN_tabulation = -2, // tabulation directive. (no argument read) 
+                    argN_ignored    = -3  // ignored directive. (no argument read)
+  };
+  typedef BOOST_IO_STD ios              basic_ios;
+  typedef detail::stream_format_state         stream_format_state;
+  typedef std::string           string_t;
+  typedef BOOST_IO_STD ostringstream    internal_stream_t;
+
+
+  int         argN_;           //- argument number (starts at 0,  eg : %1 => argN=0)
+                               //  negative values are used for items that don't process
+                               //  an argument
+  string_t    res_;            //- result of the formatting of this item
+  string_t    appendix_;       //- piece of string between this item and the next
+
+  stream_format_state ref_state_;// set by parsing the format_string, is only affected by modify_item
+  stream_format_state state_;  // always same as ref_state, _unless_ modified by manipulators 'group(..)'
+
+  // non-stream format-state parameters
+  signed int truncate_;        //- is >=0 for directives like %.5s (take 5 chars from the string)
+  unsigned int pad_scheme_;    //- several possible padding schemes can mix. see pad_values
+
+  format_item() : argN_(argN_no_posit), truncate_(-1), pad_scheme_(0)  {}
+
+  void compute_states();      // sets states  according to truncate and pad_scheme.
+}; 
+
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------
+// Definitions
+// -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+// --- stream_format_state:: -------------------------------------------
+inline
+void stream_format_state::apply_on(basic_ios & os) const
+  // set the state of this stream according to our params
+{
+      if(width_ != -1)
+        os.width(width_);
+      if(precision_ != -1)
+        os.precision(precision_);
+      if(fill_ != 0)
+        os.fill(fill_);
+      os.flags(flags_);
+}
+
+inline
+void stream_format_state::set_by_stream(const basic_ios& os) 
+  // set our params according to the state of this stream
+{
+      flags_ = os.flags();
+      width_ = os.width();
+      precision_ = os.precision();
+      fill_ = os.fill();
+}
+
+template<class T>  inline
+void apply_manip_body( stream_format_state& self,
+                       T manipulator) 
+  // modify our params according to the manipulator
+{
+      BOOST_IO_STD stringstream  ss;
+      self.apply_on( ss );
+      ss << manipulator;
+      self.set_by_stream( ss );
+}
+
+inline
+void stream_format_state::reset() 
+  // set our params to standard's default state
+{
+      width_=-1; precision_=-1; fill_=0; 
+      flags_ = std::ios::dec; 
+}
+
+
+// --- format_items:: -------------------------------------------
+inline
+void format_item::compute_states() 
+  // reflect pad_scheme_   on  state_ and ref_state_ 
+  //   because some pad_schemes has complex consequences on several state params.
+{
+  if(pad_scheme_ & zeropad) 
+  {
+    if(ref_state_.flags_ & std::ios::left) 
+    {
+      pad_scheme_ = pad_scheme_ & (~zeropad); // ignore zeropad in left alignment
+    }
+    else 
+    { 
+      ref_state_.fill_='0'; 
+      ref_state_.flags_ |= std::ios::internal;
+    }
+  }
+  state_ = ref_state_;
+}
+
+
+} } } // namespaces boost :: io :: detail
+
+
+#endif // BOOST_FORMAT_INTERNALS_HPP
diff --git a/nix/boost/format/internals_fwd.hpp b/nix/boost/format/internals_fwd.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8ebf7c3ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/format/internals_fwd.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// -*- C++ -*-
+//  Boost general library 'format'   ---------------------------
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+//  (C) Samuel Krempp 2001
+//                  krempp@crans.ens-cachan.fr
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+//  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+// ideas taken from R�diger Loos's format class
+// and Karl Nelson's ofstream (also took its parsing code as basis for printf parsing)
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// internals_fwd.hpp :  forward declarations, for internal headers
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef BOOST_FORMAT_INTERNAL_FWD_HPP
+#define BOOST_FORMAT_INTERNAL_FWD_HPP
+
+#include "boost/format/format_fwd.hpp"
+
+
+namespace boost {
+namespace io {
+
+namespace detail {
+  struct stream_format_state;
+  struct format_item;
+}
+
+
+namespace detail {
+
+  // these functions were intended as methods, 
+  // but MSVC have problems with template member functions :
+
+  // defined in format_implementation.hpp :
+     template<class T> 
+     basic_format&  modify_item_body( basic_format& self, 
+                                          int itemN, const T& manipulator);
+
+     template<class T> 
+     basic_format&  bind_arg_body( basic_format& self,
+                                           int argN, const T& val);
+
+    template<class T> 
+    void apply_manip_body( stream_format_state& self,
+                           T manipulator);
+
+  // argument feeding (defined in feed_args.hpp ) :
+     template<class T> 
+     void distribute(basic_format& self, T x);
+
+     template<class T> 
+     basic_format& feed(basic_format& self, T x);
+ 
+} // namespace detail
+
+} // namespace io
+} // namespace boost
+
+
+#endif //  BOOST_FORMAT_INTERNAL_FWD_HPP
diff --git a/nix/boost/format/macros_default.hpp b/nix/boost/format/macros_default.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fd84a163f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/format/macros_default.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// -*- C++ -*-
+//  Boost general library 'format'   ---------------------------
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+//  (C) Samuel Krempp 2001
+//                  krempp@crans.ens-cachan.fr
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+//  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+// ideas taken from R�diger Loos's format class
+// and Karl Nelson's ofstream (also took its parsing code as basis for printf parsing)
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// macros_default.hpp : configuration for the format library
+//                       provides default values for the stl workaround macros
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef BOOST_FORMAT_MACROS_DEFAULT_HPP
+#define BOOST_FORMAT_MACROS_DEFAULT_HPP
+
+// *** This should go to "boost/config/suffix.hpp".
+
+#ifndef BOOST_IO_STD
+#  define BOOST_IO_STD std::
+#endif
+
+// **** Workaround for io streams, stlport and msvc.
+#ifdef BOOST_IO_NEEDS_USING_DECLARATION
+namespace boost {
+  using std::char_traits;
+  using std::basic_ostream;
+  using std::basic_ostringstream;
+  namespace io {
+    using std::basic_ostream;
+    namespace detail {
+      using std::basic_ios;
+      using std::basic_ostream;
+      using std::basic_ostringstream;
+    }
+  }
+}
+#endif
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#endif // BOOST_FORMAT_MACROS_DEFAULT_HPP
diff --git a/nix/boost/format/parsing.cc b/nix/boost/format/parsing.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34c36adeb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/format/parsing.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,454 @@
+// -*- C++ -*-
+//  Boost general library 'format'   ---------------------------
+//  See http://www.boost.org for updates, documentation, and revision history.
+
+//  (C) Samuel Krempp 2001
+//                  krempp@crans.ens-cachan.fr
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+//  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+// ideas taken from Rudiger Loos's format class
+// and Karl Nelson's ofstream (also took its parsing code as basis for printf parsing)
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// parsing.hpp :  implementation of the parsing member functions
+//                      ( parse, parse_printf_directive)
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+#ifndef BOOST_FORMAT_PARSING_HPP
+#define BOOST_FORMAT_PARSING_HPP
+
+
+#include <boost/format.hpp>
+#include <boost/throw_exception.hpp>
+#include <boost/assert.hpp>
+
+
+namespace boost {
+namespace io {
+namespace detail {
+
+  template<class Stream> inline
+  bool wrap_isdigit(char c, Stream &os) 
+  {
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_LOCALE_ISIDIGIT
+    return std::isdigit(c, os.rdbuf()->getloc() );
+# else
+    using namespace std;
+    return isdigit(c); 
+#endif 
+  } //end- wrap_isdigit(..)
+
+  template<class Res> inline
+  Res str2int(const std::string& s, 
+              std::string::size_type start, 
+              BOOST_IO_STD ios &os,
+              const Res = Res(0)  ) 
+    // Input : char string, with starting index
+    //         a basic_ios& merely to call its widen/narrow member function in the desired locale.
+    // Effects : reads s[start:] and converts digits into an integral n, of type Res
+    // Returns : n
+  {
+    Res n = 0;
+    while(start<s.size() && wrap_isdigit(s[start], os) ) {
+      char cur_ch = s[start];
+      BOOST_ASSERT(cur_ch != 0 ); // since we called isdigit, this should not happen.
+      n *= 10;
+      n += cur_ch - '0'; // 22.2.1.1.2 of the C++ standard
+      ++start;
+    }
+    return n;
+  }
+
+  void skip_asterisk(const std::string & buf, 
+                     std::string::size_type * pos_p,
+                     BOOST_IO_STD ios &os)
+    // skip printf's "asterisk-fields" directives in the format-string buf
+    // Input : char string, with starting index *pos_p
+    //         a basic_ios& merely to call its widen/narrow member function in the desired locale.
+    // Effects : advance *pos_p by skipping printf's asterisk fields.
+    // Returns : nothing
+  {
+    using namespace std;
+    BOOST_ASSERT( pos_p != 0);
+    if(*pos_p >= buf.size() ) return;
+    if(buf[ *pos_p]=='*') {
+      ++ (*pos_p);
+      while (*pos_p < buf.size() && wrap_isdigit(buf[*pos_p],os)) ++(*pos_p);
+      if(buf[*pos_p]=='$') ++(*pos_p);
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  inline void maybe_throw_exception( unsigned char exceptions)
+    // auxiliary func called by parse_printf_directive
+    // for centralising error handling
+    // it either throws if user sets the corresponding flag, or does nothing.
+  {
+    if(exceptions & io::bad_format_string_bit)
+          boost::throw_exception(io::bad_format_string());
+  }
+    
+
+
+  bool parse_printf_directive(const std::string & buf,
+                              std::string::size_type * pos_p,
+                              detail::format_item * fpar,
+                              BOOST_IO_STD ios &os,
+                              unsigned char exceptions)
+    // Input   : a 'printf-directive' in the format-string, starting at buf[ *pos_p ]
+    //           a basic_ios& merely to call its widen/narrow member function in the desired locale.
+    //           a bitset'excpetions' telling whether to throw exceptions on errors.
+    // Returns : true if parse somehow succeeded (possibly ignoring errors if exceptions disabled) 
+    //           false if it failed so bad that the directive should be printed verbatim
+    // Effects : - *pos_p is incremented so that buf[*pos_p] is the first char after the directive
+    //           - *fpar is set with the parameters read in the directive
+  {
+    typedef format_item  format_item_t;
+    BOOST_ASSERT( pos_p != 0);
+    std::string::size_type       &i1 = *pos_p,      
+                                                        i0; 
+    fpar->argN_ = format_item_t::argN_no_posit;  // if no positional-directive
+
+    bool in_brackets=false;
+    if(buf[i1]=='|')
+      {
+        in_brackets=true;
+        if( ++i1 >= buf.size() ) {
+          maybe_throw_exception(exceptions);
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+
+    // the flag '0' would be picked as a digit for argument order, but here it's a flag :
+    if(buf[i1]=='0') 
+      goto parse_flags;
+
+    // handle argument order (%2$d)  or possibly width specification: %2d
+    i0 = i1;  // save position before digits
+    while (i1 < buf.size() && wrap_isdigit(buf[i1], os))
+      ++i1;
+    if (i1!=i0) 
+      {
+        if( i1 >= buf.size() ) {
+          maybe_throw_exception(exceptions);
+          return false;
+        }
+        int n=str2int(buf,i0, os, int(0) );
+        
+        // %N% case : this is already the end of the directive
+        if( buf[i1] == '%' ) 
+          {
+            fpar->argN_ = n-1;
+            ++i1;
+            if( in_brackets) 
+              maybe_throw_exception(exceptions); 
+              // but don't return.  maybe "%" was used in lieu of '$', so we go on.
+            else return true;
+          }
+
+        if ( buf[i1]=='$' ) 
+          {
+            fpar->argN_ = n-1;
+            ++i1;
+          } 
+        else  
+          {
+            // non-positionnal directive
+            fpar->ref_state_.width_ = n;
+            fpar->argN_  = format_item_t::argN_no_posit;
+            goto parse_precision;
+          }
+      }
+    
+  parse_flags: 
+    // handle flags
+    while ( i1 <buf.size()) // as long as char is one of + - = # 0 l h   or ' '
+      {  
+        // misc switches
+        switch (buf[i1]) 
+          {
+          case '\'' : break; // no effect yet. (painful to implement)
+          case 'l':
+          case 'h':  // short/long modifier : for printf-comaptibility (no action needed)
+             break;
+          case '-':
+            fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |= std::ios::left;
+            break;
+          case '=':
+            fpar->pad_scheme_ |= format_item_t::centered;
+            break;
+          case ' ':
+            fpar->pad_scheme_ |= format_item_t::spacepad;
+            break;
+          case '+':
+            fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |= std::ios::showpos;
+            break;
+          case '0':
+            fpar->pad_scheme_ |= format_item_t::zeropad; 
+            // need to know alignment before really setting flags,
+            // so just add 'zeropad' flag for now, it will be processed later.
+            break;
+          case '#':
+            fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |= std::ios::showpoint | std::ios::showbase;
+            break;
+          default:
+            goto parse_width;
+          }
+        ++i1;
+      } // loop on flag.
+    if( i1>=buf.size()) {
+      maybe_throw_exception(exceptions);
+      return true; 
+    }
+
+  parse_width:
+    // handle width spec
+    skip_asterisk(buf, &i1, os); // skips 'asterisk fields' :  *, or *N$
+    i0 = i1;  // save position before digits
+    while (i1<buf.size() && wrap_isdigit(buf[i1], os))
+      i1++;
+    
+    if (i1!=i0) 
+      { fpar->ref_state_.width_ = str2int( buf,i0, os, std::streamsize(0) ); }
+
+  parse_precision:
+    if( i1>=buf.size()) { 
+      maybe_throw_exception(exceptions);
+      return true;
+    }
+    // handle precision spec
+    if (buf[i1]=='.')  
+      {
+        ++i1;
+        skip_asterisk(buf, &i1, os);
+        i0 = i1;  // save position before digits
+        while (i1<buf.size() && wrap_isdigit(buf[i1], os))
+          ++i1;
+
+        if(i1==i0)
+          fpar->ref_state_.precision_ = 0;
+        else 
+          fpar->ref_state_.precision_ = str2int(buf,i0, os, std::streamsize(0) );
+      }
+    
+    // handle  formatting-type flags :
+    while( i1<buf.size() && 
+           ( buf[i1]=='l' || buf[i1]=='L' || buf[i1]=='h') )
+      ++i1;
+    if( i1>=buf.size()) {
+      maybe_throw_exception(exceptions);
+      return true;
+    }
+    
+    if( in_brackets && buf[i1]=='|' ) 
+      {
+        ++i1;
+        return true;
+      }
+    switch (buf[i1])  
+      {
+      case 'X':
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |= std::ios::uppercase;
+      case 'p': // pointer => set hex.
+      case 'x':
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ &= ~std::ios::basefield;
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |= std::ios::hex;
+        break;
+      
+      case 'o':
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ &= ~std::ios::basefield;
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |=  std::ios::oct;
+        break;
+
+      case 'E':
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |=  std::ios::uppercase;
+      case 'e':
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ &= ~std::ios::floatfield;
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |=  std::ios::scientific;
+
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ &= ~std::ios::basefield;
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |=  std::ios::dec;
+        break;
+      
+      case 'f':
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ &= ~std::ios::floatfield;
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |=  std::ios::fixed;
+      case 'u':
+      case 'd':
+      case 'i':
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ &= ~std::ios::basefield;
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |=  std::ios::dec;
+        break;
+
+      case 'T':
+        ++i1;
+        if( i1 >= buf.size())
+          maybe_throw_exception(exceptions);
+        else
+          fpar->ref_state_.fill_ = buf[i1];
+        fpar->pad_scheme_ |= format_item_t::tabulation;
+        fpar->argN_ = format_item_t::argN_tabulation; 
+        break;
+      case 't': 
+        fpar->ref_state_.fill_ = ' ';
+        fpar->pad_scheme_ |= format_item_t::tabulation;
+        fpar->argN_ = format_item_t::argN_tabulation; 
+        break;
+
+      case 'G':
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |= std::ios::uppercase;
+        break;
+      case 'g': // 'g' conversion is default for floats.
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ &= ~std::ios::basefield;
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ |=  std::ios::dec;
+
+        // CLEAR all floatield flags, so stream will CHOOSE
+        fpar->ref_state_.flags_ &= ~std::ios::floatfield; 
+        break;
+
+      case 'C':
+      case 'c': 
+        fpar->truncate_ = 1;
+        break;
+      case 'S':
+      case 's': 
+        fpar->truncate_ = fpar->ref_state_.precision_;
+        fpar->ref_state_.precision_ = -1;
+        break;
+      case 'n' :  
+        fpar->argN_ = format_item_t::argN_ignored;
+        break;
+      default: 
+        maybe_throw_exception(exceptions);
+      }
+    ++i1;
+
+    if( in_brackets )
+      {
+        if( i1<buf.size() && buf[i1]=='|' ) 
+          {
+            ++i1;
+            return true;
+          }
+        else  maybe_throw_exception(exceptions);
+      }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+} // detail namespace
+} // io namespace
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------
+//  format :: parse(..)
+
+void basic_format::parse(const string_t & buf) 
+  // parse the format-string
+{
+    using namespace std;
+    const char arg_mark = '%';
+    bool ordered_args=true; 
+    int max_argN=-1;
+    string_t::size_type i1=0;
+    int num_items=0;
+    
+    // A: find upper_bound on num_items and allocates arrays
+    i1=0; 
+    while( (i1=buf.find(arg_mark,i1)) != string::npos ) 
+    {
+      if( i1+1 >= buf.size() ) {
+        if(exceptions() & io::bad_format_string_bit)
+          boost::throw_exception(io::bad_format_string()); // must not end in "bla bla %"
+        else break; // stop there, ignore last '%'
+      }
+      if(buf[i1+1] == buf[i1] ) { i1+=2; continue; } // escaped "%%" / "##"
+      ++i1;
+      
+      // in case of %N% directives, dont count it double (wastes allocations..) :
+      while(i1 < buf.size() && io::detail::wrap_isdigit(buf[i1],oss_)) ++i1;
+      if( i1 < buf.size() && buf[i1] == arg_mark ) ++ i1;
+
+      ++num_items;
+    }
+    items_.assign( num_items, format_item_t() );
+    
+    // B: Now the real parsing of the format string :
+    num_items=0;
+    i1 = 0;
+    string_t::size_type i0 = i1;
+    bool special_things=false;
+    int cur_it=0;
+    while( (i1=buf.find(arg_mark,i1)) != string::npos ) 
+    {
+      string_t & piece = (cur_it==0) ? prefix_ : items_[cur_it-1].appendix_;
+
+      if( buf[i1+1] == buf[i1] ) // escaped mark, '%%'
+      {
+        piece += buf.substr(i0, i1-i0) + buf[i1]; 
+        i1+=2; i0=i1;
+        continue; 
+      }
+      BOOST_ASSERT(  static_cast<unsigned int>(cur_it) < items_.size() || cur_it==0);
+
+      if(i1!=i0) piece += buf.substr(i0, i1-i0);
+      ++i1;
+      
+      bool parse_ok;
+      parse_ok = io::detail::parse_printf_directive(buf, &i1, &items_[cur_it], oss_, exceptions());
+      if( ! parse_ok ) continue; // the directive will be printed verbatim
+
+      i0=i1;
+      items_[cur_it].compute_states(); // process complex options, like zeropad, into stream params.
+
+      int argN=items_[cur_it].argN_;
+      if(argN == format_item_t::argN_ignored)
+        continue;
+      if(argN ==format_item_t::argN_no_posit)
+        ordered_args=false;
+      else if(argN == format_item_t::argN_tabulation) special_things=true;
+      else if(argN > max_argN) max_argN = argN;
+      ++num_items;
+      ++cur_it;
+    } // loop on %'s
+    BOOST_ASSERT(cur_it == num_items);
+    
+    // store the final piece of string
+    string_t & piece = (cur_it==0) ? prefix_ : items_[cur_it-1].appendix_;
+    piece += buf.substr(i0);
+    
+    if( !ordered_args) 
+    {
+      if(max_argN >= 0 )  // dont mix positional with non-positionnal directives
+        {
+          if(exceptions() & io::bad_format_string_bit)
+            boost::throw_exception(io::bad_format_string());
+          // else do nothing. => positionnal arguments are processed as non-positionnal
+        }
+      // set things like it would have been with positional directives :
+      int non_ordered_items = 0;
+      for(int i=0; i< num_items; ++i)
+        if(items_[i].argN_ == format_item_t::argN_no_posit) 
+          {
+            items_[i].argN_ = non_ordered_items;
+            ++non_ordered_items;
+          }
+      max_argN = non_ordered_items-1;
+    }
+    
+    // C: set some member data :
+    items_.resize(num_items);
+
+    if(special_things) style_ |= special_needs;
+    num_args_ = max_argN + 1;
+    if(ordered_args) style_ |=  ordered;
+    else style_ &= ~ordered;
+}
+
+} // namespace boost
+
+
+#endif //  BOOST_FORMAT_PARSING_HPP
diff --git a/nix/boost/throw_exception.hpp b/nix/boost/throw_exception.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07b4ae5cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/boost/throw_exception.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#ifndef BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+// MS compatible compilers support #pragma once
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1020)
+# pragma once
+#endif
+
+//
+//  boost/throw_exception.hpp
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2002 Peter Dimov and Multi Media Ltd.
+//
+//  Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
+//  is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
+//  This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+//
+//  http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/throw_exception.html
+//
+
+//#include <boost/config.hpp>
+
+#ifdef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+# include <exception>
+#endif
+
+namespace boost
+{
+
+#ifdef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+
+void throw_exception(std::exception const & e); // user defined
+
+#else
+
+template<class E> void throw_exception(E const & e)
+{
+    throw e;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+} // namespace boost
+
+#endif // #ifndef BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION_HPP_INCLUDED
diff --git a/nix/libstore/build.cc b/nix/libstore/build.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e2f92fadf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/build.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,3351 @@
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "references.hh"
+#include "pathlocks.hh"
+#include "misc.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "local-store.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "archive.hh"
+#include "affinity.hh"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <cstring>
+
+#include <pwd.h>
+#include <grp.h>
+
+#include <bzlib.h>
+
+/* Includes required for chroot support. */
+#if HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#endif
+#if HAVE_SYS_MOUNT_H
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#endif
+#if HAVE_SCHED_H
+#include <sched.h>
+#endif
+
+/* In GNU libc 2.11, <sys/mount.h> does not define `MS_PRIVATE', but
+   <linux/fs.h> does.  */
+#if !defined MS_PRIVATE && defined HAVE_LINUX_FS_H
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#endif
+
+#define CHROOT_ENABLED HAVE_CHROOT && HAVE_UNSHARE && HAVE_SYS_MOUNT_H && defined(MS_BIND) && defined(MS_PRIVATE) && defined(CLONE_NEWNS)
+
+#if CHROOT_ENABLED
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <netinet/ip.h>
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_SYS_PERSONALITY_H
+#include <sys/personality.h>
+#define CAN_DO_LINUX32_BUILDS
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_STATVFS
+#include <sys/statvfs.h>
+#endif
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+using std::map;
+
+
+static string pathNullDevice = "/dev/null";
+
+
+/* Forward definition. */
+class Worker;
+struct HookInstance;
+
+
+/* A pointer to a goal. */
+class Goal;
+typedef std::shared_ptr<Goal> GoalPtr;
+typedef std::weak_ptr<Goal> WeakGoalPtr;
+
+/* Set of goals. */
+typedef set<GoalPtr> Goals;
+typedef list<WeakGoalPtr> WeakGoals;
+
+/* A map of paths to goals (and the other way around). */
+typedef map<Path, WeakGoalPtr> WeakGoalMap;
+
+
+
+class Goal : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Goal>
+{
+public:
+    typedef enum {ecBusy, ecSuccess, ecFailed, ecNoSubstituters, ecIncompleteClosure} ExitCode;
+
+protected:
+
+    /* Backlink to the worker. */
+    Worker & worker;
+
+    /* Goals that this goal is waiting for. */
+    Goals waitees;
+
+    /* Goals waiting for this one to finish.  Must use weak pointers
+       here to prevent cycles. */
+    WeakGoals waiters;
+
+    /* Number of goals we are/were waiting for that have failed. */
+    unsigned int nrFailed;
+
+    /* Number of substitution goals we are/were waiting for that
+       failed because there are no substituters. */
+    unsigned int nrNoSubstituters;
+
+    /* Number of substitution goals we are/were waiting for that
+       failed because othey had unsubstitutable references. */
+    unsigned int nrIncompleteClosure;
+
+    /* Name of this goal for debugging purposes. */
+    string name;
+
+    /* Whether the goal is finished. */
+    ExitCode exitCode;
+
+    Goal(Worker & worker) : worker(worker)
+    {
+        nrFailed = nrNoSubstituters = nrIncompleteClosure = 0;
+        exitCode = ecBusy;
+    }
+
+    virtual ~Goal()
+    {
+        trace("goal destroyed");
+    }
+
+public:
+    virtual void work() = 0;
+
+    void addWaitee(GoalPtr waitee);
+
+    virtual void waiteeDone(GoalPtr waitee, ExitCode result);
+
+    virtual void handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data)
+    {
+        abort();
+    }
+
+    virtual void handleEOF(int fd)
+    {
+        abort();
+    }
+
+    void trace(const format & f);
+
+    string getName()
+    {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    ExitCode getExitCode()
+    {
+        return exitCode;
+    }
+
+    /* Cancel the goal.  It should wake up its waiters, get rid of any
+       running child processes that are being monitored by the worker
+       (important!), etc. */
+    virtual void cancel(bool timeout) = 0;
+
+protected:
+    void amDone(ExitCode result);
+};
+
+
+/* A mapping used to remember for each child process to what goal it
+   belongs, and file descriptors for receiving log data and output
+   path creation commands. */
+struct Child
+{
+    WeakGoalPtr goal;
+    set<int> fds;
+    bool respectTimeouts;
+    bool inBuildSlot;
+    time_t lastOutput; /* time we last got output on stdout/stderr */
+    time_t timeStarted;
+};
+
+typedef map<pid_t, Child> Children;
+
+
+/* The worker class. */
+class Worker
+{
+private:
+
+    /* Note: the worker should only have strong pointers to the
+       top-level goals. */
+
+    /* The top-level goals of the worker. */
+    Goals topGoals;
+
+    /* Goals that are ready to do some work. */
+    WeakGoals awake;
+
+    /* Goals waiting for a build slot. */
+    WeakGoals wantingToBuild;
+
+    /* Child processes currently running. */
+    Children children;
+
+    /* Number of build slots occupied.  This includes local builds and
+       substitutions but not remote builds via the build hook. */
+    unsigned int nrLocalBuilds;
+
+    /* Maps used to prevent multiple instantiations of a goal for the
+       same derivation / path. */
+    WeakGoalMap derivationGoals;
+    WeakGoalMap substitutionGoals;
+
+    /* Goals waiting for busy paths to be unlocked. */
+    WeakGoals waitingForAnyGoal;
+
+    /* Goals sleeping for a few seconds (polling a lock). */
+    WeakGoals waitingForAWhile;
+
+    /* Last time the goals in `waitingForAWhile' where woken up. */
+    time_t lastWokenUp;
+
+public:
+
+    /* Set if at least one derivation had a BuildError (i.e. permanent
+       failure). */
+    bool permanentFailure;
+
+    LocalStore & store;
+
+    std::shared_ptr<HookInstance> hook;
+
+    Worker(LocalStore & store);
+    ~Worker();
+
+    /* Make a goal (with caching). */
+    GoalPtr makeDerivationGoal(const Path & drvPath, const StringSet & wantedOutputs, BuildMode buildMode = bmNormal);
+    GoalPtr makeSubstitutionGoal(const Path & storePath, bool repair = false);
+
+    /* Remove a dead goal. */
+    void removeGoal(GoalPtr goal);
+
+    /* Wake up a goal (i.e., there is something for it to do). */
+    void wakeUp(GoalPtr goal);
+
+    /* Return the number of local build and substitution processes
+       currently running (but not remote builds via the build
+       hook). */
+    unsigned int getNrLocalBuilds();
+
+    /* Registers a running child process.  `inBuildSlot' means that
+       the process counts towards the jobs limit. */
+    void childStarted(GoalPtr goal, pid_t pid,
+        const set<int> & fds, bool inBuildSlot, bool respectTimeouts);
+
+    /* Unregisters a running child process.  `wakeSleepers' should be
+       false if there is no sense in waking up goals that are sleeping
+       because they can't run yet (e.g., there is no free build slot,
+       or the hook would still say `postpone'). */
+    void childTerminated(pid_t pid, bool wakeSleepers = true);
+
+    /* Put `goal' to sleep until a build slot becomes available (which
+       might be right away). */
+    void waitForBuildSlot(GoalPtr goal);
+
+    /* Wait for any goal to finish.  Pretty indiscriminate way to
+       wait for some resource that some other goal is holding. */
+    void waitForAnyGoal(GoalPtr goal);
+
+    /* Wait for a few seconds and then retry this goal.  Used when
+       waiting for a lock held by another process.  This kind of
+       polling is inefficient, but POSIX doesn't really provide a way
+       to wait for multiple locks in the main select() loop. */
+    void waitForAWhile(GoalPtr goal);
+
+    /* Loop until the specified top-level goals have finished. */
+    void run(const Goals & topGoals);
+
+    /* Wait for input to become available. */
+    void waitForInput();
+
+    unsigned int exitStatus();
+};
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+void addToWeakGoals(WeakGoals & goals, GoalPtr p)
+{
+    // FIXME: necessary?
+    foreach (WeakGoals::iterator, i, goals)
+        if (i->lock() == p) return;
+    goals.push_back(p);
+}
+
+
+void Goal::addWaitee(GoalPtr waitee)
+{
+    waitees.insert(waitee);
+    addToWeakGoals(waitee->waiters, shared_from_this());
+}
+
+
+void Goal::waiteeDone(GoalPtr waitee, ExitCode result)
+{
+    assert(waitees.find(waitee) != waitees.end());
+    waitees.erase(waitee);
+
+    trace(format("waitee `%1%' done; %2% left") %
+        waitee->name % waitees.size());
+
+    if (result == ecFailed || result == ecNoSubstituters || result == ecIncompleteClosure) ++nrFailed;
+
+    if (result == ecNoSubstituters) ++nrNoSubstituters;
+
+    if (result == ecIncompleteClosure) ++nrIncompleteClosure;
+
+    if (waitees.empty() || (result == ecFailed && !settings.keepGoing)) {
+
+        /* If we failed and keepGoing is not set, we remove all
+           remaining waitees. */
+        foreach (Goals::iterator, i, waitees) {
+            GoalPtr goal = *i;
+            WeakGoals waiters2;
+            foreach (WeakGoals::iterator, j, goal->waiters)
+                if (j->lock() != shared_from_this()) waiters2.push_back(*j);
+            goal->waiters = waiters2;
+        }
+        waitees.clear();
+
+        worker.wakeUp(shared_from_this());
+    }
+}
+
+
+void Goal::amDone(ExitCode result)
+{
+    trace("done");
+    assert(exitCode == ecBusy);
+    assert(result == ecSuccess || result == ecFailed || result == ecNoSubstituters || result == ecIncompleteClosure);
+    exitCode = result;
+    foreach (WeakGoals::iterator, i, waiters) {
+        GoalPtr goal = i->lock();
+        if (goal) goal->waiteeDone(shared_from_this(), result);
+    }
+    waiters.clear();
+    worker.removeGoal(shared_from_this());
+}
+
+
+void Goal::trace(const format & f)
+{
+    debug(format("%1%: %2%") % name % f);
+}
+
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+/* Common initialisation performed in child processes. */
+static void commonChildInit(Pipe & logPipe)
+{
+    restoreAffinity();
+
+    /* Put the child in a separate session (and thus a separate
+       process group) so that it has no controlling terminal (meaning
+       that e.g. ssh cannot open /dev/tty) and it doesn't receive
+       terminal signals. */
+    if (setsid() == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("creating a new session"));
+
+    /* Dup the write side of the logger pipe into stderr. */
+    if (dup2(logPipe.writeSide, STDERR_FILENO) == -1)
+        throw SysError("cannot pipe standard error into log file");
+
+    /* Dup stderr to stdout. */
+    if (dup2(STDERR_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
+        throw SysError("cannot dup stderr into stdout");
+
+    /* Reroute stdin to /dev/null. */
+    int fdDevNull = open(pathNullDevice.c_str(), O_RDWR);
+    if (fdDevNull == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("cannot open `%1%'") % pathNullDevice);
+    if (dup2(fdDevNull, STDIN_FILENO) == -1)
+        throw SysError("cannot dup null device into stdin");
+    close(fdDevNull);
+}
+
+
+/* Convert a string list to an array of char pointers.  Careful: the
+   string list should outlive the array. */
+const char * * strings2CharPtrs(const Strings & ss)
+{
+    const char * * arr = new const char * [ss.size() + 1];
+    const char * * p = arr;
+    foreach (Strings::const_iterator, i, ss) *p++ = i->c_str();
+    *p = 0;
+    return arr;
+}
+
+
+/* Restore default handling of SIGPIPE, otherwise some programs will
+   randomly say "Broken pipe". */
+static void restoreSIGPIPE()
+{
+    struct sigaction act, oact;
+    act.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
+    act.sa_flags = 0;
+    sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
+    if (sigaction(SIGPIPE, &act, &oact)) throw SysError("resetting SIGPIPE");
+}
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+class UserLock
+{
+private:
+    /* POSIX locks suck.  If we have a lock on a file, and we open and
+       close that file again (without closing the original file
+       descriptor), we lose the lock.  So we have to be *very* careful
+       not to open a lock file on which we are holding a lock. */
+    static PathSet lockedPaths; /* !!! not thread-safe */
+
+    Path fnUserLock;
+    AutoCloseFD fdUserLock;
+
+    string user;
+    uid_t uid;
+    gid_t gid;
+
+public:
+    UserLock();
+    ~UserLock();
+
+    void acquire();
+    void release();
+
+    void kill();
+
+    string getUser() { return user; }
+    uid_t getUID() { return uid; }
+    uid_t getGID() { return gid; }
+
+    bool enabled() { return uid != 0; }
+
+};
+
+
+PathSet UserLock::lockedPaths;
+
+
+UserLock::UserLock()
+{
+    uid = gid = 0;
+}
+
+
+UserLock::~UserLock()
+{
+    release();
+}
+
+
+void UserLock::acquire()
+{
+    assert(uid == 0);
+
+    assert(settings.buildUsersGroup != "");
+
+    /* Get the members of the build-users-group. */
+    struct group * gr = getgrnam(settings.buildUsersGroup.c_str());
+    if (!gr)
+        throw Error(format("the group `%1%' specified in `build-users-group' does not exist")
+            % settings.buildUsersGroup);
+    gid = gr->gr_gid;
+
+    /* Copy the result of getgrnam. */
+    Strings users;
+    for (char * * p = gr->gr_mem; *p; ++p) {
+        debug(format("found build user `%1%'") % *p);
+        users.push_back(*p);
+    }
+
+    if (users.empty())
+        throw Error(format("the build users group `%1%' has no members")
+            % settings.buildUsersGroup);
+
+    /* Find a user account that isn't currently in use for another
+       build. */
+    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, users) {
+        debug(format("trying user `%1%'") % *i);
+
+        struct passwd * pw = getpwnam(i->c_str());
+        if (!pw)
+            throw Error(format("the user `%1%' in the group `%2%' does not exist")
+                % *i % settings.buildUsersGroup);
+
+        createDirs(settings.nixStateDir + "/userpool");
+
+        fnUserLock = (format("%1%/userpool/%2%") % settings.nixStateDir % pw->pw_uid).str();
+
+        if (lockedPaths.find(fnUserLock) != lockedPaths.end())
+            /* We already have a lock on this one. */
+            continue;
+
+        AutoCloseFD fd = open(fnUserLock.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0600);
+        if (fd == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("opening user lock `%1%'") % fnUserLock);
+        closeOnExec(fd);
+
+        if (lockFile(fd, ltWrite, false)) {
+            fdUserLock = fd.borrow();
+            lockedPaths.insert(fnUserLock);
+            user = *i;
+            uid = pw->pw_uid;
+
+            /* Sanity check... */
+            if (uid == getuid() || uid == geteuid())
+                throw Error(format("the Nix user should not be a member of `%1%'")
+                    % settings.buildUsersGroup);
+
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    throw Error(format("all build users are currently in use; "
+        "consider creating additional users and adding them to the `%1%' group")
+        % settings.buildUsersGroup);
+}
+
+
+void UserLock::release()
+{
+    if (uid == 0) return;
+    fdUserLock.close(); /* releases lock */
+    assert(lockedPaths.find(fnUserLock) != lockedPaths.end());
+    lockedPaths.erase(fnUserLock);
+    fnUserLock = "";
+    uid = 0;
+}
+
+
+void UserLock::kill()
+{
+    assert(enabled());
+    killUser(uid);
+}
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+struct HookInstance
+{
+    /* Pipes for talking to the build hook. */
+    Pipe toHook;
+
+    /* Pipe for the hook's standard output/error. */
+    Pipe fromHook;
+
+    /* Pipe for the builder's standard output/error. */
+    Pipe builderOut;
+
+    /* The process ID of the hook. */
+    Pid pid;
+
+    HookInstance();
+
+    ~HookInstance();
+};
+
+
+HookInstance::HookInstance()
+{
+    debug("starting build hook");
+
+    Path buildHook = absPath(getEnv("NIX_BUILD_HOOK"));
+
+    /* Create a pipe to get the output of the child. */
+    fromHook.create();
+
+    /* Create the communication pipes. */
+    toHook.create();
+
+    /* Create a pipe to get the output of the builder. */
+    builderOut.create();
+
+    /* Fork the hook. */
+    pid = maybeVfork();
+    switch (pid) {
+
+    case -1:
+        throw SysError("unable to fork");
+
+    case 0:
+        try { /* child */
+
+            commonChildInit(fromHook);
+
+            if (chdir("/") == -1) throw SysError("changing into `/");
+
+            /* Dup the communication pipes. */
+            if (dup2(toHook.readSide, STDIN_FILENO) == -1)
+                throw SysError("dupping to-hook read side");
+
+            /* Use fd 4 for the builder's stdout/stderr. */
+            if (dup2(builderOut.writeSide, 4) == -1)
+                throw SysError("dupping builder's stdout/stderr");
+
+            execl(buildHook.c_str(), buildHook.c_str(), settings.thisSystem.c_str(),
+                (format("%1%") % settings.maxSilentTime).str().c_str(),
+                (format("%1%") % settings.printBuildTrace).str().c_str(),
+                (format("%1%") % settings.buildTimeout).str().c_str(),
+                NULL);
+
+            throw SysError(format("executing `%1%'") % buildHook);
+
+        } catch (std::exception & e) {
+            writeToStderr("build hook error: " + string(e.what()) + "\n");
+        }
+        _exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* parent */
+    pid.setSeparatePG(true);
+    pid.setKillSignal(SIGTERM);
+    fromHook.writeSide.close();
+    toHook.readSide.close();
+}
+
+
+HookInstance::~HookInstance()
+{
+    try {
+        pid.kill();
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+typedef map<string, string> HashRewrites;
+
+
+string rewriteHashes(string s, const HashRewrites & rewrites)
+{
+    foreach (HashRewrites::const_iterator, i, rewrites) {
+        assert(i->first.size() == i->second.size());
+        size_t j = 0;
+        while ((j = s.find(i->first, j)) != string::npos) {
+            debug(format("rewriting @ %1%") % j);
+            s.replace(j, i->second.size(), i->second);
+        }
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+typedef enum {rpAccept, rpDecline, rpPostpone} HookReply;
+
+class SubstitutionGoal;
+
+class DerivationGoal : public Goal
+{
+private:
+    /* The path of the derivation. */
+    Path drvPath;
+
+    /* The specific outputs that we need to build.  Empty means all of
+       them. */
+    StringSet wantedOutputs;
+
+    /* Whether additional wanted outputs have been added. */
+    bool needRestart;
+
+    /* Whether to retry substituting the outputs after building the
+       inputs. */
+    bool retrySubstitution;
+
+    /* The derivation stored at drvPath. */
+    Derivation drv;
+
+    /* The remainder is state held during the build. */
+
+    /* Locks on the output paths. */
+    PathLocks outputLocks;
+
+    /* All input paths (that is, the union of FS closures of the
+       immediate input paths). */
+    PathSet inputPaths;
+
+    /* Referenceable paths (i.e., input and output paths). */
+    PathSet allPaths;
+
+    /* Outputs that are already valid.  If we're repairing, these are
+       the outputs that are valid *and* not corrupt. */
+    PathSet validPaths;
+
+    /* Outputs that are corrupt or not valid. */
+    PathSet missingPaths;
+
+    /* User selected for running the builder. */
+    UserLock buildUser;
+
+    /* The process ID of the builder. */
+    Pid pid;
+
+    /* The temporary directory. */
+    Path tmpDir;
+
+    /* File descriptor for the log file. */
+    FILE * fLogFile;
+    BZFILE * bzLogFile;
+    AutoCloseFD fdLogFile;
+
+    /* Number of bytes received from the builder's stdout/stderr. */
+    unsigned long logSize;
+
+    /* Pipe for the builder's standard output/error. */
+    Pipe builderOut;
+
+    /* The build hook. */
+    std::shared_ptr<HookInstance> hook;
+
+    /* Whether we're currently doing a chroot build. */
+    bool useChroot;
+
+    Path chrootRootDir;
+
+    /* RAII object to delete the chroot directory. */
+    std::shared_ptr<AutoDelete> autoDelChroot;
+
+    /* All inputs that are regular files. */
+    PathSet regularInputPaths;
+
+    /* Whether this is a fixed-output derivation. */
+    bool fixedOutput;
+
+    typedef void (DerivationGoal::*GoalState)();
+    GoalState state;
+
+    /* Stuff we need to pass to initChild(). */
+    typedef map<Path, Path> DirsInChroot; // maps target path to source path
+    DirsInChroot dirsInChroot;
+    typedef map<string, string> Environment;
+    Environment env;
+
+    /* Hash rewriting. */
+    HashRewrites rewritesToTmp, rewritesFromTmp;
+    typedef map<Path, Path> RedirectedOutputs;
+    RedirectedOutputs redirectedOutputs;
+
+    BuildMode buildMode;
+
+    /* If we're repairing without a chroot, there may be outputs that
+       are valid but corrupt.  So we redirect these outputs to
+       temporary paths. */
+    PathSet redirectedBadOutputs;
+
+    /* Set of inodes seen during calls to canonicalisePathMetaData()
+       for this build's outputs.  This needs to be shared between
+       outputs to allow hard links between outputs. */
+    InodesSeen inodesSeen;
+
+    /* Magic exit code denoting that setting up the child environment
+       failed.  (It's possible that the child actually returns the
+       exit code, but ah well.) */
+    const static int childSetupFailed = 189;
+
+public:
+    DerivationGoal(const Path & drvPath, const StringSet & wantedOutputs, Worker & worker, BuildMode buildMode = bmNormal);
+    ~DerivationGoal();
+
+    void cancel(bool timeout);
+
+    void work();
+
+    Path getDrvPath()
+    {
+        return drvPath;
+    }
+
+    /* Add wanted outputs to an already existing derivation goal. */
+    void addWantedOutputs(const StringSet & outputs);
+
+private:
+    /* The states. */
+    void init();
+    void haveDerivation();
+    void outputsSubstituted();
+    void closureRepaired();
+    void inputsRealised();
+    void tryToBuild();
+    void buildDone();
+
+    /* Is the build hook willing to perform the build? */
+    HookReply tryBuildHook();
+
+    /* Start building a derivation. */
+    void startBuilder();
+
+    /* Initialise the builder's process. */
+    void initChild();
+
+    friend int childEntry(void *);
+
+    /* Check that the derivation outputs all exist and register them
+       as valid. */
+    void registerOutputs();
+
+    /* Open a log file and a pipe to it. */
+    Path openLogFile();
+
+    /* Close the log file. */
+    void closeLogFile();
+
+    /* Delete the temporary directory, if we have one. */
+    void deleteTmpDir(bool force);
+
+    /* Callback used by the worker to write to the log. */
+    void handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data);
+    void handleEOF(int fd);
+
+    /* Return the set of (in)valid paths. */
+    PathSet checkPathValidity(bool returnValid, bool checkHash);
+
+    /* Abort the goal if `path' failed to build. */
+    bool pathFailed(const Path & path);
+
+    /* Forcibly kill the child process, if any. */
+    void killChild();
+
+    Path addHashRewrite(const Path & path);
+
+    void repairClosure();
+};
+
+
+DerivationGoal::DerivationGoal(const Path & drvPath, const StringSet & wantedOutputs, Worker & worker, BuildMode buildMode)
+    : Goal(worker)
+    , wantedOutputs(wantedOutputs)
+    , needRestart(false)
+    , retrySubstitution(false)
+    , fLogFile(0)
+    , bzLogFile(0)
+    , useChroot(false)
+    , buildMode(buildMode)
+{
+    this->drvPath = drvPath;
+    state = &DerivationGoal::init;
+    name = (format("building of `%1%'") % drvPath).str();
+    trace("created");
+}
+
+
+DerivationGoal::~DerivationGoal()
+{
+    /* Careful: we should never ever throw an exception from a
+       destructor. */
+    try {
+        killChild();
+        deleteTmpDir(false);
+        closeLogFile();
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::killChild()
+{
+    if (pid != -1) {
+        worker.childTerminated(pid);
+
+        if (buildUser.enabled()) {
+            /* If we're using a build user, then there is a tricky
+               race condition: if we kill the build user before the
+               child has done its setuid() to the build user uid, then
+               it won't be killed, and we'll potentially lock up in
+               pid.wait().  So also send a conventional kill to the
+               child. */
+            ::kill(-pid, SIGKILL); /* ignore the result */
+            buildUser.kill();
+            pid.wait(true);
+        } else
+            pid.kill();
+
+        assert(pid == -1);
+    }
+
+    hook.reset();
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::cancel(bool timeout)
+{
+    if (settings.printBuildTrace && timeout)
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("@ build-failed %1% - timeout") % drvPath);
+    killChild();
+    amDone(ecFailed);
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::work()
+{
+    (this->*state)();
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::addWantedOutputs(const StringSet & outputs)
+{
+    /* If we already want all outputs, there is nothing to do. */
+    if (wantedOutputs.empty()) return;
+
+    if (outputs.empty()) {
+        wantedOutputs.clear();
+        needRestart = true;
+    } else
+        foreach (StringSet::const_iterator, i, outputs)
+            if (wantedOutputs.find(*i) == wantedOutputs.end()) {
+                wantedOutputs.insert(*i);
+                needRestart = true;
+            }
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::init()
+{
+    trace("init");
+
+    if (settings.readOnlyMode)
+        throw Error(format("cannot build derivation `%1%' - no write access to the Nix store") % drvPath);
+
+    /* The first thing to do is to make sure that the derivation
+       exists.  If it doesn't, it may be created through a
+       substitute. */
+    addWaitee(worker.makeSubstitutionGoal(drvPath));
+
+    state = &DerivationGoal::haveDerivation;
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::haveDerivation()
+{
+    trace("loading derivation");
+
+    if (nrFailed != 0) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("cannot build missing derivation `%1%'") % drvPath);
+        amDone(ecFailed);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* `drvPath' should already be a root, but let's be on the safe
+       side: if the user forgot to make it a root, we wouldn't want
+       things being garbage collected while we're busy. */
+    worker.store.addTempRoot(drvPath);
+
+    assert(worker.store.isValidPath(drvPath));
+
+    /* Get the derivation. */
+    drv = derivationFromPath(worker.store, drvPath);
+
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs)
+        worker.store.addTempRoot(i->second.path);
+
+    /* Check what outputs paths are not already valid. */
+    PathSet invalidOutputs = checkPathValidity(false, buildMode == bmRepair);
+
+    /* If they are all valid, then we're done. */
+    if (invalidOutputs.size() == 0 && buildMode == bmNormal) {
+        amDone(ecSuccess);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Check whether any output previously failed to build.  If so,
+       don't bother. */
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, invalidOutputs)
+        if (pathFailed(*i)) return;
+
+    /* We are first going to try to create the invalid output paths
+       through substitutes.  If that doesn't work, we'll build
+       them. */
+    if (settings.useSubstitutes && !willBuildLocally(drv))
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, invalidOutputs)
+            addWaitee(worker.makeSubstitutionGoal(*i, buildMode == bmRepair));
+
+    if (waitees.empty()) /* to prevent hang (no wake-up event) */
+        outputsSubstituted();
+    else
+        state = &DerivationGoal::outputsSubstituted;
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::outputsSubstituted()
+{
+    trace("all outputs substituted (maybe)");
+
+    if (nrFailed > 0 && nrFailed > nrNoSubstituters + nrIncompleteClosure && !settings.tryFallback)
+        throw Error(format("some substitutes for the outputs of derivation `%1%' failed (usually happens due to networking issues); try `--fallback' to build derivation from source ") % drvPath);
+
+    /*  If the substitutes form an incomplete closure, then we should
+        build the dependencies of this derivation, but after that, we
+        can still use the substitutes for this derivation itself. */
+    if (nrIncompleteClosure > 0 && !retrySubstitution) retrySubstitution = true;
+
+    nrFailed = nrNoSubstituters = nrIncompleteClosure = 0;
+
+    if (needRestart) {
+        needRestart = false;
+        haveDerivation();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    unsigned int nrInvalid = checkPathValidity(false, buildMode == bmRepair).size();
+    if (buildMode == bmNormal && nrInvalid == 0) {
+        amDone(ecSuccess);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (buildMode == bmRepair && nrInvalid == 0) {
+        repairClosure();
+        return;
+    }
+    if (buildMode == bmCheck && nrInvalid > 0)
+        throw Error(format("some outputs of `%1%' are not valid, so checking is not possible") % drvPath);
+
+    /* Otherwise, at least one of the output paths could not be
+       produced using a substitute.  So we have to build instead. */
+
+    /* Make sure checkPathValidity() from now on checks all
+       outputs. */
+    wantedOutputs = PathSet();
+
+    /* The inputs must be built before we can build this goal. */
+    foreach (DerivationInputs::iterator, i, drv.inputDrvs)
+        addWaitee(worker.makeDerivationGoal(i->first, i->second, buildMode == bmRepair ? bmRepair : bmNormal));
+
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, drv.inputSrcs)
+        addWaitee(worker.makeSubstitutionGoal(*i));
+
+    if (waitees.empty()) /* to prevent hang (no wake-up event) */
+        inputsRealised();
+    else
+        state = &DerivationGoal::inputsRealised;
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::repairClosure()
+{
+    /* If we're repairing, we now know that our own outputs are valid.
+       Now check whether the other paths in the outputs closure are
+       good.  If not, then start derivation goals for the derivations
+       that produced those outputs. */
+
+    /* Get the output closure. */
+    PathSet outputClosure;
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs)
+        computeFSClosure(worker.store, i->second.path, outputClosure);
+
+    /* Filter out our own outputs (which we have already checked). */
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs)
+        outputClosure.erase(i->second.path);
+
+    /* Get all dependencies of this derivation so that we know which
+       derivation is responsible for which path in the output
+       closure. */
+    PathSet inputClosure;
+    computeFSClosure(worker.store, drvPath, inputClosure);
+    std::map<Path, Path> outputsToDrv;
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, inputClosure)
+        if (isDerivation(*i)) {
+            Derivation drv = derivationFromPath(worker.store, *i);
+            foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, j, drv.outputs)
+                outputsToDrv[j->second.path] = *i;
+        }
+
+    /* Check each path (slow!). */
+    PathSet broken;
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, outputClosure) {
+        if (worker.store.pathContentsGood(*i)) continue;
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("found corrupted or missing path `%1%' in the output closure of `%2%'") % *i % drvPath);
+        Path drvPath2 = outputsToDrv[*i];
+        if (drvPath2 == "")
+            addWaitee(worker.makeSubstitutionGoal(*i, true));
+        else
+            addWaitee(worker.makeDerivationGoal(drvPath2, PathSet(), bmRepair));
+    }
+
+    if (waitees.empty()) {
+        amDone(ecSuccess);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    state = &DerivationGoal::closureRepaired;
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::closureRepaired()
+{
+    trace("closure repaired");
+    if (nrFailed > 0)
+        throw Error(format("some paths in the output closure of derivation `%1%' could not be repaired") % drvPath);
+    amDone(ecSuccess);
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::inputsRealised()
+{
+    trace("all inputs realised");
+
+    if (nrFailed != 0) {
+        printMsg(lvlError,
+            format("cannot build derivation `%1%': %2% dependencies couldn't be built")
+            % drvPath % nrFailed);
+        amDone(ecFailed);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (retrySubstitution) {
+        haveDerivation();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Gather information necessary for computing the closure and/or
+       running the build hook. */
+
+    /* The outputs are referenceable paths. */
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs) {
+        debug(format("building path `%1%'") % i->second.path);
+        allPaths.insert(i->second.path);
+    }
+
+    /* Determine the full set of input paths. */
+
+    /* First, the input derivations. */
+    foreach (DerivationInputs::iterator, i, drv.inputDrvs) {
+        /* Add the relevant output closures of the input derivation
+           `*i' as input paths.  Only add the closures of output paths
+           that are specified as inputs. */
+        assert(worker.store.isValidPath(i->first));
+        Derivation inDrv = derivationFromPath(worker.store, i->first);
+        foreach (StringSet::iterator, j, i->second)
+            if (inDrv.outputs.find(*j) != inDrv.outputs.end())
+                computeFSClosure(worker.store, inDrv.outputs[*j].path, inputPaths);
+            else
+                throw Error(
+                    format("derivation `%1%' requires non-existent output `%2%' from input derivation `%3%'")
+                    % drvPath % *j % i->first);
+    }
+
+    /* Second, the input sources. */
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, drv.inputSrcs)
+        computeFSClosure(worker.store, *i, inputPaths);
+
+    debug(format("added input paths %1%") % showPaths(inputPaths));
+
+    allPaths.insert(inputPaths.begin(), inputPaths.end());
+
+    /* Is this a fixed-output derivation? */
+    fixedOutput = true;
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs)
+        if (i->second.hash == "") fixedOutput = false;
+
+    /* Okay, try to build.  Note that here we don't wait for a build
+       slot to become available, since we don't need one if there is a
+       build hook. */
+    state = &DerivationGoal::tryToBuild;
+    worker.wakeUp(shared_from_this());
+}
+
+
+PathSet outputPaths(const DerivationOutputs & outputs)
+{
+    PathSet paths;
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::const_iterator, i, outputs)
+        paths.insert(i->second.path);
+    return paths;
+}
+
+
+static string get(const StringPairs & map, const string & key)
+{
+    StringPairs::const_iterator i = map.find(key);
+    return i == map.end() ? (string) "" : i->second;
+}
+
+
+static bool canBuildLocally(const string & platform)
+{
+    return platform == settings.thisSystem
+#ifdef CAN_DO_LINUX32_BUILDS
+        || (platform == "i686-linux" && settings.thisSystem == "x86_64-linux")
+#endif
+        ;
+}
+
+
+bool willBuildLocally(const Derivation & drv)
+{
+    return get(drv.env, "preferLocalBuild") == "1" && canBuildLocally(drv.platform);
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::tryToBuild()
+{
+    trace("trying to build");
+
+    /* Check for the possibility that some other goal in this process
+       has locked the output since we checked in haveDerivation().
+       (It can't happen between here and the lockPaths() call below
+       because we're not allowing multi-threading.)  If so, put this
+       goal to sleep until another goal finishes, then try again. */
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs)
+        if (pathIsLockedByMe(i->second.path)) {
+            debug(format("putting derivation `%1%' to sleep because `%2%' is locked by another goal")
+                % drvPath % i->second.path);
+            worker.waitForAnyGoal(shared_from_this());
+            return;
+        }
+
+    /* Obtain locks on all output paths.  The locks are automatically
+       released when we exit this function or Nix crashes.  If we
+       can't acquire the lock, then continue; hopefully some other
+       goal can start a build, and if not, the main loop will sleep a
+       few seconds and then retry this goal. */
+    if (!outputLocks.lockPaths(outputPaths(drv.outputs), "", false)) {
+        worker.waitForAWhile(shared_from_this());
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Now check again whether the outputs are valid.  This is because
+       another process may have started building in parallel.  After
+       it has finished and released the locks, we can (and should)
+       reuse its results.  (Strictly speaking the first check can be
+       omitted, but that would be less efficient.)  Note that since we
+       now hold the locks on the output paths, no other process can
+       build this derivation, so no further checks are necessary. */
+    validPaths = checkPathValidity(true, buildMode == bmRepair);
+    assert(buildMode != bmCheck || validPaths.size() == drv.outputs.size());
+    if (buildMode != bmCheck && validPaths.size() == drv.outputs.size()) {
+        debug(format("skipping build of derivation `%1%', someone beat us to it") % drvPath);
+        outputLocks.setDeletion(true);
+        amDone(ecSuccess);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    missingPaths = outputPaths(drv.outputs);
+    if (buildMode != bmCheck)
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, validPaths) missingPaths.erase(*i);
+
+    /* If any of the outputs already exist but are not valid, delete
+       them. */
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs) {
+        Path path = i->second.path;
+        if (worker.store.isValidPath(path)) continue;
+        if (!pathExists(path)) continue;
+        debug(format("removing invalid path `%1%'") % path);
+        deletePath(path);
+    }
+
+    /* Check again whether any output previously failed to build,
+       because some other process may have tried and failed before we
+       acquired the lock. */
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs)
+        if (pathFailed(i->second.path)) return;
+
+    /* Don't do a remote build if the derivation has the attribute
+       `preferLocalBuild' set.  Also, check and repair modes are only
+       supported for local builds. */
+    bool buildLocally = buildMode != bmNormal || willBuildLocally(drv);
+
+    /* Is the build hook willing to accept this job? */
+    if (!buildLocally) {
+        switch (tryBuildHook()) {
+            case rpAccept:
+                /* Yes, it has started doing so.  Wait until we get
+                   EOF from the hook. */
+                state = &DerivationGoal::buildDone;
+                return;
+            case rpPostpone:
+                /* Not now; wait until at least one child finishes or
+                   the wake-up timeout expires. */
+                worker.waitForAWhile(shared_from_this());
+                outputLocks.unlock();
+                return;
+            case rpDecline:
+                /* We should do it ourselves. */
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Make sure that we are allowed to start a build.  If this
+       derivation prefers to be done locally, do it even if
+       maxBuildJobs is 0. */
+    unsigned int curBuilds = worker.getNrLocalBuilds();
+    if (curBuilds >= settings.maxBuildJobs && !(buildLocally && curBuilds == 0)) {
+        worker.waitForBuildSlot(shared_from_this());
+        outputLocks.unlock();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+
+        /* Okay, we have to build. */
+        startBuilder();
+
+    } catch (BuildError & e) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, e.msg());
+        outputLocks.unlock();
+        buildUser.release();
+        if (settings.printBuildTrace)
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("@ build-failed %1% - %2% %3%")
+                % drvPath % 0 % e.msg());
+        worker.permanentFailure = true;
+        amDone(ecFailed);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* This state will be reached when we get EOF on the child's
+       log pipe. */
+    state = &DerivationGoal::buildDone;
+}
+
+
+void replaceValidPath(const Path & storePath, const Path tmpPath)
+{
+    /* We can't atomically replace storePath (the original) with
+       tmpPath (the replacement), so we have to move it out of the
+       way first.  We'd better not be interrupted here, because if
+       we're repairing (say) Glibc, we end up with a broken system. */
+    Path oldPath = (format("%1%.old-%2%-%3%") % storePath % getpid() % rand()).str();
+    if (pathExists(storePath))
+        rename(storePath.c_str(), oldPath.c_str());
+    if (rename(tmpPath.c_str(), storePath.c_str()) == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("moving `%1%' to `%2%'") % tmpPath % storePath);
+    if (pathExists(oldPath))
+        deletePath(oldPath);
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::buildDone()
+{
+    trace("build done");
+
+    /* Since we got an EOF on the logger pipe, the builder is presumed
+       to have terminated.  In fact, the builder could also have
+       simply have closed its end of the pipe --- just don't do that
+       :-) */
+    int status;
+    pid_t savedPid;
+    if (hook) {
+        savedPid = hook->pid;
+        status = hook->pid.wait(true);
+    } else {
+        /* !!! this could block! security problem! solution: kill the
+           child */
+        savedPid = pid;
+        status = pid.wait(true);
+    }
+
+    debug(format("builder process for `%1%' finished") % drvPath);
+
+    /* So the child is gone now. */
+    worker.childTerminated(savedPid);
+
+    /* Close the read side of the logger pipe. */
+    if (hook) {
+        hook->builderOut.readSide.close();
+        hook->fromHook.readSide.close();
+    }
+    else builderOut.readSide.close();
+
+    /* Close the log file. */
+    closeLogFile();
+
+    /* When running under a build user, make sure that all processes
+       running under that uid are gone.  This is to prevent a
+       malicious user from leaving behind a process that keeps files
+       open and modifies them after they have been chown'ed to
+       root. */
+    if (buildUser.enabled()) buildUser.kill();
+
+    bool diskFull = false;
+
+    try {
+
+        /* Check the exit status. */
+        if (!statusOk(status)) {
+
+            /* Heuristically check whether the build failure may have
+               been caused by a disk full condition.  We have no way
+               of knowing whether the build actually got an ENOSPC.
+               So instead, check if the disk is (nearly) full now.  If
+               so, we don't mark this build as a permanent failure. */
+#if HAVE_STATVFS
+            unsigned long long required = 8ULL * 1024 * 1024; // FIXME: make configurable
+            struct statvfs st;
+            if (statvfs(settings.nixStore.c_str(), &st) == 0 &&
+                (unsigned long long) st.f_bavail * st.f_bsize < required)
+                diskFull = true;
+            if (statvfs(tmpDir.c_str(), &st) == 0 &&
+                (unsigned long long) st.f_bavail * st.f_bsize < required)
+                diskFull = true;
+#endif
+
+            deleteTmpDir(false);
+
+            /* Move paths out of the chroot for easier debugging of
+               build failures. */
+            if (useChroot && buildMode == bmNormal)
+                foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, missingPaths)
+                    if (pathExists(chrootRootDir + *i))
+                        rename((chrootRootDir + *i).c_str(), i->c_str());
+
+            if (WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == childSetupFailed)
+                throw Error(format("failed to set up the build environment for `%1%'") % drvPath);
+
+            if (diskFull)
+                printMsg(lvlError, "note: build failure may have been caused by lack of free disk space");
+
+            throw BuildError(format("builder for `%1%' %2%")
+                % drvPath % statusToString(status));
+        }
+
+        /* Compute the FS closure of the outputs and register them as
+           being valid. */
+        registerOutputs();
+
+        if (buildMode == bmCheck) {
+            amDone(ecSuccess);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        /* Delete unused redirected outputs (when doing hash rewriting). */
+        foreach (RedirectedOutputs::iterator, i, redirectedOutputs)
+            if (pathExists(i->second)) deletePath(i->second);
+
+        /* Delete the chroot (if we were using one). */
+        autoDelChroot.reset(); /* this runs the destructor */
+
+        deleteTmpDir(true);
+
+        /* It is now safe to delete the lock files, since all future
+           lockers will see that the output paths are valid; they will
+           not create new lock files with the same names as the old
+           (unlinked) lock files. */
+        outputLocks.setDeletion(true);
+        outputLocks.unlock();
+
+    } catch (BuildError & e) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, e.msg());
+        outputLocks.unlock();
+        buildUser.release();
+
+        /* When using a build hook, the hook will return a remote
+           build failure using exit code 100.  Anything else is a hook
+           problem. */
+        bool hookError = hook &&
+            (!WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 100);
+
+        if (settings.printBuildTrace) {
+            if (hook && hookError)
+                printMsg(lvlError, format("@ hook-failed %1% - %2% %3%")
+                    % drvPath % status % e.msg());
+            else
+                printMsg(lvlError, format("@ build-failed %1% - %2% %3%")
+                    % drvPath % 1 % e.msg());
+        }
+
+        /* Register the outputs of this build as "failed" so we won't
+           try to build them again (negative caching).  However, don't
+           do this for fixed-output derivations, since they're likely
+           to fail for transient reasons (e.g., fetchurl not being
+           able to access the network).  Hook errors (like
+           communication problems with the remote machine) shouldn't
+           be cached either. */
+        if (settings.cacheFailure && !hookError && !fixedOutput)
+            foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs)
+                worker.store.registerFailedPath(i->second.path);
+
+        worker.permanentFailure = !hookError && !fixedOutput && !diskFull;
+        amDone(ecFailed);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Release the build user, if applicable. */
+    buildUser.release();
+
+    if (settings.printBuildTrace)
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("@ build-succeeded %1% -") % drvPath);
+
+    amDone(ecSuccess);
+}
+
+
+HookReply DerivationGoal::tryBuildHook()
+{
+    if (!settings.useBuildHook || getEnv("NIX_BUILD_HOOK") == "") return rpDecline;
+
+    if (!worker.hook)
+        worker.hook = std::shared_ptr<HookInstance>(new HookInstance);
+
+    /* Tell the hook about system features (beyond the system type)
+       required from the build machine.  (The hook could parse the
+       drv file itself, but this is easier.) */
+    Strings features = tokenizeString<Strings>(get(drv.env, "requiredSystemFeatures"));
+    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, features) checkStoreName(*i); /* !!! abuse */
+
+    /* Send the request to the hook. */
+    writeLine(worker.hook->toHook.writeSide, (format("%1% %2% %3% %4%")
+        % (worker.getNrLocalBuilds() < settings.maxBuildJobs ? "1" : "0")
+        % drv.platform % drvPath % concatStringsSep(",", features)).str());
+
+    /* Read the first line of input, which should be a word indicating
+       whether the hook wishes to perform the build. */
+    string reply;
+    while (true) {
+        string s = readLine(worker.hook->fromHook.readSide);
+        if (string(s, 0, 2) == "# ") {
+            reply = string(s, 2);
+            break;
+        }
+        s += "\n";
+        writeToStderr(s);
+    }
+
+    debug(format("hook reply is `%1%'") % reply);
+
+    if (reply == "decline" || reply == "postpone")
+        return reply == "decline" ? rpDecline : rpPostpone;
+    else if (reply != "accept")
+        throw Error(format("bad hook reply `%1%'") % reply);
+
+    printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("using hook to build path(s) %1%") % showPaths(missingPaths));
+
+    hook = worker.hook;
+    worker.hook.reset();
+
+    /* Tell the hook all the inputs that have to be copied to the
+       remote system.  This unfortunately has to contain the entire
+       derivation closure to ensure that the validity invariant holds
+       on the remote system.  (I.e., it's unfortunate that we have to
+       list it since the remote system *probably* already has it.) */
+    PathSet allInputs;
+    allInputs.insert(inputPaths.begin(), inputPaths.end());
+    computeFSClosure(worker.store, drvPath, allInputs);
+
+    string s;
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, allInputs) { s += *i; s += ' '; }
+    writeLine(hook->toHook.writeSide, s);
+
+    /* Tell the hooks the missing outputs that have to be copied back
+       from the remote system. */
+    s = "";
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, missingPaths) { s += *i; s += ' '; }
+    writeLine(hook->toHook.writeSide, s);
+
+    hook->toHook.writeSide.close();
+
+    /* Create the log file and pipe. */
+    Path logFile = openLogFile();
+
+    set<int> fds;
+    fds.insert(hook->fromHook.readSide);
+    fds.insert(hook->builderOut.readSide);
+    worker.childStarted(shared_from_this(), hook->pid, fds, false, false);
+
+    if (settings.printBuildTrace)
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("@ build-started %1% - %2% %3%")
+            % drvPath % drv.platform % logFile);
+
+    return rpAccept;
+}
+
+
+void chmod_(const Path & path, mode_t mode)
+{
+    if (chmod(path.c_str(), mode) == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("setting permissions on `%1%'") % path);
+}
+
+
+int childEntry(void * arg)
+{
+    ((DerivationGoal *) arg)->initChild();
+    return 1;
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
+{
+    startNest(nest, lvlInfo, format(
+            buildMode == bmRepair ? "repairing path(s) %1%" :
+            buildMode == bmCheck ? "checking path(s) %1%" :
+            "building path(s) %1%") % showPaths(missingPaths));
+
+    /* Right platform? */
+    if (!canBuildLocally(drv.platform)) {
+        if (settings.printBuildTrace)
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("@ unsupported-platform %1% %2%") % drvPath % drv.platform);
+        throw Error(
+            format("a `%1%' is required to build `%3%', but I am a `%2%'")
+            % drv.platform % settings.thisSystem % drvPath);
+    }
+
+    /* Construct the environment passed to the builder. */
+
+    /* Most shells initialise PATH to some default (/bin:/usr/bin:...) when
+       PATH is not set.  We don't want this, so we fill it in with some dummy
+       value. */
+    env["PATH"] = "/path-not-set";
+
+    /* Set HOME to a non-existing path to prevent certain programs from using
+       /etc/passwd (or NIS, or whatever) to locate the home directory (for
+       example, wget looks for ~/.wgetrc).  I.e., these tools use /etc/passwd
+       if HOME is not set, but they will just assume that the settings file
+       they are looking for does not exist if HOME is set but points to some
+       non-existing path. */
+    Path homeDir = "/homeless-shelter";
+    env["HOME"] = homeDir;
+
+    /* Tell the builder where the Nix store is.  Usually they
+       shouldn't care, but this is useful for purity checking (e.g.,
+       the compiler or linker might only want to accept paths to files
+       in the store or in the build directory). */
+    env["NIX_STORE"] = settings.nixStore;
+
+    /* The maximum number of cores to utilize for parallel building. */
+    env["NIX_BUILD_CORES"] = (format("%d") % settings.buildCores).str();
+
+    /* Add all bindings specified in the derivation. */
+    foreach (StringPairs::iterator, i, drv.env)
+        env[i->first] = i->second;
+
+    /* Create a temporary directory where the build will take
+       place. */
+    tmpDir = createTempDir("", "nix-build-" + storePathToName(drvPath), false, false, 0700);
+
+    /* For convenience, set an environment pointing to the top build
+       directory. */
+    env["NIX_BUILD_TOP"] = tmpDir;
+
+    /* Also set TMPDIR and variants to point to this directory. */
+    env["TMPDIR"] = env["TEMPDIR"] = env["TMP"] = env["TEMP"] = tmpDir;
+
+    /* Explicitly set PWD to prevent problems with chroot builds.  In
+       particular, dietlibc cannot figure out the cwd because the
+       inode of the current directory doesn't appear in .. (because
+       getdents returns the inode of the mount point). */
+    env["PWD"] = tmpDir;
+
+    /* Compatibility hack with Nix <= 0.7: if this is a fixed-output
+       derivation, tell the builder, so that for instance `fetchurl'
+       can skip checking the output.  On older Nixes, this environment
+       variable won't be set, so `fetchurl' will do the check. */
+    if (fixedOutput) env["NIX_OUTPUT_CHECKED"] = "1";
+
+    /* *Only* if this is a fixed-output derivation, propagate the
+       values of the environment variables specified in the
+       `impureEnvVars' attribute to the builder.  This allows for
+       instance environment variables for proxy configuration such as
+       `http_proxy' to be easily passed to downloaders like
+       `fetchurl'.  Passing such environment variables from the caller
+       to the builder is generally impure, but the output of
+       fixed-output derivations is by definition pure (since we
+       already know the cryptographic hash of the output). */
+    if (fixedOutput) {
+        Strings varNames = tokenizeString<Strings>(get(drv.env, "impureEnvVars"));
+        foreach (Strings::iterator, i, varNames) env[*i] = getEnv(*i);
+    }
+
+    /* The `exportReferencesGraph' feature allows the references graph
+       to be passed to a builder.  This attribute should be a list of
+       pairs [name1 path1 name2 path2 ...].  The references graph of
+       each `pathN' will be stored in a text file `nameN' in the
+       temporary build directory.  The text files have the format used
+       by `nix-store --register-validity'.  However, the deriver
+       fields are left empty. */
+    string s = get(drv.env, "exportReferencesGraph");
+    Strings ss = tokenizeString<Strings>(s);
+    if (ss.size() % 2 != 0)
+        throw BuildError(format("odd number of tokens in `exportReferencesGraph': `%1%'") % s);
+    for (Strings::iterator i = ss.begin(); i != ss.end(); ) {
+        string fileName = *i++;
+        checkStoreName(fileName); /* !!! abuse of this function */
+
+        /* Check that the store path is valid. */
+        Path storePath = *i++;
+        if (!isInStore(storePath))
+            throw BuildError(format("`exportReferencesGraph' contains a non-store path `%1%'")
+                % storePath);
+        storePath = toStorePath(storePath);
+        if (!worker.store.isValidPath(storePath))
+            throw BuildError(format("`exportReferencesGraph' contains an invalid path `%1%'")
+                % storePath);
+
+        /* If there are derivations in the graph, then include their
+           outputs as well.  This is useful if you want to do things
+           like passing all build-time dependencies of some path to a
+           derivation that builds a NixOS DVD image. */
+        PathSet paths, paths2;
+        computeFSClosure(worker.store, storePath, paths);
+        paths2 = paths;
+
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, j, paths2) {
+            if (isDerivation(*j)) {
+                Derivation drv = derivationFromPath(worker.store, *j);
+                foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, k, drv.outputs)
+                    computeFSClosure(worker.store, k->second.path, paths);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /* Write closure info to `fileName'. */
+        writeFile(tmpDir + "/" + fileName,
+            worker.store.makeValidityRegistration(paths, false, false));
+    }
+
+
+    /* If `build-users-group' is not empty, then we have to build as
+       one of the members of that group. */
+    if (settings.buildUsersGroup != "") {
+        buildUser.acquire();
+        assert(buildUser.getUID() != 0);
+        assert(buildUser.getGID() != 0);
+
+        /* Make sure that no other processes are executing under this
+           uid. */
+        buildUser.kill();
+
+        /* Change ownership of the temporary build directory. */
+        if (chown(tmpDir.c_str(), buildUser.getUID(), buildUser.getGID()) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("cannot change ownership of `%1%'") % tmpDir);
+
+        /* Check that the Nix store has the appropriate permissions,
+           i.e., owned by root and mode 1775 (sticky bit on so that
+           the builder can create its output but not mess with the
+           outputs of other processes). */
+        struct stat st;
+        if (stat(settings.nixStore.c_str(), &st) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("cannot stat `%1%'") % settings.nixStore);
+        if (!(st.st_mode & S_ISVTX) ||
+            ((st.st_mode & S_IRWXG) != S_IRWXG) ||
+            (st.st_gid != buildUser.getGID()))
+            throw Error(format(
+                "builder does not have write permission to `%2%'; "
+                "try `chgrp %1% %2%; chmod 1775 %2%'")
+                % buildUser.getGID() % settings.nixStore);
+    }
+
+
+    /* Are we doing a chroot build?  Note that fixed-output
+       derivations are never done in a chroot, mainly so that
+       functions like fetchurl (which needs a proper /etc/resolv.conf)
+       work properly.  Purity checking for fixed-output derivations
+       is somewhat pointless anyway. */
+    useChroot = settings.useChroot;
+
+    if (fixedOutput) useChroot = false;
+
+    /* Hack to allow derivations to disable chroot builds. */
+    if (get(drv.env, "__noChroot") == "1") useChroot = false;
+
+    if (useChroot) {
+#if CHROOT_ENABLED
+        /* Create a temporary directory in which we set up the chroot
+           environment using bind-mounts.  We put it in the Nix store
+           to ensure that we can create hard-links to non-directory
+           inputs in the fake Nix store in the chroot (see below). */
+        chrootRootDir = drvPath + ".chroot";
+        if (pathExists(chrootRootDir)) deletePath(chrootRootDir);
+
+        /* Clean up the chroot directory automatically. */
+        autoDelChroot = std::shared_ptr<AutoDelete>(new AutoDelete(chrootRootDir));
+
+        printMsg(lvlChatty, format("setting up chroot environment in `%1%'") % chrootRootDir);
+
+        /* Create a writable /tmp in the chroot.  Many builders need
+           this.  (Of course they should really respect $TMPDIR
+           instead.) */
+        Path chrootTmpDir = chrootRootDir + "/tmp";
+        createDirs(chrootTmpDir);
+        chmod_(chrootTmpDir, 01777);
+
+        /* Create a /etc/passwd with entries for the build user and the
+           nobody account.  The latter is kind of a hack to support
+           Samba-in-QEMU. */
+        createDirs(chrootRootDir + "/etc");
+
+        writeFile(chrootRootDir + "/etc/passwd",
+            (format(
+                "nixbld:x:%1%:%2%:Nix build user:/:/noshell\n"
+                "nobody:x:65534:65534:Nobody:/:/noshell\n")
+                % (buildUser.enabled() ? buildUser.getUID() : getuid())
+                % (buildUser.enabled() ? buildUser.getGID() : getgid())).str());
+
+        /* Declare the build user's group so that programs get a consistent
+           view of the system (e.g., "id -gn"). */
+        writeFile(chrootRootDir + "/etc/group",
+            (format("nixbld:!:%1%:\n")
+                % (buildUser.enabled() ? buildUser.getGID() : getgid())).str());
+
+        /* Create /etc/hosts with localhost entry. */
+        writeFile(chrootRootDir + "/etc/hosts", "127.0.0.1 localhost\n");
+
+        /* Bind-mount a user-configurable set of directories from the
+           host file system. */
+        foreach (StringSet::iterator, i, settings.dirsInChroot) {
+            size_t p = i->find('=');
+            if (p == string::npos)
+                dirsInChroot[*i] = *i;
+            else
+                dirsInChroot[string(*i, 0, p)] = string(*i, p + 1);
+        }
+        dirsInChroot[tmpDir] = tmpDir;
+
+        /* Make the closure of the inputs available in the chroot,
+           rather than the whole Nix store.  This prevents any access
+           to undeclared dependencies.  Directories are bind-mounted,
+           while other inputs are hard-linked (since only directories
+           can be bind-mounted).  !!! As an extra security
+           precaution, make the fake Nix store only writable by the
+           build user. */
+        createDirs(chrootRootDir + settings.nixStore);
+        chmod_(chrootRootDir + settings.nixStore, 01777);
+
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, inputPaths) {
+            struct stat st;
+            if (lstat(i->c_str(), &st))
+                throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % *i);
+            if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+                dirsInChroot[*i] = *i;
+            else {
+                Path p = chrootRootDir + *i;
+                if (link(i->c_str(), p.c_str()) == -1) {
+                    /* Hard-linking fails if we exceed the maximum
+                       link count on a file (e.g. 32000 of ext3),
+                       which is quite possible after a `nix-store
+                       --optimise'. */
+                    if (errno != EMLINK)
+                        throw SysError(format("linking `%1%' to `%2%'") % p % *i);
+                    StringSink sink;
+                    dumpPath(*i, sink);
+                    StringSource source(sink.s);
+                    restorePath(p, source);
+                }
+
+                regularInputPaths.insert(*i);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /* If we're repairing or checking, it's possible that we're
+           rebuilding a path that is in settings.dirsInChroot
+           (typically the dependencies of /bin/sh).  Throw them
+           out. */
+        if (buildMode != bmNormal)
+            foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs)
+                dirsInChroot.erase(i->second.path);
+
+#else
+        throw Error("chroot builds are not supported on this platform");
+#endif
+    }
+
+    else {
+
+        if (pathExists(homeDir))
+            throw Error(format("directory `%1%' exists; please remove it") % homeDir);
+
+        /* We're not doing a chroot build, but we have some valid
+           output paths.  Since we can't just overwrite or delete
+           them, we have to do hash rewriting: i.e. in the
+           environment/arguments passed to the build, we replace the
+           hashes of the valid outputs with unique dummy strings;
+           after the build, we discard the redirected outputs
+           corresponding to the valid outputs, and rewrite the
+           contents of the new outputs to replace the dummy strings
+           with the actual hashes. */
+        if (validPaths.size() > 0)
+            foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, validPaths)
+                addHashRewrite(*i);
+
+        /* If we're repairing, then we don't want to delete the
+           corrupt outputs in advance.  So rewrite them as well. */
+        if (buildMode == bmRepair)
+            foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, missingPaths)
+                if (worker.store.isValidPath(*i) && pathExists(*i)) {
+                    addHashRewrite(*i);
+                    redirectedBadOutputs.insert(*i);
+                }
+    }
+
+
+    /* Run the builder. */
+    printMsg(lvlChatty, format("executing builder `%1%'") % drv.builder);
+
+    /* Create the log file. */
+    Path logFile = openLogFile();
+
+    /* Create a pipe to get the output of the builder. */
+    builderOut.create();
+
+    /* Fork a child to build the package.  Note that while we
+       currently use forks to run and wait for the children, it
+       shouldn't be hard to use threads for this on systems where
+       fork() is unavailable or inefficient.
+
+       If we're building in a chroot, then also set up private
+       namespaces for the build:
+
+       - The PID namespace causes the build to start as PID 1.
+         Processes outside of the chroot are not visible to those on
+         the inside, but processes inside the chroot are visible from
+         the outside (though with different PIDs).
+
+       - The private mount namespace ensures that all the bind mounts
+         we do will only show up in this process and its children, and
+         will disappear automatically when we're done.
+
+       - The private network namespace ensures that the builder cannot
+         talk to the outside world (or vice versa).  It only has a
+         private loopback interface.
+
+       - The IPC namespace prevents the builder from communicating
+         with outside processes using SysV IPC mechanisms (shared
+         memory, message queues, semaphores).  It also ensures that
+         all IPC objects are destroyed when the builder exits.
+
+       - The UTS namespace ensures that builders see a hostname of
+         localhost rather than the actual hostname.
+    */
+#if CHROOT_ENABLED
+    if (useChroot) {
+        char stack[32 * 1024];
+        pid = clone(childEntry, stack + sizeof(stack) - 8,
+            CLONE_NEWPID | CLONE_NEWNS | CLONE_NEWNET | CLONE_NEWIPC | CLONE_NEWUTS | SIGCHLD, this);
+    } else
+#endif
+    {
+        pid = fork();
+        if (pid == 0) initChild();
+    }
+
+    if (pid == -1) throw SysError("unable to fork");
+
+    /* parent */
+    pid.setSeparatePG(true);
+    builderOut.writeSide.close();
+    worker.childStarted(shared_from_this(), pid,
+        singleton<set<int> >(builderOut.readSide), true, true);
+
+    if (settings.printBuildTrace) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("@ build-started %1% - %2% %3%")
+            % drvPath % drv.platform % logFile);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::initChild()
+{
+    /* Warning: in the child we should absolutely not make any SQLite
+       calls! */
+
+    bool inSetup = true;
+
+    try { /* child */
+
+#if CHROOT_ENABLED
+        if (useChroot) {
+            /* Initialise the loopback interface. */
+            AutoCloseFD fd(socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP));
+            if (fd == -1) throw SysError("cannot open IP socket");
+
+            struct ifreq ifr;
+            strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, "lo");
+            ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_UP | IFF_LOOPBACK | IFF_RUNNING;
+            if (ioctl(fd, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &ifr) == -1)
+                throw SysError("cannot set loopback interface flags");
+
+            fd.close();
+
+            /* Set the hostname etc. to fixed values. */
+            char hostname[] = "localhost";
+            sethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname));
+            char domainname[] = "(none)"; // kernel default
+            setdomainname(domainname, sizeof(domainname));
+
+            /* Make all filesystems private.  This is necessary
+               because subtrees may have been mounted as "shared"
+               (MS_SHARED).  (Systemd does this, for instance.)  Even
+               though we have a private mount namespace, mounting
+               filesystems on top of a shared subtree still propagates
+               outside of the namespace.  Making a subtree private is
+               local to the namespace, though, so setting MS_PRIVATE
+               does not affect the outside world. */
+            Strings mounts = tokenizeString<Strings>(readFile("/proc/self/mountinfo", true), "\n");
+            foreach (Strings::iterator, i, mounts) {
+                vector<string> fields = tokenizeString<vector<string> >(*i, " ");
+                string fs = decodeOctalEscaped(fields.at(4));
+                if (mount(0, fs.c_str(), 0, MS_PRIVATE, 0) == -1)
+                    throw SysError(format("unable to make filesystem `%1%' private") % fs);
+            }
+
+            /* Set up a nearly empty /dev, unless the user asked to
+               bind-mount the host /dev. */
+            if (dirsInChroot.find("/dev") == dirsInChroot.end()) {
+                createDirs(chrootRootDir + "/dev/shm");
+                createDirs(chrootRootDir + "/dev/pts");
+                Strings ss;
+                ss.push_back("/dev/full");
+#ifdef __linux__
+                if (pathExists("/dev/kvm"))
+                    ss.push_back("/dev/kvm");
+#endif
+                ss.push_back("/dev/null");
+                ss.push_back("/dev/random");
+                ss.push_back("/dev/tty");
+                ss.push_back("/dev/urandom");
+                ss.push_back("/dev/zero");
+                foreach (Strings::iterator, i, ss) dirsInChroot[*i] = *i;
+                createSymlink("/proc/self/fd", chrootRootDir + "/dev/fd");
+                createSymlink("/proc/self/fd/0", chrootRootDir + "/dev/stdin");
+                createSymlink("/proc/self/fd/1", chrootRootDir + "/dev/stdout");
+                createSymlink("/proc/self/fd/2", chrootRootDir + "/dev/stderr");
+            }
+
+            /* Bind-mount all the directories from the "host"
+               filesystem that we want in the chroot
+               environment. */
+            foreach (DirsInChroot::iterator, i, dirsInChroot) {
+                struct stat st;
+                Path source = i->second;
+                Path target = chrootRootDir + i->first;
+                if (source == "/proc") continue; // backwards compatibility
+                debug(format("bind mounting `%1%' to `%2%'") % source % target);
+                if (stat(source.c_str(), &st) == -1)
+                    throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % source);
+                if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+                    createDirs(target);
+                else {
+                    createDirs(dirOf(target));
+                    writeFile(target, "");
+                }
+                if (mount(source.c_str(), target.c_str(), "", MS_BIND, 0) == -1)
+                    throw SysError(format("bind mount from `%1%' to `%2%' failed") % source % target);
+            }
+
+            /* Bind a new instance of procfs on /proc to reflect our
+               private PID namespace. */
+            createDirs(chrootRootDir + "/proc");
+            if (mount("none", (chrootRootDir + "/proc").c_str(), "proc", 0, 0) == -1)
+                throw SysError("mounting /proc");
+
+            /* Mount a new tmpfs on /dev/shm to ensure that whatever
+               the builder puts in /dev/shm is cleaned up automatically. */
+            if (pathExists("/dev/shm") && mount("none", (chrootRootDir + "/dev/shm").c_str(), "tmpfs", 0, 0) == -1)
+                throw SysError("mounting /dev/shm");
+
+            /* Mount a new devpts on /dev/pts.  Note that this
+               requires the kernel to be compiled with
+               CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y (which is the case
+               if /dev/ptx/ptmx exists). */
+            if (pathExists("/dev/pts/ptmx") &&
+                !pathExists(chrootRootDir + "/dev/ptmx")
+                && dirsInChroot.find("/dev/pts") == dirsInChroot.end())
+            {
+                if (mount("none", (chrootRootDir + "/dev/pts").c_str(), "devpts", 0, "newinstance,mode=0620") == -1)
+                    throw SysError("mounting /dev/pts");
+                createSymlink("/dev/pts/ptmx", chrootRootDir + "/dev/ptmx");
+
+		/* Make sure /dev/pts/ptmx is world-writable.  With some
+		   Linux versions, it is created with permissions 0.  */
+		chmod_(chrootRootDir + "/dev/pts/ptmx", 0666);
+            }
+
+            /* Do the chroot().  Below we do a chdir() to the
+               temporary build directory to make sure the current
+               directory is in the chroot.  (Actually the order
+               doesn't matter, since due to the bind mount tmpDir and
+               tmpRootDit/tmpDir are the same directories.) */
+            if (chroot(chrootRootDir.c_str()) == -1)
+                throw SysError(format("cannot change root directory to `%1%'") % chrootRootDir);
+        }
+#endif
+
+        commonChildInit(builderOut);
+
+        if (chdir(tmpDir.c_str()) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("changing into `%1%'") % tmpDir);
+
+        /* Close all other file descriptors. */
+        closeMostFDs(set<int>());
+
+#ifdef CAN_DO_LINUX32_BUILDS
+        /* Change the personality to 32-bit if we're doing an
+           i686-linux build on an x86_64-linux machine. */
+        struct utsname utsbuf;
+        uname(&utsbuf);
+        if (drv.platform == "i686-linux" &&
+            (settings.thisSystem == "x86_64-linux" ||
+             (!strcmp(utsbuf.sysname, "Linux") && !strcmp(utsbuf.machine, "x86_64")))) {
+            if (personality(0x0008 | 0x8000000 /* == PER_LINUX32_3GB */) == -1)
+                throw SysError("cannot set i686-linux personality");
+        }
+
+        /* Impersonate a Linux 2.6 machine to get some determinism in
+           builds that depend on the kernel version. */
+        if ((drv.platform == "i686-linux" || drv.platform == "x86_64-linux") && settings.impersonateLinux26) {
+            int cur = personality(0xffffffff);
+            if (cur != -1) personality(cur | 0x0020000 /* == UNAME26 */);
+        }
+#endif
+
+        /* Fill in the environment. */
+        Strings envStrs;
+        foreach (Environment::const_iterator, i, env)
+            envStrs.push_back(rewriteHashes(i->first + "=" + i->second, rewritesToTmp));
+        const char * * envArr = strings2CharPtrs(envStrs);
+
+        Path program = drv.builder.c_str();
+        std::vector<const char *> args; /* careful with c_str()! */
+        string user; /* must be here for its c_str()! */
+
+        /* If we are running in `build-users' mode, then switch to the
+           user we allocated above.  Make sure that we drop all root
+           privileges.  Note that above we have closed all file
+           descriptors except std*, so that's safe.  Also note that
+           setuid() when run as root sets the real, effective and
+           saved UIDs. */
+        if (buildUser.enabled()) {
+            printMsg(lvlChatty, format("switching to user `%1%'") % buildUser.getUser());
+
+            if (setgroups(0, 0) == -1)
+                throw SysError("cannot clear the set of supplementary groups");
+
+            if (setgid(buildUser.getGID()) == -1 ||
+                getgid() != buildUser.getGID() ||
+                getegid() != buildUser.getGID())
+                throw SysError("setgid failed");
+
+            if (setuid(buildUser.getUID()) == -1 ||
+                getuid() != buildUser.getUID() ||
+                geteuid() != buildUser.getUID())
+                throw SysError("setuid failed");
+        }
+
+        /* Fill in the arguments. */
+        string builderBasename = baseNameOf(drv.builder);
+        args.push_back(builderBasename.c_str());
+        foreach (Strings::iterator, i, drv.args)
+            args.push_back(rewriteHashes(*i, rewritesToTmp).c_str());
+        args.push_back(0);
+
+        restoreSIGPIPE();
+
+        /* Execute the program.  This should not return. */
+        inSetup = false;
+        execve(program.c_str(), (char * *) &args[0], (char * *) envArr);
+
+        throw SysError(format("executing `%1%'") % drv.builder);
+
+    } catch (std::exception & e) {
+        writeToStderr("build error: " + string(e.what()) + "\n");
+        _exit(inSetup ? childSetupFailed : 1);
+    }
+
+    abort(); /* never reached */
+}
+
+
+/* Parse a list of reference specifiers.  Each element must either be
+   a store path, or the symbolic name of the output of the derivation
+   (such as `out'). */
+PathSet parseReferenceSpecifiers(const Derivation & drv, string attr)
+{
+    PathSet result;
+    Paths paths = tokenizeString<Paths>(attr);
+    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, paths) {
+        if (isStorePath(*i))
+            result.insert(*i);
+        else if (drv.outputs.find(*i) != drv.outputs.end())
+            result.insert(drv.outputs.find(*i)->second.path);
+        else throw BuildError(
+            format("derivation contains an illegal reference specifier `%1%'")
+            % *i);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
+{
+    /* When using a build hook, the build hook can register the output
+       as valid (by doing `nix-store --import').  If so we don't have
+       to do anything here. */
+    if (hook) {
+        bool allValid = true;
+        foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs)
+            if (!worker.store.isValidPath(i->second.path)) allValid = false;
+        if (allValid) return;
+    }
+
+    ValidPathInfos infos;
+
+    /* Check whether the output paths were created, and grep each
+       output path to determine what other paths it references.  Also make all
+       output paths read-only. */
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs) {
+        Path path = i->second.path;
+        if (missingPaths.find(path) == missingPaths.end()) continue;
+
+        Path actualPath = path;
+        if (useChroot) {
+            actualPath = chrootRootDir + path;
+            if (pathExists(actualPath)) {
+                /* Move output paths from the chroot to the Nix store. */
+                if (buildMode == bmRepair)
+                    replaceValidPath(path, actualPath);
+                else
+                    if (buildMode != bmCheck && rename(actualPath.c_str(), path.c_str()) == -1)
+                        throw SysError(format("moving build output `%1%' from the chroot to the Nix store") % path);
+            }
+            if (buildMode != bmCheck) actualPath = path;
+        } else {
+            Path redirected = redirectedOutputs[path];
+            if (buildMode == bmRepair
+                && redirectedBadOutputs.find(path) != redirectedBadOutputs.end()
+                && pathExists(redirected))
+                replaceValidPath(path, redirected);
+            if (buildMode == bmCheck)
+                actualPath = redirected;
+        }
+
+        struct stat st;
+        if (lstat(actualPath.c_str(), &st) == -1) {
+            if (errno == ENOENT)
+                throw BuildError(
+                    format("builder for `%1%' failed to produce output path `%2%'")
+                    % drvPath % path);
+            throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % actualPath);
+        }
+
+#ifndef __CYGWIN__
+        /* Check that the output is not group or world writable, as
+           that means that someone else can have interfered with the
+           build.  Also, the output should be owned by the build
+           user. */
+        if ((!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && (st.st_mode & (S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH))) ||
+            (buildUser.enabled() && st.st_uid != buildUser.getUID()))
+            throw BuildError(format("suspicious ownership or permission on `%1%'; rejecting this build output") % path);
+#endif
+
+        /* Apply hash rewriting if necessary. */
+        bool rewritten = false;
+        if (!rewritesFromTmp.empty()) {
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("warning: rewriting hashes in `%1%'; cross fingers") % path);
+
+            /* Canonicalise first.  This ensures that the path we're
+               rewriting doesn't contain a hard link to /etc/shadow or
+               something like that. */
+            canonicalisePathMetaData(actualPath, buildUser.enabled() ? buildUser.getUID() : -1, inodesSeen);
+
+            /* FIXME: this is in-memory. */
+            StringSink sink;
+            dumpPath(actualPath, sink);
+            deletePath(actualPath);
+            sink.s = rewriteHashes(sink.s, rewritesFromTmp);
+            StringSource source(sink.s);
+            restorePath(actualPath, source);
+
+            rewritten = true;
+        }
+
+        startNest(nest, lvlTalkative,
+            format("scanning for references inside `%1%'") % path);
+
+        /* Check that fixed-output derivations produced the right
+           outputs (i.e., the content hash should match the specified
+           hash). */
+        if (i->second.hash != "") {
+
+            bool recursive; HashType ht; Hash h;
+            i->second.parseHashInfo(recursive, ht, h);
+
+            if (!recursive) {
+                /* The output path should be a regular file without
+                   execute permission. */
+                if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR) != 0)
+                    throw BuildError(
+                        format("output path `%1% should be a non-executable regular file") % path);
+            }
+
+            /* Check the hash. */
+            Hash h2 = recursive ? hashPath(ht, actualPath).first : hashFile(ht, actualPath);
+            if (h != h2)
+                throw BuildError(
+                    format("output path `%1%' should have %2% hash `%3%', instead has `%4%'")
+                    % path % i->second.hashAlgo % printHash16or32(h) % printHash16or32(h2));
+        }
+
+        /* Get rid of all weird permissions.  This also checks that
+           all files are owned by the build user, if applicable. */
+        canonicalisePathMetaData(actualPath,
+            buildUser.enabled() && !rewritten ? buildUser.getUID() : -1, inodesSeen);
+
+        /* For this output path, find the references to other paths
+           contained in it.  Compute the SHA-256 NAR hash at the same
+           time.  The hash is stored in the database so that we can
+           verify later on whether nobody has messed with the store. */
+        HashResult hash;
+        PathSet references = scanForReferences(actualPath, allPaths, hash);
+
+        if (buildMode == bmCheck) {
+            ValidPathInfo info = worker.store.queryPathInfo(path);
+            if (hash.first != info.hash)
+                throw Error(format("derivation `%2%' may not be deterministic: hash mismatch in output `%1%'") % drvPath % path);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        /* For debugging, print out the referenced and unreferenced
+           paths. */
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, inputPaths) {
+            PathSet::iterator j = references.find(*i);
+            if (j == references.end())
+                debug(format("unreferenced input: `%1%'") % *i);
+            else
+                debug(format("referenced input: `%1%'") % *i);
+        }
+
+        /* If the derivation specifies an `allowedReferences'
+           attribute (containing a list of paths that the output may
+           refer to), check that all references are in that list.  !!!
+           allowedReferences should really be per-output. */
+        if (drv.env.find("allowedReferences") != drv.env.end()) {
+            PathSet allowed = parseReferenceSpecifiers(drv, get(drv.env, "allowedReferences"));
+            foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, references)
+                if (allowed.find(*i) == allowed.end())
+                    throw BuildError(format("output is not allowed to refer to path `%1%'") % *i);
+        }
+
+        worker.store.optimisePath(path); // FIXME: combine with scanForReferences()
+
+        worker.store.markContentsGood(path);
+
+        ValidPathInfo info;
+        info.path = path;
+        info.hash = hash.first;
+        info.narSize = hash.second;
+        info.references = references;
+        info.deriver = drvPath;
+        infos.push_back(info);
+    }
+
+    if (buildMode == bmCheck) return;
+
+    /* Register each output path as valid, and register the sets of
+       paths referenced by each of them.  If there are cycles in the
+       outputs, this will fail. */
+    worker.store.registerValidPaths(infos);
+}
+
+
+string drvsLogDir = "drvs";
+
+
+Path DerivationGoal::openLogFile()
+{
+    logSize = 0;
+
+    if (!settings.keepLog) return "";
+
+    string baseName = baseNameOf(drvPath);
+
+    /* Create a log file. */
+    Path dir = (format("%1%/%2%/%3%/") % settings.nixLogDir % drvsLogDir % string(baseName, 0, 2)).str();
+    createDirs(dir);
+
+    if (settings.compressLog) {
+
+        Path logFileName = (format("%1%/%2%.bz2") % dir % string(baseName, 2)).str();
+        AutoCloseFD fd = open(logFileName.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0666);
+        if (fd == -1) throw SysError(format("creating log file `%1%'") % logFileName);
+        closeOnExec(fd);
+
+        if (!(fLogFile = fdopen(fd.borrow(), "w")))
+            throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % logFileName);
+
+        int err;
+        if (!(bzLogFile = BZ2_bzWriteOpen(&err, fLogFile, 9, 0, 0)))
+            throw Error(format("cannot open compressed log file `%1%'") % logFileName);
+
+        return logFileName;
+
+    } else {
+        Path logFileName = (format("%1%/%2%") % dir % string(baseName, 2)).str();
+        fdLogFile = open(logFileName.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0666);
+        if (fdLogFile == -1) throw SysError(format("creating log file `%1%'") % logFileName);
+        closeOnExec(fdLogFile);
+        return logFileName;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::closeLogFile()
+{
+    if (bzLogFile) {
+        int err;
+        BZ2_bzWriteClose(&err, bzLogFile, 0, 0, 0);
+        bzLogFile = 0;
+        if (err != BZ_OK) throw Error(format("cannot close compressed log file (BZip2 error = %1%)") % err);
+    }
+
+    if (fLogFile) {
+        fclose(fLogFile);
+        fLogFile = 0;
+    }
+
+    fdLogFile.close();
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::deleteTmpDir(bool force)
+{
+    if (tmpDir != "") {
+        if (settings.keepFailed && !force) {
+            printMsg(lvlError,
+                format("note: keeping build directory `%2%'")
+                % drvPath % tmpDir);
+            chmod(tmpDir.c_str(), 0755);
+        }
+        else
+            deletePath(tmpDir);
+        tmpDir = "";
+    }
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data)
+{
+    if ((hook && fd == hook->builderOut.readSide) ||
+        (!hook && fd == builderOut.readSide))
+    {
+        logSize += data.size();
+        if (settings.maxLogSize && logSize > settings.maxLogSize) {
+            printMsg(lvlError,
+                format("%1% killed after writing more than %2% bytes of log output")
+                % getName() % settings.maxLogSize);
+            cancel(true); // not really a timeout, but close enough
+            return;
+        }
+        if (verbosity >= settings.buildVerbosity)
+            writeToStderr(data);
+        if (bzLogFile) {
+            int err;
+            BZ2_bzWrite(&err, bzLogFile, (unsigned char *) data.data(), data.size());
+            if (err != BZ_OK) throw Error(format("cannot write to compressed log file (BZip2 error = %1%)") % err);
+        } else if (fdLogFile != -1)
+            writeFull(fdLogFile, (unsigned char *) data.data(), data.size());
+    }
+
+    if (hook && fd == hook->fromHook.readSide)
+        writeToStderr(data);
+}
+
+
+void DerivationGoal::handleEOF(int fd)
+{
+    worker.wakeUp(shared_from_this());
+}
+
+
+PathSet DerivationGoal::checkPathValidity(bool returnValid, bool checkHash)
+{
+    PathSet result;
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs) {
+        if (!wantOutput(i->first, wantedOutputs)) continue;
+        bool good =
+            worker.store.isValidPath(i->second.path) &&
+            (!checkHash || worker.store.pathContentsGood(i->second.path));
+        if (good == returnValid) result.insert(i->second.path);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+bool DerivationGoal::pathFailed(const Path & path)
+{
+    if (!settings.cacheFailure) return false;
+
+    if (!worker.store.hasPathFailed(path)) return false;
+
+    printMsg(lvlError, format("builder for `%1%' failed previously (cached)") % path);
+
+    if (settings.printBuildTrace)
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("@ build-failed %1% - cached") % drvPath);
+
+    worker.permanentFailure = true;
+    amDone(ecFailed);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+Path DerivationGoal::addHashRewrite(const Path & path)
+{
+    string h1 = string(path, settings.nixStore.size() + 1, 32);
+    string h2 = string(printHash32(hashString(htSHA256, "rewrite:" + drvPath + ":" + path)), 0, 32);
+    Path p = settings.nixStore + "/" + h2 + string(path, settings.nixStore.size() + 33);
+    if (pathExists(p)) deletePath(p);
+    assert(path.size() == p.size());
+    rewritesToTmp[h1] = h2;
+    rewritesFromTmp[h2] = h1;
+    redirectedOutputs[path] = p;
+    return p;
+}
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+class SubstitutionGoal : public Goal
+{
+    friend class Worker;
+
+private:
+    /* The store path that should be realised through a substitute. */
+    Path storePath;
+
+    /* The remaining substituters. */
+    Paths subs;
+
+    /* The current substituter. */
+    Path sub;
+
+    /* Whether any substituter can realise this path */
+    bool hasSubstitute;
+
+    /* Path info returned by the substituter's query info operation. */
+    SubstitutablePathInfo info;
+
+    /* Pipe for the substituter's standard output. */
+    Pipe outPipe;
+
+    /* Pipe for the substituter's standard error. */
+    Pipe logPipe;
+
+    /* The process ID of the builder. */
+    Pid pid;
+
+    /* Lock on the store path. */
+    std::shared_ptr<PathLocks> outputLock;
+
+    /* Whether to try to repair a valid path. */
+    bool repair;
+
+    /* Location where we're downloading the substitute.  Differs from
+       storePath when doing a repair. */
+    Path destPath;
+
+    typedef void (SubstitutionGoal::*GoalState)();
+    GoalState state;
+
+public:
+    SubstitutionGoal(const Path & storePath, Worker & worker, bool repair = false);
+    ~SubstitutionGoal();
+
+    void cancel(bool timeout);
+
+    void work();
+
+    /* The states. */
+    void init();
+    void tryNext();
+    void gotInfo();
+    void referencesValid();
+    void tryToRun();
+    void finished();
+
+    /* Callback used by the worker to write to the log. */
+    void handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data);
+    void handleEOF(int fd);
+
+    Path getStorePath() { return storePath; }
+};
+
+
+SubstitutionGoal::SubstitutionGoal(const Path & storePath, Worker & worker, bool repair)
+    : Goal(worker)
+    , hasSubstitute(false)
+    , repair(repair)
+{
+    this->storePath = storePath;
+    state = &SubstitutionGoal::init;
+    name = (format("substitution of `%1%'") % storePath).str();
+    trace("created");
+}
+
+
+SubstitutionGoal::~SubstitutionGoal()
+{
+    if (pid != -1) worker.childTerminated(pid);
+}
+
+
+void SubstitutionGoal::cancel(bool timeout)
+{
+    if (settings.printBuildTrace && timeout)
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("@ substituter-failed %1% timeout") % storePath);
+    if (pid != -1) {
+        pid_t savedPid = pid;
+        pid.kill();
+        worker.childTerminated(savedPid);
+    }
+    amDone(ecFailed);
+}
+
+
+void SubstitutionGoal::work()
+{
+    (this->*state)();
+}
+
+
+void SubstitutionGoal::init()
+{
+    trace("init");
+
+    worker.store.addTempRoot(storePath);
+
+    /* If the path already exists we're done. */
+    if (!repair && worker.store.isValidPath(storePath)) {
+        amDone(ecSuccess);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (settings.readOnlyMode)
+        throw Error(format("cannot substitute path `%1%' - no write access to the Nix store") % storePath);
+
+    subs = settings.substituters;
+
+    tryNext();
+}
+
+
+void SubstitutionGoal::tryNext()
+{
+    trace("trying next substituter");
+
+    if (subs.size() == 0) {
+        /* None left.  Terminate this goal and let someone else deal
+           with it. */
+        debug(format("path `%1%' is required, but there is no substituter that can build it") % storePath);
+        /* Hack: don't indicate failure if there were no substituters.
+           In that case the calling derivation should just do a
+           build. */
+        amDone(hasSubstitute ? ecFailed : ecNoSubstituters);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    sub = subs.front();
+    subs.pop_front();
+
+    SubstitutablePathInfos infos;
+    PathSet dummy(singleton<PathSet>(storePath));
+    worker.store.querySubstitutablePathInfos(sub, dummy, infos);
+    SubstitutablePathInfos::iterator k = infos.find(storePath);
+    if (k == infos.end()) { tryNext(); return; }
+    info = k->second;
+    hasSubstitute = true;
+
+    /* To maintain the closure invariant, we first have to realise the
+       paths referenced by this one. */
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, info.references)
+        if (*i != storePath) /* ignore self-references */
+            addWaitee(worker.makeSubstitutionGoal(*i));
+
+    if (waitees.empty()) /* to prevent hang (no wake-up event) */
+        referencesValid();
+    else
+        state = &SubstitutionGoal::referencesValid;
+}
+
+
+void SubstitutionGoal::referencesValid()
+{
+    trace("all references realised");
+
+    if (nrFailed > 0) {
+        debug(format("some references of path `%1%' could not be realised") % storePath);
+        amDone(nrNoSubstituters > 0 || nrIncompleteClosure > 0 ? ecIncompleteClosure : ecFailed);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, info.references)
+        if (*i != storePath) /* ignore self-references */
+            assert(worker.store.isValidPath(*i));
+
+    state = &SubstitutionGoal::tryToRun;
+    worker.wakeUp(shared_from_this());
+}
+
+
+void SubstitutionGoal::tryToRun()
+{
+    trace("trying to run");
+
+    /* Make sure that we are allowed to start a build.  Note that even
+       is maxBuildJobs == 0 (no local builds allowed), we still allow
+       a substituter to run.  This is because substitutions cannot be
+       distributed to another machine via the build hook. */
+    if (worker.getNrLocalBuilds() >= (settings.maxBuildJobs == 0 ? 1 : settings.maxBuildJobs)) {
+        worker.waitForBuildSlot(shared_from_this());
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Maybe a derivation goal has already locked this path
+       (exceedingly unlikely, since it should have used a substitute
+       first, but let's be defensive). */
+    outputLock.reset(); // make sure this goal's lock is gone
+    if (pathIsLockedByMe(storePath)) {
+        debug(format("restarting substitution of `%1%' because it's locked by another goal")
+            % storePath);
+        worker.waitForAnyGoal(shared_from_this());
+        return; /* restart in the tryToRun() state when another goal finishes */
+    }
+
+    /* Acquire a lock on the output path. */
+    outputLock = std::shared_ptr<PathLocks>(new PathLocks);
+    if (!outputLock->lockPaths(singleton<PathSet>(storePath), "", false)) {
+        worker.waitForAWhile(shared_from_this());
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Check again whether the path is invalid. */
+    if (!repair && worker.store.isValidPath(storePath)) {
+        debug(format("store path `%1%' has become valid") % storePath);
+        outputLock->setDeletion(true);
+        amDone(ecSuccess);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    printMsg(lvlInfo, format("fetching path `%1%'...") % storePath);
+
+    outPipe.create();
+    logPipe.create();
+
+    destPath = repair ? storePath + ".tmp" : storePath;
+
+    /* Remove the (stale) output path if it exists. */
+    if (pathExists(destPath))
+        deletePath(destPath);
+
+    worker.store.setSubstituterEnv();
+
+    /* Fill in the arguments. */
+    Strings args;
+    args.push_back(baseNameOf(sub));
+    args.push_back("--substitute");
+    args.push_back(storePath);
+    args.push_back(destPath);
+    const char * * argArr = strings2CharPtrs(args);
+
+    /* Fork the substitute program. */
+    pid = maybeVfork();
+
+    switch (pid) {
+
+    case -1:
+        throw SysError("unable to fork");
+
+    case 0:
+        try { /* child */
+
+            commonChildInit(logPipe);
+
+            if (dup2(outPipe.writeSide, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
+                throw SysError("cannot dup output pipe into stdout");
+
+            execv(sub.c_str(), (char * *) argArr);
+
+            throw SysError(format("executing `%1%'") % sub);
+
+        } catch (std::exception & e) {
+            writeToStderr("substitute error: " + string(e.what()) + "\n");
+        }
+        _exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* parent */
+    pid.setSeparatePG(true);
+    pid.setKillSignal(SIGTERM);
+    outPipe.writeSide.close();
+    logPipe.writeSide.close();
+    worker.childStarted(shared_from_this(),
+        pid, singleton<set<int> >(logPipe.readSide), true, true);
+
+    state = &SubstitutionGoal::finished;
+
+    if (settings.printBuildTrace)
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("@ substituter-started %1% %2%") % storePath % sub);
+}
+
+
+void SubstitutionGoal::finished()
+{
+    trace("substitute finished");
+
+    /* Since we got an EOF on the logger pipe, the substitute is
+       presumed to have terminated.  */
+    pid_t savedPid = pid;
+    int status = pid.wait(true);
+
+    /* So the child is gone now. */
+    worker.childTerminated(savedPid);
+
+    /* Close the read side of the logger pipe. */
+    logPipe.readSide.close();
+
+    /* Get the hash info from stdout. */
+    string dummy = readLine(outPipe.readSide);
+    string expectedHashStr = statusOk(status) ? readLine(outPipe.readSide) : "";
+    outPipe.readSide.close();
+
+    /* Check the exit status and the build result. */
+    HashResult hash;
+    try {
+
+        if (!statusOk(status))
+            throw SubstError(format("fetching path `%1%' %2%")
+                % storePath % statusToString(status));
+
+        if (!pathExists(destPath))
+            throw SubstError(format("substitute did not produce path `%1%'") % destPath);
+
+        hash = hashPath(htSHA256, destPath);
+
+        /* Verify the expected hash we got from the substituer. */
+        if (expectedHashStr != "") {
+            size_t n = expectedHashStr.find(':');
+            if (n == string::npos)
+                throw Error(format("bad hash from substituter: %1%") % expectedHashStr);
+            HashType hashType = parseHashType(string(expectedHashStr, 0, n));
+            if (hashType == htUnknown)
+                throw Error(format("unknown hash algorithm in `%1%'") % expectedHashStr);
+            Hash expectedHash = parseHash16or32(hashType, string(expectedHashStr, n + 1));
+            Hash actualHash = hashType == htSHA256 ? hash.first : hashPath(hashType, destPath).first;
+            if (expectedHash != actualHash)
+                throw SubstError(format("hash mismatch in downloaded path `%1%': expected %2%, got %3%")
+                    % storePath % printHash(expectedHash) % printHash(actualHash));
+        }
+
+    } catch (SubstError & e) {
+
+        printMsg(lvlInfo, e.msg());
+
+        if (settings.printBuildTrace) {
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("@ substituter-failed %1% %2% %3%")
+                % storePath % status % e.msg());
+        }
+
+        /* Try the next substitute. */
+        state = &SubstitutionGoal::tryNext;
+        worker.wakeUp(shared_from_this());
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (repair) replaceValidPath(storePath, destPath);
+
+    canonicalisePathMetaData(storePath, -1);
+
+    worker.store.optimisePath(storePath); // FIXME: combine with hashPath()
+
+    ValidPathInfo info2;
+    info2.path = storePath;
+    info2.hash = hash.first;
+    info2.narSize = hash.second;
+    info2.references = info.references;
+    info2.deriver = info.deriver;
+    worker.store.registerValidPath(info2);
+
+    outputLock->setDeletion(true);
+    outputLock.reset();
+
+    worker.store.markContentsGood(storePath);
+
+    printMsg(lvlChatty,
+        format("substitution of path `%1%' succeeded") % storePath);
+
+    if (settings.printBuildTrace)
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("@ substituter-succeeded %1%") % storePath);
+
+    amDone(ecSuccess);
+}
+
+
+void SubstitutionGoal::handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data)
+{
+    assert(fd == logPipe.readSide);
+    if (verbosity >= settings.buildVerbosity) writeToStderr(data);
+    /* Don't write substitution output to a log file for now.  We
+       probably should, though. */
+}
+
+
+void SubstitutionGoal::handleEOF(int fd)
+{
+    if (fd == logPipe.readSide) worker.wakeUp(shared_from_this());
+}
+
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+static bool working = false;
+
+
+Worker::Worker(LocalStore & store)
+    : store(store)
+{
+    /* Debugging: prevent recursive workers. */
+    if (working) abort();
+    working = true;
+    nrLocalBuilds = 0;
+    lastWokenUp = 0;
+    permanentFailure = false;
+}
+
+
+Worker::~Worker()
+{
+    working = false;
+
+    /* Explicitly get rid of all strong pointers now.  After this all
+       goals that refer to this worker should be gone.  (Otherwise we
+       are in trouble, since goals may call childTerminated() etc. in
+       their destructors). */
+    topGoals.clear();
+}
+
+
+GoalPtr Worker::makeDerivationGoal(const Path & path, const StringSet & wantedOutputs, BuildMode buildMode)
+{
+    GoalPtr goal = derivationGoals[path].lock();
+    if (!goal) {
+        goal = GoalPtr(new DerivationGoal(path, wantedOutputs, *this, buildMode));
+        derivationGoals[path] = goal;
+        wakeUp(goal);
+    } else
+        (dynamic_cast<DerivationGoal *>(goal.get()))->addWantedOutputs(wantedOutputs);
+    return goal;
+}
+
+
+GoalPtr Worker::makeSubstitutionGoal(const Path & path, bool repair)
+{
+    GoalPtr goal = substitutionGoals[path].lock();
+    if (!goal) {
+        goal = GoalPtr(new SubstitutionGoal(path, *this, repair));
+        substitutionGoals[path] = goal;
+        wakeUp(goal);
+    }
+    return goal;
+}
+
+
+static void removeGoal(GoalPtr goal, WeakGoalMap & goalMap)
+{
+    /* !!! inefficient */
+    for (WeakGoalMap::iterator i = goalMap.begin();
+         i != goalMap.end(); )
+        if (i->second.lock() == goal) {
+            WeakGoalMap::iterator j = i; ++j;
+            goalMap.erase(i);
+            i = j;
+        }
+        else ++i;
+}
+
+
+void Worker::removeGoal(GoalPtr goal)
+{
+    nix::removeGoal(goal, derivationGoals);
+    nix::removeGoal(goal, substitutionGoals);
+    if (topGoals.find(goal) != topGoals.end()) {
+        topGoals.erase(goal);
+        /* If a top-level goal failed, then kill all other goals
+           (unless keepGoing was set). */
+        if (goal->getExitCode() == Goal::ecFailed && !settings.keepGoing)
+            topGoals.clear();
+    }
+
+    /* Wake up goals waiting for any goal to finish. */
+    foreach (WeakGoals::iterator, i, waitingForAnyGoal) {
+        GoalPtr goal = i->lock();
+        if (goal) wakeUp(goal);
+    }
+
+    waitingForAnyGoal.clear();
+}
+
+
+void Worker::wakeUp(GoalPtr goal)
+{
+    goal->trace("woken up");
+    addToWeakGoals(awake, goal);
+}
+
+
+unsigned Worker::getNrLocalBuilds()
+{
+    return nrLocalBuilds;
+}
+
+
+void Worker::childStarted(GoalPtr goal,
+    pid_t pid, const set<int> & fds, bool inBuildSlot,
+    bool respectTimeouts)
+{
+    Child child;
+    child.goal = goal;
+    child.fds = fds;
+    child.timeStarted = child.lastOutput = time(0);
+    child.inBuildSlot = inBuildSlot;
+    child.respectTimeouts = respectTimeouts;
+    children[pid] = child;
+    if (inBuildSlot) nrLocalBuilds++;
+}
+
+
+void Worker::childTerminated(pid_t pid, bool wakeSleepers)
+{
+    assert(pid != -1); /* common mistake */
+
+    Children::iterator i = children.find(pid);
+    assert(i != children.end());
+
+    if (i->second.inBuildSlot) {
+        assert(nrLocalBuilds > 0);
+        nrLocalBuilds--;
+    }
+
+    children.erase(pid);
+
+    if (wakeSleepers) {
+
+        /* Wake up goals waiting for a build slot. */
+        foreach (WeakGoals::iterator, i, wantingToBuild) {
+            GoalPtr goal = i->lock();
+            if (goal) wakeUp(goal);
+        }
+
+        wantingToBuild.clear();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void Worker::waitForBuildSlot(GoalPtr goal)
+{
+    debug("wait for build slot");
+    if (getNrLocalBuilds() < settings.maxBuildJobs)
+        wakeUp(goal); /* we can do it right away */
+    else
+        addToWeakGoals(wantingToBuild, goal);
+}
+
+
+void Worker::waitForAnyGoal(GoalPtr goal)
+{
+    debug("wait for any goal");
+    addToWeakGoals(waitingForAnyGoal, goal);
+}
+
+
+void Worker::waitForAWhile(GoalPtr goal)
+{
+    debug("wait for a while");
+    addToWeakGoals(waitingForAWhile, goal);
+}
+
+
+void Worker::run(const Goals & _topGoals)
+{
+    foreach (Goals::iterator, i,  _topGoals) topGoals.insert(*i);
+
+    startNest(nest, lvlDebug, format("entered goal loop"));
+
+    while (1) {
+
+        checkInterrupt();
+
+        /* Call every wake goal. */
+        while (!awake.empty() && !topGoals.empty()) {
+            WeakGoals awake2(awake);
+            awake.clear();
+            foreach (WeakGoals::iterator, i, awake2) {
+                checkInterrupt();
+                GoalPtr goal = i->lock();
+                if (goal) goal->work();
+                if (topGoals.empty()) break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (topGoals.empty()) break;
+
+        /* Wait for input. */
+        if (!children.empty() || !waitingForAWhile.empty())
+            waitForInput();
+        else {
+            if (awake.empty() && settings.maxBuildJobs == 0) throw Error(
+                "unable to start any build; either increase `--max-jobs' "
+                "or enable distributed builds");
+            assert(!awake.empty());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* If --keep-going is not set, it's possible that the main goal
+       exited while some of its subgoals were still active.  But if
+       --keep-going *is* set, then they must all be finished now. */
+    assert(!settings.keepGoing || awake.empty());
+    assert(!settings.keepGoing || wantingToBuild.empty());
+    assert(!settings.keepGoing || children.empty());
+}
+
+
+void Worker::waitForInput()
+{
+    printMsg(lvlVomit, "waiting for children");
+
+    /* Process output from the file descriptors attached to the
+       children, namely log output and output path creation commands.
+       We also use this to detect child termination: if we get EOF on
+       the logger pipe of a build, we assume that the builder has
+       terminated. */
+
+    bool useTimeout = false;
+    struct timeval timeout;
+    timeout.tv_usec = 0;
+    time_t before = time(0);
+
+    /* If we're monitoring for silence on stdout/stderr, or if there
+       is a build timeout, then wait for input until the first
+       deadline for any child. */
+    assert(sizeof(time_t) >= sizeof(long));
+    time_t nearest = LONG_MAX; // nearest deadline
+    foreach (Children::iterator, i, children) {
+        if (!i->second.respectTimeouts) continue;
+        if (settings.maxSilentTime != 0)
+            nearest = std::min(nearest, i->second.lastOutput + settings.maxSilentTime);
+        if (settings.buildTimeout != 0)
+            nearest = std::min(nearest, i->second.timeStarted + settings.buildTimeout);
+    }
+    if (nearest != LONG_MAX) {
+        timeout.tv_sec = std::max((time_t) 1, nearest - before);
+        useTimeout = true;
+        printMsg(lvlVomit, format("sleeping %1% seconds") % timeout.tv_sec);
+    }
+
+    /* If we are polling goals that are waiting for a lock, then wake
+       up after a few seconds at most. */
+    if (!waitingForAWhile.empty()) {
+        useTimeout = true;
+        if (lastWokenUp == 0)
+            printMsg(lvlError, "waiting for locks or build slots...");
+        if (lastWokenUp == 0 || lastWokenUp > before) lastWokenUp = before;
+        timeout.tv_sec = std::max((time_t) 1, (time_t) (lastWokenUp + settings.pollInterval - before));
+    } else lastWokenUp = 0;
+
+    using namespace std;
+    /* Use select() to wait for the input side of any logger pipe to
+       become `available'.  Note that `available' (i.e., non-blocking)
+       includes EOF. */
+    fd_set fds;
+    FD_ZERO(&fds);
+    int fdMax = 0;
+    foreach (Children::iterator, i, children) {
+        foreach (set<int>::iterator, j, i->second.fds) {
+            FD_SET(*j, &fds);
+            if (*j >= fdMax) fdMax = *j + 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (select(fdMax, &fds, 0, 0, useTimeout ? &timeout : 0) == -1) {
+        if (errno == EINTR) return;
+        throw SysError("waiting for input");
+    }
+
+    time_t after = time(0);
+
+    /* Process all available file descriptors. */
+
+    /* Since goals may be canceled from inside the loop below (causing
+       them go be erased from the `children' map), we have to be
+       careful that we don't keep iterators alive across calls to
+       cancel(). */
+    set<pid_t> pids;
+    foreach (Children::iterator, i, children) pids.insert(i->first);
+
+    foreach (set<pid_t>::iterator, i, pids) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        Children::iterator j = children.find(*i);
+        if (j == children.end()) continue; // child destroyed
+        GoalPtr goal = j->second.goal.lock();
+        assert(goal);
+
+        set<int> fds2(j->second.fds);
+        foreach (set<int>::iterator, k, fds2) {
+            if (FD_ISSET(*k, &fds)) {
+                unsigned char buffer[4096];
+                ssize_t rd = read(*k, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+                if (rd == -1) {
+                    if (errno != EINTR)
+                        throw SysError(format("reading from %1%")
+                            % goal->getName());
+                } else if (rd == 0) {
+                    debug(format("%1%: got EOF") % goal->getName());
+                    goal->handleEOF(*k);
+                    j->second.fds.erase(*k);
+                } else {
+                    printMsg(lvlVomit, format("%1%: read %2% bytes")
+                        % goal->getName() % rd);
+                    string data((char *) buffer, rd);
+                    j->second.lastOutput = after;
+                    goal->handleChildOutput(*k, data);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (goal->getExitCode() == Goal::ecBusy &&
+            settings.maxSilentTime != 0 &&
+            j->second.respectTimeouts &&
+            after - j->second.lastOutput >= (time_t) settings.maxSilentTime)
+        {
+            printMsg(lvlError,
+                format("%1% timed out after %2% seconds of silence")
+                % goal->getName() % settings.maxSilentTime);
+            goal->cancel(true);
+        }
+
+        else if (goal->getExitCode() == Goal::ecBusy &&
+            settings.buildTimeout != 0 &&
+            j->second.respectTimeouts &&
+            after - j->second.timeStarted >= (time_t) settings.buildTimeout)
+        {
+            printMsg(lvlError,
+                format("%1% timed out after %2% seconds")
+                % goal->getName() % settings.buildTimeout);
+            goal->cancel(true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!waitingForAWhile.empty() && lastWokenUp + settings.pollInterval <= after) {
+        lastWokenUp = after;
+        foreach (WeakGoals::iterator, i, waitingForAWhile) {
+            GoalPtr goal = i->lock();
+            if (goal) wakeUp(goal);
+        }
+        waitingForAWhile.clear();
+    }
+}
+
+
+unsigned int Worker::exitStatus()
+{
+    return permanentFailure ? 100 : 1;
+}
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+void LocalStore::buildPaths(const PathSet & drvPaths, BuildMode buildMode)
+{
+    startNest(nest, lvlDebug,
+        format("building %1%") % showPaths(drvPaths));
+
+    Worker worker(*this);
+
+    Goals goals;
+    foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, drvPaths) {
+        DrvPathWithOutputs i2 = parseDrvPathWithOutputs(*i);
+        if (isDerivation(i2.first))
+            goals.insert(worker.makeDerivationGoal(i2.first, i2.second, buildMode));
+        else
+            goals.insert(worker.makeSubstitutionGoal(*i, buildMode));
+    }
+
+    worker.run(goals);
+
+    PathSet failed;
+    foreach (Goals::iterator, i, goals)
+        if ((*i)->getExitCode() == Goal::ecFailed) {
+            DerivationGoal * i2 = dynamic_cast<DerivationGoal *>(i->get());
+            if (i2) failed.insert(i2->getDrvPath());
+            else failed.insert(dynamic_cast<SubstitutionGoal *>(i->get())->getStorePath());
+        }
+
+    if (!failed.empty())
+        throw Error(format("build of %1% failed") % showPaths(failed), worker.exitStatus());
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::ensurePath(const Path & path)
+{
+    /* If the path is already valid, we're done. */
+    if (isValidPath(path)) return;
+
+    Worker worker(*this);
+    GoalPtr goal = worker.makeSubstitutionGoal(path);
+    Goals goals = singleton<Goals>(goal);
+
+    worker.run(goals);
+
+    if (goal->getExitCode() != Goal::ecSuccess)
+        throw Error(format("path `%1%' does not exist and cannot be created") % path, worker.exitStatus());
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::repairPath(const Path & path)
+{
+    Worker worker(*this);
+    GoalPtr goal = worker.makeSubstitutionGoal(path, true);
+    Goals goals = singleton<Goals>(goal);
+
+    worker.run(goals);
+
+    if (goal->getExitCode() != Goal::ecSuccess)
+        throw Error(format("cannot repair path `%1%'") % path, worker.exitStatus());
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/derivations.cc b/nix/libstore/derivations.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d91e42784c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/derivations.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,278 @@
+#include "derivations.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "misc.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+void DerivationOutput::parseHashInfo(bool & recursive, HashType & hashType, Hash & hash) const
+{
+    recursive = false;
+    string algo = hashAlgo;
+
+    if (string(algo, 0, 2) == "r:") {
+        recursive = true;
+        algo = string(algo, 2);
+    }
+
+    hashType = parseHashType(algo);
+    if (hashType == htUnknown)
+        throw Error(format("unknown hash algorithm `%1%'") % algo);
+
+    hash = parseHash(hashType, this->hash);
+}
+
+
+Path writeDerivation(StoreAPI & store,
+    const Derivation & drv, const string & name, bool repair)
+{
+    PathSet references;
+    references.insert(drv.inputSrcs.begin(), drv.inputSrcs.end());
+    foreach (DerivationInputs::const_iterator, i, drv.inputDrvs)
+        references.insert(i->first);
+    /* Note that the outputs of a derivation are *not* references
+       (that can be missing (of course) and should not necessarily be
+       held during a garbage collection). */
+    string suffix = name + drvExtension;
+    string contents = unparseDerivation(drv);
+    return settings.readOnlyMode
+        ? computeStorePathForText(suffix, contents, references)
+        : store.addTextToStore(suffix, contents, references, repair);
+}
+
+
+static Path parsePath(std::istream & str)
+{
+    string s = parseString(str);
+    if (s.size() == 0 || s[0] != '/')
+        throw Error(format("bad path `%1%' in derivation") % s);
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+static StringSet parseStrings(std::istream & str, bool arePaths)
+{
+    StringSet res;
+    while (!endOfList(str))
+        res.insert(arePaths ? parsePath(str) : parseString(str));
+    return res;
+}
+
+
+Derivation parseDerivation(const string & s)
+{
+    Derivation drv;
+    std::istringstream str(s);
+    expect(str, "Derive([");
+
+    /* Parse the list of outputs. */
+    while (!endOfList(str)) {
+        DerivationOutput out;
+        expect(str, "("); string id = parseString(str);
+        expect(str, ","); out.path = parsePath(str);
+        expect(str, ","); out.hashAlgo = parseString(str);
+        expect(str, ","); out.hash = parseString(str);
+        expect(str, ")");
+        drv.outputs[id] = out;
+    }
+
+    /* Parse the list of input derivations. */
+    expect(str, ",[");
+    while (!endOfList(str)) {
+        expect(str, "(");
+        Path drvPath = parsePath(str);
+        expect(str, ",[");
+        drv.inputDrvs[drvPath] = parseStrings(str, false);
+        expect(str, ")");
+    }
+
+    expect(str, ",["); drv.inputSrcs = parseStrings(str, true);
+    expect(str, ","); drv.platform = parseString(str);
+    expect(str, ","); drv.builder = parseString(str);
+
+    /* Parse the builder arguments. */
+    expect(str, ",[");
+    while (!endOfList(str))
+        drv.args.push_back(parseString(str));
+
+    /* Parse the environment variables. */
+    expect(str, ",[");
+    while (!endOfList(str)) {
+        expect(str, "("); string name = parseString(str);
+        expect(str, ","); string value = parseString(str);
+        expect(str, ")");
+        drv.env[name] = value;
+    }
+
+    expect(str, ")");
+    return drv;
+}
+
+
+static void printString(string & res, const string & s)
+{
+    res += '"';
+    for (const char * i = s.c_str(); *i; i++)
+        if (*i == '\"' || *i == '\\') { res += "\\"; res += *i; }
+        else if (*i == '\n') res += "\\n";
+        else if (*i == '\r') res += "\\r";
+        else if (*i == '\t') res += "\\t";
+        else res += *i;
+    res += '"';
+}
+
+
+template<class ForwardIterator>
+static void printStrings(string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterator j)
+{
+    res += '[';
+    bool first = true;
+    for ( ; i != j; ++i) {
+        if (first) first = false; else res += ',';
+        printString(res, *i);
+    }
+    res += ']';
+}
+
+
+string unparseDerivation(const Derivation & drv)
+{
+    string s;
+    s.reserve(65536);
+    s += "Derive([";
+
+    bool first = true;
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::const_iterator, i, drv.outputs) {
+        if (first) first = false; else s += ',';
+        s += '('; printString(s, i->first);
+        s += ','; printString(s, i->second.path);
+        s += ','; printString(s, i->second.hashAlgo);
+        s += ','; printString(s, i->second.hash);
+        s += ')';
+    }
+
+    s += "],[";
+    first = true;
+    foreach (DerivationInputs::const_iterator, i, drv.inputDrvs) {
+        if (first) first = false; else s += ',';
+        s += '('; printString(s, i->first);
+        s += ','; printStrings(s, i->second.begin(), i->second.end());
+        s += ')';
+    }
+
+    s += "],";
+    printStrings(s, drv.inputSrcs.begin(), drv.inputSrcs.end());
+
+    s += ','; printString(s, drv.platform);
+    s += ','; printString(s, drv.builder);
+    s += ','; printStrings(s, drv.args.begin(), drv.args.end());
+
+    s += ",[";
+    first = true;
+    foreach (StringPairs::const_iterator, i, drv.env) {
+        if (first) first = false; else s += ',';
+        s += '('; printString(s, i->first);
+        s += ','; printString(s, i->second);
+        s += ')';
+    }
+
+    s += "])";
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+bool isDerivation(const string & fileName)
+{
+    return hasSuffix(fileName, drvExtension);
+}
+
+
+bool isFixedOutputDrv(const Derivation & drv)
+{
+    return drv.outputs.size() == 1 &&
+        drv.outputs.begin()->first == "out" &&
+        drv.outputs.begin()->second.hash != "";
+}
+
+
+DrvHashes drvHashes;
+
+
+/* Returns the hash of a derivation modulo fixed-output
+   subderivations.  A fixed-output derivation is a derivation with one
+   output (`out') for which an expected hash and hash algorithm are
+   specified (using the `outputHash' and `outputHashAlgo'
+   attributes).  We don't want changes to such derivations to
+   propagate upwards through the dependency graph, changing output
+   paths everywhere.
+
+   For instance, if we change the url in a call to the `fetchurl'
+   function, we do not want to rebuild everything depending on it
+   (after all, (the hash of) the file being downloaded is unchanged).
+   So the *output paths* should not change.  On the other hand, the
+   *derivation paths* should change to reflect the new dependency
+   graph.
+
+   That's what this function does: it returns a hash which is just the
+   hash of the derivation ATerm, except that any input derivation
+   paths have been replaced by the result of a recursive call to this
+   function, and that for fixed-output derivations we return a hash of
+   its output path. */
+Hash hashDerivationModulo(StoreAPI & store, Derivation drv)
+{
+    /* Return a fixed hash for fixed-output derivations. */
+    if (isFixedOutputDrv(drv)) {
+        DerivationOutputs::const_iterator i = drv.outputs.begin();
+        return hashString(htSHA256, "fixed:out:"
+            + i->second.hashAlgo + ":"
+            + i->second.hash + ":"
+            + i->second.path);
+    }
+
+    /* For other derivations, replace the inputs paths with recursive
+       calls to this function.*/
+    DerivationInputs inputs2;
+    foreach (DerivationInputs::const_iterator, i, drv.inputDrvs) {
+        Hash h = drvHashes[i->first];
+        if (h.type == htUnknown) {
+            assert(store.isValidPath(i->first));
+            Derivation drv2 = parseDerivation(readFile(i->first));
+            h = hashDerivationModulo(store, drv2);
+            drvHashes[i->first] = h;
+        }
+        inputs2[printHash(h)] = i->second;
+    }
+    drv.inputDrvs = inputs2;
+
+    return hashString(htSHA256, unparseDerivation(drv));
+}
+
+
+DrvPathWithOutputs parseDrvPathWithOutputs(const string & s)
+{
+    size_t n = s.find("!");
+    return n == s.npos
+        ? DrvPathWithOutputs(s, std::set<string>())
+        : DrvPathWithOutputs(string(s, 0, n), tokenizeString<std::set<string> >(string(s, n + 1), ","));
+}
+
+
+Path makeDrvPathWithOutputs(const Path & drvPath, const std::set<string> & outputs)
+{
+    return outputs.empty()
+        ? drvPath
+        : drvPath + "!" + concatStringsSep(",", outputs);
+}
+
+
+bool wantOutput(const string & output, const std::set<string> & wanted)
+{
+    return wanted.empty() || wanted.find(output) != wanted.end();
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/derivations.hh b/nix/libstore/derivations.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..703410b925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/derivations.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "hash.hh"
+
+#include <map>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+/* Extension of derivations in the Nix store. */
+const string drvExtension = ".drv";
+
+
+/* Abstract syntax of derivations. */
+
+struct DerivationOutput
+{
+    Path path;
+    string hashAlgo; /* hash used for expected hash computation */
+    string hash; /* expected hash, may be null */
+    DerivationOutput()
+    {
+    }
+    DerivationOutput(Path path, string hashAlgo, string hash)
+    {
+        this->path = path;
+        this->hashAlgo = hashAlgo;
+        this->hash = hash;
+    }
+    void parseHashInfo(bool & recursive, HashType & hashType, Hash & hash) const;
+};
+
+typedef std::map<string, DerivationOutput> DerivationOutputs;
+
+/* For inputs that are sub-derivations, we specify exactly which
+   output IDs we are interested in. */
+typedef std::map<Path, StringSet> DerivationInputs;
+
+typedef std::map<string, string> StringPairs;
+
+struct Derivation
+{
+    DerivationOutputs outputs; /* keyed on symbolic IDs */
+    DerivationInputs inputDrvs; /* inputs that are sub-derivations */
+    PathSet inputSrcs; /* inputs that are sources */
+    string platform;
+    Path builder;
+    Strings args;
+    StringPairs env;
+};
+
+
+class StoreAPI;
+
+
+/* Write a derivation to the Nix store, and return its path. */
+Path writeDerivation(StoreAPI & store,
+    const Derivation & drv, const string & name, bool repair = false);
+
+/* Parse a derivation. */
+Derivation parseDerivation(const string & s);
+
+/* Print a derivation. */
+string unparseDerivation(const Derivation & drv);
+
+/* Check whether a file name ends with the extensions for
+   derivations. */
+bool isDerivation(const string & fileName);
+
+/* Return true iff this is a fixed-output derivation. */
+bool isFixedOutputDrv(const Derivation & drv);
+
+Hash hashDerivationModulo(StoreAPI & store, Derivation drv);
+
+/* Memoisation of hashDerivationModulo(). */
+typedef std::map<Path, Hash> DrvHashes;
+
+extern DrvHashes drvHashes;
+
+/* Split a string specifying a derivation and a set of outputs
+   (/nix/store/hash-foo!out1,out2,...) into the derivation path and
+   the outputs. */
+typedef std::pair<string, std::set<string> > DrvPathWithOutputs;
+DrvPathWithOutputs parseDrvPathWithOutputs(const string & s);
+
+Path makeDrvPathWithOutputs(const Path & drvPath, const std::set<string> & outputs);
+
+bool wantOutput(const string & output, const std::set<string> & wanted);
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/gc.cc b/nix/libstore/gc.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f90edac1cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,748 @@
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "misc.hh"
+#include "local-store.hh"
+
+#include <functional>
+#include <queue>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+static string gcLockName = "gc.lock";
+static string tempRootsDir = "temproots";
+static string gcRootsDir = "gcroots";
+
+
+/* Acquire the global GC lock.  This is used to prevent new Nix
+   processes from starting after the temporary root files have been
+   read.  To be precise: when they try to create a new temporary root
+   file, they will block until the garbage collector has finished /
+   yielded the GC lock. */
+int LocalStore::openGCLock(LockType lockType)
+{
+    Path fnGCLock = (format("%1%/%2%")
+        % settings.nixStateDir % gcLockName).str();
+
+    debug(format("acquiring global GC lock `%1%'") % fnGCLock);
+
+    AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = open(fnGCLock.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0600);
+    if (fdGCLock == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("opening global GC lock `%1%'") % fnGCLock);
+    closeOnExec(fdGCLock);
+
+    if (!lockFile(fdGCLock, lockType, false)) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("waiting for the big garbage collector lock..."));
+        lockFile(fdGCLock, lockType, true);
+    }
+
+    /* !!! Restrict read permission on the GC root.  Otherwise any
+       process that can open the file for reading can DoS the
+       collector. */
+
+    return fdGCLock.borrow();
+}
+
+
+static void makeSymlink(const Path & link, const Path & target)
+{
+    /* Create directories up to `gcRoot'. */
+    createDirs(dirOf(link));
+
+    /* Create the new symlink. */
+    Path tempLink = (format("%1%.tmp-%2%-%3%")
+        % link % getpid() % rand()).str();
+    createSymlink(target, tempLink);
+
+    /* Atomically replace the old one. */
+    if (rename(tempLink.c_str(), link.c_str()) == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("cannot rename `%1%' to `%2%'")
+            % tempLink % link);
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::syncWithGC()
+{
+    AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = openGCLock(ltRead);
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::addIndirectRoot(const Path & path)
+{
+    string hash = printHash32(hashString(htSHA1, path));
+    Path realRoot = canonPath((format("%1%/%2%/auto/%3%")
+        % settings.nixStateDir % gcRootsDir % hash).str());
+    makeSymlink(realRoot, path);
+}
+
+
+Path addPermRoot(StoreAPI & store, const Path & _storePath,
+    const Path & _gcRoot, bool indirect, bool allowOutsideRootsDir)
+{
+    Path storePath(canonPath(_storePath));
+    Path gcRoot(canonPath(_gcRoot));
+    assertStorePath(storePath);
+
+    if (isInStore(gcRoot))
+        throw Error(format(
+                "creating a garbage collector root (%1%) in the Nix store is forbidden "
+                "(are you running nix-build inside the store?)") % gcRoot);
+
+    if (indirect) {
+        /* Don't clobber the the link if it already exists and doesn't
+           point to the Nix store. */
+        if (pathExists(gcRoot) && (!isLink(gcRoot) || !isInStore(readLink(gcRoot))))
+            throw Error(format("cannot create symlink `%1%'; already exists") % gcRoot);
+        makeSymlink(gcRoot, storePath);
+        store.addIndirectRoot(gcRoot);
+    }
+
+    else {
+        if (!allowOutsideRootsDir) {
+            Path rootsDir = canonPath((format("%1%/%2%") % settings.nixStateDir % gcRootsDir).str());
+
+            if (string(gcRoot, 0, rootsDir.size() + 1) != rootsDir + "/")
+                throw Error(format(
+                    "path `%1%' is not a valid garbage collector root; "
+                    "it's not in the directory `%2%'")
+                    % gcRoot % rootsDir);
+        }
+
+        makeSymlink(gcRoot, storePath);
+    }
+
+    /* Check that the root can be found by the garbage collector.
+       !!! This can be very slow on machines that have many roots.
+       Instead of reading all the roots, it would be more efficient to
+       check if the root is in a directory in or linked from the
+       gcroots directory. */
+    if (settings.checkRootReachability) {
+        Roots roots = store.findRoots();
+        if (roots.find(gcRoot) == roots.end())
+            printMsg(lvlError,
+                format(
+                    "warning: `%1%' is not in a directory where the garbage collector looks for roots; "
+                    "therefore, `%2%' might be removed by the garbage collector")
+                % gcRoot % storePath);
+    }
+
+    /* Grab the global GC root, causing us to block while a GC is in
+       progress.  This prevents the set of permanent roots from
+       increasing while a GC is in progress. */
+    store.syncWithGC();
+
+    return gcRoot;
+}
+
+
+/* The file to which we write our temporary roots. */
+static Path fnTempRoots;
+static AutoCloseFD fdTempRoots;
+
+
+void LocalStore::addTempRoot(const Path & path)
+{
+    /* Create the temporary roots file for this process. */
+    if (fdTempRoots == -1) {
+
+        while (1) {
+            Path dir = (format("%1%/%2%") % settings.nixStateDir % tempRootsDir).str();
+            createDirs(dir);
+
+            fnTempRoots = (format("%1%/%2%")
+                % dir % getpid()).str();
+
+            AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = openGCLock(ltRead);
+
+            if (pathExists(fnTempRoots))
+                /* It *must* be stale, since there can be no two
+                   processes with the same pid. */
+                unlink(fnTempRoots.c_str());
+
+            fdTempRoots = openLockFile(fnTempRoots, true);
+
+            fdGCLock.close();
+
+            debug(format("acquiring read lock on `%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
+            lockFile(fdTempRoots, ltRead, true);
+
+            /* Check whether the garbage collector didn't get in our
+               way. */
+            struct stat st;
+            if (fstat(fdTempRoots, &st) == -1)
+                throw SysError(format("statting `%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
+            if (st.st_size == 0) break;
+
+            /* The garbage collector deleted this file before we could
+               get a lock.  (It won't delete the file after we get a
+               lock.)  Try again. */
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /* Upgrade the lock to a write lock.  This will cause us to block
+       if the garbage collector is holding our lock. */
+    debug(format("acquiring write lock on `%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
+    lockFile(fdTempRoots, ltWrite, true);
+
+    string s = path + '\0';
+    writeFull(fdTempRoots, (const unsigned char *) s.data(), s.size());
+
+    /* Downgrade to a read lock. */
+    debug(format("downgrading to read lock on `%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
+    lockFile(fdTempRoots, ltRead, true);
+}
+
+
+void removeTempRoots()
+{
+    if (fdTempRoots != -1) {
+        fdTempRoots.close();
+        unlink(fnTempRoots.c_str());
+    }
+}
+
+
+/* Automatically clean up the temporary roots file when we exit. */
+struct RemoveTempRoots
+{
+    ~RemoveTempRoots()
+    {
+        removeTempRoots();
+    }
+};
+
+static RemoveTempRoots autoRemoveTempRoots __attribute__((unused));
+
+
+typedef std::shared_ptr<AutoCloseFD> FDPtr;
+typedef list<FDPtr> FDs;
+
+
+static void readTempRoots(PathSet & tempRoots, FDs & fds)
+{
+    /* Read the `temproots' directory for per-process temporary root
+       files. */
+    Strings tempRootFiles = readDirectory(
+        (format("%1%/%2%") % settings.nixStateDir % tempRootsDir).str());
+
+    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, tempRootFiles) {
+        Path path = (format("%1%/%2%/%3%") % settings.nixStateDir % tempRootsDir % *i).str();
+
+        debug(format("reading temporary root file `%1%'") % path);
+        FDPtr fd(new AutoCloseFD(open(path.c_str(), O_RDWR, 0666)));
+        if (*fd == -1) {
+            /* It's okay if the file has disappeared. */
+            if (errno == ENOENT) continue;
+            throw SysError(format("opening temporary roots file `%1%'") % path);
+        }
+
+        /* This should work, but doesn't, for some reason. */
+        //FDPtr fd(new AutoCloseFD(openLockFile(path, false)));
+        //if (*fd == -1) continue;
+
+        /* Try to acquire a write lock without blocking.  This can
+           only succeed if the owning process has died.  In that case
+           we don't care about its temporary roots. */
+        if (lockFile(*fd, ltWrite, false)) {
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("removing stale temporary roots file `%1%'") % path);
+            unlink(path.c_str());
+            writeFull(*fd, (const unsigned char *) "d", 1);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        /* Acquire a read lock.  This will prevent the owning process
+           from upgrading to a write lock, therefore it will block in
+           addTempRoot(). */
+        debug(format("waiting for read lock on `%1%'") % path);
+        lockFile(*fd, ltRead, true);
+
+        /* Read the entire file. */
+        string contents = readFile(*fd);
+
+        /* Extract the roots. */
+        string::size_type pos = 0, end;
+
+        while ((end = contents.find((char) 0, pos)) != string::npos) {
+            Path root(contents, pos, end - pos);
+            debug(format("got temporary root `%1%'") % root);
+            assertStorePath(root);
+            tempRoots.insert(root);
+            pos = end + 1;
+        }
+
+        fds.push_back(fd); /* keep open */
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void foundRoot(StoreAPI & store,
+    const Path & path, const Path & target, Roots & roots)
+{
+    Path storePath = toStorePath(target);
+    if (store.isValidPath(storePath))
+        roots[path] = storePath;
+    else
+        printMsg(lvlInfo, format("skipping invalid root from `%1%' to `%2%'") % path % storePath);
+}
+
+
+static void findRoots(StoreAPI & store, const Path & path, Roots & roots)
+{
+    try {
+
+        struct stat st = lstat(path);
+
+        if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+            Strings names = readDirectory(path);
+            foreach (Strings::iterator, i, names)
+                findRoots(store, path + "/" + *i, roots);
+        }
+
+        else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+            Path target = readLink(path);
+            if (isInStore(target))
+                foundRoot(store, path, target, roots);
+
+            /* Handle indirect roots. */
+            else {
+                target = absPath(target, dirOf(path));
+                if (!pathExists(target)) {
+                    if (isInDir(path, settings.nixStateDir + "/" + gcRootsDir + "/auto")) {
+                        printMsg(lvlInfo, format("removing stale link from `%1%' to `%2%'") % path % target);
+                        unlink(path.c_str());
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    struct stat st2 = lstat(target);
+                    if (!S_ISLNK(st2.st_mode)) return;
+                    Path target2 = readLink(target);
+                    if (isInStore(target2)) foundRoot(store, target, target2, roots);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    catch (SysError & e) {
+        /* We only ignore permanent failures. */
+        if (e.errNo == EACCES || e.errNo == ENOENT || e.errNo == ENOTDIR)
+            printMsg(lvlInfo, format("cannot read potential root `%1%'") % path);
+        else
+            throw;
+    }
+}
+
+
+Roots LocalStore::findRoots()
+{
+    Roots roots;
+
+    /* Process direct roots in {gcroots,manifests,profiles}. */
+    nix::findRoots(*this, settings.nixStateDir + "/" + gcRootsDir, roots);
+    nix::findRoots(*this, settings.nixStateDir + "/manifests", roots);
+    nix::findRoots(*this, settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles", roots);
+
+    return roots;
+}
+
+
+static void addAdditionalRoots(StoreAPI & store, PathSet & roots)
+{
+    Path rootFinder = getEnv("NIX_ROOT_FINDER",
+        settings.nixLibexecDir + "/guix/list-runtime-roots");
+
+    if (rootFinder.empty()) return;
+
+    debug(format("executing `%1%' to find additional roots") % rootFinder);
+
+    string result = runProgram(rootFinder);
+
+    StringSet paths = tokenizeString<StringSet>(result, "\n");
+
+    foreach (StringSet::iterator, i, paths) {
+        if (isInStore(*i)) {
+            Path path = toStorePath(*i);
+            if (roots.find(path) == roots.end() && store.isValidPath(path)) {
+                debug(format("got additional root `%1%'") % path);
+                roots.insert(path);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+struct GCLimitReached { };
+
+
+struct LocalStore::GCState
+{
+    GCOptions options;
+    GCResults & results;
+    PathSet roots;
+    PathSet tempRoots;
+    PathSet dead;
+    PathSet alive;
+    bool gcKeepOutputs;
+    bool gcKeepDerivations;
+    unsigned long long bytesInvalidated;
+    Path trashDir;
+    bool shouldDelete;
+    GCState(GCResults & results_) : results(results_), bytesInvalidated(0) { }
+};
+
+
+bool LocalStore::isActiveTempFile(const GCState & state,
+    const Path & path, const string & suffix)
+{
+    return hasSuffix(path, suffix)
+        && state.tempRoots.find(string(path, 0, path.size() - suffix.size())) != state.tempRoots.end();
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::deleteGarbage(GCState & state, const Path & path)
+{
+    unsigned long long bytesFreed;
+    deletePath(path, bytesFreed);
+    state.results.bytesFreed += bytesFreed;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::deletePathRecursive(GCState & state, const Path & path)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    unsigned long long size = 0;
+
+    if (isValidPath(path)) {
+        PathSet referrers;
+        queryReferrers(path, referrers);
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, referrers)
+            if (*i != path) deletePathRecursive(state, *i);
+        size = queryPathInfo(path).narSize;
+        invalidatePathChecked(path);
+    }
+
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st)) {
+        if (errno == ENOENT) return;
+        throw SysError(format("getting status of %1%") % path);
+    }
+
+    printMsg(lvlInfo, format("deleting `%1%'") % path);
+
+    state.results.paths.insert(path);
+
+    /* If the path is not a regular file or symlink, move it to the
+       trash directory.  The move is to ensure that later (when we're
+       not holding the global GC lock) we can delete the path without
+       being afraid that the path has become alive again.  Otherwise
+       delete it right away. */
+    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        // Estimate the amount freed using the narSize field.  FIXME:
+        // if the path was not valid, need to determine the actual
+        // size.
+        state.bytesInvalidated += size;
+        // Mac OS X cannot rename directories if they are read-only.
+        if (chmod(path.c_str(), st.st_mode | S_IWUSR) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("making `%1%' writable") % path);
+        Path tmp = state.trashDir + "/" + baseNameOf(path);
+        if (rename(path.c_str(), tmp.c_str()))
+            throw SysError(format("unable to rename `%1%' to `%2%'") % path % tmp);
+    } else
+        deleteGarbage(state, path);
+
+    if (state.results.bytesFreed + state.bytesInvalidated > state.options.maxFreed) {
+        printMsg(lvlInfo, format("deleted or invalidated more than %1% bytes; stopping") % state.options.maxFreed);
+        throw GCLimitReached();
+    }
+}
+
+
+bool LocalStore::canReachRoot(GCState & state, PathSet & visited, const Path & path)
+{
+    if (visited.find(path) != visited.end()) return false;
+
+    if (state.alive.find(path) != state.alive.end()) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (state.dead.find(path) != state.dead.end()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (state.roots.find(path) != state.roots.end()) {
+        printMsg(lvlDebug, format("cannot delete `%1%' because it's a root") % path);
+        state.alive.insert(path);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    visited.insert(path);
+
+    if (!isValidPath(path)) return false;
+
+    PathSet incoming;
+
+    /* Don't delete this path if any of its referrers are alive. */
+    queryReferrers(path, incoming);
+
+    /* If gc-keep-derivations is set and this is a derivation, then
+       don't delete the derivation if any of the outputs are alive. */
+    if (state.gcKeepDerivations && isDerivation(path)) {
+        PathSet outputs = queryDerivationOutputs(path);
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, outputs)
+            if (isValidPath(*i) && queryDeriver(*i) == path)
+                incoming.insert(*i);
+    }
+
+    /* If gc-keep-outputs is set, then don't delete this path if there
+       are derivers of this path that are not garbage. */
+    if (state.gcKeepOutputs) {
+        PathSet derivers = queryValidDerivers(path);
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, derivers)
+            incoming.insert(*i);
+    }
+
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, incoming)
+        if (*i != path)
+            if (canReachRoot(state, visited, *i)) {
+                state.alive.insert(path);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::tryToDelete(GCState & state, const Path & path)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    if (path == linksDir || path == state.trashDir) return;
+
+    startNest(nest, lvlDebug, format("considering whether to delete `%1%'") % path);
+
+    if (!isValidPath(path)) {
+        /* A lock file belonging to a path that we're building right
+           now isn't garbage. */
+        if (isActiveTempFile(state, path, ".lock")) return;
+
+        /* Don't delete .chroot directories for derivations that are
+           currently being built. */
+        if (isActiveTempFile(state, path, ".chroot")) return;
+    }
+
+    PathSet visited;
+
+    if (canReachRoot(state, visited, path)) {
+        printMsg(lvlDebug, format("cannot delete `%1%' because it's still reachable") % path);
+    } else {
+        /* No path we visited was a root, so everything is garbage.
+           But we only delete ‘path’ and its referrers here so that
+           ‘nix-store --delete’ doesn't have the unexpected effect of
+           recursing into derivations and outputs. */
+        state.dead.insert(visited.begin(), visited.end());
+        if (state.shouldDelete)
+            deletePathRecursive(state, path);
+    }
+}
+
+
+/* Unlink all files in /nix/store/.links that have a link count of 1,
+   which indicates that there are no other links and so they can be
+   safely deleted.  FIXME: race condition with optimisePath(): we
+   might see a link count of 1 just before optimisePath() increases
+   the link count. */
+void LocalStore::removeUnusedLinks(const GCState & state)
+{
+    AutoCloseDir dir = opendir(linksDir.c_str());
+    if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory `%1%'") % linksDir);
+
+    long long actualSize = 0, unsharedSize = 0;
+
+    struct dirent * dirent;
+    while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir)) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        string name = dirent->d_name;
+        if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
+        Path path = linksDir + "/" + name;
+
+        struct stat st;
+        if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("statting `%1%'") % path);
+
+        if (st.st_nlink != 1) {
+            unsigned long long size = st.st_blocks * 512ULL;
+            actualSize += size;
+            unsharedSize += (st.st_nlink - 1) * size;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("deleting unused link `%1%'") % path);
+
+        if (unlink(path.c_str()) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("deleting `%1%'") % path);
+
+        state.results.bytesFreed += st.st_blocks * 512;
+    }
+
+    struct stat st;
+    if (stat(linksDir.c_str(), &st) == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("statting `%1%'") % linksDir);
+    long long overhead = st.st_blocks * 512ULL;
+
+    printMsg(lvlInfo, format("note: currently hard linking saves %.2f MiB")
+        % ((unsharedSize - actualSize - overhead) / (1024.0 * 1024.0)));
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
+{
+    GCState state(results);
+    state.options = options;
+    state.trashDir = settings.nixStore + "/trash";
+    state.gcKeepOutputs = settings.gcKeepOutputs;
+    state.gcKeepDerivations = settings.gcKeepDerivations;
+
+    /* Using `--ignore-liveness' with `--delete' can have unintended
+       consequences if `gc-keep-outputs' or `gc-keep-derivations' are
+       true (the garbage collector will recurse into deleting the
+       outputs or derivers, respectively).  So disable them. */
+    if (options.action == GCOptions::gcDeleteSpecific && options.ignoreLiveness) {
+        state.gcKeepOutputs = false;
+        state.gcKeepDerivations = false;
+    }
+
+    state.shouldDelete = options.action == GCOptions::gcDeleteDead || options.action == GCOptions::gcDeleteSpecific;
+
+    /* Acquire the global GC root.  This prevents
+       a) New roots from being added.
+       b) Processes from creating new temporary root files. */
+    AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = openGCLock(ltWrite);
+
+    /* Find the roots.  Since we've grabbed the GC lock, the set of
+       permanent roots cannot increase now. */
+    printMsg(lvlError, format("finding garbage collector roots..."));
+    Roots rootMap = options.ignoreLiveness ? Roots() : findRoots();
+
+    foreach (Roots::iterator, i, rootMap) state.roots.insert(i->second);
+
+    /* Add additional roots returned by the program specified by the
+       NIX_ROOT_FINDER environment variable.  This is typically used
+       to add running programs to the set of roots (to prevent them
+       from being garbage collected). */
+    if (!options.ignoreLiveness)
+        addAdditionalRoots(*this, state.roots);
+
+    /* Read the temporary roots.  This acquires read locks on all
+       per-process temporary root files.  So after this point no paths
+       can be added to the set of temporary roots. */
+    FDs fds;
+    readTempRoots(state.tempRoots, fds);
+    state.roots.insert(state.tempRoots.begin(), state.tempRoots.end());
+
+    /* After this point the set of roots or temporary roots cannot
+       increase, since we hold locks on everything.  So everything
+       that is not reachable from `roots'. */
+
+    if (state.shouldDelete) {
+        if (pathExists(state.trashDir)) deleteGarbage(state, state.trashDir);
+        createDirs(state.trashDir);
+    }
+
+    /* Now either delete all garbage paths, or just the specified
+       paths (for gcDeleteSpecific). */
+
+    if (options.action == GCOptions::gcDeleteSpecific) {
+
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, options.pathsToDelete) {
+            assertStorePath(*i);
+            tryToDelete(state, *i);
+            if (state.dead.find(*i) == state.dead.end())
+                throw Error(format("cannot delete path `%1%' since it is still alive") % *i);
+        }
+
+    } else if (options.maxFreed > 0) {
+
+        if (state.shouldDelete)
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("deleting garbage..."));
+        else
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("determining live/dead paths..."));
+
+        try {
+
+            AutoCloseDir dir = opendir(settings.nixStore.c_str());
+            if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory `%1%'") % settings.nixStore);
+
+            /* Read the store and immediately delete all paths that
+               aren't valid.  When using --max-freed etc., deleting
+               invalid paths is preferred over deleting unreachable
+               paths, since unreachable paths could become reachable
+               again.  We don't use readDirectory() here so that GCing
+               can start faster. */
+            Paths entries;
+            struct dirent * dirent;
+            while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir)) {
+                checkInterrupt();
+                string name = dirent->d_name;
+                if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
+                Path path = settings.nixStore + "/" + name;
+                if (isValidPath(path))
+                    entries.push_back(path);
+                else
+                    tryToDelete(state, path);
+            }
+
+            dir.close();
+
+            /* Now delete the unreachable valid paths.  Randomise the
+               order in which we delete entries to make the collector
+               less biased towards deleting paths that come
+               alphabetically first (e.g. /nix/store/000...).  This
+               matters when using --max-freed etc. */
+            vector<Path> entries_(entries.begin(), entries.end());
+            random_shuffle(entries_.begin(), entries_.end());
+
+            foreach (vector<Path>::iterator, i, entries_)
+                tryToDelete(state, *i);
+
+        } catch (GCLimitReached & e) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (state.options.action == GCOptions::gcReturnLive) {
+        state.results.paths = state.alive;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (state.options.action == GCOptions::gcReturnDead) {
+        state.results.paths = state.dead;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Allow other processes to add to the store from here on. */
+    fdGCLock.close();
+    fds.clear();
+
+    /* Delete the trash directory. */
+    printMsg(lvlInfo, format("deleting `%1%'") % state.trashDir);
+    deleteGarbage(state, state.trashDir);
+
+    /* Clean up the links directory. */
+    if (options.action == GCOptions::gcDeleteDead || options.action == GCOptions::gcDeleteSpecific) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("deleting unused links..."));
+        removeUnusedLinks(state);
+    }
+
+    /* While we're at it, vacuum the database. */
+    if (options.action == GCOptions::gcDeleteDead) vacuumDB();
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/globals.cc b/nix/libstore/globals.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86fa56739c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/globals.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+/* The default location of the daemon socket, relative to nixStateDir.
+   The socket is in a directory to allow you to control access to the
+   Nix daemon by setting the mode/ownership of the directory
+   appropriately.  (This wouldn't work on the socket itself since it
+   must be deleted and recreated on startup.) */
+#define DEFAULT_SOCKET_PATH "/daemon-socket/socket"
+
+
+Settings settings;
+
+
+Settings::Settings()
+{
+    keepFailed = false;
+    keepGoing = false;
+    tryFallback = false;
+    buildVerbosity = lvlError;
+    maxBuildJobs = 1;
+    buildCores = 1;
+    readOnlyMode = false;
+    thisSystem = SYSTEM;
+    maxSilentTime = 0;
+    buildTimeout = 0;
+    useBuildHook = true;
+    printBuildTrace = false;
+    reservedSize = 1024 * 1024;
+    fsyncMetadata = true;
+    useSQLiteWAL = true;
+    syncBeforeRegistering = false;
+    useSubstitutes = true;
+    useChroot = false;
+    useSshSubstituter = false;
+    impersonateLinux26 = false;
+    keepLog = true;
+    compressLog = true;
+    maxLogSize = 0;
+    cacheFailure = false;
+    pollInterval = 5;
+    checkRootReachability = false;
+    gcKeepOutputs = false;
+    gcKeepDerivations = true;
+    autoOptimiseStore = false;
+    envKeepDerivations = false;
+    lockCPU = getEnv("NIX_AFFINITY_HACK", "1") == "1";
+    showTrace = false;
+}
+
+
+void Settings::processEnvironment()
+{
+    nixStore = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_STORE_DIR", getEnv("NIX_STORE", NIX_STORE_DIR)));
+    nixDataDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_DATA_DIR", NIX_DATA_DIR));
+    nixLogDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_LOG_DIR", NIX_LOG_DIR));
+    nixStateDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_STATE_DIR", NIX_STATE_DIR));
+    nixDBPath = getEnv("NIX_DB_DIR", nixStateDir + "/db");
+    nixConfDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_CONF_DIR", NIX_CONF_DIR));
+    nixLibexecDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_LIBEXEC_DIR", NIX_LIBEXEC_DIR));
+    nixBinDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_BIN_DIR", NIX_BIN_DIR));
+    nixDaemonSocketFile = canonPath(nixStateDir + DEFAULT_SOCKET_PATH);
+}
+
+
+void Settings::loadConfFile()
+{
+    Path settingsFile = (format("%1%/%2%") % nixConfDir % "nix.conf").str();
+    if (!pathExists(settingsFile)) return;
+    string contents = readFile(settingsFile);
+
+    unsigned int pos = 0;
+
+    while (pos < contents.size()) {
+        string line;
+        while (pos < contents.size() && contents[pos] != '\n')
+            line += contents[pos++];
+        pos++;
+
+        string::size_type hash = line.find('#');
+        if (hash != string::npos)
+            line = string(line, 0, hash);
+
+        vector<string> tokens = tokenizeString<vector<string> >(line);
+        if (tokens.empty()) continue;
+
+        if (tokens.size() < 2 || tokens[1] != "=")
+            throw Error(format("illegal configuration line `%1%' in `%2%'") % line % settingsFile);
+
+        string name = tokens[0];
+
+        vector<string>::iterator i = tokens.begin();
+        advance(i, 2);
+        settings[name] = concatStringsSep(" ", Strings(i, tokens.end())); // FIXME: slow
+    };
+}
+
+
+void Settings::set(const string & name, const string & value)
+{
+    settings[name] = value;
+    overrides[name] = value;
+}
+
+
+void Settings::update()
+{
+    get(tryFallback, "build-fallback");
+    get(maxBuildJobs, "build-max-jobs");
+    get(buildCores, "build-cores");
+    get(thisSystem, "system");
+    get(maxSilentTime, "build-max-silent-time");
+    get(buildTimeout, "build-timeout");
+    get(reservedSize, "gc-reserved-space");
+    get(fsyncMetadata, "fsync-metadata");
+    get(useSQLiteWAL, "use-sqlite-wal");
+    get(syncBeforeRegistering, "sync-before-registering");
+    get(useSubstitutes, "build-use-substitutes");
+    get(buildUsersGroup, "build-users-group");
+    get(useChroot, "build-use-chroot");
+    get(dirsInChroot, "build-chroot-dirs");
+    get(impersonateLinux26, "build-impersonate-linux-26");
+    get(keepLog, "build-keep-log");
+    get(compressLog, "build-compress-log");
+    get(maxLogSize, "build-max-log-size");
+    get(cacheFailure, "build-cache-failure");
+    get(pollInterval, "build-poll-interval");
+    get(checkRootReachability, "gc-check-reachability");
+    get(gcKeepOutputs, "gc-keep-outputs");
+    get(gcKeepDerivations, "gc-keep-derivations");
+    get(autoOptimiseStore, "auto-optimise-store");
+    get(envKeepDerivations, "env-keep-derivations");
+    get(sshSubstituterHosts, "ssh-substituter-hosts");
+    get(useSshSubstituter, "use-ssh-substituter");
+
+    string subs = getEnv("NIX_SUBSTITUTERS", "default");
+    if (subs == "default") {
+        substituters.clear();
+#if 0
+        if (getEnv("NIX_OTHER_STORES") != "")
+            substituters.push_back(nixLibexecDir + "/nix/substituters/copy-from-other-stores.pl");
+#endif
+        substituters.push_back(nixLibexecDir + "/nix/substituters/download-using-manifests.pl");
+        substituters.push_back(nixLibexecDir + "/nix/substituters/download-from-binary-cache.pl");
+        if (useSshSubstituter)
+            substituters.push_back(nixLibexecDir + "/nix/substituters/download-via-ssh");
+    } else
+        substituters = tokenizeString<Strings>(subs, ":");
+}
+
+
+void Settings::get(string & res, const string & name)
+{
+    SettingsMap::iterator i = settings.find(name);
+    if (i == settings.end()) return;
+    res = i->second;
+}
+
+
+void Settings::get(bool & res, const string & name)
+{
+    SettingsMap::iterator i = settings.find(name);
+    if (i == settings.end()) return;
+    if (i->second == "true") res = true;
+    else if (i->second == "false") res = false;
+    else throw Error(format("configuration option `%1%' should be either `true' or `false', not `%2%'")
+        % name % i->second);
+}
+
+
+void Settings::get(StringSet & res, const string & name)
+{
+    SettingsMap::iterator i = settings.find(name);
+    if (i == settings.end()) return;
+    res.clear();
+    Strings ss = tokenizeString<Strings>(i->second);
+    res.insert(ss.begin(), ss.end());
+}
+
+void Settings::get(Strings & res, const string & name)
+{
+    SettingsMap::iterator i = settings.find(name);
+    if (i == settings.end()) return;
+    res = tokenizeString<Strings>(i->second);
+}
+
+
+template<class N> void Settings::get(N & res, const string & name)
+{
+    SettingsMap::iterator i = settings.find(name);
+    if (i == settings.end()) return;
+    if (!string2Int(i->second, res))
+        throw Error(format("configuration setting `%1%' should have an integer value") % name);
+}
+
+
+string Settings::pack()
+{
+    string s;
+    foreach (SettingsMap::iterator, i, settings) {
+        if (i->first.find('\n') != string::npos ||
+            i->first.find('=') != string::npos ||
+            i->second.find('\n') != string::npos)
+            throw Error("illegal option name/value");
+        s += i->first; s += '='; s += i->second; s += '\n';
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+void Settings::unpack(const string & pack) {
+    Strings lines = tokenizeString<Strings>(pack, "\n");
+    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, lines) {
+        string::size_type eq = i->find('=');
+        if (eq == string::npos)
+            throw Error("illegal option name/value");
+        set(i->substr(0, eq), i->substr(eq + 1));
+    }
+}
+
+
+Settings::SettingsMap Settings::getOverrides()
+{
+    return overrides;
+}
+
+
+const string nixVersion = PACKAGE_VERSION;
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/globals.hh b/nix/libstore/globals.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..711c365294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+struct Settings {
+
+    typedef std::map<string, string> SettingsMap;
+
+    Settings();
+
+    void processEnvironment();
+
+    void loadConfFile();
+
+    void set(const string & name, const string & value);
+
+    void update();
+
+    string pack();
+
+    void unpack(const string & pack);
+
+    SettingsMap getOverrides();
+
+    /* The directory where we store sources and derived files. */
+    Path nixStore;
+
+    Path nixDataDir; /* !!! fix */
+
+    /* The directory where we log various operations. */
+    Path nixLogDir;
+
+    /* The directory where state is stored. */
+    Path nixStateDir;
+
+    /* The directory where we keep the SQLite database. */
+    Path nixDBPath;
+
+    /* The directory where configuration files are stored. */
+    Path nixConfDir;
+
+    /* The directory where internal helper programs are stored. */
+    Path nixLibexecDir;
+
+    /* The directory where the main programs are stored. */
+    Path nixBinDir;
+
+    /* File name of the socket the daemon listens to.  */
+    Path nixDaemonSocketFile;
+
+    /* Whether to keep temporary directories of failed builds. */
+    bool keepFailed;
+
+    /* Whether to keep building subgoals when a sibling (another
+       subgoal of the same goal) fails. */
+    bool keepGoing;
+
+    /* Whether, if we cannot realise the known closure corresponding
+       to a derivation, we should try to normalise the derivation
+       instead. */
+    bool tryFallback;
+
+    /* Verbosity level for build output. */
+    Verbosity buildVerbosity;
+
+    /* Maximum number of parallel build jobs.  0 means unlimited. */
+    unsigned int maxBuildJobs;
+
+    /* Number of CPU cores to utilize in parallel within a build,
+       i.e. by passing this number to Make via '-j'. 0 means that the
+       number of actual CPU cores on the local host ought to be
+       auto-detected. */
+    unsigned int buildCores;
+
+    /* Read-only mode.  Don't copy stuff to the store, don't change
+       the database. */
+    bool readOnlyMode;
+
+    /* The canonical system name, as returned by config.guess. */
+    string thisSystem;
+
+    /* The maximum time in seconds that a builer can go without
+       producing any output on stdout/stderr before it is killed.  0
+       means infinity. */
+    time_t maxSilentTime;
+
+    /* The maximum duration in seconds that a builder can run.  0
+       means infinity.  */
+    time_t buildTimeout;
+
+    /* The substituters.  There are programs that can somehow realise
+       a store path without building, e.g., by downloading it or
+       copying it from a CD. */
+    Paths substituters;
+
+    /* Whether to use build hooks (for distributed builds).  Sometimes
+       users want to disable this from the command-line. */
+    bool useBuildHook;
+
+    /* Whether buildDerivations() should print out lines on stderr in
+       a fixed format to allow its progress to be monitored.  Each
+       line starts with a "@".  The following are defined:
+
+       @ build-started <drvpath> <outpath> <system> <logfile>
+       @ build-failed <drvpath> <outpath> <exitcode> <error text>
+       @ build-succeeded <drvpath> <outpath>
+       @ substituter-started <outpath> <substituter>
+       @ substituter-failed <outpath> <exitcode> <error text>
+       @ substituter-succeeded <outpath>
+
+       Best combined with --no-build-output, otherwise stderr might
+       conceivably contain lines in this format printed by the
+       builders. */
+    bool printBuildTrace;
+
+    /* Amount of reserved space for the garbage collector
+       (/nix/var/nix/db/reserved). */
+    off_t reservedSize;
+
+    /* Whether SQLite should use fsync. */
+    bool fsyncMetadata;
+
+    /* Whether SQLite should use WAL mode. */
+    bool useSQLiteWAL;
+
+    /* Whether to call sync() before registering a path as valid. */
+    bool syncBeforeRegistering;
+
+    /* Whether to use substitutes. */
+    bool useSubstitutes;
+
+    /* The Unix group that contains the build users. */
+    string buildUsersGroup;
+
+    /* Whether to build in chroot. */
+    bool useChroot;
+
+    /* The directories from the host filesystem to be included in the
+       chroot. */
+    StringSet dirsInChroot;
+
+    /* Set of ssh connection strings for the ssh substituter */
+    Strings sshSubstituterHosts;
+
+    /* Whether to use the ssh substituter at all */
+    bool useSshSubstituter;
+
+    /* Whether to impersonate a Linux 2.6 machine on newer kernels. */
+    bool impersonateLinux26;
+
+    /* Whether to store build logs. */
+    bool keepLog;
+
+    /* Whether to compress logs. */
+    bool compressLog;
+
+    /* Maximum number of bytes a builder can write to stdout/stderr
+       before being killed (0 means no limit). */
+    unsigned long maxLogSize;
+
+    /* Whether to cache build failures. */
+    bool cacheFailure;
+
+    /* How often (in seconds) to poll for locks. */
+    unsigned int pollInterval;
+
+    /* Whether to check if new GC roots can in fact be found by the
+       garbage collector. */
+    bool checkRootReachability;
+
+    /* Whether the garbage collector should keep outputs of live
+       derivations. */
+    bool gcKeepOutputs;
+
+    /* Whether the garbage collector should keep derivers of live
+       paths. */
+    bool gcKeepDerivations;
+
+    /* Whether to automatically replace files with identical contents
+       with hard links. */
+    bool autoOptimiseStore;
+
+    /* Whether to add derivations as a dependency of user environments
+       (to prevent them from being GCed). */
+    bool envKeepDerivations;
+
+    /* Whether to lock the Nix client and worker to the same CPU. */
+    bool lockCPU;
+
+    /* Whether to show a stack trace if Nix evaluation fails. */
+    bool showTrace;
+
+private:
+    SettingsMap settings, overrides;
+
+    void get(string & res, const string & name);
+    void get(bool & res, const string & name);
+    void get(StringSet & res, const string & name);
+    void get(Strings & res, const string & name);
+    template<class N> void get(N & res, const string & name);
+};
+
+
+// FIXME: don't use a global variable.
+extern Settings settings;
+
+
+extern const string nixVersion;
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/local-store.cc b/nix/libstore/local-store.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1293a6e8f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,2010 @@
+#include "config.h"
+#include "local-store.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "archive.hh"
+#include "pathlocks.hh"
+#include "worker-protocol.hh"
+#include "derivations.hh"
+#include "affinity.hh"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstring>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <utime.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#if HAVE_UNSHARE && HAVE_STATVFS && HAVE_SYS_MOUNT_H
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <sys/statvfs.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_LINUX_FS_H
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <sqlite3.h>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+MakeError(SQLiteError, Error);
+MakeError(SQLiteBusy, SQLiteError);
+
+
+static void throwSQLiteError(sqlite3 * db, const format & f)
+    __attribute__ ((noreturn));
+
+static void throwSQLiteError(sqlite3 * db, const format & f)
+{
+    int err = sqlite3_errcode(db);
+    if (err == SQLITE_BUSY || err == SQLITE_PROTOCOL) {
+        if (err == SQLITE_PROTOCOL)
+            printMsg(lvlError, "warning: SQLite database is busy (SQLITE_PROTOCOL)");
+        else {
+            static bool warned = false;
+            if (!warned) {
+                printMsg(lvlError, "warning: SQLite database is busy");
+                warned = true;
+            }
+        }
+        /* Sleep for a while since retrying the transaction right away
+           is likely to fail again. */
+#if HAVE_NANOSLEEP
+        struct timespec t;
+        t.tv_sec = 0;
+        t.tv_nsec = (random() % 100) * 1000 * 1000; /* <= 0.1s */
+        nanosleep(&t, 0);
+#else
+        sleep(1);
+#endif
+        throw SQLiteBusy(format("%1%: %2%") % f.str() % sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+    }
+    else
+        throw SQLiteError(format("%1%: %2%") % f.str() % sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+}
+
+
+/* Convenience macros for retrying a SQLite transaction. */
+#define retry_sqlite while (1) { try {
+#define end_retry_sqlite break; } catch (SQLiteBusy & e) { } }
+
+
+SQLite::~SQLite()
+{
+    try {
+        if (db && sqlite3_close(db) != SQLITE_OK)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, "closing database");
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void SQLiteStmt::create(sqlite3 * db, const string & s)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+    assert(!stmt);
+    if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, s.c_str(), -1, &stmt, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "creating statement");
+    this->db = db;
+}
+
+
+void SQLiteStmt::reset()
+{
+    assert(stmt);
+    /* Note: sqlite3_reset() returns the error code for the most
+       recent call to sqlite3_step().  So ignore it. */
+    sqlite3_reset(stmt);
+    curArg = 1;
+}
+
+
+SQLiteStmt::~SQLiteStmt()
+{
+    try {
+        if (stmt && sqlite3_finalize(stmt) != SQLITE_OK)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, "finalizing statement");
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void SQLiteStmt::bind(const string & value)
+{
+    if (sqlite3_bind_text(stmt, curArg++, value.c_str(), -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "binding argument");
+}
+
+
+void SQLiteStmt::bind(int value)
+{
+    if (sqlite3_bind_int(stmt, curArg++, value) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "binding argument");
+}
+
+
+void SQLiteStmt::bind64(long long value)
+{
+    if (sqlite3_bind_int64(stmt, curArg++, value) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "binding argument");
+}
+
+
+void SQLiteStmt::bind()
+{
+    if (sqlite3_bind_null(stmt, curArg++) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "binding argument");
+}
+
+
+/* Helper class to ensure that prepared statements are reset when
+   leaving the scope that uses them.  Unfinished prepared statements
+   prevent transactions from being aborted, and can cause locks to be
+   kept when they should be released. */
+struct SQLiteStmtUse
+{
+    SQLiteStmt & stmt;
+    SQLiteStmtUse(SQLiteStmt & stmt) : stmt(stmt)
+    {
+        stmt.reset();
+    }
+    ~SQLiteStmtUse()
+    {
+        try {
+            stmt.reset();
+        } catch (...) {
+            ignoreException();
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+
+struct SQLiteTxn
+{
+    bool active;
+    sqlite3 * db;
+
+    SQLiteTxn(sqlite3 * db) : active(false) {
+        this->db = db;
+        if (sqlite3_exec(db, "begin;", 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, "starting transaction");
+        active = true;
+    }
+
+    void commit()
+    {
+        if (sqlite3_exec(db, "commit;", 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, "committing transaction");
+        active = false;
+    }
+
+    ~SQLiteTxn()
+    {
+        try {
+            if (active && sqlite3_exec(db, "rollback;", 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+                throwSQLiteError(db, "aborting transaction");
+        } catch (...) {
+            ignoreException();
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+
+void checkStoreNotSymlink()
+{
+    if (getEnv("NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE") == "1") return;
+    Path path = settings.nixStore;
+    struct stat st;
+    while (path != "/") {
+        if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
+            throw SysError(format("getting status of `%1%'") % path);
+        if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
+            throw Error(format(
+                "the path `%1%' is a symlink; "
+                "this is not allowed for the Nix store and its parent directories")
+                % path);
+        path = dirOf(path);
+    }
+}
+
+
+LocalStore::LocalStore(bool reserveSpace)
+    : didSetSubstituterEnv(false)
+{
+    schemaPath = settings.nixDBPath + "/schema";
+
+    if (settings.readOnlyMode) {
+        openDB(false);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Create missing state directories if they don't already exist. */
+    createDirs(settings.nixStore);
+    makeStoreWritable();
+    createDirs(linksDir = settings.nixStore + "/.links");
+    Path profilesDir = settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles";
+    createDirs(settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles");
+    createDirs(settings.nixStateDir + "/temproots");
+    createDirs(settings.nixDBPath);
+    Path gcRootsDir = settings.nixStateDir + "/gcroots";
+    if (!pathExists(gcRootsDir)) {
+        createDirs(gcRootsDir);
+        createSymlink(profilesDir, gcRootsDir + "/profiles");
+    }
+
+    checkStoreNotSymlink();
+
+    /* We can't open a SQLite database if the disk is full.  Since
+       this prevents the garbage collector from running when it's most
+       needed, we reserve some dummy space that we can free just
+       before doing a garbage collection. */
+    try {
+        Path reservedPath = settings.nixDBPath + "/reserved";
+        if (reserveSpace) {
+            struct stat st;
+            if (stat(reservedPath.c_str(), &st) == -1 ||
+                st.st_size != settings.reservedSize)
+                writeFile(reservedPath, string(settings.reservedSize, 'X'));
+        }
+        else
+            deletePath(reservedPath);
+    } catch (SysError & e) { /* don't care about errors */
+    }
+
+    /* Acquire the big fat lock in shared mode to make sure that no
+       schema upgrade is in progress. */
+    try {
+        Path globalLockPath = settings.nixDBPath + "/big-lock";
+        globalLock = openLockFile(globalLockPath.c_str(), true);
+    } catch (SysError & e) {
+        if (e.errNo != EACCES) throw;
+        settings.readOnlyMode = true;
+        openDB(false);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!lockFile(globalLock, ltRead, false)) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, "waiting for the big Nix store lock...");
+        lockFile(globalLock, ltRead, true);
+    }
+
+    /* Check the current database schema and if necessary do an
+       upgrade.  */
+    int curSchema = getSchema();
+    if (curSchema > nixSchemaVersion)
+        throw Error(format("current Nix store schema is version %1%, but I only support %2%")
+            % curSchema % nixSchemaVersion);
+
+    else if (curSchema == 0) { /* new store */
+        curSchema = nixSchemaVersion;
+        openDB(true);
+        writeFile(schemaPath, (format("%1%") % nixSchemaVersion).str());
+    }
+
+    else if (curSchema < nixSchemaVersion) {
+        if (curSchema < 5)
+            throw Error(
+                "Your Nix store has a database in Berkeley DB format,\n"
+                "which is no longer supported. To convert to the new format,\n"
+                "please upgrade Nix to version 0.12 first.");
+
+        if (!lockFile(globalLock, ltWrite, false)) {
+            printMsg(lvlError, "waiting for exclusive access to the Nix store...");
+            lockFile(globalLock, ltWrite, true);
+        }
+
+        /* Get the schema version again, because another process may
+           have performed the upgrade already. */
+        curSchema = getSchema();
+
+        if (curSchema < 6) upgradeStore6();
+        else if (curSchema < 7) { upgradeStore7(); openDB(true); }
+
+        writeFile(schemaPath, (format("%1%") % nixSchemaVersion).str());
+
+        lockFile(globalLock, ltRead, true);
+    }
+
+    else openDB(false);
+}
+
+
+LocalStore::~LocalStore()
+{
+    try {
+        foreach (RunningSubstituters::iterator, i, runningSubstituters) {
+            if (i->second.disabled) continue;
+            i->second.to.close();
+            i->second.from.close();
+            i->second.error.close();
+            i->second.pid.wait(true);
+        }
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+
+int LocalStore::getSchema()
+{
+    int curSchema = 0;
+    if (pathExists(schemaPath)) {
+        string s = readFile(schemaPath);
+        if (!string2Int(s, curSchema))
+            throw Error(format("`%1%' is corrupt") % schemaPath);
+    }
+    return curSchema;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::openDB(bool create)
+{
+    if (access(settings.nixDBPath.c_str(), R_OK | W_OK))
+        throw SysError(format("Nix database directory `%1%' is not writable") % settings.nixDBPath);
+
+    /* Open the Nix database. */
+    string dbPath = settings.nixDBPath + "/db.sqlite";
+    if (sqlite3_open_v2(dbPath.c_str(), &db.db,
+            SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE | (create ? SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE : 0), 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throw Error(format("cannot open Nix database `%1%'") % dbPath);
+
+    if (sqlite3_busy_timeout(db, 60 * 60 * 1000) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "setting timeout");
+
+    if (sqlite3_exec(db, "pragma foreign_keys = 1;", 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "enabling foreign keys");
+
+    /* !!! check whether sqlite has been built with foreign key
+       support */
+
+    /* Whether SQLite should fsync().  "Normal" synchronous mode
+       should be safe enough.  If the user asks for it, don't sync at
+       all.  This can cause database corruption if the system
+       crashes. */
+    string syncMode = settings.fsyncMetadata ? "normal" : "off";
+    if (sqlite3_exec(db, ("pragma synchronous = " + syncMode + ";").c_str(), 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "setting synchronous mode");
+
+    /* Set the SQLite journal mode.  WAL mode is fastest, so it's the
+       default. */
+    string mode = settings.useSQLiteWAL ? "wal" : "truncate";
+    string prevMode;
+    {
+        SQLiteStmt stmt;
+        stmt.create(db, "pragma main.journal_mode;");
+        if (sqlite3_step(stmt) != SQLITE_ROW)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, "querying journal mode");
+        prevMode = string((const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 0));
+    }
+    if (prevMode != mode &&
+        sqlite3_exec(db, ("pragma main.journal_mode = " + mode + ";").c_str(), 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "setting journal mode");
+
+    /* Increase the auto-checkpoint interval to 40000 pages.  This
+       seems enough to ensure that instantiating the NixOS system
+       derivation is done in a single fsync(). */
+    if (mode == "wal" && sqlite3_exec(db, "pragma wal_autocheckpoint = 40000;", 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "setting autocheckpoint interval");
+
+    /* Initialise the database schema, if necessary. */
+    if (create) {
+        const char * schema =
+#include "schema.sql.hh"
+            ;
+        if (sqlite3_exec(db, (const char *) schema, 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, "initialising database schema");
+    }
+
+    /* Prepare SQL statements. */
+    stmtRegisterValidPath.create(db,
+        "insert into ValidPaths (path, hash, registrationTime, deriver, narSize) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?);");
+    stmtUpdatePathInfo.create(db,
+        "update ValidPaths set narSize = ?, hash = ? where path = ?;");
+    stmtAddReference.create(db,
+        "insert or replace into Refs (referrer, reference) values (?, ?);");
+    stmtQueryPathInfo.create(db,
+        "select id, hash, registrationTime, deriver, narSize from ValidPaths where path = ?;");
+    stmtQueryReferences.create(db,
+        "select path from Refs join ValidPaths on reference = id where referrer = ?;");
+    stmtQueryReferrers.create(db,
+        "select path from Refs join ValidPaths on referrer = id where reference = (select id from ValidPaths where path = ?);");
+    stmtInvalidatePath.create(db,
+        "delete from ValidPaths where path = ?;");
+    stmtRegisterFailedPath.create(db,
+        "insert or ignore into FailedPaths (path, time) values (?, ?);");
+    stmtHasPathFailed.create(db,
+        "select time from FailedPaths where path = ?;");
+    stmtQueryFailedPaths.create(db,
+        "select path from FailedPaths;");
+    // If the path is a derivation, then clear its outputs.
+    stmtClearFailedPath.create(db,
+        "delete from FailedPaths where ?1 = '*' or path = ?1 "
+        "or path in (select d.path from DerivationOutputs d join ValidPaths v on d.drv = v.id where v.path = ?1);");
+    stmtAddDerivationOutput.create(db,
+        "insert or replace into DerivationOutputs (drv, id, path) values (?, ?, ?);");
+    stmtQueryValidDerivers.create(db,
+        "select v.id, v.path from DerivationOutputs d join ValidPaths v on d.drv = v.id where d.path = ?;");
+    stmtQueryDerivationOutputs.create(db,
+        "select id, path from DerivationOutputs where drv = ?;");
+    // Use "path >= ?" with limit 1 rather than "path like '?%'" to
+    // ensure efficient lookup.
+    stmtQueryPathFromHashPart.create(db,
+        "select path from ValidPaths where path >= ? limit 1;");
+}
+
+
+/* To improve purity, users may want to make the Nix store a read-only
+   bind mount.  So make the Nix store writable for this process. */
+void LocalStore::makeStoreWritable()
+{
+#if HAVE_UNSHARE && HAVE_STATVFS && HAVE_SYS_MOUNT_H && defined(MS_BIND) && defined(MS_REMOUNT)
+    if (getuid() != 0) return;
+    /* Check if /nix/store is on a read-only mount. */
+    struct statvfs stat;
+    if (statvfs(settings.nixStore.c_str(), &stat) != 0)
+        throw SysError("getting info about the Nix store mount point");
+
+    if (stat.f_flag & ST_RDONLY) {
+        if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS) == -1)
+            throw SysError("setting up a private mount namespace");
+
+        if (mount(0, settings.nixStore.c_str(), 0, MS_REMOUNT | MS_BIND, 0) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("remounting %1% writable") % settings.nixStore);
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
+
+const time_t mtimeStore = 1; /* 1 second into the epoch */
+
+
+static void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path, const struct stat & st)
+{
+    if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+
+        /* Mask out all type related bits. */
+        mode_t mode = st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT;
+
+        if (mode != 0444 && mode != 0555) {
+            mode = (st.st_mode & S_IFMT)
+                 | 0444
+                 | (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR ? 0111 : 0);
+            if (chmod(path.c_str(), mode) == -1)
+                throw SysError(format("changing mode of `%1%' to %2$o") % path % mode);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    if (st.st_mtime != mtimeStore) {
+        struct timeval times[2];
+        times[0].tv_sec = st.st_atime;
+        times[0].tv_usec = 0;
+        times[1].tv_sec = mtimeStore;
+        times[1].tv_usec = 0;
+#if HAVE_LUTIMES
+        if (lutimes(path.c_str(), times) == -1)
+            if (errno != ENOSYS ||
+                (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && utimes(path.c_str(), times) == -1))
+#else
+        if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && utimes(path.c_str(), times) == -1)
+#endif
+            throw SysError(format("changing modification time of `%1%'") % path);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
+    canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(path, st);
+}
+
+
+static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSeen & inodesSeen)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
+
+    /* Really make sure that the path is of a supported type.  This
+       has already been checked in dumpPath(). */
+    assert(S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode));
+
+    /* Fail if the file is not owned by the build user.  This prevents
+       us from messing up the ownership/permissions of files
+       hard-linked into the output (e.g. "ln /etc/shadow $out/foo").
+       However, ignore files that we chown'ed ourselves previously to
+       ensure that we don't fail on hard links within the same build
+       (i.e. "touch $out/foo; ln $out/foo $out/bar"). */
+    if (fromUid != (uid_t) -1 && st.st_uid != fromUid) {
+        assert(!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode));
+        if (inodesSeen.find(Inode(st.st_dev, st.st_ino)) == inodesSeen.end())
+            throw BuildError(format("invalid ownership on file `%1%'") % path);
+        mode_t mode = st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT;
+        assert(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) || (st.st_uid == geteuid() && (mode == 0444 || mode == 0555) && st.st_mtime == mtimeStore));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    inodesSeen.insert(Inode(st.st_dev, st.st_ino));
+
+    canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(path, st);
+
+    /* Change ownership to the current uid.  If it's a symlink, use
+       lchown if available, otherwise don't bother.  Wrong ownership
+       of a symlink doesn't matter, since the owning user can't change
+       the symlink and can't delete it because the directory is not
+       writable.  The only exception is top-level paths in the Nix
+       store (since that directory is group-writable for the Nix build
+       users group); we check for this case below. */
+    if (st.st_uid != geteuid()) {
+#if HAVE_LCHOWN
+        if (lchown(path.c_str(), geteuid(), (gid_t) -1) == -1)
+#else
+        if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) &&
+            chown(path.c_str(), geteuid(), (gid_t) -1) == -1)
+#endif
+            throw SysError(format("changing owner of `%1%' to %2%")
+                % path % geteuid());
+    }
+
+    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        Strings names = readDirectory(path);
+        foreach (Strings::iterator, i, names)
+            canonicalisePathMetaData_(path + "/" + *i, fromUid, inodesSeen);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void canonicalisePathMetaData(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSeen & inodesSeen)
+{
+    canonicalisePathMetaData_(path, fromUid, inodesSeen);
+
+    /* On platforms that don't have lchown(), the top-level path can't
+       be a symlink, since we can't change its ownership. */
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
+
+    if (st.st_uid != geteuid()) {
+        assert(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode));
+        throw Error(format("wrong ownership of top-level store path `%1%'") % path);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void canonicalisePathMetaData(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid)
+{
+    InodesSeen inodesSeen;
+    canonicalisePathMetaData(path, fromUid, inodesSeen);
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::checkDerivationOutputs(const Path & drvPath, const Derivation & drv)
+{
+    string drvName = storePathToName(drvPath);
+    assert(isDerivation(drvName));
+    drvName = string(drvName, 0, drvName.size() - drvExtension.size());
+
+    if (isFixedOutputDrv(drv)) {
+        DerivationOutputs::const_iterator out = drv.outputs.find("out");
+        if (out == drv.outputs.end())
+            throw Error(format("derivation `%1%' does not have an output named `out'") % drvPath);
+
+        bool recursive; HashType ht; Hash h;
+        out->second.parseHashInfo(recursive, ht, h);
+        Path outPath = makeFixedOutputPath(recursive, ht, h, drvName);
+
+        StringPairs::const_iterator j = drv.env.find("out");
+        if (out->second.path != outPath || j == drv.env.end() || j->second != outPath)
+            throw Error(format("derivation `%1%' has incorrect output `%2%', should be `%3%'")
+                % drvPath % out->second.path % outPath);
+    }
+
+    else {
+        Derivation drvCopy(drv);
+        foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drvCopy.outputs) {
+            i->second.path = "";
+            drvCopy.env[i->first] = "";
+        }
+
+        Hash h = hashDerivationModulo(*this, drvCopy);
+
+        foreach (DerivationOutputs::const_iterator, i, drv.outputs) {
+            Path outPath = makeOutputPath(i->first, h, drvName);
+            StringPairs::const_iterator j = drv.env.find(i->first);
+            if (i->second.path != outPath || j == drv.env.end() || j->second != outPath)
+                throw Error(format("derivation `%1%' has incorrect output `%2%', should be `%3%'")
+                    % drvPath % i->second.path % outPath);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+unsigned long long LocalStore::addValidPath(const ValidPathInfo & info, bool checkOutputs)
+{
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtRegisterValidPath);
+    stmtRegisterValidPath.bind(info.path);
+    stmtRegisterValidPath.bind("sha256:" + printHash(info.hash));
+    stmtRegisterValidPath.bind(info.registrationTime == 0 ? time(0) : info.registrationTime);
+    if (info.deriver != "")
+        stmtRegisterValidPath.bind(info.deriver);
+    else
+        stmtRegisterValidPath.bind(); // null
+    if (info.narSize != 0)
+        stmtRegisterValidPath.bind64(info.narSize);
+    else
+        stmtRegisterValidPath.bind(); // null
+    if (sqlite3_step(stmtRegisterValidPath) != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, format("registering valid path `%1%' in database") % info.path);
+    unsigned long long id = sqlite3_last_insert_rowid(db);
+
+    /* If this is a derivation, then store the derivation outputs in
+       the database.  This is useful for the garbage collector: it can
+       efficiently query whether a path is an output of some
+       derivation. */
+    if (isDerivation(info.path)) {
+        Derivation drv = parseDerivation(readFile(info.path));
+
+        /* Verify that the output paths in the derivation are correct
+           (i.e., follow the scheme for computing output paths from
+           derivations).  Note that if this throws an error, then the
+           DB transaction is rolled back, so the path validity
+           registration above is undone. */
+        if (checkOutputs) checkDerivationOutputs(info.path, drv);
+
+        foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs) {
+            SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtAddDerivationOutput);
+            stmtAddDerivationOutput.bind(id);
+            stmtAddDerivationOutput.bind(i->first);
+            stmtAddDerivationOutput.bind(i->second.path);
+            if (sqlite3_step(stmtAddDerivationOutput) != SQLITE_DONE)
+                throwSQLiteError(db, format("adding derivation output for `%1%' in database") % info.path);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return id;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::addReference(unsigned long long referrer, unsigned long long reference)
+{
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtAddReference);
+    stmtAddReference.bind(referrer);
+    stmtAddReference.bind(reference);
+    if (sqlite3_step(stmtAddReference) != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "adding reference to database");
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::registerFailedPath(const Path & path)
+{
+    retry_sqlite {
+        SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtRegisterFailedPath);
+        stmtRegisterFailedPath.bind(path);
+        stmtRegisterFailedPath.bind(time(0));
+        if (sqlite3_step(stmtRegisterFailedPath) != SQLITE_DONE)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, format("registering failed path `%1%'") % path);
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+bool LocalStore::hasPathFailed(const Path & path)
+{
+    retry_sqlite {
+        SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtHasPathFailed);
+        stmtHasPathFailed.bind(path);
+        int res = sqlite3_step(stmtHasPathFailed);
+        if (res != SQLITE_DONE && res != SQLITE_ROW)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, "querying whether path failed");
+        return res == SQLITE_ROW;
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+PathSet LocalStore::queryFailedPaths()
+{
+    retry_sqlite {
+        SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtQueryFailedPaths);
+
+        PathSet res;
+        int r;
+        while ((r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryFailedPaths)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+            const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryFailedPaths, 0);
+            assert(s);
+            res.insert(s);
+        }
+
+        if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, "error querying failed paths");
+
+        return res;
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::clearFailedPaths(const PathSet & paths)
+{
+    retry_sqlite {
+        SQLiteTxn txn(db);
+
+        foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, paths) {
+            SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtClearFailedPath);
+            stmtClearFailedPath.bind(*i);
+            if (sqlite3_step(stmtClearFailedPath) != SQLITE_DONE)
+                throwSQLiteError(db, format("clearing failed path `%1%' in database") % *i);
+        }
+
+        txn.commit();
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+Hash parseHashField(const Path & path, const string & s)
+{
+    string::size_type colon = s.find(':');
+    if (colon == string::npos)
+        throw Error(format("corrupt hash `%1%' in valid-path entry for `%2%'")
+            % s % path);
+    HashType ht = parseHashType(string(s, 0, colon));
+    if (ht == htUnknown)
+        throw Error(format("unknown hash type `%1%' in valid-path entry for `%2%'")
+            % string(s, 0, colon) % path);
+    return parseHash(ht, string(s, colon + 1));
+}
+
+
+ValidPathInfo LocalStore::queryPathInfo(const Path & path)
+{
+    ValidPathInfo info;
+    info.path = path;
+
+    assertStorePath(path);
+
+    retry_sqlite {
+
+        /* Get the path info. */
+        SQLiteStmtUse use1(stmtQueryPathInfo);
+
+        stmtQueryPathInfo.bind(path);
+
+        int r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryPathInfo);
+        if (r == SQLITE_DONE) throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
+        if (r != SQLITE_ROW) throwSQLiteError(db, "querying path in database");
+
+        info.id = sqlite3_column_int(stmtQueryPathInfo, 0);
+
+        const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryPathInfo, 1);
+        assert(s);
+        info.hash = parseHashField(path, s);
+
+        info.registrationTime = sqlite3_column_int(stmtQueryPathInfo, 2);
+
+        s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryPathInfo, 3);
+        if (s) info.deriver = s;
+
+        /* Note that narSize = NULL yields 0. */
+        info.narSize = sqlite3_column_int64(stmtQueryPathInfo, 4);
+
+        /* Get the references. */
+        SQLiteStmtUse use2(stmtQueryReferences);
+
+        stmtQueryReferences.bind(info.id);
+
+        while ((r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryReferences)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+            s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryReferences, 0);
+            assert(s);
+            info.references.insert(s);
+        }
+
+        if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting references of `%1%'") % path);
+
+        return info;
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+/* Update path info in the database.  Currently only updates the
+   narSize field. */
+void LocalStore::updatePathInfo(const ValidPathInfo & info)
+{
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtUpdatePathInfo);
+    if (info.narSize != 0)
+        stmtUpdatePathInfo.bind64(info.narSize);
+    else
+        stmtUpdatePathInfo.bind(); // null
+    stmtUpdatePathInfo.bind("sha256:" + printHash(info.hash));
+    stmtUpdatePathInfo.bind(info.path);
+    if (sqlite3_step(stmtUpdatePathInfo) != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, format("updating info of path `%1%' in database") % info.path);
+}
+
+
+unsigned long long LocalStore::queryValidPathId(const Path & path)
+{
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtQueryPathInfo);
+    stmtQueryPathInfo.bind(path);
+    int res = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryPathInfo);
+    if (res == SQLITE_ROW) return sqlite3_column_int(stmtQueryPathInfo, 0);
+    if (res == SQLITE_DONE) throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
+    throwSQLiteError(db, "querying path in database");
+}
+
+
+bool LocalStore::isValidPath_(const Path & path)
+{
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtQueryPathInfo);
+    stmtQueryPathInfo.bind(path);
+    int res = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryPathInfo);
+    if (res != SQLITE_DONE && res != SQLITE_ROW)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "querying path in database");
+    return res == SQLITE_ROW;
+}
+
+
+bool LocalStore::isValidPath(const Path & path)
+{
+    retry_sqlite {
+        return isValidPath_(path);
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+PathSet LocalStore::queryValidPaths(const PathSet & paths)
+{
+    retry_sqlite {
+        PathSet res;
+        foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, paths)
+            if (isValidPath_(*i)) res.insert(*i);
+        return res;
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+PathSet LocalStore::queryAllValidPaths()
+{
+    retry_sqlite {
+        SQLiteStmt stmt;
+        stmt.create(db, "select path from ValidPaths");
+
+        PathSet res;
+        int r;
+        while ((r = sqlite3_step(stmt)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+            const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 0);
+            assert(s);
+            res.insert(s);
+        }
+
+        if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, "error getting valid paths");
+
+        return res;
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::queryReferences(const Path & path,
+    PathSet & references)
+{
+    ValidPathInfo info = queryPathInfo(path);
+    references.insert(info.references.begin(), info.references.end());
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::queryReferrers_(const Path & path, PathSet & referrers)
+{
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtQueryReferrers);
+
+    stmtQueryReferrers.bind(path);
+
+    int r;
+    while ((r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryReferrers)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+        const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryReferrers, 0);
+        assert(s);
+        referrers.insert(s);
+    }
+
+    if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting references of `%1%'") % path);
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::queryReferrers(const Path & path, PathSet & referrers)
+{
+    assertStorePath(path);
+    retry_sqlite {
+        queryReferrers_(path, referrers);
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+Path LocalStore::queryDeriver(const Path & path)
+{
+    return queryPathInfo(path).deriver;
+}
+
+
+PathSet LocalStore::queryValidDerivers(const Path & path)
+{
+    assertStorePath(path);
+
+    retry_sqlite {
+        SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtQueryValidDerivers);
+        stmtQueryValidDerivers.bind(path);
+
+        PathSet derivers;
+        int r;
+        while ((r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryValidDerivers)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+            const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryValidDerivers, 1);
+            assert(s);
+            derivers.insert(s);
+        }
+
+        if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting valid derivers of `%1%'") % path);
+
+        return derivers;
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+PathSet LocalStore::queryDerivationOutputs(const Path & path)
+{
+    retry_sqlite {
+        SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtQueryDerivationOutputs);
+        stmtQueryDerivationOutputs.bind(queryValidPathId(path));
+
+        PathSet outputs;
+        int r;
+        while ((r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryDerivationOutputs)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+            const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryDerivationOutputs, 1);
+            assert(s);
+            outputs.insert(s);
+        }
+
+        if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting outputs of `%1%'") % path);
+
+        return outputs;
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+StringSet LocalStore::queryDerivationOutputNames(const Path & path)
+{
+    retry_sqlite {
+        SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtQueryDerivationOutputs);
+        stmtQueryDerivationOutputs.bind(queryValidPathId(path));
+
+        StringSet outputNames;
+        int r;
+        while ((r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryDerivationOutputs)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+            const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryDerivationOutputs, 0);
+            assert(s);
+            outputNames.insert(s);
+        }
+
+        if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
+            throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting output names of `%1%'") % path);
+
+        return outputNames;
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+Path LocalStore::queryPathFromHashPart(const string & hashPart)
+{
+    if (hashPart.size() != 32) throw Error("invalid hash part");
+
+    Path prefix = settings.nixStore + "/" + hashPart;
+
+    retry_sqlite {
+        SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtQueryPathFromHashPart);
+        stmtQueryPathFromHashPart.bind(prefix);
+
+        int res = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryPathFromHashPart);
+        if (res == SQLITE_DONE) return "";
+        if (res != SQLITE_ROW) throwSQLiteError(db, "finding path in database");
+
+        const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryPathFromHashPart, 0);
+        return s && prefix.compare(0, prefix.size(), s, prefix.size()) == 0 ? s : "";
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::setSubstituterEnv()
+{
+    if (didSetSubstituterEnv) return;
+
+    /* Pass configuration options (including those overridden with
+       --option) to substituters. */
+    setenv("_NIX_OPTIONS", settings.pack().c_str(), 1);
+
+    didSetSubstituterEnv = true;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::startSubstituter(const Path & substituter, RunningSubstituter & run)
+{
+    if (run.disabled || run.pid != -1) return;
+
+    debug(format("starting substituter program `%1%'") % substituter);
+
+    Pipe toPipe, fromPipe, errorPipe;
+
+    toPipe.create();
+    fromPipe.create();
+    errorPipe.create();
+
+    setSubstituterEnv();
+
+    run.pid = maybeVfork();
+
+    switch (run.pid) {
+
+    case -1:
+        throw SysError("unable to fork");
+
+    case 0: /* child */
+        try {
+            restoreAffinity();
+            if (dup2(toPipe.readSide, STDIN_FILENO) == -1)
+                throw SysError("dupping stdin");
+            if (dup2(fromPipe.writeSide, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
+                throw SysError("dupping stdout");
+            if (dup2(errorPipe.writeSide, STDERR_FILENO) == -1)
+                throw SysError("dupping stderr");
+            execl(substituter.c_str(), substituter.c_str(), "--query", NULL);
+            throw SysError(format("executing `%1%'") % substituter);
+        } catch (std::exception & e) {
+            std::cerr << "error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+        }
+        _exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* Parent. */
+
+    run.program = baseNameOf(substituter);
+    run.to = toPipe.writeSide.borrow();
+    run.from = run.fromBuf.fd = fromPipe.readSide.borrow();
+    run.error = errorPipe.readSide.borrow();
+
+    toPipe.readSide.close();
+    fromPipe.writeSide.close();
+    errorPipe.writeSide.close();
+
+    /* The substituter may exit right away if it's disabled in any way
+       (e.g. copy-from-other-stores.pl will exit if no other stores
+       are configured). */
+    try {
+        getLineFromSubstituter(run);
+    } catch (EndOfFile & e) {
+        run.to.close();
+        run.from.close();
+        run.error.close();
+        run.disabled = true;
+        if (run.pid.wait(true) != 0) throw;
+    }
+}
+
+
+/* Read a line from the substituter's stdout, while also processing
+   its stderr. */
+string LocalStore::getLineFromSubstituter(RunningSubstituter & run)
+{
+    string res, err;
+
+    /* We might have stdout data left over from the last time. */
+    if (run.fromBuf.hasData()) goto haveData;
+
+    while (1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+
+        fd_set fds;
+        FD_ZERO(&fds);
+        FD_SET(run.from, &fds);
+        FD_SET(run.error, &fds);
+
+        /* Wait for data to appear on the substituter's stdout or
+           stderr. */
+        if (select(run.from > run.error ? run.from + 1 : run.error + 1, &fds, 0, 0, 0) == -1) {
+            if (errno == EINTR) continue;
+            throw SysError("waiting for input from the substituter");
+        }
+
+        /* Completely drain stderr before dealing with stdout. */
+        if (FD_ISSET(run.error, &fds)) {
+            char buf[4096];
+            ssize_t n = read(run.error, (unsigned char *) buf, sizeof(buf));
+            if (n == -1) {
+                if (errno == EINTR) continue;
+                throw SysError("reading from substituter's stderr");
+            }
+            if (n == 0) throw EndOfFile(format("substituter `%1%' died unexpectedly") % run.program);
+            err.append(buf, n);
+            string::size_type p;
+            while ((p = err.find('\n')) != string::npos) {
+                printMsg(lvlError, run.program + ": " + string(err, 0, p));
+                err = string(err, p + 1);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /* Read from stdout until we get a newline or the buffer is empty. */
+        else if (run.fromBuf.hasData() || FD_ISSET(run.from, &fds)) {
+        haveData:
+            do {
+                unsigned char c;
+                run.fromBuf(&c, 1);
+                if (c == '\n') {
+                    if (!err.empty()) printMsg(lvlError, run.program + ": " + err);
+                    return res;
+                }
+                res += c;
+            } while (run.fromBuf.hasData());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+template<class T> T LocalStore::getIntLineFromSubstituter(RunningSubstituter & run)
+{
+    string s = getLineFromSubstituter(run);
+    T res;
+    if (!string2Int(s, res)) throw Error("integer expected from stream");
+    return res;
+}
+
+
+PathSet LocalStore::querySubstitutablePaths(const PathSet & paths)
+{
+    PathSet res;
+    foreach (Paths::iterator, i, settings.substituters) {
+        if (res.size() == paths.size()) break;
+        RunningSubstituter & run(runningSubstituters[*i]);
+        startSubstituter(*i, run);
+        if (run.disabled) continue;
+        string s = "have ";
+        foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, j, paths)
+            if (res.find(*j) == res.end()) { s += *j; s += " "; }
+        writeLine(run.to, s);
+        while (true) {
+            /* FIXME: we only read stderr when an error occurs, so
+               substituters should only write (short) messages to
+               stderr when they fail.  I.e. they shouldn't write debug
+               output. */
+            Path path = getLineFromSubstituter(run);
+            if (path == "") break;
+            res.insert(path);
+        }
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::querySubstitutablePathInfos(const Path & substituter,
+    PathSet & paths, SubstitutablePathInfos & infos)
+{
+    RunningSubstituter & run(runningSubstituters[substituter]);
+    startSubstituter(substituter, run);
+    if (run.disabled) return;
+
+    string s = "info ";
+    foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, paths)
+        if (infos.find(*i) == infos.end()) { s += *i; s += " "; }
+    writeLine(run.to, s);
+
+    while (true) {
+        Path path = getLineFromSubstituter(run);
+        if (path == "") break;
+        if (paths.find(path) == paths.end())
+            throw Error(format("got unexpected path `%1%' from substituter") % path);
+        paths.erase(path);
+        SubstitutablePathInfo & info(infos[path]);
+        info.deriver = getLineFromSubstituter(run);
+        if (info.deriver != "") assertStorePath(info.deriver);
+        int nrRefs = getIntLineFromSubstituter<int>(run);
+        while (nrRefs--) {
+            Path p = getLineFromSubstituter(run);
+            assertStorePath(p);
+            info.references.insert(p);
+        }
+        info.downloadSize = getIntLineFromSubstituter<long long>(run);
+        info.narSize = getIntLineFromSubstituter<long long>(run);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::querySubstitutablePathInfos(const PathSet & paths,
+    SubstitutablePathInfos & infos)
+{
+    PathSet todo = paths;
+    foreach (Paths::iterator, i, settings.substituters) {
+        if (todo.empty()) break;
+        querySubstitutablePathInfos(*i, todo, infos);
+    }
+}
+
+
+Hash LocalStore::queryPathHash(const Path & path)
+{
+    return queryPathInfo(path).hash;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::registerValidPath(const ValidPathInfo & info)
+{
+    ValidPathInfos infos;
+    infos.push_back(info);
+    registerValidPaths(infos);
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::registerValidPaths(const ValidPathInfos & infos)
+{
+    /* SQLite will fsync by default, but the new valid paths may not be fsync-ed.
+     * So some may want to fsync them before registering the validity, at the
+     * expense of some speed of the path registering operation. */
+    if (settings.syncBeforeRegistering) sync();
+
+    retry_sqlite {
+        SQLiteTxn txn(db);
+        PathSet paths;
+
+        foreach (ValidPathInfos::const_iterator, i, infos) {
+            assert(i->hash.type == htSHA256);
+            if (isValidPath_(i->path))
+                updatePathInfo(*i);
+            else
+                addValidPath(*i, false);
+            paths.insert(i->path);
+        }
+
+        foreach (ValidPathInfos::const_iterator, i, infos) {
+            unsigned long long referrer = queryValidPathId(i->path);
+            foreach (PathSet::iterator, j, i->references)
+                addReference(referrer, queryValidPathId(*j));
+        }
+
+        /* Check that the derivation outputs are correct.  We can't do
+           this in addValidPath() above, because the references might
+           not be valid yet. */
+        foreach (ValidPathInfos::const_iterator, i, infos)
+            if (isDerivation(i->path)) {
+                // FIXME: inefficient; we already loaded the
+                // derivation in addValidPath().
+                Derivation drv = parseDerivation(readFile(i->path));
+                checkDerivationOutputs(i->path, drv);
+            }
+
+        /* Do a topological sort of the paths.  This will throw an
+           error if a cycle is detected and roll back the
+           transaction.  Cycles can only occur when a derivation
+           has multiple outputs. */
+        topoSortPaths(*this, paths);
+
+        txn.commit();
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+/* Invalidate a path.  The caller is responsible for checking that
+   there are no referrers. */
+void LocalStore::invalidatePath(const Path & path)
+{
+    debug(format("invalidating path `%1%'") % path);
+
+    drvHashes.erase(path);
+
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtInvalidatePath);
+
+    stmtInvalidatePath.bind(path);
+
+    if (sqlite3_step(stmtInvalidatePath) != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, format("invalidating path `%1%' in database") % path);
+
+    /* Note that the foreign key constraints on the Refs table take
+       care of deleting the references entries for `path'. */
+}
+
+
+Path LocalStore::addToStoreFromDump(const string & dump, const string & name,
+    bool recursive, HashType hashAlgo, bool repair)
+{
+    Hash h = hashString(hashAlgo, dump);
+
+    Path dstPath = makeFixedOutputPath(recursive, hashAlgo, h, name);
+
+    addTempRoot(dstPath);
+
+    if (repair || !isValidPath(dstPath)) {
+
+        /* The first check above is an optimisation to prevent
+           unnecessary lock acquisition. */
+
+        PathLocks outputLock(singleton<PathSet, Path>(dstPath));
+
+        if (repair || !isValidPath(dstPath)) {
+
+            if (pathExists(dstPath)) deletePath(dstPath);
+
+            if (recursive) {
+                StringSource source(dump);
+                restorePath(dstPath, source);
+            } else
+                writeFile(dstPath, dump);
+
+            canonicalisePathMetaData(dstPath, -1);
+
+            /* Register the SHA-256 hash of the NAR serialisation of
+               the path in the database.  We may just have computed it
+               above (if called with recursive == true and hashAlgo ==
+               sha256); otherwise, compute it here. */
+            HashResult hash;
+            if (recursive) {
+                hash.first = hashAlgo == htSHA256 ? h : hashString(htSHA256, dump);
+                hash.second = dump.size();
+            } else
+                hash = hashPath(htSHA256, dstPath);
+
+            optimisePath(dstPath); // FIXME: combine with hashPath()
+
+            ValidPathInfo info;
+            info.path = dstPath;
+            info.hash = hash.first;
+            info.narSize = hash.second;
+            registerValidPath(info);
+        }
+
+        outputLock.setDeletion(true);
+    }
+
+    return dstPath;
+}
+
+
+Path LocalStore::addToStore(const Path & _srcPath,
+    bool recursive, HashType hashAlgo, PathFilter & filter, bool repair)
+{
+    Path srcPath(absPath(_srcPath));
+    debug(format("adding `%1%' to the store") % srcPath);
+
+    /* Read the whole path into memory. This is not a very scalable
+       method for very large paths, but `copyPath' is mainly used for
+       small files. */
+    StringSink sink;
+    if (recursive)
+        dumpPath(srcPath, sink, filter);
+    else
+        sink.s = readFile(srcPath);
+
+    return addToStoreFromDump(sink.s, baseNameOf(srcPath), recursive, hashAlgo, repair);
+}
+
+
+Path LocalStore::addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
+    const PathSet & references, bool repair)
+{
+    Path dstPath = computeStorePathForText(name, s, references);
+
+    addTempRoot(dstPath);
+
+    if (repair || !isValidPath(dstPath)) {
+
+        PathLocks outputLock(singleton<PathSet, Path>(dstPath));
+
+        if (repair || !isValidPath(dstPath)) {
+
+            if (pathExists(dstPath)) deletePath(dstPath);
+
+            writeFile(dstPath, s);
+
+            canonicalisePathMetaData(dstPath, -1);
+
+            HashResult hash = hashPath(htSHA256, dstPath);
+
+            optimisePath(dstPath);
+
+            ValidPathInfo info;
+            info.path = dstPath;
+            info.hash = hash.first;
+            info.narSize = hash.second;
+            info.references = references;
+            registerValidPath(info);
+        }
+
+        outputLock.setDeletion(true);
+    }
+
+    return dstPath;
+}
+
+
+struct HashAndWriteSink : Sink
+{
+    Sink & writeSink;
+    HashSink hashSink;
+    HashAndWriteSink(Sink & writeSink) : writeSink(writeSink), hashSink(htSHA256)
+    {
+    }
+    virtual void operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+    {
+        writeSink(data, len);
+        hashSink(data, len);
+    }
+    Hash currentHash()
+    {
+        return hashSink.currentHash().first;
+    }
+};
+
+
+#define EXPORT_MAGIC 0x4558494e
+
+
+static void checkSecrecy(const Path & path)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    if (stat(path.c_str(), &st))
+        throw SysError(format("getting status of `%1%'") % path);
+    if ((st.st_mode & (S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)) != 0)
+        throw Error(format("file `%1%' should be secret (inaccessible to everybody else)!") % path);
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
+    Sink & sink)
+{
+    assertStorePath(path);
+
+    addTempRoot(path);
+    if (!isValidPath(path))
+        throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
+
+    HashAndWriteSink hashAndWriteSink(sink);
+
+    dumpPath(path, hashAndWriteSink);
+
+    /* Refuse to export paths that have changed.  This prevents
+       filesystem corruption from spreading to other machines.
+       Don't complain if the stored hash is zero (unknown). */
+    Hash hash = hashAndWriteSink.currentHash();
+    Hash storedHash = queryPathHash(path);
+    if (hash != storedHash && storedHash != Hash(storedHash.type))
+        throw Error(format("hash of path `%1%' has changed from `%2%' to `%3%'!") % path
+            % printHash(storedHash) % printHash(hash));
+
+    writeInt(EXPORT_MAGIC, hashAndWriteSink);
+
+    writeString(path, hashAndWriteSink);
+
+    PathSet references;
+    queryReferences(path, references);
+    writeStrings(references, hashAndWriteSink);
+
+    Path deriver = queryDeriver(path);
+    writeString(deriver, hashAndWriteSink);
+
+    if (sign) {
+        Hash hash = hashAndWriteSink.currentHash();
+
+        writeInt(1, hashAndWriteSink);
+
+        Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
+        AutoDelete delTmp(tmpDir);
+        Path hashFile = tmpDir + "/hash";
+        writeFile(hashFile, printHash(hash));
+
+        Path secretKey = settings.nixConfDir + "/signing-key.sec";
+        checkSecrecy(secretKey);
+
+        Strings args;
+        args.push_back("rsautl");
+        args.push_back("-sign");
+        args.push_back("-inkey");
+        args.push_back(secretKey);
+        args.push_back("-in");
+        args.push_back(hashFile);
+        string signature = runProgram(OPENSSL_PATH, true, args);
+
+        writeString(signature, hashAndWriteSink);
+
+    } else
+        writeInt(0, hashAndWriteSink);
+}
+
+
+struct HashAndReadSource : Source
+{
+    Source & readSource;
+    HashSink hashSink;
+    bool hashing;
+    HashAndReadSource(Source & readSource) : readSource(readSource), hashSink(htSHA256)
+    {
+        hashing = true;
+    }
+    size_t read(unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+    {
+        size_t n = readSource.read(data, len);
+        if (hashing) hashSink(data, n);
+        return n;
+    }
+};
+
+
+/* Create a temporary directory in the store that won't be
+   garbage-collected. */
+Path LocalStore::createTempDirInStore()
+{
+    Path tmpDir;
+    do {
+        /* There is a slight possibility that `tmpDir' gets deleted by
+           the GC between createTempDir() and addTempRoot(), so repeat
+           until `tmpDir' exists. */
+        tmpDir = createTempDir(settings.nixStore);
+        addTempRoot(tmpDir);
+    } while (!pathExists(tmpDir));
+    return tmpDir;
+}
+
+
+Path LocalStore::importPath(bool requireSignature, Source & source)
+{
+    HashAndReadSource hashAndReadSource(source);
+
+    /* We don't yet know what store path this archive contains (the
+       store path follows the archive data proper), and besides, we
+       don't know yet whether the signature is valid. */
+    Path tmpDir = createTempDirInStore();
+    AutoDelete delTmp(tmpDir);
+    Path unpacked = tmpDir + "/unpacked";
+
+    restorePath(unpacked, hashAndReadSource);
+
+    unsigned int magic = readInt(hashAndReadSource);
+    if (magic != EXPORT_MAGIC)
+        throw Error("Nix archive cannot be imported; wrong format");
+
+    Path dstPath = readStorePath(hashAndReadSource);
+
+    printMsg(lvlInfo, format("importing path `%1%'") % dstPath);
+
+    PathSet references = readStorePaths<PathSet>(hashAndReadSource);
+
+    Path deriver = readString(hashAndReadSource);
+    if (deriver != "") assertStorePath(deriver);
+
+    Hash hash = hashAndReadSource.hashSink.finish().first;
+    hashAndReadSource.hashing = false;
+
+    bool haveSignature = readInt(hashAndReadSource) == 1;
+
+    if (requireSignature && !haveSignature)
+        throw Error(format("imported archive of `%1%' lacks a signature") % dstPath);
+
+    if (haveSignature) {
+        string signature = readString(hashAndReadSource);
+
+        if (requireSignature) {
+            Path sigFile = tmpDir + "/sig";
+            writeFile(sigFile, signature);
+
+            Strings args;
+            args.push_back("rsautl");
+            args.push_back("-verify");
+            args.push_back("-inkey");
+            args.push_back(settings.nixConfDir + "/signing-key.pub");
+            args.push_back("-pubin");
+            args.push_back("-in");
+            args.push_back(sigFile);
+            string hash2 = runProgram(OPENSSL_PATH, true, args);
+
+            /* Note: runProgram() throws an exception if the signature
+               is invalid. */
+
+            if (printHash(hash) != hash2)
+                throw Error(
+                    "signed hash doesn't match actual contents of imported "
+                    "archive; archive could be corrupt, or someone is trying "
+                    "to import a Trojan horse");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Do the actual import. */
+
+    /* !!! way too much code duplication with addTextToStore() etc. */
+    addTempRoot(dstPath);
+
+    if (!isValidPath(dstPath)) {
+
+        PathLocks outputLock;
+
+        /* Lock the output path.  But don't lock if we're being called
+           from a build hook (whose parent process already acquired a
+           lock on this path). */
+        Strings locksHeld = tokenizeString<Strings>(getEnv("NIX_HELD_LOCKS"));
+        if (find(locksHeld.begin(), locksHeld.end(), dstPath) == locksHeld.end())
+            outputLock.lockPaths(singleton<PathSet, Path>(dstPath));
+
+        if (!isValidPath(dstPath)) {
+
+            if (pathExists(dstPath)) deletePath(dstPath);
+
+            if (rename(unpacked.c_str(), dstPath.c_str()) == -1)
+                throw SysError(format("cannot move `%1%' to `%2%'")
+                    % unpacked % dstPath);
+
+            canonicalisePathMetaData(dstPath, -1);
+
+            /* !!! if we were clever, we could prevent the hashPath()
+               here. */
+            HashResult hash = hashPath(htSHA256, dstPath);
+
+            optimisePath(dstPath); // FIXME: combine with hashPath()
+
+            ValidPathInfo info;
+            info.path = dstPath;
+            info.hash = hash.first;
+            info.narSize = hash.second;
+            info.references = references;
+            info.deriver = deriver != "" && isValidPath(deriver) ? deriver : "";
+            registerValidPath(info);
+        }
+
+        outputLock.setDeletion(true);
+    }
+
+    return dstPath;
+}
+
+
+Paths LocalStore::importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source)
+{
+    Paths res;
+    while (true) {
+        unsigned long long n = readLongLong(source);
+        if (n == 0) break;
+        if (n != 1) throw Error("input doesn't look like something created by `nix-store --export'");
+        res.push_back(importPath(requireSignature, source));
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::invalidatePathChecked(const Path & path)
+{
+    assertStorePath(path);
+
+    retry_sqlite {
+        SQLiteTxn txn(db);
+
+        if (isValidPath_(path)) {
+            PathSet referrers; queryReferrers_(path, referrers);
+            referrers.erase(path); /* ignore self-references */
+            if (!referrers.empty())
+                throw PathInUse(format("cannot delete path `%1%' because it is in use by %2%")
+                    % path % showPaths(referrers));
+            invalidatePath(path);
+        }
+
+        txn.commit();
+    } end_retry_sqlite;
+}
+
+
+bool LocalStore::verifyStore(bool checkContents, bool repair)
+{
+    printMsg(lvlError, format("reading the Nix store..."));
+
+    bool errors = false;
+
+    /* Acquire the global GC lock to prevent a garbage collection. */
+    AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = openGCLock(ltWrite);
+
+    Paths entries = readDirectory(settings.nixStore);
+    PathSet store(entries.begin(), entries.end());
+
+    /* Check whether all valid paths actually exist. */
+    printMsg(lvlInfo, "checking path existence...");
+
+    PathSet validPaths2 = queryAllValidPaths(), validPaths, done;
+
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, validPaths2)
+        verifyPath(*i, store, done, validPaths, repair, errors);
+
+    /* Release the GC lock so that checking content hashes (which can
+       take ages) doesn't block the GC or builds. */
+    fdGCLock.close();
+
+    /* Optionally, check the content hashes (slow). */
+    if (checkContents) {
+        printMsg(lvlInfo, "checking hashes...");
+
+        Hash nullHash(htSHA256);
+
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, validPaths) {
+            try {
+                ValidPathInfo info = queryPathInfo(*i);
+
+                /* Check the content hash (optionally - slow). */
+                printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("checking contents of `%1%'") % *i);
+                HashResult current = hashPath(info.hash.type, *i);
+
+                if (info.hash != nullHash && info.hash != current.first) {
+                    printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' was modified! "
+                            "expected hash `%2%', got `%3%'")
+                        % *i % printHash(info.hash) % printHash(current.first));
+                    if (repair) repairPath(*i); else errors = true;
+                } else {
+
+                    bool update = false;
+
+                    /* Fill in missing hashes. */
+                    if (info.hash == nullHash) {
+                        printMsg(lvlError, format("fixing missing hash on `%1%'") % *i);
+                        info.hash = current.first;
+                        update = true;
+                    }
+
+                    /* Fill in missing narSize fields (from old stores). */
+                    if (info.narSize == 0) {
+                        printMsg(lvlError, format("updating size field on `%1%' to %2%") % *i % current.second);
+                        info.narSize = current.second;
+                        update = true;
+                    }
+
+                    if (update) updatePathInfo(info);
+
+                }
+
+            } catch (Error & e) {
+                /* It's possible that the path got GC'ed, so ignore
+                   errors on invalid paths. */
+                if (isValidPath(*i))
+                    printMsg(lvlError, format("error: %1%") % e.msg());
+                else
+                    printMsg(lvlError, format("warning: %1%") % e.msg());
+                errors = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return errors;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::verifyPath(const Path & path, const PathSet & store,
+    PathSet & done, PathSet & validPaths, bool repair, bool & errors)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    if (done.find(path) != done.end()) return;
+    done.insert(path);
+
+    if (!isStorePath(path)) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' is not in the Nix store") % path);
+        invalidatePath(path);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (store.find(baseNameOf(path)) == store.end()) {
+        /* Check any referrers first.  If we can invalidate them
+           first, then we can invalidate this path as well. */
+        bool canInvalidate = true;
+        PathSet referrers; queryReferrers(path, referrers);
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, referrers)
+            if (*i != path) {
+                verifyPath(*i, store, done, validPaths, repair, errors);
+                if (validPaths.find(*i) != validPaths.end())
+                    canInvalidate = false;
+            }
+
+        if (canInvalidate) {
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' disappeared, removing from database...") % path);
+            invalidatePath(path);
+        } else {
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' disappeared, but it still has valid referrers!") % path);
+            if (repair)
+                try {
+                    repairPath(path);
+                } catch (Error & e) {
+                    printMsg(lvlError, format("warning: %1%") % e.msg());
+                    errors = true;
+                }
+            else errors = true;
+        }
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    validPaths.insert(path);
+}
+
+
+bool LocalStore::pathContentsGood(const Path & path)
+{
+    std::map<Path, bool>::iterator i = pathContentsGoodCache.find(path);
+    if (i != pathContentsGoodCache.end()) return i->second;
+    printMsg(lvlInfo, format("checking path `%1%'...") % path);
+    ValidPathInfo info = queryPathInfo(path);
+    bool res;
+    if (!pathExists(path))
+        res = false;
+    else {
+        HashResult current = hashPath(info.hash.type, path);
+        Hash nullHash(htSHA256);
+        res = info.hash == nullHash || info.hash == current.first;
+    }
+    pathContentsGoodCache[path] = res;
+    if (!res) printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' is corrupted or missing!") % path);
+    return res;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::markContentsGood(const Path & path)
+{
+    pathContentsGoodCache[path] = true;
+}
+
+
+/* Functions for upgrading from the pre-SQLite database. */
+
+PathSet LocalStore::queryValidPathsOld()
+{
+    PathSet paths;
+    Strings entries = readDirectory(settings.nixDBPath + "/info");
+    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, entries)
+        if (i->at(0) != '.') paths.insert(settings.nixStore + "/" + *i);
+    return paths;
+}
+
+
+ValidPathInfo LocalStore::queryPathInfoOld(const Path & path)
+{
+    ValidPathInfo res;
+    res.path = path;
+
+    /* Read the info file. */
+    string baseName = baseNameOf(path);
+    Path infoFile = (format("%1%/info/%2%") % settings.nixDBPath % baseName).str();
+    if (!pathExists(infoFile))
+        throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
+    string info = readFile(infoFile);
+
+    /* Parse it. */
+    Strings lines = tokenizeString<Strings>(info, "\n");
+
+    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, lines) {
+        string::size_type p = i->find(':');
+        if (p == string::npos)
+            throw Error(format("corrupt line in `%1%': %2%") % infoFile % *i);
+        string name(*i, 0, p);
+        string value(*i, p + 2);
+        if (name == "References") {
+            Strings refs = tokenizeString<Strings>(value, " ");
+            res.references = PathSet(refs.begin(), refs.end());
+        } else if (name == "Deriver") {
+            res.deriver = value;
+        } else if (name == "Hash") {
+            res.hash = parseHashField(path, value);
+        } else if (name == "Registered-At") {
+            int n = 0;
+            string2Int(value, n);
+            res.registrationTime = n;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+
+/* Upgrade from schema 5 (Nix 0.12) to schema 6 (Nix >= 0.15). */
+void LocalStore::upgradeStore6()
+{
+    printMsg(lvlError, "upgrading Nix store to new schema (this may take a while)...");
+
+    openDB(true);
+
+    PathSet validPaths = queryValidPathsOld();
+
+    SQLiteTxn txn(db);
+
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, validPaths) {
+        addValidPath(queryPathInfoOld(*i), false);
+        std::cerr << ".";
+    }
+
+    std::cerr << "|";
+
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, validPaths) {
+        ValidPathInfo info = queryPathInfoOld(*i);
+        unsigned long long referrer = queryValidPathId(*i);
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, j, info.references)
+            addReference(referrer, queryValidPathId(*j));
+        std::cerr << ".";
+    }
+
+    std::cerr << "\n";
+
+    txn.commit();
+}
+
+
+#if defined(FS_IOC_SETFLAGS) && defined(FS_IOC_GETFLAGS) && defined(FS_IMMUTABLE_FL)
+
+static void makeMutable(const Path & path)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    struct stat st = lstat(path);
+
+    if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) && !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) return;
+
+    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        Strings names = readDirectory(path);
+        foreach (Strings::iterator, i, names)
+            makeMutable(path + "/" + *i);
+    }
+
+    /* The O_NOFOLLOW is important to prevent us from changing the
+       mutable bit on the target of a symlink (which would be a
+       security hole). */
+    AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_NOFOLLOW);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        if (errno == ELOOP) return; // it's a symlink
+        throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % path);
+    }
+
+    unsigned int flags = 0, old;
+
+    /* Silently ignore errors getting/setting the immutable flag so
+       that we work correctly on filesystems that don't support it. */
+    if (ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_GETFLAGS, &flags)) return;
+    old = flags;
+    flags &= ~FS_IMMUTABLE_FL;
+    if (old == flags) return;
+    if (ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, &flags)) return;
+}
+
+/* Upgrade from schema 6 (Nix 0.15) to schema 7 (Nix >= 1.3). */
+void LocalStore::upgradeStore7()
+{
+    if (getuid() != 0) return;
+    printMsg(lvlError, "removing immutable bits from the Nix store (this may take a while)...");
+    makeMutable(settings.nixStore);
+}
+
+#else
+
+void LocalStore::upgradeStore7()
+{
+}
+
+#endif
+
+
+void LocalStore::vacuumDB()
+{
+    if (sqlite3_exec(db, "vacuum;", 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throwSQLiteError(db, "vacuuming SQLite database");
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/local-store.hh b/nix/libstore/local-store.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09639e74cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/local-store.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,333 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "store-api.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "pathlocks.hh"
+
+
+class sqlite3;
+class sqlite3_stmt;
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+/* Nix store and database schema version.  Version 1 (or 0) was Nix <=
+   0.7.  Version 2 was Nix 0.8 and 0.9.  Version 3 is Nix 0.10.
+   Version 4 is Nix 0.11.  Version 5 is Nix 0.12-0.16.  Version 6 is
+   Nix 1.0.  Version 7 is Nix 1.3. */
+const int nixSchemaVersion = 7;
+
+
+extern string drvsLogDir;
+
+
+struct Derivation;
+
+
+struct OptimiseStats
+{
+    unsigned long totalFiles;
+    unsigned long sameContents;
+    unsigned long filesLinked;
+    unsigned long long bytesFreed;
+    unsigned long long blocksFreed;
+    OptimiseStats()
+    {
+        totalFiles = sameContents = filesLinked = 0;
+        bytesFreed = blocksFreed = 0;
+    }
+};
+
+
+struct RunningSubstituter
+{
+    Path program;
+    Pid pid;
+    AutoCloseFD to, from, error;
+    FdSource fromBuf;
+    bool disabled;
+    RunningSubstituter() : disabled(false) { };
+};
+
+
+/* Wrapper object to close the SQLite database automatically. */
+struct SQLite
+{
+    sqlite3 * db;
+    SQLite() { db = 0; }
+    ~SQLite();
+    operator sqlite3 * () { return db; }
+};
+
+
+/* Wrapper object to create and destroy SQLite prepared statements. */
+struct SQLiteStmt
+{
+    sqlite3 * db;
+    sqlite3_stmt * stmt;
+    unsigned int curArg;
+    SQLiteStmt() { stmt = 0; }
+    void create(sqlite3 * db, const string & s);
+    void reset();
+    ~SQLiteStmt();
+    operator sqlite3_stmt * () { return stmt; }
+    void bind(const string & value);
+    void bind(int value);
+    void bind64(long long value);
+    void bind();
+};
+
+
+class LocalStore : public StoreAPI
+{
+private:
+    typedef std::map<Path, RunningSubstituter> RunningSubstituters;
+    RunningSubstituters runningSubstituters;
+
+    Path linksDir;
+
+public:
+
+    /* Initialise the local store, upgrading the schema if
+       necessary. */
+    LocalStore(bool reserveSpace = true);
+
+    ~LocalStore();
+
+    /* Implementations of abstract store API methods. */
+
+    bool isValidPath(const Path & path);
+
+    PathSet queryValidPaths(const PathSet & paths);
+
+    PathSet queryAllValidPaths();
+
+    ValidPathInfo queryPathInfo(const Path & path);
+
+    Hash queryPathHash(const Path & path);
+
+    void queryReferences(const Path & path, PathSet & references);
+
+    void queryReferrers(const Path & path, PathSet & referrers);
+
+    Path queryDeriver(const Path & path);
+
+    PathSet queryValidDerivers(const Path & path);
+
+    PathSet queryDerivationOutputs(const Path & path);
+
+    StringSet queryDerivationOutputNames(const Path & path);
+
+    Path queryPathFromHashPart(const string & hashPart);
+
+    PathSet querySubstitutablePaths(const PathSet & paths);
+
+    void querySubstitutablePathInfos(const Path & substituter,
+        PathSet & paths, SubstitutablePathInfos & infos);
+
+    void querySubstitutablePathInfos(const PathSet & paths,
+        SubstitutablePathInfos & infos);
+
+    Path addToStore(const Path & srcPath,
+        bool recursive = true, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,
+        PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter, bool repair = false);
+
+    /* Like addToStore(), but the contents of the path are contained
+       in `dump', which is either a NAR serialisation (if recursive ==
+       true) or simply the contents of a regular file (if recursive ==
+       false). */
+    Path addToStoreFromDump(const string & dump, const string & name,
+        bool recursive = true, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256, bool repair = false);
+
+    Path addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
+        const PathSet & references, bool repair = false);
+
+    void exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
+        Sink & sink);
+
+    Paths importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source);
+
+    void buildPaths(const PathSet & paths, BuildMode buildMode);
+
+    void ensurePath(const Path & path);
+
+    void addTempRoot(const Path & path);
+
+    void addIndirectRoot(const Path & path);
+
+    void syncWithGC();
+
+    Roots findRoots();
+
+    void collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results);
+
+    /* Optimise the disk space usage of the Nix store by hard-linking
+       files with the same contents. */
+    void optimiseStore(OptimiseStats & stats);
+
+    /* Optimise a single store path. */
+    void optimisePath(const Path & path);
+
+    /* Check the integrity of the Nix store.  Returns true if errors
+       remain. */
+    bool verifyStore(bool checkContents, bool repair);
+
+    /* Register the validity of a path, i.e., that `path' exists, that
+       the paths referenced by it exists, and in the case of an output
+       path of a derivation, that it has been produced by a successful
+       execution of the derivation (or something equivalent).  Also
+       register the hash of the file system contents of the path.  The
+       hash must be a SHA-256 hash. */
+    void registerValidPath(const ValidPathInfo & info);
+
+    void registerValidPaths(const ValidPathInfos & infos);
+
+    /* Register that the build of a derivation with output `path' has
+       failed. */
+    void registerFailedPath(const Path & path);
+
+    /* Query whether `path' previously failed to build. */
+    bool hasPathFailed(const Path & path);
+
+    PathSet queryFailedPaths();
+
+    void clearFailedPaths(const PathSet & paths);
+
+    void vacuumDB();
+
+    /* Repair the contents of the given path by redownloading it using
+       a substituter (if available). */
+    void repairPath(const Path & path);
+
+    /* Check whether the given valid path exists and has the right
+       contents. */
+    bool pathContentsGood(const Path & path);
+
+    void markContentsGood(const Path & path);
+
+    void setSubstituterEnv();
+
+private:
+
+    Path schemaPath;
+
+    /* Lock file used for upgrading. */
+    AutoCloseFD globalLock;
+
+    /* The SQLite database object. */
+    SQLite db;
+
+    /* Some precompiled SQLite statements. */
+    SQLiteStmt stmtRegisterValidPath;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtUpdatePathInfo;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtAddReference;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtQueryPathInfo;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtQueryReferences;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtQueryReferrers;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtInvalidatePath;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtRegisterFailedPath;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtHasPathFailed;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtQueryFailedPaths;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtClearFailedPath;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtAddDerivationOutput;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtQueryValidDerivers;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtQueryDerivationOutputs;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtQueryPathFromHashPart;
+
+    /* Cache for pathContentsGood(). */
+    std::map<Path, bool> pathContentsGoodCache;
+
+    bool didSetSubstituterEnv;
+
+    int getSchema();
+
+    void openDB(bool create);
+
+    void makeStoreWritable();
+
+    unsigned long long queryValidPathId(const Path & path);
+
+    unsigned long long addValidPath(const ValidPathInfo & info, bool checkOutputs = true);
+
+    void addReference(unsigned long long referrer, unsigned long long reference);
+
+    void appendReferrer(const Path & from, const Path & to, bool lock);
+
+    void rewriteReferrers(const Path & path, bool purge, PathSet referrers);
+
+    void invalidatePath(const Path & path);
+
+    /* Delete a path from the Nix store. */
+    void invalidatePathChecked(const Path & path);
+
+    void verifyPath(const Path & path, const PathSet & store,
+        PathSet & done, PathSet & validPaths, bool repair, bool & errors);
+
+    void updatePathInfo(const ValidPathInfo & info);
+
+    void upgradeStore6();
+    void upgradeStore7();
+    PathSet queryValidPathsOld();
+    ValidPathInfo queryPathInfoOld(const Path & path);
+
+    struct GCState;
+
+    void deleteGarbage(GCState & state, const Path & path);
+
+    void tryToDelete(GCState & state, const Path & path);
+
+    bool canReachRoot(GCState & state, PathSet & visited, const Path & path);
+
+    void deletePathRecursive(GCState & state, const Path & path);
+
+    bool isActiveTempFile(const GCState & state,
+        const Path & path, const string & suffix);
+
+    int openGCLock(LockType lockType);
+
+    void removeUnusedLinks(const GCState & state);
+
+    void startSubstituter(const Path & substituter,
+        RunningSubstituter & runningSubstituter);
+
+    string getLineFromSubstituter(RunningSubstituter & run);
+
+    template<class T> T getIntLineFromSubstituter(RunningSubstituter & run);
+
+    Path createTempDirInStore();
+
+    Path importPath(bool requireSignature, Source & source);
+
+    void checkDerivationOutputs(const Path & drvPath, const Derivation & drv);
+
+    void optimisePath_(OptimiseStats & stats, const Path & path);
+
+    // Internal versions that are not wrapped in retry_sqlite.
+    bool isValidPath_(const Path & path);
+    void queryReferrers_(const Path & path, PathSet & referrers);
+};
+
+
+typedef std::pair<dev_t, ino_t> Inode;
+typedef set<Inode> InodesSeen;
+
+
+/* "Fix", or canonicalise, the meta-data of the files in a store path
+   after it has been built.  In particular:
+   - the last modification date on each file is set to 1 (i.e.,
+     00:00:01 1/1/1970 UTC)
+   - the permissions are set of 444 or 555 (i.e., read-only with or
+     without execute permission; setuid bits etc. are cleared)
+   - the owner and group are set to the Nix user and group, if we're
+     running as root. */
+void canonicalisePathMetaData(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSeen & inodesSeen);
+void canonicalisePathMetaData(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid);
+
+void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path);
+
+MakeError(PathInUse, Error);
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/misc.cc b/nix/libstore/misc.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bf3f93782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/misc.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+#include "misc.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+#include "local-store.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+Derivation derivationFromPath(StoreAPI & store, const Path & drvPath)
+{
+    assertStorePath(drvPath);
+    store.ensurePath(drvPath);
+    return parseDerivation(readFile(drvPath));
+}
+
+
+void computeFSClosure(StoreAPI & store, const Path & path,
+    PathSet & paths, bool flipDirection, bool includeOutputs, bool includeDerivers)
+{
+    if (paths.find(path) != paths.end()) return;
+    paths.insert(path);
+
+    PathSet edges;
+
+    if (flipDirection) {
+        store.queryReferrers(path, edges);
+
+        if (includeOutputs) {
+            PathSet derivers = store.queryValidDerivers(path);
+            foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, derivers)
+                edges.insert(*i);
+        }
+
+        if (includeDerivers && isDerivation(path)) {
+            PathSet outputs = store.queryDerivationOutputs(path);
+            foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, outputs)
+                if (store.isValidPath(*i) && store.queryDeriver(*i) == path)
+                    edges.insert(*i);
+        }
+
+    } else {
+        store.queryReferences(path, edges);
+
+        if (includeOutputs && isDerivation(path)) {
+            PathSet outputs = store.queryDerivationOutputs(path);
+            foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, outputs)
+                if (store.isValidPath(*i)) edges.insert(*i);
+        }
+
+        if (includeDerivers) {
+            Path deriver = store.queryDeriver(path);
+            if (store.isValidPath(deriver)) edges.insert(deriver);
+        }
+    }
+
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, edges)
+        computeFSClosure(store, *i, paths, flipDirection, includeOutputs, includeDerivers);
+}
+
+
+Path findOutput(const Derivation & drv, string id)
+{
+    foreach (DerivationOutputs::const_iterator, i, drv.outputs)
+        if (i->first == id) return i->second.path;
+    throw Error(format("derivation has no output `%1%'") % id);
+}
+
+
+void queryMissing(StoreAPI & store, const PathSet & targets,
+    PathSet & willBuild, PathSet & willSubstitute, PathSet & unknown,
+    unsigned long long & downloadSize, unsigned long long & narSize)
+{
+    downloadSize = narSize = 0;
+
+    PathSet todo(targets.begin(), targets.end()), done;
+
+    /* Getting substitute info has high latency when using the binary
+       cache substituter.  Thus it's essential to do substitute
+       queries in parallel as much as possible.  To accomplish this
+       we do the following:
+
+       - For all paths still to be processed (‘todo’), we add all
+         paths for which we need info to the set ‘query’.  For an
+         unbuilt derivation this is the output paths; otherwise, it's
+         the path itself.
+
+       - We get info about all paths in ‘query’ in parallel.
+
+       - We process the results and add new items to ‘todo’ if
+         necessary.  E.g. if a path is substitutable, then we need to
+         get info on its references.
+
+       - Repeat until ‘todo’ is empty.
+    */
+
+    while (!todo.empty()) {
+
+        PathSet query, todoDrv, todoNonDrv;
+
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, todo) {
+            if (done.find(*i) != done.end()) continue;
+            done.insert(*i);
+
+            DrvPathWithOutputs i2 = parseDrvPathWithOutputs(*i);
+
+            if (isDerivation(i2.first)) {
+                if (!store.isValidPath(i2.first)) {
+                    // FIXME: we could try to substitute p.
+                    unknown.insert(*i);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                Derivation drv = derivationFromPath(store, i2.first);
+
+                PathSet invalid;
+                foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, j, drv.outputs)
+                    if (wantOutput(j->first, i2.second)
+                        && !store.isValidPath(j->second.path))
+                        invalid.insert(j->second.path);
+                if (invalid.empty()) continue;
+
+                todoDrv.insert(*i);
+                if (settings.useSubstitutes && !willBuildLocally(drv))
+                    query.insert(invalid.begin(), invalid.end());
+            }
+
+            else {
+                if (store.isValidPath(*i)) continue;
+                query.insert(*i);
+                todoNonDrv.insert(*i);
+            }
+        }
+
+        todo.clear();
+
+        SubstitutablePathInfos infos;
+        store.querySubstitutablePathInfos(query, infos);
+
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, todoDrv) {
+            DrvPathWithOutputs i2 = parseDrvPathWithOutputs(*i);
+
+            // FIXME: cache this
+            Derivation drv = derivationFromPath(store, i2.first);
+
+            PathSet outputs;
+            bool mustBuild = false;
+            if (settings.useSubstitutes && !willBuildLocally(drv)) {
+                foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, j, drv.outputs) {
+                    if (!wantOutput(j->first, i2.second)) continue;
+                    if (!store.isValidPath(j->second.path)) {
+                        if (infos.find(j->second.path) == infos.end())
+                            mustBuild = true;
+                        else
+                            outputs.insert(j->second.path);
+                    }
+                }
+            } else
+                mustBuild = true;
+
+            if (mustBuild) {
+                willBuild.insert(i2.first);
+                todo.insert(drv.inputSrcs.begin(), drv.inputSrcs.end());
+                foreach (DerivationInputs::iterator, j, drv.inputDrvs)
+                    todo.insert(makeDrvPathWithOutputs(j->first, j->second));
+            } else
+                todoNonDrv.insert(outputs.begin(), outputs.end());
+        }
+
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, todoNonDrv) {
+            done.insert(*i);
+            SubstitutablePathInfos::iterator info = infos.find(*i);
+            if (info != infos.end()) {
+                willSubstitute.insert(*i);
+                downloadSize += info->second.downloadSize;
+                narSize += info->second.narSize;
+                todo.insert(info->second.references.begin(), info->second.references.end());
+            } else
+                unknown.insert(*i);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void dfsVisit(StoreAPI & store, const PathSet & paths,
+    const Path & path, PathSet & visited, Paths & sorted,
+    PathSet & parents)
+{
+    if (parents.find(path) != parents.end())
+        throw BuildError(format("cycle detected in the references of `%1%'") % path);
+
+    if (visited.find(path) != visited.end()) return;
+    visited.insert(path);
+    parents.insert(path);
+
+    PathSet references;
+    if (store.isValidPath(path))
+        store.queryReferences(path, references);
+
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, references)
+        /* Don't traverse into paths that don't exist.  That can
+           happen due to substitutes for non-existent paths. */
+        if (*i != path && paths.find(*i) != paths.end())
+            dfsVisit(store, paths, *i, visited, sorted, parents);
+
+    sorted.push_front(path);
+    parents.erase(path);
+}
+
+
+Paths topoSortPaths(StoreAPI & store, const PathSet & paths)
+{
+    Paths sorted;
+    PathSet visited, parents;
+    foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, paths)
+        dfsVisit(store, paths, *i, visited, sorted, parents);
+    return sorted;
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/misc.hh b/nix/libstore/misc.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..144cb7f457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/misc.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "derivations.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+/* Read a derivation, after ensuring its existence through
+   ensurePath(). */
+Derivation derivationFromPath(StoreAPI & store, const Path & drvPath);
+
+/* Place in `paths' the set of all store paths in the file system
+   closure of `storePath'; that is, all paths than can be directly or
+   indirectly reached from it.  `paths' is not cleared.  If
+   `flipDirection' is true, the set of paths that can reach
+   `storePath' is returned; that is, the closures under the
+   `referrers' relation instead of the `references' relation is
+   returned. */
+void computeFSClosure(StoreAPI & store, const Path & path,
+    PathSet & paths, bool flipDirection = false,
+    bool includeOutputs = false, bool includeDerivers = false);
+
+/* Return the path corresponding to the output identifier `id' in the
+   given derivation. */
+Path findOutput(const Derivation & drv, string id);
+
+/* Given a set of paths that are to be built, return the set of
+   derivations that will be built, and the set of output paths that
+   will be substituted. */
+void queryMissing(StoreAPI & store, const PathSet & targets,
+    PathSet & willBuild, PathSet & willSubstitute, PathSet & unknown,
+    unsigned long long & downloadSize, unsigned long long & narSize);
+
+bool willBuildLocally(const Derivation & drv);
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/optimise-store.cc b/nix/libstore/optimise-store.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d833f3aa05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/optimise-store.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "local-store.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+static void makeWritable(const Path & path)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
+    if (chmod(path.c_str(), st.st_mode | S_IWUSR) == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("changing writability of `%1%'") % path);
+}
+
+
+struct MakeReadOnly
+{
+    Path path;
+    MakeReadOnly(const Path & path) : path(path) { }
+    ~MakeReadOnly()
+    {
+        try {
+            /* This will make the path read-only. */
+            if (path != "") canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(path);
+        } catch (...) {
+            ignoreException();
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+
+void LocalStore::optimisePath_(OptimiseStats & stats, const Path & path)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+    
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
+
+    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        Strings names = readDirectory(path);
+        foreach (Strings::iterator, i, names)
+            optimisePath_(stats, path + "/" + *i);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* We can hard link regular files and maybe symlinks. */
+    if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode)
+#if CAN_LINK_SYMLINK
+        && !S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)
+#endif
+        ) return;
+
+    /* Sometimes SNAFUs can cause files in the Nix store to be
+       modified, in particular when running programs as root under
+       NixOS (example: $fontconfig/var/cache being modified).  Skip
+       those files.  FIXME: check the modification time. */
+    if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode) && (st.st_mode & S_IWUSR)) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("skipping suspicious writable file `%1%'") % path);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Hash the file.  Note that hashPath() returns the hash over the
+       NAR serialisation, which includes the execute bit on the file.
+       Thus, executable and non-executable files with the same
+       contents *won't* be linked (which is good because otherwise the
+       permissions would be screwed up).
+
+       Also note that if `path' is a symlink, then we're hashing the
+       contents of the symlink (i.e. the result of readlink()), not
+       the contents of the target (which may not even exist). */
+    Hash hash = hashPath(htSHA256, path).first;
+    stats.totalFiles++;
+    printMsg(lvlDebug, format("`%1%' has hash `%2%'") % path % printHash(hash));
+
+    /* Check if this is a known hash. */
+    Path linkPath = linksDir + "/" + printHash32(hash);
+
+    if (!pathExists(linkPath)) {
+        /* Nope, create a hard link in the links directory. */
+        if (link(path.c_str(), linkPath.c_str()) == 0) return;
+        if (errno != EEXIST)
+            throw SysError(format("cannot link `%1%' to `%2%'") % linkPath % path);
+        /* Fall through if another process created ‘linkPath’ before
+           we did. */
+    }
+
+    /* Yes!  We've seen a file with the same contents.  Replace the
+       current file with a hard link to that file. */
+    struct stat stLink;
+    if (lstat(linkPath.c_str(), &stLink))
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % linkPath);
+
+    stats.sameContents++;
+    if (st.st_ino == stLink.st_ino) {
+        printMsg(lvlDebug, format("`%1%' is already linked to `%2%'") % path % linkPath);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("linking `%1%' to `%2%'") % path % linkPath);
+
+    /* Make the containing directory writable, but only if it's not
+       the store itself (we don't want or need to mess with its
+       permissions). */
+    bool mustToggle = !isStorePath(path);
+    if (mustToggle) makeWritable(dirOf(path));
+
+    /* When we're done, make the directory read-only again and reset
+       its timestamp back to 0. */
+    MakeReadOnly makeReadOnly(mustToggle ? dirOf(path) : "");
+
+    Path tempLink = (format("%1%/.tmp-link-%2%-%3%")
+        % settings.nixStore % getpid() % rand()).str();
+
+    if (link(linkPath.c_str(), tempLink.c_str()) == -1) {
+        if (errno == EMLINK) {
+            /* Too many links to the same file (>= 32000 on most file
+               systems).  This is likely to happen with empty files.
+               Just shrug and ignore. */
+            if (st.st_size)
+                printMsg(lvlInfo, format("`%1%' has maximum number of links") % linkPath);
+            return;
+        }
+        throw SysError(format("cannot link `%1%' to `%2%'") % tempLink % linkPath);
+    }
+
+    /* Atomically replace the old file with the new hard link. */
+    if (rename(tempLink.c_str(), path.c_str()) == -1) {
+        if (unlink(tempLink.c_str()) == -1)
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("unable to unlink `%1%'") % tempLink);
+        if (errno == EMLINK) {
+            /* Some filesystems generate too many links on the rename,
+               rather than on the original link.  (Probably it
+               temporarily increases the st_nlink field before
+               decreasing it again.) */
+            if (st.st_size)
+                printMsg(lvlInfo, format("`%1%' has maximum number of links") % linkPath);
+            return;
+        }
+        throw SysError(format("cannot rename `%1%' to `%2%'") % tempLink % path);
+    }
+
+    stats.filesLinked++;
+    stats.bytesFreed += st.st_size;
+    stats.blocksFreed += st.st_blocks;
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::optimiseStore(OptimiseStats & stats)
+{
+    PathSet paths = queryAllValidPaths();
+
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, paths) {
+        addTempRoot(*i);
+        if (!isValidPath(*i)) continue; /* path was GC'ed, probably */
+        startNest(nest, lvlChatty, format("hashing files in `%1%'") % *i);
+        optimisePath_(stats, *i);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::optimisePath(const Path & path)
+{
+    OptimiseStats stats;
+    if (settings.autoOptimiseStore) optimisePath_(stats, path);
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/pathlocks.cc b/nix/libstore/pathlocks.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b858ed238d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/pathlocks.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+#include "pathlocks.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+int openLockFile(const Path & path, bool create)
+{
+    AutoCloseFD fd;
+
+    fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDWR | (create ? O_CREAT : 0), 0600);
+    if (fd == -1 && (create || errno != ENOENT))
+        throw SysError(format("opening lock file `%1%'") % path);
+
+    closeOnExec(fd);
+
+    return fd.borrow();
+}
+
+
+void deleteLockFile(const Path & path, int fd)
+{
+    /* Get rid of the lock file.  Have to be careful not to introduce
+       races.  Write a (meaningless) token to the file to indicate to
+       other processes waiting on this lock that the lock is stale
+       (deleted). */
+    unlink(path.c_str());
+    writeFull(fd, (const unsigned char *) "d", 1);
+    /* Note that the result of unlink() is ignored; removing the lock
+       file is an optimisation, not a necessity. */
+}
+
+
+bool lockFile(int fd, LockType lockType, bool wait)
+{
+    struct flock lock;
+    if (lockType == ltRead) lock.l_type = F_RDLCK;
+    else if (lockType == ltWrite) lock.l_type = F_WRLCK;
+    else if (lockType == ltNone) lock.l_type = F_UNLCK;
+    else abort();
+    lock.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
+    lock.l_start = 0;
+    lock.l_len = 0; /* entire file */
+
+    if (wait) {
+        while (fcntl(fd, F_SETLKW, &lock) != 0) {
+            checkInterrupt();
+            if (errno != EINTR)
+                throw SysError(format("acquiring/releasing lock"));
+        }
+    } else {
+        while (fcntl(fd, F_SETLK, &lock) != 0) {
+            checkInterrupt();
+            if (errno == EACCES || errno == EAGAIN) return false;
+            if (errno != EINTR) 
+                throw SysError(format("acquiring/releasing lock"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+/* This enables us to check whether are not already holding a lock on
+   a file ourselves.  POSIX locks (fcntl) suck in this respect: if we
+   close a descriptor, the previous lock will be closed as well.  And
+   there is no way to query whether we already have a lock (F_GETLK
+   only works on locks held by other processes). */
+static StringSet lockedPaths; /* !!! not thread-safe */
+
+
+PathLocks::PathLocks()
+    : deletePaths(false)
+{
+}
+
+
+PathLocks::PathLocks(const PathSet & paths, const string & waitMsg)
+    : deletePaths(false)
+{
+    lockPaths(paths, waitMsg);
+}
+
+
+bool PathLocks::lockPaths(const PathSet & _paths,
+    const string & waitMsg, bool wait)
+{
+    assert(fds.empty());
+    
+    /* Note that `fds' is built incrementally so that the destructor
+       will only release those locks that we have already acquired. */
+
+    /* Sort the paths.  This assures that locks are always acquired in
+       the same order, thus preventing deadlocks. */
+    Paths paths(_paths.begin(), _paths.end());
+    paths.sort();
+    
+    /* Acquire the lock for each path. */
+    foreach (Paths::iterator, i, paths) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        Path path = *i;
+        Path lockPath = path + ".lock";
+
+        debug(format("locking path `%1%'") % path);
+
+        if (lockedPaths.find(lockPath) != lockedPaths.end())
+            throw Error("deadlock: trying to re-acquire self-held lock");
+
+        AutoCloseFD fd;
+        
+        while (1) {
+
+            /* Open/create the lock file. */
+	    fd = openLockFile(lockPath, true);
+
+            /* Acquire an exclusive lock. */
+            if (!lockFile(fd, ltWrite, false)) {
+                if (wait) {
+                    if (waitMsg != "") printMsg(lvlError, waitMsg);
+                    lockFile(fd, ltWrite, true);
+                } else {
+                    /* Failed to lock this path; release all other
+                       locks. */
+                    unlock();
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            debug(format("lock acquired on `%1%'") % lockPath);
+
+            /* Check that the lock file hasn't become stale (i.e.,
+               hasn't been unlinked). */
+            struct stat st;
+            if (fstat(fd, &st) == -1)
+                throw SysError(format("statting lock file `%1%'") % lockPath);
+            if (st.st_size != 0)
+                /* This lock file has been unlinked, so we're holding
+                   a lock on a deleted file.  This means that other
+                   processes may create and acquire a lock on
+                   `lockPath', and proceed.  So we must retry. */
+                debug(format("open lock file `%1%' has become stale") % lockPath);
+            else
+                break;
+        }
+
+        /* Use borrow so that the descriptor isn't closed. */
+        fds.push_back(FDPair(fd.borrow(), lockPath));
+        lockedPaths.insert(lockPath);
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+PathLocks::~PathLocks()
+{
+    unlock();
+}
+
+
+void PathLocks::unlock()
+{
+    foreach (list<FDPair>::iterator, i, fds) {
+        if (deletePaths) deleteLockFile(i->second, i->first);
+
+        lockedPaths.erase(i->second);
+        if (close(i->first) == -1)
+            printMsg(lvlError,
+                format("error (ignored): cannot close lock file on `%1%'") % i->second);
+
+        debug(format("lock released on `%1%'") % i->second);
+    }
+
+    fds.clear();
+}
+
+
+void PathLocks::setDeletion(bool deletePaths)
+{
+    this->deletePaths = deletePaths;
+}
+
+
+bool pathIsLockedByMe(const Path & path)
+{
+    Path lockPath = path + ".lock";
+    return lockedPaths.find(lockPath) != lockedPaths.end();
+}
+
+ 
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/pathlocks.hh b/nix/libstore/pathlocks.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a6b1450da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/pathlocks.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+/* Open (possibly create) a lock file and return the file descriptor.
+   -1 is returned if create is false and the lock could not be opened
+   because it doesn't exist.  Any other error throws an exception. */
+int openLockFile(const Path & path, bool create);
+
+/* Delete an open lock file. */
+void deleteLockFile(const Path & path, int fd);
+
+enum LockType { ltRead, ltWrite, ltNone };
+
+bool lockFile(int fd, LockType lockType, bool wait);
+
+
+class PathLocks 
+{
+private:
+    typedef std::pair<int, Path> FDPair;
+    list<FDPair> fds;
+    bool deletePaths;
+
+public:
+    PathLocks();
+    PathLocks(const PathSet & paths,
+        const string & waitMsg = "");
+    bool lockPaths(const PathSet & _paths,
+        const string & waitMsg = "",
+        bool wait = true);
+    ~PathLocks();
+    void unlock();
+    void setDeletion(bool deletePaths);
+};
+
+
+bool pathIsLockedByMe(const Path & path);
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/references.cc b/nix/libstore/references.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..282b848938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/references.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+#include "references.hh"
+#include "hash.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "archive.hh"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+static unsigned int refLength = 32; /* characters */
+
+
+static void search(const unsigned char * s, unsigned int len, 
+    StringSet & hashes, StringSet & seen)
+{
+    static bool initialised = false;
+    static bool isBase32[256];
+    if (!initialised) {
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 256; ++i) isBase32[i] = false;
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < base32Chars.size(); ++i)
+            isBase32[(unsigned char) base32Chars[i]] = true;
+        initialised = true;
+    }
+    
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i + refLength <= len; ) {
+        int j;
+        bool match = true;
+        for (j = refLength - 1; j >= 0; --j)
+            if (!isBase32[(unsigned char) s[i + j]]) {
+                i += j + 1;
+                match = false;
+                break;
+            }
+        if (!match) continue;
+        string ref((const char *) s + i, refLength);
+        if (hashes.find(ref) != hashes.end()) {
+            debug(format("found reference to `%1%' at offset `%2%'")
+                  % ref % i);
+            seen.insert(ref);
+            hashes.erase(ref);
+        }
+        ++i;
+    }
+}
+
+
+struct RefScanSink : Sink
+{
+    HashSink hashSink;
+    StringSet hashes;
+    StringSet seen;
+
+    string tail;
+
+    RefScanSink() : hashSink(htSHA256) { }
+    
+    void operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+};
+
+
+void RefScanSink::operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    hashSink(data, len);
+
+    /* It's possible that a reference spans the previous and current
+       fragment, so search in the concatenation of the tail of the
+       previous fragment and the start of the current fragment. */
+    string s = tail + string((const char *) data, len > refLength ? refLength : len);
+    search((const unsigned char *) s.data(), s.size(), hashes, seen);
+
+    search(data, len, hashes, seen);
+
+    unsigned int tailLen = len <= refLength ? len : refLength;
+    tail =
+        string(tail, tail.size() < refLength - tailLen ? 0 : tail.size() - (refLength - tailLen)) +
+        string((const char *) data + len - tailLen, tailLen);
+}
+
+
+PathSet scanForReferences(const string & path,
+    const PathSet & refs, HashResult & hash)
+{
+    RefScanSink sink;
+    std::map<string, Path> backMap;
+
+    /* For efficiency (and a higher hit rate), just search for the
+       hash part of the file name.  (This assumes that all references
+       have the form `HASH-bla'). */
+    foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, refs) {
+        string baseName = baseNameOf(*i);
+        string::size_type pos = baseName.find('-');
+        if (pos == string::npos)
+            throw Error(format("bad reference `%1%'") % *i);
+        string s = string(baseName, 0, pos);
+        assert(s.size() == refLength);
+        assert(backMap.find(s) == backMap.end());
+        // parseHash(htSHA256, s);
+        sink.hashes.insert(s);
+        backMap[s] = *i;
+    }
+
+    /* Look for the hashes in the NAR dump of the path. */
+    dumpPath(path, sink);
+
+    /* Map the hashes found back to their store paths. */
+    PathSet found;
+    foreach (StringSet::iterator, i, sink.seen) {
+        std::map<string, Path>::iterator j;
+        if ((j = backMap.find(*i)) == backMap.end()) abort();
+        found.insert(j->second);
+    }
+
+    hash = sink.hashSink.finish();
+        
+    return found;
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/references.hh b/nix/libstore/references.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..013809d122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/references.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "hash.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+PathSet scanForReferences(const Path & path, const PathSet & refs,
+    HashResult & hash);
+    
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/remote-store.cc b/nix/libstore/remote-store.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4619206932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/remote-store.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,602 @@
+#include "serialise.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "remote-store.hh"
+#include "worker-protocol.hh"
+#include "archive.hh"
+#include "affinity.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <cstring>
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+Path readStorePath(Source & from)
+{
+    Path path = readString(from);
+    assertStorePath(path);
+    return path;
+}
+
+
+template<class T> T readStorePaths(Source & from)
+{
+    T paths = readStrings<T>(from);
+    foreach (typename T::iterator, i, paths) assertStorePath(*i);
+    return paths;
+}
+
+template PathSet readStorePaths(Source & from);
+
+
+RemoteStore::RemoteStore()
+{
+    initialised = false;
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::openConnection(bool reserveSpace)
+{
+    if (initialised) return;
+    initialised = true;
+
+    string remoteMode = getEnv("NIX_REMOTE");
+
+    if (remoteMode == "daemon")
+        /* Connect to a daemon that does the privileged work for
+           us. */
+        connectToDaemon();
+    else
+        throw Error(format("invalid setting for NIX_REMOTE, `%1%'") % remoteMode);
+
+    from.fd = fdSocket;
+    to.fd = fdSocket;
+
+    /* Send the magic greeting, check for the reply. */
+    try {
+        writeInt(WORKER_MAGIC_1, to);
+        to.flush();
+        unsigned int magic = readInt(from);
+        if (magic != WORKER_MAGIC_2) throw Error("protocol mismatch");
+
+        daemonVersion = readInt(from);
+        if (GET_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(daemonVersion) != GET_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(PROTOCOL_VERSION))
+            throw Error("Nix daemon protocol version not supported");
+        writeInt(PROTOCOL_VERSION, to);
+
+        if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 14) {
+            int cpu = settings.lockCPU ? lockToCurrentCPU() : -1;
+            if (cpu != -1) {
+                writeInt(1, to);
+                writeInt(cpu, to);
+            } else
+                writeInt(0, to);
+        }
+
+        if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 11)
+            writeInt(reserveSpace, to);
+
+        processStderr();
+    }
+    catch (Error & e) {
+        throw Error(format("cannot start worker (%1%)")
+            % e.msg());
+    }
+
+    setOptions();
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::connectToDaemon()
+{
+    fdSocket = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (fdSocket == -1)
+        throw SysError("cannot create Unix domain socket");
+    closeOnExec(fdSocket);
+
+    string socketPath = settings.nixDaemonSocketFile;
+
+    /* Urgh, sockaddr_un allows path names of only 108 characters.  So
+       chdir to the socket directory so that we can pass a relative
+       path name.  !!! this is probably a bad idea in multi-threaded
+       applications... */
+    AutoCloseFD fdPrevDir = open(".", O_RDONLY);
+    if (fdPrevDir == -1) throw SysError("couldn't open current directory");
+    chdir(dirOf(socketPath).c_str());
+    Path socketPathRel = "./" + baseNameOf(socketPath);
+
+    struct sockaddr_un addr;
+    addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+    if (socketPathRel.size() >= sizeof(addr.sun_path))
+        throw Error(format("socket path `%1%' is too long") % socketPathRel);
+    using namespace std;
+    strcpy(addr.sun_path, socketPathRel.c_str());
+
+    if (connect(fdSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("cannot connect to daemon at `%1%'") % socketPath);
+
+    if (fchdir(fdPrevDir) == -1)
+        throw SysError("couldn't change back to previous directory");
+}
+
+
+RemoteStore::~RemoteStore()
+{
+    try {
+        to.flush();
+        fdSocket.close();
+        if (child != -1)
+            child.wait(true);
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::setOptions()
+{
+    writeInt(wopSetOptions, to);
+
+    writeInt(settings.keepFailed, to);
+    writeInt(settings.keepGoing, to);
+    writeInt(settings.tryFallback, to);
+    writeInt(verbosity, to);
+    writeInt(settings.maxBuildJobs, to);
+    writeInt(settings.maxSilentTime, to);
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 2)
+        writeInt(settings.useBuildHook, to);
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 4) {
+        writeInt(settings.buildVerbosity, to);
+        writeInt(logType, to);
+        writeInt(settings.printBuildTrace, to);
+    }
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 6)
+        writeInt(settings.buildCores, to);
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 10)
+        writeInt(settings.useSubstitutes, to);
+
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 12) {
+        Settings::SettingsMap overrides = settings.getOverrides();
+        writeInt(overrides.size(), to);
+        foreach (Settings::SettingsMap::iterator, i, overrides) {
+            writeString(i->first, to);
+            writeString(i->second, to);
+        }
+    }
+
+    processStderr();
+}
+
+
+bool RemoteStore::isValidPath(const Path & path)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopIsValidPath, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    processStderr();
+    unsigned int reply = readInt(from);
+    return reply != 0;
+}
+
+
+PathSet RemoteStore::queryValidPaths(const PathSet & paths)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) < 12) {
+        PathSet res;
+        foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, paths)
+            if (isValidPath(*i)) res.insert(*i);
+        return res;
+    } else {
+        writeInt(wopQueryValidPaths, to);
+        writeStrings(paths, to);
+        processStderr();
+        return readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+    }
+}
+
+
+PathSet RemoteStore::queryAllValidPaths()
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopQueryAllValidPaths, to);
+    processStderr();
+    return readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+}
+
+
+PathSet RemoteStore::querySubstitutablePaths(const PathSet & paths)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) < 12) {
+        PathSet res;
+        foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, paths) {
+            writeInt(wopHasSubstitutes, to);
+            writeString(*i, to);
+            processStderr();
+            if (readInt(from)) res.insert(*i);
+        }
+        return res;
+    } else {
+        writeInt(wopQuerySubstitutablePaths, to);
+        writeStrings(paths, to);
+        processStderr();
+        return readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::querySubstitutablePathInfos(const PathSet & paths,
+    SubstitutablePathInfos & infos)
+{
+    if (paths.empty()) return;
+
+    openConnection();
+
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) < 3) return;
+
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) < 12) {
+
+        foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, paths) {
+            SubstitutablePathInfo info;
+            writeInt(wopQuerySubstitutablePathInfo, to);
+            writeString(*i, to);
+            processStderr();
+            unsigned int reply = readInt(from);
+            if (reply == 0) continue;
+            info.deriver = readString(from);
+            if (info.deriver != "") assertStorePath(info.deriver);
+            info.references = readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+            info.downloadSize = readLongLong(from);
+            info.narSize = GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 7 ? readLongLong(from) : 0;
+            infos[*i] = info;
+        }
+
+    } else {
+
+        writeInt(wopQuerySubstitutablePathInfos, to);
+        writeStrings(paths, to);
+        processStderr();
+        unsigned int count = readInt(from);
+        for (unsigned int n = 0; n < count; n++) {
+            Path path = readStorePath(from);
+            SubstitutablePathInfo & info(infos[path]);
+            info.deriver = readString(from);
+            if (info.deriver != "") assertStorePath(info.deriver);
+            info.references = readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+            info.downloadSize = readLongLong(from);
+            info.narSize = readLongLong(from);
+        }
+
+    }
+}
+
+
+ValidPathInfo RemoteStore::queryPathInfo(const Path & path)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopQueryPathInfo, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    processStderr();
+    ValidPathInfo info;
+    info.path = path;
+    info.deriver = readString(from);
+    if (info.deriver != "") assertStorePath(info.deriver);
+    info.hash = parseHash(htSHA256, readString(from));
+    info.references = readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+    info.registrationTime = readInt(from);
+    info.narSize = readLongLong(from);
+    return info;
+}
+
+
+Hash RemoteStore::queryPathHash(const Path & path)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopQueryPathHash, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    processStderr();
+    string hash = readString(from);
+    return parseHash(htSHA256, hash);
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::queryReferences(const Path & path,
+    PathSet & references)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopQueryReferences, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    processStderr();
+    PathSet references2 = readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+    references.insert(references2.begin(), references2.end());
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::queryReferrers(const Path & path,
+    PathSet & referrers)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopQueryReferrers, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    processStderr();
+    PathSet referrers2 = readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+    referrers.insert(referrers2.begin(), referrers2.end());
+}
+
+
+Path RemoteStore::queryDeriver(const Path & path)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopQueryDeriver, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    processStderr();
+    Path drvPath = readString(from);
+    if (drvPath != "") assertStorePath(drvPath);
+    return drvPath;
+}
+
+
+PathSet RemoteStore::queryValidDerivers(const Path & path)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopQueryValidDerivers, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    processStderr();
+    return readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+}
+
+
+PathSet RemoteStore::queryDerivationOutputs(const Path & path)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopQueryDerivationOutputs, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    processStderr();
+    return readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+}
+
+
+PathSet RemoteStore::queryDerivationOutputNames(const Path & path)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopQueryDerivationOutputNames, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    processStderr();
+    return readStrings<PathSet>(from);
+}
+
+
+Path RemoteStore::queryPathFromHashPart(const string & hashPart)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopQueryPathFromHashPart, to);
+    writeString(hashPart, to);
+    processStderr();
+    Path path = readString(from);
+    if (!path.empty()) assertStorePath(path);
+    return path;
+}
+
+
+Path RemoteStore::addToStore(const Path & _srcPath,
+    bool recursive, HashType hashAlgo, PathFilter & filter, bool repair)
+{
+    if (repair) throw Error("repairing is not supported when building through the Nix daemon");
+
+    openConnection();
+
+    Path srcPath(absPath(_srcPath));
+
+    writeInt(wopAddToStore, to);
+    writeString(baseNameOf(srcPath), to);
+    /* backwards compatibility hack */
+    writeInt((hashAlgo == htSHA256 && recursive) ? 0 : 1, to);
+    writeInt(recursive ? 1 : 0, to);
+    writeString(printHashType(hashAlgo), to);
+    dumpPath(srcPath, to, filter);
+    processStderr();
+    return readStorePath(from);
+}
+
+
+Path RemoteStore::addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
+    const PathSet & references, bool repair)
+{
+    if (repair) throw Error("repairing is not supported when building through the Nix daemon");
+
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopAddTextToStore, to);
+    writeString(name, to);
+    writeString(s, to);
+    writeStrings(references, to);
+
+    processStderr();
+    return readStorePath(from);
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
+    Sink & sink)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopExportPath, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    writeInt(sign ? 1 : 0, to);
+    processStderr(&sink); /* sink receives the actual data */
+    readInt(from);
+}
+
+
+Paths RemoteStore::importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopImportPaths, to);
+    /* We ignore requireSignature, since the worker forces it to true
+       anyway. */
+    processStderr(0, &source);
+    return readStorePaths<Paths>(from);
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::buildPaths(const PathSet & drvPaths, BuildMode buildMode)
+{
+    if (buildMode != bmNormal) throw Error("repairing or checking is not supported when building through the Nix daemon");
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopBuildPaths, to);
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 13)
+        writeStrings(drvPaths, to);
+    else {
+        /* For backwards compatibility with old daemons, strip output
+           identifiers. */
+        PathSet drvPaths2;
+        foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, drvPaths)
+            drvPaths2.insert(string(*i, 0, i->find('!')));
+        writeStrings(drvPaths2, to);
+    }
+    processStderr();
+    readInt(from);
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::ensurePath(const Path & path)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopEnsurePath, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    processStderr();
+    readInt(from);
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::addTempRoot(const Path & path)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopAddTempRoot, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    processStderr();
+    readInt(from);
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::addIndirectRoot(const Path & path)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopAddIndirectRoot, to);
+    writeString(path, to);
+    processStderr();
+    readInt(from);
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::syncWithGC()
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopSyncWithGC, to);
+    processStderr();
+    readInt(from);
+}
+
+
+Roots RemoteStore::findRoots()
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopFindRoots, to);
+    processStderr();
+    unsigned int count = readInt(from);
+    Roots result;
+    while (count--) {
+        Path link = readString(from);
+        Path target = readStorePath(from);
+        result[link] = target;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
+{
+    openConnection(false);
+
+    writeInt(wopCollectGarbage, to);
+    writeInt(options.action, to);
+    writeStrings(options.pathsToDelete, to);
+    writeInt(options.ignoreLiveness, to);
+    writeLongLong(options.maxFreed, to);
+    writeInt(0, to);
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 5) {
+        /* removed options */
+        writeInt(0, to);
+        writeInt(0, to);
+    }
+
+    processStderr();
+
+    results.paths = readStrings<PathSet>(from);
+    results.bytesFreed = readLongLong(from);
+    readLongLong(from); // obsolete
+}
+
+
+PathSet RemoteStore::queryFailedPaths()
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopQueryFailedPaths, to);
+    processStderr();
+    return readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::clearFailedPaths(const PathSet & paths)
+{
+    openConnection();
+    writeInt(wopClearFailedPaths, to);
+    writeStrings(paths, to);
+    processStderr();
+    readInt(from);
+}
+
+
+void RemoteStore::processStderr(Sink * sink, Source * source)
+{
+    to.flush();
+    unsigned int msg;
+    while ((msg = readInt(from)) == STDERR_NEXT
+        || msg == STDERR_READ || msg == STDERR_WRITE) {
+        if (msg == STDERR_WRITE) {
+            string s = readString(from);
+            if (!sink) throw Error("no sink");
+            (*sink)((const unsigned char *) s.data(), s.size());
+        }
+        else if (msg == STDERR_READ) {
+            if (!source) throw Error("no source");
+            size_t len = readInt(from);
+            unsigned char * buf = new unsigned char[len];
+            AutoDeleteArray<unsigned char> d(buf);
+            writeString(buf, source->read(buf, len), to);
+            to.flush();
+        }
+        else {
+            string s = readString(from);
+            writeToStderr(s);
+        }
+    }
+    if (msg == STDERR_ERROR) {
+        string error = readString(from);
+        unsigned int status = GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 8 ? readInt(from) : 1;
+        throw Error(format("%1%") % error, status);
+    }
+    else if (msg != STDERR_LAST)
+        throw Error("protocol error processing standard error");
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/remote-store.hh b/nix/libstore/remote-store.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04b60fce4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/remote-store.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+class Pipe;
+class Pid;
+struct FdSink;
+struct FdSource;
+
+
+class RemoteStore : public StoreAPI
+{
+public:
+
+    RemoteStore();
+
+    ~RemoteStore();
+    
+    /* Implementations of abstract store API methods. */
+    
+    bool isValidPath(const Path & path);
+
+    PathSet queryValidPaths(const PathSet & paths);
+    
+    PathSet queryAllValidPaths();
+    
+    ValidPathInfo queryPathInfo(const Path & path);
+
+    Hash queryPathHash(const Path & path);
+
+    void queryReferences(const Path & path, PathSet & references);
+
+    void queryReferrers(const Path & path, PathSet & referrers);
+
+    Path queryDeriver(const Path & path);
+    
+    PathSet queryValidDerivers(const Path & path);
+
+    PathSet queryDerivationOutputs(const Path & path);
+    
+    StringSet queryDerivationOutputNames(const Path & path);
+
+    Path queryPathFromHashPart(const string & hashPart);
+    
+    PathSet querySubstitutablePaths(const PathSet & paths);
+    
+    void querySubstitutablePathInfos(const PathSet & paths,
+        SubstitutablePathInfos & infos);
+    
+    Path addToStore(const Path & srcPath,
+        bool recursive = true, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,
+        PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter, bool repair = false);
+
+    Path addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
+        const PathSet & references, bool repair = false);
+
+    void exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
+        Sink & sink);
+
+    Paths importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source);
+    
+    void buildPaths(const PathSet & paths, BuildMode buildMode);
+
+    void ensurePath(const Path & path);
+
+    void addTempRoot(const Path & path);
+
+    void addIndirectRoot(const Path & path);
+    
+    void syncWithGC();
+    
+    Roots findRoots();
+
+    void collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results);
+    
+    PathSet queryFailedPaths();
+
+    void clearFailedPaths(const PathSet & paths);
+    
+private:
+    AutoCloseFD fdSocket;
+    FdSink to;
+    FdSource from;
+    Pid child;
+    unsigned int daemonVersion;
+    bool initialised;
+
+    void openConnection(bool reserveSpace = true);
+
+    void processStderr(Sink * sink = 0, Source * source = 0);
+
+    void connectToDaemon();
+
+    void setOptions();
+};
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/schema.sql b/nix/libstore/schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1b4a689af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+create table if not exists ValidPaths (
+    id               integer primary key autoincrement not null,
+    path             text unique not null,
+    hash             text not null,
+    registrationTime integer not null,
+    deriver          text,
+    narSize          integer
+);
+
+create table if not exists Refs (
+    referrer  integer not null,
+    reference integer not null,
+    primary key (referrer, reference),
+    foreign key (referrer) references ValidPaths(id) on delete cascade,
+    foreign key (reference) references ValidPaths(id) on delete restrict
+);
+
+create index if not exists IndexReferrer on Refs(referrer);
+create index if not exists IndexReference on Refs(reference);
+
+-- Paths can refer to themselves, causing a tuple (N, N) in the Refs
+-- table.  This causes a deletion of the corresponding row in
+-- ValidPaths to cause a foreign key constraint violation (due to `on
+-- delete restrict' on the `reference' column).  Therefore, explicitly
+-- get rid of self-references.
+create trigger if not exists DeleteSelfRefs before delete on ValidPaths
+  begin
+    delete from Refs where referrer = old.id and reference = old.id;
+  end;
+
+create table if not exists DerivationOutputs (
+    drv  integer not null,
+    id   text not null, -- symbolic output id, usually "out"
+    path text not null,
+    primary key (drv, id),
+    foreign key (drv) references ValidPaths(id) on delete cascade
+);
+
+create index if not exists IndexDerivationOutputs on DerivationOutputs(path);
+
+create table if not exists FailedPaths (
+    path text primary key not null,
+    time integer not null
+);
diff --git a/nix/libstore/store-api.cc b/nix/libstore/store-api.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0238e5b0b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/store-api.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,331 @@
+#include "store-api.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+
+#include <climits>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+GCOptions::GCOptions()
+{
+    action = gcDeleteDead;
+    ignoreLiveness = false;
+    maxFreed = ULLONG_MAX;
+}
+
+
+bool isInStore(const Path & path)
+{
+    return isInDir(path, settings.nixStore);
+}
+
+
+bool isStorePath(const Path & path)
+{
+    return isInStore(path)
+        && path.find('/', settings.nixStore.size() + 1) == Path::npos;
+}
+
+
+void assertStorePath(const Path & path)
+{
+    if (!isStorePath(path))
+        throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not in the Nix store") % path);
+}
+
+
+Path toStorePath(const Path & path)
+{
+    if (!isInStore(path))
+        throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not in the Nix store") % path);
+    Path::size_type slash = path.find('/', settings.nixStore.size() + 1);
+    if (slash == Path::npos)
+        return path;
+    else
+        return Path(path, 0, slash);
+}
+
+
+Path followLinksToStore(const Path & _path)
+{
+    Path path = absPath(_path);
+    while (!isInStore(path)) {
+        if (!isLink(path)) break;
+        string target = readLink(path);
+        path = absPath(target, dirOf(path));
+    }
+    if (!isInStore(path))
+        throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not in the Nix store") % path);
+    return path;
+}
+
+
+Path followLinksToStorePath(const Path & path)
+{
+    return toStorePath(followLinksToStore(path));
+}
+
+
+string storePathToName(const Path & path)
+{
+    assertStorePath(path);
+    return string(path, settings.nixStore.size() + 34);
+}
+
+
+void checkStoreName(const string & name)
+{
+    string validChars = "+-._?=";
+    /* Disallow names starting with a dot for possible security
+       reasons (e.g., "." and ".."). */
+    if (string(name, 0, 1) == ".")
+        throw Error(format("illegal name: `%1%'") % name);
+    foreach (string::const_iterator, i, name)
+        if (!((*i >= 'A' && *i <= 'Z') ||
+              (*i >= 'a' && *i <= 'z') ||
+              (*i >= '0' && *i <= '9') ||
+              validChars.find(*i) != string::npos))
+        {
+            throw Error(format("invalid character `%1%' in name `%2%'")
+                % *i % name);
+        }
+}
+
+
+/* Store paths have the following form:
+
+   <store>/<h>-<name>
+
+   where
+
+   <store> = the location of the Nix store, usually /nix/store
+   
+   <name> = a human readable name for the path, typically obtained
+     from the name attribute of the derivation, or the name of the
+     source file from which the store path is created.  For derivation
+     outputs other than the default "out" output, the string "-<id>"
+     is suffixed to <name>.
+     
+   <h> = base-32 representation of the first 160 bits of a SHA-256
+     hash of <s>; the hash part of the store name
+     
+   <s> = the string "<type>:sha256:<h2>:<store>:<name>";
+     note that it includes the location of the store as well as the
+     name to make sure that changes to either of those are reflected
+     in the hash (e.g. you won't get /nix/store/<h>-name1 and
+     /nix/store/<h>-name2 with equal hash parts).
+     
+   <type> = one of:
+     "text:<r1>:<r2>:...<rN>"
+       for plain text files written to the store using
+       addTextToStore(); <r1> ... <rN> are the references of the
+       path.
+     "source"
+       for paths copied to the store using addToStore() when recursive
+       = true and hashAlgo = "sha256"
+     "output:<id>"
+       for either the outputs created by derivations, OR paths copied
+       to the store using addToStore() with recursive != true or
+       hashAlgo != "sha256" (in that case "source" is used; it's
+       silly, but it's done that way for compatibility).  <id> is the
+       name of the output (usually, "out").
+
+   <h2> = base-16 representation of a SHA-256 hash of:
+     if <type> = "text:...":
+       the string written to the resulting store path
+     if <type> = "source":
+       the serialisation of the path from which this store path is
+       copied, as returned by hashPath()
+     if <type> = "output:out":
+       for non-fixed derivation outputs:
+         the derivation (see hashDerivationModulo() in
+         primops.cc)
+       for paths copied by addToStore() or produced by fixed-output
+       derivations:
+         the string "fixed:out:<rec><algo>:<hash>:", where
+           <rec> = "r:" for recursive (path) hashes, or "" or flat
+             (file) hashes
+           <algo> = "md5", "sha1" or "sha256"
+           <hash> = base-16 representation of the path or flat hash of
+             the contents of the path (or expected contents of the
+             path for fixed-output derivations)
+
+   It would have been nicer to handle fixed-output derivations under
+   "source", e.g. have something like "source:<rec><algo>", but we're
+   stuck with this for now...
+
+   The main reason for this way of computing names is to prevent name
+   collisions (for security).  For instance, it shouldn't be feasible
+   to come up with a derivation whose output path collides with the
+   path for a copied source.  The former would have a <s> starting with
+   "output:out:", while the latter would have a <2> starting with
+   "source:".
+*/
+
+
+Path makeStorePath(const string & type,
+    const Hash & hash, const string & name)
+{
+    /* e.g., "source:sha256:1abc...:/nix/store:foo.tar.gz" */
+    string s = type + ":sha256:" + printHash(hash) + ":"
+        + settings.nixStore + ":" + name;
+
+    checkStoreName(name);
+
+    return settings.nixStore + "/"
+        + printHash32(compressHash(hashString(htSHA256, s), 20))
+        + "-" + name;
+}
+
+
+Path makeOutputPath(const string & id,
+    const Hash & hash, const string & name)
+{
+    return makeStorePath("output:" + id, hash,
+        name + (id == "out" ? "" : "-" + id));
+}
+
+
+Path makeFixedOutputPath(bool recursive,
+    HashType hashAlgo, Hash hash, string name)
+{
+    return hashAlgo == htSHA256 && recursive
+        ? makeStorePath("source", hash, name)
+        : makeStorePath("output:out", hashString(htSHA256,
+                "fixed:out:" + (recursive ? (string) "r:" : "") +
+                printHashType(hashAlgo) + ":" + printHash(hash) + ":"),
+            name);
+}
+
+
+std::pair<Path, Hash> computeStorePathForPath(const Path & srcPath,
+    bool recursive, HashType hashAlgo, PathFilter & filter)
+{
+    HashType ht(hashAlgo);
+    Hash h = recursive ? hashPath(ht, srcPath, filter).first : hashFile(ht, srcPath);
+    string name = baseNameOf(srcPath);
+    Path dstPath = makeFixedOutputPath(recursive, hashAlgo, h, name);
+    return std::pair<Path, Hash>(dstPath, h);
+}
+
+
+Path computeStorePathForText(const string & name, const string & s,
+    const PathSet & references)
+{
+    Hash hash = hashString(htSHA256, s);
+    /* Stuff the references (if any) into the type.  This is a bit
+       hacky, but we can't put them in `s' since that would be
+       ambiguous. */
+    string type = "text";
+    foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, references) {
+        type += ":";
+        type += *i;
+    }
+    return makeStorePath(type, hash, name);
+}
+
+
+/* Return a string accepted by decodeValidPathInfo() that
+   registers the specified paths as valid.  Note: it's the
+   responsibility of the caller to provide a closure. */
+string StoreAPI::makeValidityRegistration(const PathSet & paths,
+    bool showDerivers, bool showHash)
+{
+    string s = "";
+    
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, paths) {
+        s += *i + "\n";
+
+        ValidPathInfo info = queryPathInfo(*i);
+
+        if (showHash) {
+            s += printHash(info.hash) + "\n";
+            s += (format("%1%\n") % info.narSize).str();
+        }
+
+        Path deriver = showDerivers ? info.deriver : "";
+        s += deriver + "\n";
+
+        s += (format("%1%\n") % info.references.size()).str();
+
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, j, info.references)
+            s += *j + "\n";
+    }
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+ValidPathInfo decodeValidPathInfo(std::istream & str, bool hashGiven)
+{
+    ValidPathInfo info;
+    getline(str, info.path);
+    if (str.eof()) { info.path = ""; return info; }
+    if (hashGiven) {
+        string s;
+        getline(str, s);
+        info.hash = parseHash(htSHA256, s);
+        getline(str, s);
+        if (!string2Int(s, info.narSize)) throw Error("number expected");
+    }
+    getline(str, info.deriver);
+    string s; int n;
+    getline(str, s);
+    if (!string2Int(s, n)) throw Error("number expected");
+    while (n--) {
+        getline(str, s);
+        info.references.insert(s);
+    }
+    if (!str || str.eof()) throw Error("missing input");
+    return info;
+}
+
+
+string showPaths(const PathSet & paths)
+{
+    string s;
+    foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, paths) {
+        if (s.size() != 0) s += ", ";
+        s += "`" + *i + "'";
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+void exportPaths(StoreAPI & store, const Paths & paths,
+    bool sign, Sink & sink)
+{
+    foreach (Paths::const_iterator, i, paths) {
+        writeInt(1, sink);
+        store.exportPath(*i, sign, sink);
+    }
+    writeInt(0, sink);
+}
+
+
+}
+
+
+#include "local-store.hh"
+#include "serialise.hh"
+#include "remote-store.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+std::shared_ptr<StoreAPI> store;
+
+
+std::shared_ptr<StoreAPI> openStore(bool reserveSpace)
+{
+    if (getEnv("NIX_REMOTE") == "")
+        return std::shared_ptr<StoreAPI>(new LocalStore(reserveSpace));
+    else
+        return std::shared_ptr<StoreAPI>(new RemoteStore());
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/store-api.hh b/nix/libstore/store-api.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b635fee2cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/store-api.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,366 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "hash.hh"
+#include "serialise.hh"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+typedef std::map<Path, Path> Roots;
+
+
+struct GCOptions
+{
+    /* Garbage collector operation:
+
+       - `gcReturnLive': return the set of paths reachable from
+         (i.e. in the closure of) the roots.
+
+       - `gcReturnDead': return the set of paths not reachable from
+         the roots.
+
+       - `gcDeleteDead': actually delete the latter set.
+
+       - `gcDeleteSpecific': delete the paths listed in
+          `pathsToDelete', insofar as they are not reachable.
+    */
+    typedef enum {
+        gcReturnLive,
+        gcReturnDead,
+        gcDeleteDead,
+        gcDeleteSpecific,
+    } GCAction;
+
+    GCAction action;
+
+    /* If `ignoreLiveness' is set, then reachability from the roots is
+       ignored (dangerous!).  However, the paths must still be
+       unreferenced *within* the store (i.e., there can be no other
+       store paths that depend on them). */
+    bool ignoreLiveness;
+
+    /* For `gcDeleteSpecific', the paths to delete. */
+    PathSet pathsToDelete;
+
+    /* Stop after at least `maxFreed' bytes have been freed. */
+    unsigned long long maxFreed;
+
+    GCOptions();
+};
+
+
+struct GCResults 
+{
+    /* Depending on the action, the GC roots, or the paths that would
+       be or have been deleted. */
+    PathSet paths;
+
+    /* For `gcReturnDead', `gcDeleteDead' and `gcDeleteSpecific', the
+       number of bytes that would be or was freed. */
+    unsigned long long bytesFreed;
+
+    GCResults()
+    {
+        bytesFreed = 0;
+    }
+};
+
+
+struct SubstitutablePathInfo
+{
+    Path deriver;
+    PathSet references;
+    unsigned long long downloadSize; /* 0 = unknown or inapplicable */
+    unsigned long long narSize; /* 0 = unknown */
+};
+
+typedef std::map<Path, SubstitutablePathInfo> SubstitutablePathInfos;
+
+
+struct ValidPathInfo 
+{
+    Path path;
+    Path deriver;
+    Hash hash;
+    PathSet references;
+    time_t registrationTime;
+    unsigned long long narSize; // 0 = unknown
+    unsigned long long id; // internal use only
+    ValidPathInfo() : registrationTime(0), narSize(0) { }
+};
+
+typedef list<ValidPathInfo> ValidPathInfos;
+
+
+enum BuildMode { bmNormal, bmRepair, bmCheck };
+
+
+class StoreAPI 
+{
+public:
+
+    virtual ~StoreAPI() { }
+
+    /* Check whether a path is valid. */ 
+    virtual bool isValidPath(const Path & path) = 0;
+
+    /* Query which of the given paths is valid. */
+    virtual PathSet queryValidPaths(const PathSet & paths) = 0;
+
+    /* Query the set of all valid paths. */
+    virtual PathSet queryAllValidPaths() = 0;
+
+    /* Query information about a valid path. */
+    virtual ValidPathInfo queryPathInfo(const Path & path) = 0;
+
+    /* Query the hash of a valid path. */ 
+    virtual Hash queryPathHash(const Path & path) = 0;
+
+    /* Query the set of outgoing FS references for a store path.  The
+       result is not cleared. */
+    virtual void queryReferences(const Path & path,
+        PathSet & references) = 0;
+
+    /* Queries the set of incoming FS references for a store path.
+       The result is not cleared. */
+    virtual void queryReferrers(const Path & path,
+        PathSet & referrers) = 0;
+
+    /* Query the deriver of a store path.  Return the empty string if
+       no deriver has been set. */
+    virtual Path queryDeriver(const Path & path) = 0;
+
+    /* Return all currently valid derivations that have `path' as an
+       output.  (Note that the result of `queryDeriver()' is the
+       derivation that was actually used to produce `path', which may
+       not exist anymore.) */
+    virtual PathSet queryValidDerivers(const Path & path) = 0;
+
+    /* Query the outputs of the derivation denoted by `path'. */
+    virtual PathSet queryDerivationOutputs(const Path & path) = 0;
+
+    /* Query the output names of the derivation denoted by `path'. */
+    virtual StringSet queryDerivationOutputNames(const Path & path) = 0;
+
+    /* Query the full store path given the hash part of a valid store
+       path, or "" if the path doesn't exist. */
+    virtual Path queryPathFromHashPart(const string & hashPart) = 0;
+    
+    /* Query which of the given paths have substitutes. */
+    virtual PathSet querySubstitutablePaths(const PathSet & paths) = 0;
+
+    /* Query substitute info (i.e. references, derivers and download
+       sizes) of a set of paths.  If a path does not have substitute
+       info, it's omitted from the resulting ‘infos’ map. */
+    virtual void querySubstitutablePathInfos(const PathSet & paths,
+        SubstitutablePathInfos & infos) = 0;
+    
+    /* Copy the contents of a path to the store and register the
+       validity the resulting path.  The resulting path is returned.
+       The function object `filter' can be used to exclude files (see
+       libutil/archive.hh). */
+    virtual Path addToStore(const Path & srcPath,
+        bool recursive = true, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,
+        PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter, bool repair = false) = 0;
+
+    /* Like addToStore, but the contents written to the output path is
+       a regular file containing the given string. */
+    virtual Path addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
+        const PathSet & references, bool repair = false) = 0;
+
+    /* Export a store path, that is, create a NAR dump of the store
+       path and append its references and its deriver.  Optionally, a
+       cryptographic signature (created by OpenSSL) of the preceding
+       data is attached. */
+    virtual void exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
+        Sink & sink) = 0;
+
+    /* Import a sequence of NAR dumps created by exportPaths() into
+       the Nix store. */
+    virtual Paths importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source) = 0;
+
+    /* For each path, if it's a derivation, build it.  Building a
+       derivation means ensuring that the output paths are valid.  If
+       they are already valid, this is a no-op.  Otherwise, validity
+       can be reached in two ways.  First, if the output paths is
+       substitutable, then build the path that way.  Second, the
+       output paths can be created by running the builder, after
+       recursively building any sub-derivations. For inputs that are
+       not derivations, substitute them. */
+    virtual void buildPaths(const PathSet & paths, BuildMode buildMode = bmNormal) = 0;
+
+    /* Ensure that a path is valid.  If it is not currently valid, it
+       may be made valid by running a substitute (if defined for the
+       path). */
+    virtual void ensurePath(const Path & path) = 0;
+
+    /* Add a store path as a temporary root of the garbage collector.
+       The root disappears as soon as we exit. */
+    virtual void addTempRoot(const Path & path) = 0;
+
+    /* Add an indirect root, which is merely a symlink to `path' from
+       /nix/var/nix/gcroots/auto/<hash of `path'>.  `path' is supposed
+       to be a symlink to a store path.  The garbage collector will
+       automatically remove the indirect root when it finds that
+       `path' has disappeared. */
+    virtual void addIndirectRoot(const Path & path) = 0;
+
+    /* Acquire the global GC lock, then immediately release it.  This
+       function must be called after registering a new permanent root,
+       but before exiting.  Otherwise, it is possible that a running
+       garbage collector doesn't see the new root and deletes the
+       stuff we've just built.  By acquiring the lock briefly, we
+       ensure that either:
+
+       - The collector is already running, and so we block until the
+         collector is finished.  The collector will know about our
+         *temporary* locks, which should include whatever it is we
+         want to register as a permanent lock.
+
+       - The collector isn't running, or it's just started but hasn't
+         acquired the GC lock yet.  In that case we get and release
+         the lock right away, then exit.  The collector scans the
+         permanent root and sees our's.
+
+       In either case the permanent root is seen by the collector. */
+    virtual void syncWithGC() = 0;
+
+    /* Find the roots of the garbage collector.  Each root is a pair
+       (link, storepath) where `link' is the path of the symlink
+       outside of the Nix store that point to `storePath'.  */
+    virtual Roots findRoots() = 0;
+
+    /* Perform a garbage collection. */
+    virtual void collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results) = 0;
+
+    /* Return the set of paths that have failed to build.*/
+    virtual PathSet queryFailedPaths() = 0;
+
+    /* Clear the "failed" status of the given paths.  The special
+       value `*' causes all failed paths to be cleared. */
+    virtual void clearFailedPaths(const PathSet & paths) = 0;
+
+    /* Return a string representing information about the path that
+       can be loaded into the database using `nix-store --load-db' or
+       `nix-store --register-validity'. */
+    string makeValidityRegistration(const PathSet & paths,
+        bool showDerivers, bool showHash);
+};
+
+
+/* !!! These should be part of the store API, I guess. */
+
+/* Throw an exception if `path' is not directly in the Nix store. */
+void assertStorePath(const Path & path);
+
+bool isInStore(const Path & path);
+bool isStorePath(const Path & path);
+
+/* Extract the name part of the given store path. */
+string storePathToName(const Path & path);
+    
+void checkStoreName(const string & name);
+
+
+/* Chop off the parts after the top-level store name, e.g.,
+   /nix/store/abcd-foo/bar => /nix/store/abcd-foo. */
+Path toStorePath(const Path & path);
+
+
+/* Follow symlinks until we end up with a path in the Nix store. */
+Path followLinksToStore(const Path & path);
+
+
+/* Same as followLinksToStore(), but apply toStorePath() to the
+   result. */
+Path followLinksToStorePath(const Path & path);
+
+
+/* Constructs a unique store path name. */
+Path makeStorePath(const string & type,
+    const Hash & hash, const string & name);
+    
+Path makeOutputPath(const string & id,
+    const Hash & hash, const string & name);
+
+Path makeFixedOutputPath(bool recursive,
+    HashType hashAlgo, Hash hash, string name);
+
+
+/* This is the preparatory part of addToStore() and addToStoreFixed();
+   it computes the store path to which srcPath is to be copied.
+   Returns the store path and the cryptographic hash of the
+   contents of srcPath. */
+std::pair<Path, Hash> computeStorePathForPath(const Path & srcPath,
+    bool recursive = true, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,
+    PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter);
+
+/* Preparatory part of addTextToStore().
+
+   !!! Computation of the path should take the references given to
+   addTextToStore() into account, otherwise we have a (relatively
+   minor) security hole: a caller can register a source file with
+   bogus references.  If there are too many references, the path may
+   not be garbage collected when it has to be (not really a problem,
+   the caller could create a root anyway), or it may be garbage
+   collected when it shouldn't be (more serious).
+
+   Hashing the references would solve this (bogus references would
+   simply yield a different store path, so other users wouldn't be
+   affected), but it has some backwards compatibility issues (the
+   hashing scheme changes), so I'm not doing that for now. */
+Path computeStorePathForText(const string & name, const string & s,
+    const PathSet & references);
+
+
+/* Remove the temporary roots file for this process.  Any temporary
+   root becomes garbage after this point unless it has been registered
+   as a (permanent) root. */
+void removeTempRoots();
+
+
+/* Register a permanent GC root. */
+Path addPermRoot(StoreAPI & store, const Path & storePath,
+    const Path & gcRoot, bool indirect, bool allowOutsideRootsDir = false);
+
+
+/* Sort a set of paths topologically under the references relation.
+   If p refers to q, then p preceeds q in this list. */
+Paths topoSortPaths(StoreAPI & store, const PathSet & paths);
+
+
+/* For now, there is a single global store API object, but we'll
+   purify that in the future. */
+extern std::shared_ptr<StoreAPI> store;
+
+
+/* Factory method: open the Nix database, either through the local or
+   remote implementation. */
+std::shared_ptr<StoreAPI> openStore(bool reserveSpace = true);
+
+
+/* Display a set of paths in human-readable form (i.e., between quotes
+   and separated by commas). */
+string showPaths(const PathSet & paths);
+
+
+ValidPathInfo decodeValidPathInfo(std::istream & str,
+    bool hashGiven = false);
+
+
+/* Export multiple paths in the format expected by ‘nix-store
+   --import’. */
+void exportPaths(StoreAPI & store, const Paths & paths,
+    bool sign, Sink & sink);
+
+
+MakeError(SubstError, Error)
+MakeError(BuildError, Error) /* denotes a permanent build failure */
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libstore/worker-protocol.hh b/nix/libstore/worker-protocol.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9317f89c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libstore/worker-protocol.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+#define WORKER_MAGIC_1 0x6e697863
+#define WORKER_MAGIC_2 0x6478696f
+
+#define PROTOCOL_VERSION 0x10e
+#define GET_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(x) ((x) & 0xff00)
+#define GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(x) ((x) & 0x00ff)
+
+
+typedef enum {
+    wopQuit = 0,
+    wopIsValidPath = 1,
+    wopHasSubstitutes = 3,
+    wopQueryPathHash = 4,
+    wopQueryReferences = 5,
+    wopQueryReferrers = 6,
+    wopAddToStore = 7,
+    wopAddTextToStore = 8,
+    wopBuildPaths = 9,
+    wopEnsurePath = 10,
+    wopAddTempRoot = 11,
+    wopAddIndirectRoot = 12,
+    wopSyncWithGC = 13,
+    wopFindRoots = 14,
+    wopExportPath = 16,
+    wopQueryDeriver = 18,
+    wopSetOptions = 19,
+    wopCollectGarbage = 20,
+    wopQuerySubstitutablePathInfo = 21,
+    wopQueryDerivationOutputs = 22,
+    wopQueryAllValidPaths = 23,
+    wopQueryFailedPaths = 24,
+    wopClearFailedPaths = 25,
+    wopQueryPathInfo = 26,
+    wopImportPaths = 27,
+    wopQueryDerivationOutputNames = 28,
+    wopQueryPathFromHashPart = 29,
+    wopQuerySubstitutablePathInfos = 30,
+    wopQueryValidPaths = 31,
+    wopQuerySubstitutablePaths = 32,
+    wopQueryValidDerivers = 33,
+} WorkerOp;
+
+
+#define STDERR_NEXT  0x6f6c6d67
+#define STDERR_READ  0x64617461 // data needed from source
+#define STDERR_WRITE 0x64617416 // data for sink
+#define STDERR_LAST  0x616c7473
+#define STDERR_ERROR 0x63787470
+
+
+Path readStorePath(Source & from);
+template<class T> T readStorePaths(Source & from);
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/affinity.cc b/nix/libutil/affinity.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e21f43a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/affinity.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "affinity.hh"
+
+#if HAVE_SCHED_H
+#include <sched.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+#if HAVE_SCHED_SETAFFINITY
+static bool didSaveAffinity = false;
+static cpu_set_t savedAffinity;
+#endif
+
+
+void setAffinityTo(int cpu)
+{
+#if HAVE_SCHED_SETAFFINITY
+    if (sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &savedAffinity) == -1) return;
+    didSaveAffinity = true;
+    printMsg(lvlDebug, format("locking this thread to CPU %1%") % cpu);
+    cpu_set_t newAffinity;
+    CPU_ZERO(&newAffinity);
+    CPU_SET(cpu, &newAffinity);
+    if (sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &newAffinity) == -1)
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("failed to lock thread to CPU %1%") % cpu);
+#endif
+}
+
+
+int lockToCurrentCPU()
+{
+#if HAVE_SCHED_SETAFFINITY
+    int cpu = sched_getcpu();
+    if (cpu != -1) setAffinityTo(cpu);
+    return cpu;
+#else
+    return -1;
+#endif
+}
+
+
+void restoreAffinity()
+{
+#if HAVE_SCHED_SETAFFINITY
+    if (!didSaveAffinity) return;
+    if (sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &savedAffinity) == -1)
+        printMsg(lvlError, "failed to restore affinity %1%");
+#endif
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/affinity.hh b/nix/libutil/affinity.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1bd28e136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/affinity.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace nix {
+
+void setAffinityTo(int cpu);
+int lockToCurrentCPU();
+void restoreAffinity();
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/archive.cc b/nix/libutil/archive.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab4cd47351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/archive.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,335 @@
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <vector>
+
+#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#include "archive.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+static string archiveVersion1 = "nix-archive-1";
+
+
+PathFilter defaultPathFilter;
+
+
+static void dump(const string & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter);
+
+
+static void dumpEntries(const Path & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter)
+{
+    Strings names = readDirectory(path);
+    vector<string> names2(names.begin(), names.end());
+    sort(names2.begin(), names2.end());
+
+    for (vector<string>::iterator i = names2.begin();
+         i != names2.end(); ++i)
+    {
+        Path entry = path + "/" + *i;
+        if (filter(entry)) {
+            writeString("entry", sink);
+            writeString("(", sink);
+            writeString("name", sink);
+            writeString(*i, sink);
+            writeString("node", sink);
+            dump(entry, sink, filter);
+            writeString(")", sink);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void dumpContents(const Path & path, size_t size, 
+    Sink & sink)
+{
+    writeString("contents", sink);
+    writeLongLong(size, sink);
+
+    AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd == -1) throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % path);
+    
+    unsigned char buf[65536];
+    size_t left = size;
+
+    while (left > 0) {
+        size_t n = left > sizeof(buf) ? sizeof(buf) : left;
+        readFull(fd, buf, n);
+        left -= n;
+        sink(buf, n);
+    }
+
+    writePadding(size, sink);
+}
+
+
+static void dump(const Path & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
+
+    writeString("(", sink);
+
+    if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+        writeString("type", sink);
+        writeString("regular", sink);
+        if (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR) {
+            writeString("executable", sink);
+            writeString("", sink);
+        }
+        dumpContents(path, (size_t) st.st_size, sink);
+    } 
+
+    else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        writeString("type", sink);
+        writeString("directory", sink);
+        dumpEntries(path, sink, filter);
+    }
+
+    else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+        writeString("type", sink);
+        writeString("symlink", sink);
+        writeString("target", sink);
+        writeString(readLink(path), sink);
+    }
+
+    else throw Error(format("file `%1%' has an unknown type") % path);
+
+    writeString(")", sink);
+}
+
+
+void dumpPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter)
+{
+    writeString(archiveVersion1, sink);
+    dump(path, sink, filter);
+}
+
+
+static SerialisationError badArchive(string s)
+{
+    return SerialisationError("bad archive: " + s);
+}
+
+
+static void skipGeneric(Source & source)
+{
+    if (readString(source) == "(") {
+        while (readString(source) != ")")
+            skipGeneric(source);
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void parse(ParseSink & sink, Source & source, const Path & path);
+
+
+
+static void parseEntry(ParseSink & sink, Source & source, const Path & path)
+{
+    string s, name;
+
+    s = readString(source);
+    if (s != "(") throw badArchive("expected open tag");
+
+    while (1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+
+        s = readString(source);
+
+        if (s == ")") {
+            break;
+        } else if (s == "name") {
+            name = readString(source);
+        } else if (s == "node") {
+            if (s == "") throw badArchive("entry name missing");
+            parse(sink, source, path + "/" + name);
+        } else {
+            throw badArchive("unknown field " + s);
+            skipGeneric(source);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void parseContents(ParseSink & sink, Source & source, const Path & path)
+{
+    unsigned long long size = readLongLong(source);
+    
+    sink.preallocateContents(size);
+
+    unsigned long long left = size;
+    unsigned char buf[65536];
+
+    while (left) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        unsigned int n = sizeof(buf);
+        if ((unsigned long long) n > left) n = left;
+        source(buf, n);
+        sink.receiveContents(buf, n);
+        left -= n;
+    }
+
+    readPadding(size, source);
+}
+
+
+static void parse(ParseSink & sink, Source & source, const Path & path)
+{
+    string s;
+
+    s = readString(source);
+    if (s != "(") throw badArchive("expected open tag");
+
+    enum { tpUnknown, tpRegular, tpDirectory, tpSymlink } type = tpUnknown;
+
+    while (1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+
+        s = readString(source);
+
+        if (s == ")") {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        else if (s == "type") {
+            if (type != tpUnknown)
+                throw badArchive("multiple type fields");
+            string t = readString(source);
+
+            if (t == "regular") {
+                type = tpRegular;
+                sink.createRegularFile(path);
+            }
+
+            else if (t == "directory") {
+                sink.createDirectory(path);
+                type = tpDirectory;
+            }
+
+            else if (t == "symlink") {
+                type = tpSymlink;
+            }
+            
+            else throw badArchive("unknown file type " + t);
+            
+        }
+
+        else if (s == "contents" && type == tpRegular) {
+            parseContents(sink, source, path);
+        }
+
+        else if (s == "executable" && type == tpRegular) {
+            readString(source);
+            sink.isExecutable();
+        }
+
+        else if (s == "entry" && type == tpDirectory) {
+            parseEntry(sink, source, path);
+        }
+
+        else if (s == "target" && type == tpSymlink) {
+            string target = readString(source);
+            sink.createSymlink(path, target);
+        }
+
+        else {
+            throw badArchive("unknown field " + s);
+            skipGeneric(source);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+void parseDump(ParseSink & sink, Source & source)
+{
+    string version;    
+    try {
+        version = readString(source);
+    } catch (SerialisationError & e) {
+        /* This generally means the integer at the start couldn't be
+           decoded.  Ignore and throw the exception below. */
+    }
+    if (version != archiveVersion1)
+        throw badArchive("input doesn't look like a Nix archive");
+    parse(sink, source, "");
+}
+
+
+struct RestoreSink : ParseSink
+{
+    Path dstPath;
+    AutoCloseFD fd;
+
+    void createDirectory(const Path & path)
+    {
+        Path p = dstPath + path;
+        if (mkdir(p.c_str(), 0777) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("creating directory `%1%'") % p);
+    };
+
+    void createRegularFile(const Path & path)
+    {
+        Path p = dstPath + path;
+        fd.close();
+        fd = open(p.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, 0666);
+        if (fd == -1) throw SysError(format("creating file `%1%'") % p);
+    }
+
+    void isExecutable()
+    {
+        struct stat st;
+        if (fstat(fd, &st) == -1)
+            throw SysError("fstat");
+        if (fchmod(fd, st.st_mode | (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH)) == -1)
+            throw SysError("fchmod");
+    }
+
+    void preallocateContents(unsigned long long len)
+    {
+#if HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
+        if (len) {
+            errno = posix_fallocate(fd, 0, len);
+            /* Note that EINVAL may indicate that the underlying
+               filesystem doesn't support preallocation (e.g. on
+               OpenSolaris).  Since preallocation is just an
+               optimisation, ignore it. */
+            if (errno && errno != EINVAL)
+                throw SysError(format("preallocating file of %1% bytes") % len);
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+
+    void receiveContents(unsigned char * data, unsigned int len)
+    {
+        writeFull(fd, data, len);
+    }
+
+    void createSymlink(const Path & path, const string & target)
+    {
+        Path p = dstPath + path;
+        nix::createSymlink(target, p);
+    }
+};
+
+ 
+void restorePath(const Path & path, Source & source)
+{
+    RestoreSink sink;
+    sink.dstPath = path;
+    parseDump(sink, source);
+}
+
+ 
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/archive.hh b/nix/libutil/archive.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccac92074d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/archive.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "serialise.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+/* dumpPath creates a Nix archive of the specified path.  The format
+   is as follows:
+
+   IF path points to a REGULAR FILE:
+     dump(path) = attrs(
+       [ ("type", "regular")
+       , ("contents", contents(path))
+       ])
+
+   IF path points to a DIRECTORY:
+     dump(path) = attrs(
+       [ ("type", "directory")
+       , ("entries", concat(map(f, sort(entries(path)))))
+       ])
+       where f(fn) = attrs(
+         [ ("name", fn)
+         , ("file", dump(path + "/" + fn))
+         ])
+
+   where:
+
+     attrs(as) = concat(map(attr, as)) + encN(0) 
+     attrs((a, b)) = encS(a) + encS(b)
+
+     encS(s) = encN(len(s)) + s + (padding until next 64-bit boundary)
+
+     encN(n) = 64-bit little-endian encoding of n.
+
+     contents(path) = the contents of a regular file.
+
+     sort(strings) = lexicographic sort by 8-bit value (strcmp).
+
+     entries(path) = the entries of a directory, without `.' and
+     `..'.
+
+     `+' denotes string concatenation. */
+
+struct PathFilter
+{
+    virtual ~PathFilter() { }
+    virtual bool operator () (const Path & path) { return true; }
+};
+
+extern PathFilter defaultPathFilter;
+
+void dumpPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink,
+    PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter);
+
+struct ParseSink
+{
+    virtual void createDirectory(const Path & path) { };
+    
+    virtual void createRegularFile(const Path & path) { };
+    virtual void isExecutable() { };
+    virtual void preallocateContents(unsigned long long size) { };
+    virtual void receiveContents(unsigned char * data, unsigned int len) { };
+
+    virtual void createSymlink(const Path & path, const string & target) { };
+};
+    
+void parseDump(ParseSink & sink, Source & source);
+
+void restorePath(const Path & path, Source & source);
+
+ 
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/hash.cc b/nix/libutil/hash.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..050446610f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/hash.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cstring>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
+#include <openssl/md5.h>
+#include <openssl/sha.h>
+#else
+extern "C" {
+#include "md5.h"
+#include "sha1.h"
+#include "sha256.h"
+}
+#endif
+
+#include "hash.hh"
+#include "archive.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+Hash::Hash()
+{
+    type = htUnknown;
+    hashSize = 0;
+    memset(hash, 0, maxHashSize);
+}
+
+
+Hash::Hash(HashType type)
+{
+    this->type = type;
+    if (type == htMD5) hashSize = md5HashSize;
+    else if (type == htSHA1) hashSize = sha1HashSize;
+    else if (type == htSHA256) hashSize = sha256HashSize;
+    else throw Error("unknown hash type");
+    assert(hashSize <= maxHashSize);
+    memset(hash, 0, maxHashSize);
+}
+
+
+bool Hash::operator == (const Hash & h2) const
+{
+    if (hashSize != h2.hashSize) return false;
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hashSize; i++)
+        if (hash[i] != h2.hash[i]) return false;
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+bool Hash::operator != (const Hash & h2) const
+{
+    return !(*this == h2);
+}
+
+
+bool Hash::operator < (const Hash & h) const
+{
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hashSize; i++) {
+        if (hash[i] < h.hash[i]) return true;
+        if (hash[i] > h.hash[i]) return false;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+const string base16Chars = "0123456789abcdef";
+
+
+string printHash(const Hash & hash)
+{
+    char buf[hash.hashSize * 2];
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hash.hashSize; i++) {
+        buf[i * 2] = base16Chars[hash.hash[i] >> 4];
+        buf[i * 2 + 1] = base16Chars[hash.hash[i] & 0x0f];
+    }
+    return string(buf, hash.hashSize * 2);
+}
+
+    
+Hash parseHash(HashType ht, const string & s)
+{
+    Hash hash(ht);
+    if (s.length() != hash.hashSize * 2)
+        throw Error(format("invalid hash `%1%'") % s);
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hash.hashSize; i++) {
+        string s2(s, i * 2, 2);
+        if (!isxdigit(s2[0]) || !isxdigit(s2[1])) 
+            throw Error(format("invalid hash `%1%'") % s);
+        std::istringstream str(s2);
+        int n;
+        str >> std::hex >> n;
+        hash.hash[i] = n;
+    }
+    return hash;
+}
+
+
+static unsigned char divMod(unsigned char * bytes, unsigned char y)
+{
+    unsigned int borrow = 0;
+
+    int pos = Hash::maxHashSize - 1;
+    while (pos >= 0 && !bytes[pos]) --pos;
+
+    for ( ; pos >= 0; --pos) {
+        unsigned int s = bytes[pos] + (borrow << 8);
+        unsigned int d = s / y;
+        borrow = s % y;
+        bytes[pos] = d;
+    }
+
+    return borrow;
+}
+
+
+unsigned int hashLength32(const Hash & hash)
+{
+    return (hash.hashSize * 8 - 1) / 5 + 1;
+}
+
+
+// omitted: E O U T
+const string base32Chars = "0123456789abcdfghijklmnpqrsvwxyz";
+
+
+string printHash32(const Hash & hash)
+{
+    Hash hash2(hash);
+    unsigned int len = hashLength32(hash);
+
+    const char * chars = base32Chars.data();
+    
+    string s(len, '0');
+
+    int pos = len - 1;
+    while (pos >= 0) {
+        unsigned char digit = divMod(hash2.hash, 32);
+        s[pos--] = chars[digit];
+    }
+
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hash2.maxHashSize; ++i)
+        assert(hash2.hash[i] == 0);
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+string printHash16or32(const Hash & hash)
+{
+    return hash.type == htMD5 ? printHash(hash) : printHash32(hash);
+}
+
+
+static bool mul(unsigned char * bytes, unsigned char y, int maxSize)
+{
+    unsigned char carry = 0;
+
+    for (int pos = 0; pos < maxSize; ++pos) {
+        unsigned int m = bytes[pos] * y + carry;
+        bytes[pos] = m & 0xff;
+        carry = m >> 8;
+    }
+
+    return carry;
+}
+
+
+static bool add(unsigned char * bytes, unsigned char y, int maxSize)
+{
+    unsigned char carry = y;
+
+    for (int pos = 0; pos < maxSize; ++pos) {
+        unsigned int m = bytes[pos] + carry;
+        bytes[pos] = m & 0xff;
+        carry = m >> 8;
+        if (carry == 0) break;
+    }
+
+    return carry;
+}
+
+
+Hash parseHash32(HashType ht, const string & s)
+{
+    Hash hash(ht);
+
+    const char * chars = base32Chars.data();
+
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) {
+        char c = s[i];
+        unsigned char digit;
+        for (digit = 0; digit < base32Chars.size(); ++digit) /* !!! slow */
+            if (chars[digit] == c) break;
+        if (digit >= 32)
+            throw Error(format("invalid base-32 hash `%1%'") % s);
+        if (mul(hash.hash, 32, hash.hashSize) ||
+            add(hash.hash, digit, hash.hashSize))
+            throw Error(format("base-32 hash `%1%' is too large") % s);
+    }
+
+    return hash;
+}
+
+
+Hash parseHash16or32(HashType ht, const string & s)
+{
+    Hash hash(ht);
+    if (s.size() == hash.hashSize * 2)
+        /* hexadecimal representation */
+        hash = parseHash(ht, s);
+    else if (s.size() == hashLength32(hash))
+        /* base-32 representation */
+        hash = parseHash32(ht, s);
+    else
+        throw Error(format("hash `%1%' has wrong length for hash type `%2%'")
+            % s % printHashType(ht));
+    return hash;
+}
+
+
+bool isHash(const string & s)
+{
+    if (s.length() != 32) return false;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
+        char c = s[i];
+        if (!((c >= '0' && c <= '9') ||
+              (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')))
+            return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+struct Ctx
+{
+    MD5_CTX md5;
+    SHA_CTX sha1;
+    SHA256_CTX sha256;
+};
+
+
+static void start(HashType ht, Ctx & ctx)
+{
+    if (ht == htMD5) MD5_Init(&ctx.md5);
+    else if (ht == htSHA1) SHA1_Init(&ctx.sha1);
+    else if (ht == htSHA256) SHA256_Init(&ctx.sha256);
+}
+
+
+static void update(HashType ht, Ctx & ctx,
+    const unsigned char * bytes, unsigned int len)
+{
+    if (ht == htMD5) MD5_Update(&ctx.md5, bytes, len);
+    else if (ht == htSHA1) SHA1_Update(&ctx.sha1, bytes, len);
+    else if (ht == htSHA256) SHA256_Update(&ctx.sha256, bytes, len);
+}
+
+
+static void finish(HashType ht, Ctx & ctx, unsigned char * hash)
+{
+    if (ht == htMD5) MD5_Final(hash, &ctx.md5);
+    else if (ht == htSHA1) SHA1_Final(hash, &ctx.sha1);
+    else if (ht == htSHA256) SHA256_Final(hash, &ctx.sha256);
+}
+
+
+Hash hashString(HashType ht, const string & s)
+{
+    Ctx ctx;
+    Hash hash(ht);
+    start(ht, ctx);
+    update(ht, ctx, (const unsigned char *) s.data(), s.length());
+    finish(ht, ctx, hash.hash);
+    return hash;
+}
+
+
+Hash hashFile(HashType ht, const Path & path)
+{
+    Ctx ctx;
+    Hash hash(ht);
+    start(ht, ctx);
+
+    AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd == -1) throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % path);
+
+    unsigned char buf[8192];
+    ssize_t n;
+    while ((n = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)))) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        if (n == -1) throw SysError(format("reading file `%1%'") % path);
+        update(ht, ctx, buf, n);
+    }
+    
+    finish(ht, ctx, hash.hash);
+    return hash;
+}
+
+
+HashSink::HashSink(HashType ht) : ht(ht)
+{
+    ctx = new Ctx;
+    bytes = 0;
+    start(ht, *ctx);
+}
+    
+HashSink::~HashSink()
+{
+    bufPos = 0;
+    delete ctx;
+}
+
+void HashSink::write(const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    bytes += len;
+    update(ht, *ctx, data, len);
+}
+
+HashResult HashSink::finish()
+{
+    flush();
+    Hash hash(ht);
+    nix::finish(ht, *ctx, hash.hash);
+    return HashResult(hash, bytes);
+}
+
+HashResult HashSink::currentHash()
+{
+    flush();
+    Ctx ctx2 = *ctx;
+    Hash hash(ht);
+    nix::finish(ht, ctx2, hash.hash);
+    return HashResult(hash, bytes);
+}
+
+
+HashResult hashPath(
+    HashType ht, const Path & path, PathFilter & filter)
+{
+    HashSink sink(ht);
+    dumpPath(path, sink, filter);
+    return sink.finish();
+}
+
+
+Hash compressHash(const Hash & hash, unsigned int newSize)
+{
+    Hash h;
+    h.hashSize = newSize;
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hash.hashSize; ++i)
+        h.hash[i % newSize] ^= hash.hash[i];
+    return h;
+}
+
+
+HashType parseHashType(const string & s)
+{
+    if (s == "md5") return htMD5;
+    else if (s == "sha1") return htSHA1;
+    else if (s == "sha256") return htSHA256;
+    else return htUnknown;
+}
+
+ 
+string printHashType(HashType ht)
+{
+    if (ht == htMD5) return "md5";
+    else if (ht == htSHA1) return "sha1";
+    else if (ht == htSHA256) return "sha256";
+    else throw Error("cannot print unknown hash type");
+}
+
+ 
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/hash.hh b/nix/libutil/hash.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f099c4f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/hash.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "serialise.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+typedef enum { htUnknown, htMD5, htSHA1, htSHA256 } HashType;
+
+
+const int md5HashSize = 16;
+const int sha1HashSize = 20;
+const int sha256HashSize = 32;
+
+extern const string base32Chars;
+
+
+struct Hash
+{
+    static const unsigned int maxHashSize = 32;
+    unsigned int hashSize;
+    unsigned char hash[maxHashSize];
+
+    HashType type;
+
+    /* Create an unusable hash object. */
+    Hash();
+
+    /* Create a zero-filled hash object. */
+    Hash(HashType type);
+
+    /* Check whether two hash are equal. */
+    bool operator == (const Hash & h2) const;
+
+    /* Check whether two hash are not equal. */
+    bool operator != (const Hash & h2) const;
+
+    /* For sorting. */
+    bool operator < (const Hash & h) const;
+};
+
+
+/* Convert a hash to a hexadecimal representation. */
+string printHash(const Hash & hash);
+
+/* Parse a hexadecimal representation of a hash code. */
+Hash parseHash(HashType ht, const string & s);
+
+/* Returns the length of a base-32 hash representation. */
+unsigned int hashLength32(const Hash & hash);
+
+/* Convert a hash to a base-32 representation. */
+string printHash32(const Hash & hash);
+
+/* Print a hash in base-16 if it's MD5, or base-32 otherwise. */
+string printHash16or32(const Hash & hash);
+
+/* Parse a base-32 representation of a hash code. */
+Hash parseHash32(HashType ht, const string & s);
+
+/* Parse a base-16 or base-32 representation of a hash code. */
+Hash parseHash16or32(HashType ht, const string & s);
+
+/* Verify that the given string is a valid hash code. */
+bool isHash(const string & s);
+
+/* Compute the hash of the given string. */
+Hash hashString(HashType ht, const string & s);
+
+/* Compute the hash of the given file. */
+Hash hashFile(HashType ht, const Path & path);
+
+/* Compute the hash of the given path.  The hash is defined as
+   (essentially) hashString(ht, dumpPath(path)). */
+struct PathFilter;
+extern PathFilter defaultPathFilter;
+typedef std::pair<Hash, unsigned long long> HashResult;
+HashResult hashPath(HashType ht, const Path & path,
+    PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter);
+
+/* Compress a hash to the specified number of bytes by cyclically
+   XORing bytes together. */
+Hash compressHash(const Hash & hash, unsigned int newSize);
+
+/* Parse a string representing a hash type. */
+HashType parseHashType(const string & s);
+
+/* And the reverse. */
+string printHashType(HashType ht);
+
+
+struct Ctx;
+
+class HashSink : public BufferedSink
+{
+private:
+    HashType ht;
+    Ctx * ctx;
+    unsigned long long bytes;
+
+public:
+    HashSink(HashType ht);
+    HashSink(const HashSink & h);
+    ~HashSink();
+    void write(const unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+    HashResult finish();
+    HashResult currentHash();
+};
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/serialise.cc b/nix/libutil/serialise.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b71f52c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/serialise.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+#include "serialise.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+
+#include <cstring>
+#include <cerrno>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+BufferedSink::~BufferedSink()
+{
+    /* We can't call flush() here, because C++ for some insane reason
+       doesn't allow you to call virtual methods from a destructor. */
+    assert(!bufPos);
+    delete[] buffer;
+}
+
+    
+void BufferedSink::operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    if (!buffer) buffer = new unsigned char[bufSize];
+    
+    while (len) {
+        /* Optimisation: bypass the buffer if the data exceeds the
+           buffer size. */
+        if (bufPos + len >= bufSize) {
+            flush();
+            write(data, len);
+            break;
+        }
+        /* Otherwise, copy the bytes to the buffer.  Flush the buffer
+           when it's full. */
+        size_t n = bufPos + len > bufSize ? bufSize - bufPos : len;
+        memcpy(buffer + bufPos, data, n);
+        data += n; bufPos += n; len -= n;
+        if (bufPos == bufSize) flush();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void BufferedSink::flush()
+{
+    if (bufPos == 0) return;
+    size_t n = bufPos;
+    bufPos = 0; // don't trigger the assert() in ~BufferedSink()
+    write(buffer, n);
+}
+
+
+FdSink::~FdSink()
+{
+    try { flush(); } catch (...) { ignoreException(); }
+}
+
+
+void FdSink::write(const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    writeFull(fd, data, len);
+}
+
+
+void Source::operator () (unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    while (len) {
+        size_t n = read(data, len);
+        data += n; len -= n;
+    }
+}
+
+
+BufferedSource::~BufferedSource()
+{
+    delete[] buffer;
+}
+
+
+size_t BufferedSource::read(unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    if (!buffer) buffer = new unsigned char[bufSize];
+
+    if (!bufPosIn) bufPosIn = readUnbuffered(buffer, bufSize);
+            
+    /* Copy out the data in the buffer. */
+    size_t n = len > bufPosIn - bufPosOut ? bufPosIn - bufPosOut : len;
+    memcpy(data, buffer + bufPosOut, n);
+    bufPosOut += n;
+    if (bufPosIn == bufPosOut) bufPosIn = bufPosOut = 0;
+    return n;
+}
+
+
+bool BufferedSource::hasData()
+{
+    return bufPosOut < bufPosIn;
+}
+
+
+size_t FdSource::readUnbuffered(unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    ssize_t n;
+    do {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        n = ::read(fd, (char *) data, bufSize);
+    } while (n == -1 && errno == EINTR);
+    if (n == -1) throw SysError("reading from file");
+    if (n == 0) throw EndOfFile("unexpected end-of-file");
+    return n;
+}
+
+
+size_t StringSource::read(unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    if (pos == s.size()) throw EndOfFile("end of string reached");
+    size_t n = s.copy((char *) data, len, pos);
+    pos += n;
+    return n;
+}
+
+
+void writePadding(size_t len, Sink & sink)
+{
+    if (len % 8) {
+        unsigned char zero[8];
+        memset(zero, 0, sizeof(zero));
+        sink(zero, 8 - (len % 8));
+    }
+}
+
+
+void writeInt(unsigned int n, Sink & sink)
+{
+    unsigned char buf[8];
+    memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+    buf[0] = n & 0xff;
+    buf[1] = (n >> 8) & 0xff;
+    buf[2] = (n >> 16) & 0xff;
+    buf[3] = (n >> 24) & 0xff;
+    sink(buf, sizeof(buf));
+}
+
+
+void writeLongLong(unsigned long long n, Sink & sink)
+{
+    unsigned char buf[8];
+    buf[0] = n & 0xff;
+    buf[1] = (n >> 8) & 0xff;
+    buf[2] = (n >> 16) & 0xff;
+    buf[3] = (n >> 24) & 0xff;
+    buf[4] = (n >> 32) & 0xff;
+    buf[5] = (n >> 40) & 0xff;
+    buf[6] = (n >> 48) & 0xff;
+    buf[7] = (n >> 56) & 0xff;
+    sink(buf, sizeof(buf));
+}
+
+
+void writeString(const unsigned char * buf, size_t len, Sink & sink)
+{
+    writeInt(len, sink);
+    sink(buf, len);
+    writePadding(len, sink);
+}
+
+
+void writeString(const string & s, Sink & sink)
+{
+    writeString((const unsigned char *) s.data(), s.size(), sink);
+}
+
+
+template<class T> void writeStrings(const T & ss, Sink & sink)
+{
+    writeInt(ss.size(), sink);
+    foreach (typename T::const_iterator, i, ss)
+        writeString(*i, sink);
+}
+
+template void writeStrings(const Paths & ss, Sink & sink);
+template void writeStrings(const PathSet & ss, Sink & sink);
+
+
+void readPadding(size_t len, Source & source)
+{
+    if (len % 8) {
+        unsigned char zero[8];
+        size_t n = 8 - (len % 8);
+        source(zero, n);
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+            if (zero[i]) throw SerialisationError("non-zero padding");
+    }
+}
+
+
+unsigned int readInt(Source & source)
+{
+    unsigned char buf[8];
+    source(buf, sizeof(buf));
+    if (buf[4] || buf[5] || buf[6] || buf[7])
+        throw SerialisationError("implementation cannot deal with > 32-bit integers");
+    return
+        buf[0] |
+        (buf[1] << 8) |
+        (buf[2] << 16) |
+        (buf[3] << 24);
+}
+
+
+unsigned long long readLongLong(Source & source)
+{
+    unsigned char buf[8];
+    source(buf, sizeof(buf));
+    return
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[0]) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[1] << 8) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[2] << 16) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[3] << 24) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[4] << 32) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[5] << 40) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[6] << 48) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[7] << 56);
+}
+
+
+size_t readString(unsigned char * buf, size_t max, Source & source)
+{
+    size_t len = readInt(source);
+    if (len > max) throw Error("string is too long");
+    source(buf, len);
+    readPadding(len, source);
+    return len;
+}
+
+ 
+string readString(Source & source)
+{
+    size_t len = readInt(source);
+    unsigned char * buf = new unsigned char[len];
+    AutoDeleteArray<unsigned char> d(buf);
+    source(buf, len);
+    readPadding(len, source);
+    return string((char *) buf, len);
+}
+
+ 
+template<class T> T readStrings(Source & source)
+{
+    unsigned int count = readInt(source);
+    T ss;
+    while (count--)
+        ss.insert(ss.end(), readString(source));
+    return ss;
+}
+
+template Paths readStrings(Source & source);
+template PathSet readStrings(Source & source);
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/serialise.hh b/nix/libutil/serialise.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5a9df1d05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/serialise.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+/* Abstract destination of binary data. */
+struct Sink 
+{
+    virtual ~Sink() { }
+    virtual void operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len) = 0;
+};
+
+
+/* A buffered abstract sink. */
+struct BufferedSink : Sink
+{
+    size_t bufSize, bufPos;
+    unsigned char * buffer;
+
+    BufferedSink(size_t bufSize = 32 * 1024)
+        : bufSize(bufSize), bufPos(0), buffer(0) { }
+    ~BufferedSink();
+
+    void operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+    
+    void flush();
+    
+    virtual void write(const unsigned char * data, size_t len) = 0;
+};
+
+
+/* Abstract source of binary data. */
+struct Source
+{
+    virtual ~Source() { }
+    
+    /* Store exactly ‘len’ bytes in the buffer pointed to by ‘data’.
+       It blocks until all the requested data is available, or throws
+       an error if it is not going to be available.   */
+    void operator () (unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+
+    /* Store up to ‘len’ in the buffer pointed to by ‘data’, and
+       return the number of bytes stored.  If blocks until at least
+       one byte is available. */
+    virtual size_t read(unsigned char * data, size_t len) = 0;
+};
+
+
+/* A buffered abstract source. */
+struct BufferedSource : Source
+{
+    size_t bufSize, bufPosIn, bufPosOut;
+    unsigned char * buffer;
+
+    BufferedSource(size_t bufSize = 32 * 1024)
+        : bufSize(bufSize), bufPosIn(0), bufPosOut(0), buffer(0) { }
+    ~BufferedSource();
+    
+    size_t read(unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+    
+    /* Underlying read call, to be overridden. */
+    virtual size_t readUnbuffered(unsigned char * data, size_t len) = 0;
+
+    bool hasData();
+};
+
+
+/* A sink that writes data to a file descriptor. */
+struct FdSink : BufferedSink
+{
+    int fd;
+
+    FdSink() : fd(-1) { }
+    FdSink(int fd) : fd(fd) { }
+    ~FdSink();
+    
+    void write(const unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+};
+
+
+/* A source that reads data from a file descriptor. */
+struct FdSource : BufferedSource
+{
+    int fd;
+    FdSource() : fd(-1) { }
+    FdSource(int fd) : fd(fd) { }
+    size_t readUnbuffered(unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+};
+
+
+/* A sink that writes data to a string. */
+struct StringSink : Sink
+{
+    string s;
+    void operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+    {
+        s.append((const char *) data, len);
+    }
+};
+
+
+/* A source that reads data from a string. */
+struct StringSource : Source
+{
+    const string & s;
+    size_t pos;
+    StringSource(const string & _s) : s(_s), pos(0) { }
+    size_t read(unsigned char * data, size_t len);    
+};
+
+
+void writePadding(size_t len, Sink & sink);
+void writeInt(unsigned int n, Sink & sink);
+void writeLongLong(unsigned long long n, Sink & sink);
+void writeString(const unsigned char * buf, size_t len, Sink & sink);
+void writeString(const string & s, Sink & sink);
+template<class T> void writeStrings(const T & ss, Sink & sink);
+
+void readPadding(size_t len, Source & source);
+unsigned int readInt(Source & source);
+unsigned long long readLongLong(Source & source);
+size_t readString(unsigned char * buf, size_t max, Source & source);
+string readString(Source & source);
+template<class T> T readStrings(Source & source);
+
+
+MakeError(SerialisationError, Error)
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/types.hh b/nix/libutil/types.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b5ce9a78c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/types.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <list>
+#include <set>
+
+#include <boost/format.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+/* Inherit some names from other namespaces for convenience. */
+using std::string;
+using std::list;
+using std::set;
+using std::vector;
+using boost::format;
+
+
+struct FormatOrString
+{
+    string s;
+    FormatOrString(const string & s) : s(s) { };
+    FormatOrString(const format & f) : s(f.str()) { };
+    FormatOrString(const char * s) : s(s) { };
+};
+
+
+/* BaseError should generally not be caught, as it has Interrupted as
+   a subclass. Catch Error instead. */
+class BaseError : public std::exception
+{
+protected:
+    string prefix_; // used for location traces etc.
+    string err;
+public:
+    unsigned int status; // exit status
+    BaseError(const FormatOrString & fs, unsigned int status = 1);
+    ~BaseError() throw () { };
+    const char * what() const throw () { return err.c_str(); }
+    const string & msg() const throw () { return err; }
+    const string & prefix() const throw () { return prefix_; }
+    BaseError & addPrefix(const FormatOrString & fs);
+};
+
+#define MakeError(newClass, superClass) \
+    class newClass : public superClass                  \
+    {                                                   \
+    public:                                             \
+        newClass(const FormatOrString & fs, unsigned int status = 1) : superClass(fs, status) { }; \
+    };
+
+MakeError(Error, BaseError)
+
+class SysError : public Error
+{
+public:
+    int errNo;
+    SysError(const FormatOrString & fs);
+};
+
+
+typedef list<string> Strings;
+typedef set<string> StringSet;
+
+
+/* Paths are just strings. */
+typedef string Path;
+typedef list<Path> Paths;
+typedef set<Path> PathSet;
+
+
+typedef enum {
+    lvlError = 0,
+    lvlInfo,
+    lvlTalkative,
+    lvlChatty,
+    lvlDebug,
+    lvlVomit
+} Verbosity;
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/util.cc b/nix/libutil/util.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15c462ce4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/util.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,1105 @@
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <cstring>
+
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "util.hh"
+
+
+extern char * * environ;
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+BaseError::BaseError(const FormatOrString & fs, unsigned int status)
+    : status(status)
+{
+    err = fs.s;
+}
+
+
+BaseError & BaseError::addPrefix(const FormatOrString & fs)
+{
+    prefix_ = fs.s + prefix_;
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+SysError::SysError(const FormatOrString & fs)
+    : Error(format("%1%: %2%") % fs.s % strerror(errno))
+    , errNo(errno)
+{
+}
+
+
+string getEnv(const string & key, const string & def)
+{
+    char * value = getenv(key.c_str());
+    return value ? string(value) : def;
+}
+
+
+Path absPath(Path path, Path dir)
+{
+    if (path[0] != '/') {
+        if (dir == "") {
+#ifdef __GNU__
+            /* GNU (aka. GNU/Hurd) doesn't have any limitation on path
+               lengths and doesn't define `PATH_MAX'.  */
+            char *buf = getcwd(NULL, 0);
+            if (buf == NULL)
+#else
+            char buf[PATH_MAX];
+            if (!getcwd(buf, sizeof(buf)))
+#endif
+                throw SysError("cannot get cwd");
+            dir = buf;
+#ifdef __GNU__
+            free(buf);
+#endif
+        }
+        path = dir + "/" + path;
+    }
+    return canonPath(path);
+}
+
+
+Path canonPath(const Path & path, bool resolveSymlinks)
+{
+    string s;
+
+    if (path[0] != '/')
+        throw Error(format("not an absolute path: `%1%'") % path);
+
+    string::const_iterator i = path.begin(), end = path.end();
+    string temp;
+
+    /* Count the number of times we follow a symlink and stop at some
+       arbitrary (but high) limit to prevent infinite loops. */
+    unsigned int followCount = 0, maxFollow = 1024;
+
+    while (1) {
+
+        /* Skip slashes. */
+        while (i != end && *i == '/') i++;
+        if (i == end) break;
+
+        /* Ignore `.'. */
+        if (*i == '.' && (i + 1 == end || i[1] == '/'))
+            i++;
+
+        /* If `..', delete the last component. */
+        else if (*i == '.' && i + 1 < end && i[1] == '.' &&
+            (i + 2 == end || i[2] == '/'))
+        {
+            if (!s.empty()) s.erase(s.rfind('/'));
+            i += 2;
+        }
+
+        /* Normal component; copy it. */
+        else {
+            s += '/';
+            while (i != end && *i != '/') s += *i++;
+
+            /* If s points to a symlink, resolve it and restart (since
+               the symlink target might contain new symlinks). */
+            if (resolveSymlinks && isLink(s)) {
+                if (++followCount >= maxFollow)
+                    throw Error(format("infinite symlink recursion in path `%1%'") % path);
+                temp = absPath(readLink(s), dirOf(s))
+                    + string(i, end);
+                i = temp.begin(); /* restart */
+                end = temp.end();
+                s = "";
+                /* !!! potential for infinite loop */
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return s.empty() ? "/" : s;
+}
+
+
+Path dirOf(const Path & path)
+{
+    Path::size_type pos = path.rfind('/');
+    if (pos == string::npos)
+        throw Error(format("invalid file name `%1%'") % path);
+    return pos == 0 ? "/" : Path(path, 0, pos);
+}
+
+
+string baseNameOf(const Path & path)
+{
+    Path::size_type pos = path.rfind('/');
+    if (pos == string::npos)
+        throw Error(format("invalid file name `%1%'") % path);
+    return string(path, pos + 1);
+}
+
+
+bool isInDir(const Path & path, const Path & dir)
+{
+    return path[0] == '/'
+        && string(path, 0, dir.size()) == dir
+        && path.size() >= dir.size() + 2
+        && path[dir.size()] == '/';
+}
+
+
+struct stat lstat(const Path & path)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
+        throw SysError(format("getting status of `%1%'") % path);
+    return st;
+}
+
+
+bool pathExists(const Path & path)
+{
+    int res;
+    struct stat st;
+    res = lstat(path.c_str(), &st);
+    if (!res) return true;
+    if (errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOTDIR)
+        throw SysError(format("getting status of %1%") % path);
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+Path readLink(const Path & path)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+    struct stat st = lstat(path);
+    if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
+        throw Error(format("`%1%' is not a symlink") % path);
+    char buf[st.st_size];
+    if (readlink(path.c_str(), buf, st.st_size) != st.st_size)
+        throw SysError(format("reading symbolic link `%1%'") % path);
+    return string(buf, st.st_size);
+}
+
+
+bool isLink(const Path & path)
+{
+    struct stat st = lstat(path);
+    return S_ISLNK(st.st_mode);
+}
+
+
+Strings readDirectory(const Path & path)
+{
+    Strings names;
+
+    AutoCloseDir dir = opendir(path.c_str());
+    if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory `%1%'") % path);
+
+    struct dirent * dirent;
+    while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir)) { /* sic */
+        checkInterrupt();
+        string name = dirent->d_name;
+        if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
+        names.push_back(name);
+    }
+    if (errno) throw SysError(format("reading directory `%1%'") % path);
+
+    return names;
+}
+
+
+string readFile(int fd)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    if (fstat(fd, &st) == -1)
+        throw SysError("statting file");
+
+    unsigned char * buf = new unsigned char[st.st_size];
+    AutoDeleteArray<unsigned char> d(buf);
+    readFull(fd, buf, st.st_size);
+
+    return string((char *) buf, st.st_size);
+}
+
+
+string readFile(const Path & path, bool drain)
+{
+    AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % path);
+    return drain ? drainFD(fd) : readFile(fd);
+}
+
+
+void writeFile(const Path & path, const string & s)
+{
+    AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0666);
+    if (fd == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % path);
+    writeFull(fd, (unsigned char *) s.data(), s.size());
+}
+
+
+string readLine(int fd)
+{
+    string s;
+    while (1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        char ch;
+        ssize_t rd = read(fd, &ch, 1);
+        if (rd == -1) {
+            if (errno != EINTR)
+                throw SysError("reading a line");
+        } else if (rd == 0)
+            throw EndOfFile("unexpected EOF reading a line");
+        else {
+            if (ch == '\n') return s;
+            s += ch;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+void writeLine(int fd, string s)
+{
+    s += '\n';
+    writeFull(fd, (const unsigned char *) s.data(), s.size());
+}
+
+
+static void _deletePath(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    printMsg(lvlVomit, format("%1%") % path);
+
+    struct stat st = lstat(path);
+
+    if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) && st.st_nlink == 1)
+        bytesFreed += st.st_blocks * 512;
+
+    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        Strings names = readDirectory(path);
+
+        /* Make the directory writable. */
+        if (!(st.st_mode & S_IWUSR)) {
+            if (chmod(path.c_str(), st.st_mode | S_IWUSR) == -1)
+                throw SysError(format("making `%1%' writable") % path);
+        }
+
+        for (Strings::iterator i = names.begin(); i != names.end(); ++i)
+            _deletePath(path + "/" + *i, bytesFreed);
+    }
+
+    if (remove(path.c_str()) == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("cannot unlink `%1%'") % path);
+}
+
+
+void deletePath(const Path & path)
+{
+    unsigned long long dummy;
+    deletePath(path, dummy);
+}
+
+
+void deletePath(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed)
+{
+    startNest(nest, lvlDebug,
+        format("recursively deleting path `%1%'") % path);
+    bytesFreed = 0;
+    _deletePath(path, bytesFreed);
+}
+
+
+static Path tempName(Path tmpRoot, const Path & prefix, bool includePid,
+    int & counter)
+{
+    tmpRoot = canonPath(tmpRoot.empty() ? getEnv("TMPDIR", "/tmp") : tmpRoot, true);
+    if (includePid)
+        return (format("%1%/%2%-%3%-%4%") % tmpRoot % prefix % getpid() % counter++).str();
+    else
+        return (format("%1%/%2%-%3%") % tmpRoot % prefix % counter++).str();
+}
+
+
+Path createTempDir(const Path & tmpRoot, const Path & prefix,
+    bool includePid, bool useGlobalCounter, mode_t mode)
+{
+    static int globalCounter = 0;
+    int localCounter = 0;
+    int & counter(useGlobalCounter ? globalCounter : localCounter);
+
+    while (1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        Path tmpDir = tempName(tmpRoot, prefix, includePid, counter);
+        if (mkdir(tmpDir.c_str(), mode) == 0) {
+            /* Explicitly set the group of the directory.  This is to
+               work around around problems caused by BSD's group
+               ownership semantics (directories inherit the group of
+               the parent).  For instance, the group of /tmp on
+               FreeBSD is "wheel", so all directories created in /tmp
+               will be owned by "wheel"; but if the user is not in
+               "wheel", then "tar" will fail to unpack archives that
+               have the setgid bit set on directories. */
+            if (chown(tmpDir.c_str(), (uid_t) -1, getegid()) != 0)
+                throw SysError(format("setting group of directory `%1%'") % tmpDir);
+            return tmpDir;
+        }
+        if (errno != EEXIST)
+            throw SysError(format("creating directory `%1%'") % tmpDir);
+    }
+}
+
+
+Paths createDirs(const Path & path)
+{
+    Paths created;
+    if (path == "/") return created;
+
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st) == -1) {
+        created = createDirs(dirOf(path));
+        if (mkdir(path.c_str(), 0777) == -1 && errno != EEXIST)
+            throw SysError(format("creating directory `%1%'") % path);
+        st = lstat(path);
+        created.push_back(path);
+    }
+
+    if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) throw Error(format("`%1%' is not a directory") % path);
+
+    return created;
+}
+
+
+void createSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link)
+{
+    if (symlink(target.c_str(), link.c_str()))
+        throw SysError(format("creating symlink from `%1%' to `%2%'") % link % target);
+}
+
+
+LogType logType = ltPretty;
+Verbosity verbosity = lvlInfo;
+
+static int nestingLevel = 0;
+
+
+Nest::Nest()
+{
+    nest = false;
+}
+
+
+Nest::~Nest()
+{
+    close();
+}
+
+
+static string escVerbosity(Verbosity level)
+{
+    return int2String((int) level);
+}
+
+
+void Nest::open(Verbosity level, const FormatOrString & fs)
+{
+    if (level <= verbosity) {
+        if (logType == ltEscapes)
+            std::cerr << "\033[" << escVerbosity(level) << "p"
+                      << fs.s << "\n";
+        else
+            printMsg_(level, fs);
+        nest = true;
+        nestingLevel++;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void Nest::close()
+{
+    if (nest) {
+        nestingLevel--;
+        if (logType == ltEscapes)
+            std::cerr << "\033[q";
+        nest = false;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void printMsg_(Verbosity level, const FormatOrString & fs)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+    if (level > verbosity) return;
+    string prefix;
+    if (logType == ltPretty)
+        for (int i = 0; i < nestingLevel; i++)
+            prefix += "|   ";
+    else if (logType == ltEscapes && level != lvlInfo)
+        prefix = "\033[" + escVerbosity(level) + "s";
+    string s = (format("%1%%2%\n") % prefix % fs.s).str();
+    writeToStderr(s);
+}
+
+
+void warnOnce(bool & haveWarned, const FormatOrString & fs)
+{
+    if (!haveWarned) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("warning: %1%") % fs.s);
+        haveWarned = true;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void writeToStderr(const string & s)
+{
+    try {
+        _writeToStderr((const unsigned char *) s.data(), s.size());
+    } catch (SysError & e) {
+        /* Ignore failing writes to stderr if we're in an exception
+           handler, otherwise throw an exception.  We need to ignore
+           write errors in exception handlers to ensure that cleanup
+           code runs to completion if the other side of stderr has
+           been closed unexpectedly. */
+        if (!std::uncaught_exception()) throw;
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void defaultWriteToStderr(const unsigned char * buf, size_t count)
+{
+    writeFull(STDERR_FILENO, buf, count);
+}
+
+
+void (*_writeToStderr) (const unsigned char * buf, size_t count) = defaultWriteToStderr;
+
+
+void readFull(int fd, unsigned char * buf, size_t count)
+{
+    while (count) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        ssize_t res = read(fd, (char *) buf, count);
+        if (res == -1) {
+            if (errno == EINTR) continue;
+            throw SysError("reading from file");
+        }
+        if (res == 0) throw EndOfFile("unexpected end-of-file");
+        count -= res;
+        buf += res;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void writeFull(int fd, const unsigned char * buf, size_t count)
+{
+    while (count) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        ssize_t res = write(fd, (char *) buf, count);
+        if (res == -1) {
+            if (errno == EINTR) continue;
+            throw SysError("writing to file");
+        }
+        count -= res;
+        buf += res;
+    }
+}
+
+
+string drainFD(int fd)
+{
+    string result;
+    unsigned char buffer[4096];
+    while (1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        ssize_t rd = read(fd, buffer, sizeof buffer);
+        if (rd == -1) {
+            if (errno != EINTR)
+                throw SysError("reading from file");
+        }
+        else if (rd == 0) break;
+        else result.append((char *) buffer, rd);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+AutoDelete::AutoDelete(const string & p, bool recursive) : path(p)
+{
+    del = true;
+    this->recursive = recursive;
+}
+
+AutoDelete::~AutoDelete()
+{
+    try {
+        if (del) {
+            if (recursive)
+                deletePath(path);
+            else {
+                if (remove(path.c_str()) == -1)
+                    throw SysError(format("cannot unlink `%1%'") % path);
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+void AutoDelete::cancel()
+{
+    del = false;
+}
+
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+AutoCloseFD::AutoCloseFD()
+{
+    fd = -1;
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseFD::AutoCloseFD(int fd)
+{
+    this->fd = fd;
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseFD::AutoCloseFD(const AutoCloseFD & fd)
+{
+    /* Copying an AutoCloseFD isn't allowed (who should get to close
+       it?).  But as an edge case, allow copying of closed
+       AutoCloseFDs.  This is necessary due to tiresome reasons
+       involving copy constructor use on default object values in STL
+       containers (like when you do `map[value]' where value isn't in
+       the map yet). */
+    this->fd = fd.fd;
+    if (this->fd != -1) abort();
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseFD::~AutoCloseFD()
+{
+    try {
+        close();
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void AutoCloseFD::operator =(int fd)
+{
+    if (this->fd != fd) close();
+    this->fd = fd;
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseFD::operator int() const
+{
+    return fd;
+}
+
+
+void AutoCloseFD::close()
+{
+    if (fd != -1) {
+        if (::close(fd) == -1)
+            /* This should never happen. */
+            throw SysError(format("closing file descriptor %1%") % fd);
+        fd = -1;
+    }
+}
+
+
+bool AutoCloseFD::isOpen()
+{
+    return fd != -1;
+}
+
+
+/* Pass responsibility for closing this fd to the caller. */
+int AutoCloseFD::borrow()
+{
+    int oldFD = fd;
+    fd = -1;
+    return oldFD;
+}
+
+
+void Pipe::create()
+{
+    int fds[2];
+    if (pipe(fds) != 0) throw SysError("creating pipe");
+    readSide = fds[0];
+    writeSide = fds[1];
+    closeOnExec(readSide);
+    closeOnExec(writeSide);
+}
+
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+AutoCloseDir::AutoCloseDir()
+{
+    dir = 0;
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseDir::AutoCloseDir(DIR * dir)
+{
+    this->dir = dir;
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseDir::~AutoCloseDir()
+{
+    close();
+}
+
+
+void AutoCloseDir::operator =(DIR * dir)
+{
+    this->dir = dir;
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseDir::operator DIR *()
+{
+    return dir;
+}
+
+
+void AutoCloseDir::close()
+{
+    if (dir) {
+        closedir(dir);
+        dir = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+Pid::Pid()
+{
+    pid = -1;
+    separatePG = false;
+    killSignal = SIGKILL;
+}
+
+
+Pid::~Pid()
+{
+    kill();
+}
+
+
+void Pid::operator =(pid_t pid)
+{
+    if (this->pid != pid) kill();
+    this->pid = pid;
+    killSignal = SIGKILL; // reset signal to default
+}
+
+
+Pid::operator pid_t()
+{
+    return pid;
+}
+
+
+void Pid::kill()
+{
+    if (pid == -1 || pid == 0) return;
+
+    printMsg(lvlError, format("killing process %1%") % pid);
+
+    /* Send the requested signal to the child.  If it has its own
+       process group, send the signal to every process in the child
+       process group (which hopefully includes *all* its children). */
+    if (::kill(separatePG ? -pid : pid, killSignal) != 0)
+        printMsg(lvlError, (SysError(format("killing process %1%") % pid).msg()));
+
+    /* Wait until the child dies, disregarding the exit status. */
+    int status;
+    while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) == -1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        if (errno != EINTR) {
+            printMsg(lvlError,
+                (SysError(format("waiting for process %1%") % pid).msg()));
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    pid = -1;
+}
+
+
+int Pid::wait(bool block)
+{
+    assert(pid != -1);
+    while (1) {
+        int status;
+        int res = waitpid(pid, &status, block ? 0 : WNOHANG);
+        if (res == pid) {
+            pid = -1;
+            return status;
+        }
+        if (res == 0 && !block) return -1;
+        if (errno != EINTR)
+            throw SysError("cannot get child exit status");
+        checkInterrupt();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void Pid::setSeparatePG(bool separatePG)
+{
+    this->separatePG = separatePG;
+}
+
+
+void Pid::setKillSignal(int signal)
+{
+    this->killSignal = signal;
+}
+
+
+void killUser(uid_t uid)
+{
+    debug(format("killing all processes running under uid `%1%'") % uid);
+
+    assert(uid != 0); /* just to be safe... */
+
+    /* The system call kill(-1, sig) sends the signal `sig' to all
+       users to which the current process can send signals.  So we
+       fork a process, switch to uid, and send a mass kill. */
+
+    Pid pid;
+    pid = fork();
+    switch (pid) {
+
+    case -1:
+        throw SysError("unable to fork");
+
+    case 0:
+        try { /* child */
+
+            if (setuid(uid) == -1)
+                throw SysError("setting uid");
+
+            while (true) {
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+                /* OSX's kill syscall takes a third parameter that, among other
+                   things, determines if kill(-1, signo) affects the calling
+                   process. In the OSX libc, it's set to true, which means
+                   "follow POSIX", which we don't want here
+                 */
+                if (syscall(SYS_kill, -1, SIGKILL, false) == 0) break;
+#else
+                if (kill(-1, SIGKILL) == 0) break;
+#endif
+                if (errno == ESRCH) break; /* no more processes */
+                if (errno != EINTR)
+                    throw SysError(format("cannot kill processes for uid `%1%'") % uid);
+            }
+
+        } catch (std::exception & e) {
+            writeToStderr((format("killing processes belonging to uid `%1%': %2%\n") % uid % e.what()).str());
+            _exit(1);
+        }
+        _exit(0);
+    }
+
+    /* parent */
+    int status = pid.wait(true);
+    if (status != 0)
+        throw Error(format("cannot kill processes for uid `%1%': %2%") % uid % statusToString(status));
+
+    /* !!! We should really do some check to make sure that there are
+       no processes left running under `uid', but there is no portable
+       way to do so (I think).  The most reliable way may be `ps -eo
+       uid | grep -q $uid'. */
+}
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath, const Strings & args)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    std::vector<const char *> cargs; /* careful with c_str()! */
+    cargs.push_back(program.c_str());
+    for (Strings::const_iterator i = args.begin(); i != args.end(); ++i)
+        cargs.push_back(i->c_str());
+    cargs.push_back(0);
+
+    /* Create a pipe. */
+    Pipe pipe;
+    pipe.create();
+
+    /* Fork. */
+    Pid pid;
+    pid = maybeVfork();
+
+    switch (pid) {
+
+    case -1:
+        throw SysError("unable to fork");
+
+    case 0: /* child */
+        try {
+            if (dup2(pipe.writeSide, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
+                throw SysError("dupping stdout");
+
+            if (searchPath)
+                execvp(program.c_str(), (char * *) &cargs[0]);
+            else
+                execv(program.c_str(), (char * *) &cargs[0]);
+            throw SysError(format("executing `%1%'") % program);
+
+        } catch (std::exception & e) {
+            writeToStderr("error: " + string(e.what()) + "\n");
+        }
+        _exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* Parent. */
+
+    pipe.writeSide.close();
+
+    string result = drainFD(pipe.readSide);
+
+    /* Wait for the child to finish. */
+    int status = pid.wait(true);
+    if (!statusOk(status))
+        throw Error(format("program `%1%' %2%")
+            % program % statusToString(status));
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+void closeMostFDs(const set<int> & exceptions)
+{
+    int maxFD = 0;
+    maxFD = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
+    for (int fd = 0; fd < maxFD; ++fd)
+        if (fd != STDIN_FILENO && fd != STDOUT_FILENO && fd != STDERR_FILENO
+            && exceptions.find(fd) == exceptions.end())
+            close(fd); /* ignore result */
+}
+
+
+void closeOnExec(int fd)
+{
+    int prev;
+    if ((prev = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD, 0)) == -1 ||
+        fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, prev | FD_CLOEXEC) == -1)
+        throw SysError("setting close-on-exec flag");
+}
+
+
+#if HAVE_VFORK
+pid_t (*maybeVfork)() = vfork;
+#else
+pid_t (*maybeVfork)() = fork;
+#endif
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+volatile sig_atomic_t _isInterrupted = 0;
+
+void _interrupted()
+{
+    /* Block user interrupts while an exception is being handled.
+       Throwing an exception while another exception is being handled
+       kills the program! */
+    if (!std::uncaught_exception()) {
+        _isInterrupted = 0;
+        throw Interrupted("interrupted by the user");
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+template<class C> C tokenizeString(const string & s, const string & separators)
+{
+    C result;
+    string::size_type pos = s.find_first_not_of(separators, 0);
+    while (pos != string::npos) {
+        string::size_type end = s.find_first_of(separators, pos + 1);
+        if (end == string::npos) end = s.size();
+        string token(s, pos, end - pos);
+        result.insert(result.end(), token);
+        pos = s.find_first_not_of(separators, end);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+template Strings tokenizeString(const string & s, const string & separators);
+template StringSet tokenizeString(const string & s, const string & separators);
+template vector<string> tokenizeString(const string & s, const string & separators);
+
+
+string concatStringsSep(const string & sep, const Strings & ss)
+{
+    string s;
+    foreach (Strings::const_iterator, i, ss) {
+        if (s.size() != 0) s += sep;
+        s += *i;
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+string concatStringsSep(const string & sep, const StringSet & ss)
+{
+    string s;
+    foreach (StringSet::const_iterator, i, ss) {
+        if (s.size() != 0) s += sep;
+        s += *i;
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+string chomp(const string & s)
+{
+    size_t i = s.find_last_not_of(" \n\r\t");
+    return i == string::npos ? "" : string(s, 0, i + 1);
+}
+
+
+string statusToString(int status)
+{
+    if (!WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
+        if (WIFEXITED(status))
+            return (format("failed with exit code %1%") % WEXITSTATUS(status)).str();
+        else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+            int sig = WTERMSIG(status);
+#if HAVE_STRSIGNAL
+            const char * description = strsignal(sig);
+            return (format("failed due to signal %1% (%2%)") % sig % description).str();
+#else
+            return (format("failed due to signal %1%") % sig).str();
+#endif
+        }
+        else
+            return "died abnormally";
+    } else return "succeeded";
+}
+
+
+bool statusOk(int status)
+{
+    return WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0;
+}
+
+
+bool hasSuffix(const string & s, const string & suffix)
+{
+    return s.size() >= suffix.size() && string(s, s.size() - suffix.size()) == suffix;
+}
+
+
+void expect(std::istream & str, const string & s)
+{
+    char s2[s.size()];
+    str.read(s2, s.size());
+    if (string(s2, s.size()) != s)
+        throw Error(format("expected string `%1%'") % s);
+}
+
+
+string parseString(std::istream & str)
+{
+    string res;
+    expect(str, "\"");
+    int c;
+    while ((c = str.get()) != '"')
+        if (c == '\\') {
+            c = str.get();
+            if (c == 'n') res += '\n';
+            else if (c == 'r') res += '\r';
+            else if (c == 't') res += '\t';
+            else res += c;
+        }
+        else res += c;
+    return res;
+}
+
+
+bool endOfList(std::istream & str)
+{
+    if (str.peek() == ',') {
+        str.get();
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (str.peek() == ']') {
+        str.get();
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+string decodeOctalEscaped(const string & s)
+{
+    string r;
+    for (string::const_iterator i = s.begin(); i != s.end(); ) {
+        if (*i != '\\') { r += *i++; continue; }
+        unsigned char c = 0;
+        ++i;
+        while (i != s.end() && *i >= '0' && *i < '8')
+            c = c * 8 + (*i++ - '0');
+        r += c;
+    }
+    return r;
+}
+
+
+void ignoreException()
+{
+    try {
+        throw;
+    } catch (std::exception & e) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("error (ignored): %1%") % e.what());
+    }
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/util.hh b/nix/libutil/util.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bedfea9a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/util.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,349 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+#include <cstdio>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+#define foreach(it_type, it, collection)                                \
+    for (it_type it = (collection).begin(); it != (collection).end(); ++it)
+
+#define foreach_reverse(it_type, it, collection)                                \
+    for (it_type it = (collection).rbegin(); it != (collection).rend(); ++it)
+
+
+/* Return an environment variable. */
+string getEnv(const string & key, const string & def = "");
+
+/* Return an absolutized path, resolving paths relative to the
+   specified directory, or the current directory otherwise.  The path
+   is also canonicalised. */
+Path absPath(Path path, Path dir = "");
+
+/* Canonicalise a path by removing all `.' or `..' components and
+   double or trailing slashes.  Optionally resolves all symlink
+   components such that each component of the resulting path is *not*
+   a symbolic link. */
+Path canonPath(const Path & path, bool resolveSymlinks = false);
+
+/* Return the directory part of the given canonical path, i.e.,
+   everything before the final `/'.  If the path is the root or an
+   immediate child thereof (e.g., `/foo'), this means an empty string
+   is returned. */
+Path dirOf(const Path & path);
+
+/* Return the base name of the given canonical path, i.e., everything
+   following the final `/'. */
+string baseNameOf(const Path & path);
+
+/* Check whether a given path is a descendant of the given
+   directory. */
+bool isInDir(const Path & path, const Path & dir);
+
+/* Get status of `path'. */
+struct stat lstat(const Path & path);
+
+/* Return true iff the given path exists. */
+bool pathExists(const Path & path);
+
+/* Read the contents (target) of a symbolic link.  The result is not
+   in any way canonicalised. */
+Path readLink(const Path & path);
+
+bool isLink(const Path & path);
+
+/* Read the contents of a directory.  The entries `.' and `..' are
+   removed. */
+Strings readDirectory(const Path & path);
+
+/* Read the contents of a file into a string. */
+string readFile(int fd);
+string readFile(const Path & path, bool drain = false);
+
+/* Write a string to a file. */
+void writeFile(const Path & path, const string & s);
+
+/* Read a line from a file descriptor. */
+string readLine(int fd);
+
+/* Write a line to a file descriptor. */
+void writeLine(int fd, string s);
+
+/* Delete a path; i.e., in the case of a directory, it is deleted
+   recursively.  Don't use this at home, kids.  The second variant
+   returns the number of bytes and blocks freed. */
+void deletePath(const Path & path);
+
+void deletePath(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed);
+
+/* Create a temporary directory. */
+Path createTempDir(const Path & tmpRoot = "", const Path & prefix = "nix",
+    bool includePid = true, bool useGlobalCounter = true, mode_t mode = 0755);
+
+/* Create a directory and all its parents, if necessary.  Returns the
+   list of created directories, in order of creation. */
+Paths createDirs(const Path & path);
+
+/* Create a symlink. */
+void createSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link);
+
+
+template<class T, class A>
+T singleton(const A & a)
+{
+    T t;
+    t.insert(a);
+    return t;
+}
+
+
+/* Messages. */
+
+
+typedef enum {
+    ltPretty,   /* nice, nested output */
+    ltEscapes,  /* nesting indicated using escape codes (for log2xml) */
+    ltFlat      /* no nesting */
+} LogType;
+
+extern LogType logType;
+extern Verbosity verbosity; /* suppress msgs > this */
+
+class Nest
+{
+private:
+    bool nest;
+public:
+    Nest();
+    ~Nest();
+    void open(Verbosity level, const FormatOrString & fs);
+    void close();
+};
+
+void printMsg_(Verbosity level, const FormatOrString & fs);
+
+#define startNest(varName, level, f) \
+    Nest varName; \
+    if (level <= verbosity) { \
+      varName.open(level, (f)); \
+    }
+
+#define printMsg(level, f) \
+    do { \
+        if (level <= verbosity) { \
+            printMsg_(level, (f)); \
+        } \
+    } while (0)
+
+#define debug(f) printMsg(lvlDebug, f)
+
+void warnOnce(bool & haveWarned, const FormatOrString & fs);
+
+void writeToStderr(const string & s);
+
+extern void (*_writeToStderr) (const unsigned char * buf, size_t count);
+
+
+/* Wrappers arount read()/write() that read/write exactly the
+   requested number of bytes. */
+void readFull(int fd, unsigned char * buf, size_t count);
+void writeFull(int fd, const unsigned char * buf, size_t count);
+
+MakeError(EndOfFile, Error)
+
+
+/* Read a file descriptor until EOF occurs. */
+string drainFD(int fd);
+
+
+
+/* Automatic cleanup of resources. */
+
+
+template <class T>
+struct AutoDeleteArray
+{
+    T * p;
+    AutoDeleteArray(T * p) : p(p) { }
+    ~AutoDeleteArray()
+    {
+        delete [] p;
+    }
+};
+
+
+class AutoDelete
+{
+    Path path;
+    bool del;
+    bool recursive;
+public:
+    AutoDelete(const Path & p, bool recursive = true);
+    ~AutoDelete();
+    void cancel();
+};
+
+
+class AutoCloseFD
+{
+    int fd;
+public:
+    AutoCloseFD();
+    AutoCloseFD(int fd);
+    AutoCloseFD(const AutoCloseFD & fd);
+    ~AutoCloseFD();
+    void operator =(int fd);
+    operator int() const;
+    void close();
+    bool isOpen();
+    int borrow();
+};
+
+
+class Pipe
+{
+public:
+    AutoCloseFD readSide, writeSide;
+    void create();
+};
+
+
+class AutoCloseDir
+{
+    DIR * dir;
+public:
+    AutoCloseDir();
+    AutoCloseDir(DIR * dir);
+    ~AutoCloseDir();
+    void operator =(DIR * dir);
+    operator DIR *();
+    void close();
+};
+
+
+class Pid
+{
+    pid_t pid;
+    bool separatePG;
+    int killSignal;
+public:
+    Pid();
+    ~Pid();
+    void operator =(pid_t pid);
+    operator pid_t();
+    void kill();
+    int wait(bool block);
+    void setSeparatePG(bool separatePG);
+    void setKillSignal(int signal);
+};
+
+
+/* Kill all processes running under the specified uid by sending them
+   a SIGKILL. */
+void killUser(uid_t uid);
+
+
+/* Run a program and return its stdout in a string (i.e., like the
+   shell backtick operator). */
+string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath = false,
+    const Strings & args = Strings());
+
+/* Close all file descriptors except stdin, stdout, stderr, and those
+   listed in the given set.  Good practice in child processes. */
+void closeMostFDs(const set<int> & exceptions);
+
+/* Set the close-on-exec flag for the given file descriptor. */
+void closeOnExec(int fd);
+
+/* Call vfork() if available, otherwise fork(). */
+extern pid_t (*maybeVfork)();
+
+
+/* User interruption. */
+
+extern volatile sig_atomic_t _isInterrupted;
+
+void _interrupted();
+
+void inline checkInterrupt()
+{
+    if (_isInterrupted) _interrupted();
+}
+
+MakeError(Interrupted, BaseError)
+
+
+/* String tokenizer. */
+template<class C> C tokenizeString(const string & s, const string & separators = " \t\n\r");
+
+
+/* Concatenate the given strings with a separator between the
+   elements. */
+string concatStringsSep(const string & sep, const Strings & ss);
+string concatStringsSep(const string & sep, const StringSet & ss);
+
+
+/* Remove trailing whitespace from a string. */
+string chomp(const string & s);
+
+
+/* Convert the exit status of a child as returned by wait() into an
+   error string. */
+string statusToString(int status);
+
+bool statusOk(int status);
+
+
+/* Parse a string into an integer. */
+template<class N> bool string2Int(const string & s, N & n)
+{
+    std::istringstream str(s);
+    str >> n;
+    return str && str.get() == EOF;
+}
+
+template<class N> string int2String(N n)
+{
+    std::ostringstream str;
+    str << n;
+    return str.str();
+}
+
+
+/* Return true iff `s' ends in `suffix'. */
+bool hasSuffix(const string & s, const string & suffix);
+
+
+/* Read string `s' from stream `str'. */
+void expect(std::istream & str, const string & s);
+
+
+/* Read a C-style string from stream `str'. */
+string parseString(std::istream & str);
+
+
+/* Utility function used to parse legacy ATerms. */
+bool endOfList(std::istream & str);
+
+
+/* Escape a string that contains octal-encoded escape codes such as
+   used in /etc/fstab and /proc/mounts (e.g. "foo\040bar" decodes to
+   "foo bar"). */
+string decodeOctalEscaped(const string & s);
+
+
+/* Exception handling in destructors: print an error message, then
+   ignore the exception. */
+void ignoreException();
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/xml-writer.cc b/nix/libutil/xml-writer.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01794001b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/xml-writer.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include "xml-writer.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+    
+
+XMLWriter::XMLWriter(bool indent, std::ostream & output)
+    : output(output), indent(indent)
+{
+    output << "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>" << std::endl;
+    closed = false;
+}
+
+
+XMLWriter::~XMLWriter()
+{
+    close();
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::close()
+{
+    if (closed) return;
+    while (!pendingElems.empty()) closeElement();
+    closed = true;
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::indent_(unsigned int depth)
+{
+    if (!indent) return;
+    output << string(depth * 2, ' ');
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::openElement(const string & name,
+    const XMLAttrs & attrs)
+{
+    assert(!closed);
+    indent_(pendingElems.size());
+    output << "<" << name;
+    writeAttrs(attrs);
+    output << ">";
+    if (indent) output << std::endl;
+    pendingElems.push_back(name);
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::closeElement()
+{
+    assert(!pendingElems.empty());
+    indent_(pendingElems.size() - 1);
+    output << "</" << pendingElems.back() << ">";
+    if (indent) output << std::endl;
+    pendingElems.pop_back();
+    if (pendingElems.empty()) closed = true;
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::writeEmptyElement(const string & name,
+    const XMLAttrs & attrs)
+{
+    assert(!closed);
+    indent_(pendingElems.size());
+    output << "<" << name;
+    writeAttrs(attrs);
+    output << " />";
+    if (indent) output << std::endl;
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::writeAttrs(const XMLAttrs & attrs)
+{
+    for (XMLAttrs::const_iterator i = attrs.begin(); i != attrs.end(); ++i) {
+        output << " " << i->first << "=\"";
+        for (unsigned int j = 0; j < i->second.size(); ++j) {
+            char c = i->second[j];
+            if (c == '"') output << "&quot;";
+            else if (c == '<') output << "&lt;";
+            else if (c == '>') output << "&gt;";
+            else if (c == '&') output << "&amp;";
+            /* Escape newlines to prevent attribute normalisation (see
+               XML spec, section 3.3.3. */
+            else if (c == '\n') output << "&#xA;";
+            else output << c;
+        }
+        output << "\"";
+    }
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/libutil/xml-writer.hh b/nix/libutil/xml-writer.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3cefe3712c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/libutil/xml-writer.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <list>
+#include <map>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+using std::string;
+using std::map;
+using std::list;
+
+
+typedef map<string, string> XMLAttrs;
+
+
+class XMLWriter
+{
+private:
+
+    std::ostream & output;
+
+    bool indent;
+    bool closed;
+
+    list<string> pendingElems;
+
+public:
+
+    XMLWriter(bool indent, std::ostream & output);
+    ~XMLWriter();
+
+    void close();
+
+    void openElement(const string & name,
+        const XMLAttrs & attrs = XMLAttrs());
+    void closeElement();
+
+    void writeEmptyElement(const string & name,
+        const XMLAttrs & attrs = XMLAttrs());
+
+private:
+    void writeAttrs(const XMLAttrs & attrs);
+
+    void indent_(unsigned int depth);
+};
+
+
+class XMLOpenElement
+{
+private:
+    XMLWriter & writer;
+public:
+    XMLOpenElement(XMLWriter & writer, const string & name,
+        const XMLAttrs & attrs = XMLAttrs())
+        : writer(writer)
+    {
+        writer.openElement(name, attrs);
+    }
+    ~XMLOpenElement()
+    {
+        writer.closeElement();
+    }
+};
+
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc b/nix/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8814fe3155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,939 @@
+#include "shared.hh"
+#include "local-store.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "serialise.hh"
+#include "worker-protocol.hh"
+#include "archive.hh"
+#include "affinity.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+
+#include <cstring>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+using namespace nix;
+
+
+/* On platforms that have O_ASYNC, we can detect when a client
+   disconnects and immediately kill any ongoing builds.  On platforms
+   that lack it, we only notice the disconnection the next time we try
+   to write to the client.  So if you have a builder that never
+   generates output on stdout/stderr, the daemon will never notice
+   that the client has disconnected until the builder terminates.
+
+   GNU/Hurd does have O_ASYNC, but its Unix-domain socket translator
+   (pflocal) does not implement F_SETOWN.  See
+   <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-07/msg00021.html> for
+   details.*/
+#if defined O_ASYNC && !defined __GNU__
+#define HAVE_HUP_NOTIFICATION
+#ifndef SIGPOLL
+#define SIGPOLL SIGIO
+#endif
+#endif
+
+
+static FdSource from(STDIN_FILENO);
+static FdSink to(STDOUT_FILENO);
+
+bool canSendStderr;
+pid_t myPid;
+
+
+
+/* This function is called anytime we want to write something to
+   stderr.  If we're in a state where the protocol allows it (i.e.,
+   when canSendStderr), send the message to the client over the
+   socket. */
+static void tunnelStderr(const unsigned char * buf, size_t count)
+{
+    /* Don't send the message to the client if we're a child of the
+       process handling the connection.  Otherwise we could screw up
+       the protocol.  It's up to the parent to redirect stderr and
+       send it to the client somehow (e.g., as in build.cc). */
+    if (canSendStderr && myPid == getpid()) {
+        try {
+            writeInt(STDERR_NEXT, to);
+            writeString(buf, count, to);
+            to.flush();
+        } catch (...) {
+            /* Write failed; that means that the other side is
+               gone. */
+            canSendStderr = false;
+            throw;
+        }
+    } else
+        writeFull(STDERR_FILENO, buf, count);
+}
+
+
+/* Return true if the remote side has closed its end of the
+   connection, false otherwise.  Should not be called on any socket on
+   which we expect input! */
+static bool isFarSideClosed(int socket)
+{
+    struct timeval timeout;
+    timeout.tv_sec = timeout.tv_usec = 0;
+
+    fd_set fds;
+    FD_ZERO(&fds);
+    FD_SET(socket, &fds);
+
+    while (select(socket + 1, &fds, 0, 0, &timeout) == -1)
+        if (errno != EINTR) throw SysError("select()");
+
+    if (!FD_ISSET(socket, &fds)) return false;
+
+    /* Destructive read to determine whether the select() marked the
+       socket as readable because there is actual input or because
+       we've reached EOF (i.e., a read of size 0 is available). */
+    char c;
+    int rd;
+    if ((rd = read(socket, &c, 1)) > 0)
+        throw Error("EOF expected (protocol error?)");
+    else if (rd == -1 && errno != ECONNRESET)
+        throw SysError("expected connection reset or EOF");
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+/* A SIGPOLL signal is received when data is available on the client
+   communication socket, or when the client has closed its side of the
+   socket.  This handler is enabled at precisely those moments in the
+   protocol when we're doing work and the client is supposed to be
+   quiet.  Thus, if we get a SIGPOLL signal, it means that the client
+   has quit.  So we should quit as well.
+
+   Too bad most operating systems don't support the POLL_HUP value for
+   si_code in siginfo_t.  That would make most of the SIGPOLL
+   complexity unnecessary, i.e., we could just enable SIGPOLL all the
+   time and wouldn't have to worry about races. */
+static void sigPollHandler(int sigNo)
+{
+    using namespace std;
+    try {
+        /* Check that the far side actually closed.  We're still
+           getting spurious signals every once in a while.  I.e.,
+           there is no input available, but we get a signal with
+           POLL_IN set.  Maybe it's delayed or something. */
+        if (isFarSideClosed(from.fd)) {
+            if (!blockInt) {
+                _isInterrupted = 1;
+                blockInt = 1;
+                canSendStderr = false;
+                const char * s = "SIGPOLL\n";
+                write(STDERR_FILENO, s, strlen(s));
+            }
+        } else {
+            const char * s = "spurious SIGPOLL\n";
+            write(STDERR_FILENO, s, strlen(s));
+        }
+    }
+    catch (Error & e) {
+        /* Shouldn't happen. */
+        string s = "impossible: " + e.msg() + '\n';
+        write(STDERR_FILENO, s.data(), s.size());
+        throw;
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void setSigPollAction(bool enable)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_HUP_NOTIFICATION
+    struct sigaction act, oact;
+    act.sa_handler = enable ? sigPollHandler : SIG_IGN;
+    sigfillset(&act.sa_mask);
+    act.sa_flags = 0;
+    if (sigaction(SIGPOLL, &act, &oact))
+        throw SysError("setting handler for SIGPOLL");
+#endif
+}
+
+
+/* startWork() means that we're starting an operation for which we
+   want to send out stderr to the client. */
+static void startWork()
+{
+    canSendStderr = true;
+
+    /* Handle client death asynchronously. */
+    setSigPollAction(true);
+
+    /* Of course, there is a race condition here: the socket could
+       have closed between when we last read from / wrote to it, and
+       between the time we set the handler for SIGPOLL.  In that case
+       we won't get the signal.  So do a non-blocking select() to find
+       out if any input is available on the socket.  If there is, it
+       has to be the 0-byte read that indicates that the socket has
+       closed. */
+    if (isFarSideClosed(from.fd)) {
+        _isInterrupted = 1;
+        checkInterrupt();
+    }
+}
+
+
+/* stopWork() means that we're done; stop sending stderr to the
+   client. */
+static void stopWork(bool success = true, const string & msg = "", unsigned int status = 0)
+{
+    /* Stop handling async client death; we're going to a state where
+       we're either sending or receiving from the client, so we'll be
+       notified of client death anyway. */
+    setSigPollAction(false);
+
+    canSendStderr = false;
+
+    if (success)
+        writeInt(STDERR_LAST, to);
+    else {
+        writeInt(STDERR_ERROR, to);
+        writeString(msg, to);
+        if (status != 0) writeInt(status, to);
+    }
+}
+
+
+struct TunnelSink : Sink
+{
+    Sink & to;
+    TunnelSink(Sink & to) : to(to) { }
+    virtual void operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+    {
+        writeInt(STDERR_WRITE, to);
+        writeString(data, len, to);
+    }
+};
+
+
+struct TunnelSource : BufferedSource
+{
+    Source & from;
+    TunnelSource(Source & from) : from(from) { }
+    size_t readUnbuffered(unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+    {
+        /* Careful: we're going to receive data from the client now,
+           so we have to disable the SIGPOLL handler. */
+        setSigPollAction(false);
+        canSendStderr = false;
+
+        writeInt(STDERR_READ, to);
+        writeInt(len, to);
+        to.flush();
+        size_t n = readString(data, len, from);
+
+        startWork();
+        if (n == 0) throw EndOfFile("unexpected end-of-file");
+        return n;
+    }
+};
+
+
+/* If the NAR archive contains a single file at top-level, then save
+   the contents of the file to `s'.  Otherwise barf. */
+struct RetrieveRegularNARSink : ParseSink
+{
+    bool regular;
+    string s;
+
+    RetrieveRegularNARSink() : regular(true) { }
+
+    void createDirectory(const Path & path)
+    {
+        regular = false;
+    }
+
+    void receiveContents(unsigned char * data, unsigned int len)
+    {
+        s.append((const char *) data, len);
+    }
+
+    void createSymlink(const Path & path, const string & target)
+    {
+        regular = false;
+    }
+};
+
+
+/* Adapter class of a Source that saves all data read to `s'. */
+struct SavingSourceAdapter : Source
+{
+    Source & orig;
+    string s;
+    SavingSourceAdapter(Source & orig) : orig(orig) { }
+    size_t read(unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+    {
+        size_t n = orig.read(data, len);
+        s.append((const char *) data, n);
+        return n;
+    }
+};
+
+
+static void performOp(bool trusted, unsigned int clientVersion,
+    Source & from, Sink & to, unsigned int op)
+{
+    switch (op) {
+
+#if 0
+    case wopQuit: {
+        /* Close the database. */
+        store.reset((StoreAPI *) 0);
+        writeInt(1, to);
+        break;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    case wopIsValidPath: {
+        /* 'readStorePath' could raise an error leading to the connection
+           being closed.  To be able to recover from an invalid path error,
+           call 'startWork' early, and do 'assertStorePath' afterwards so
+           that the 'Error' exception handler doesn't close the
+           connection.  */
+        Path path = readString(from);
+        startWork();
+        assertStorePath(path);
+        bool result = store->isValidPath(path);
+        stopWork();
+        writeInt(result, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopQueryValidPaths: {
+        PathSet paths = readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+        startWork();
+        PathSet res = store->queryValidPaths(paths);
+        stopWork();
+        writeStrings(res, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopHasSubstitutes: {
+        Path path = readStorePath(from);
+        startWork();
+        PathSet res = store->querySubstitutablePaths(singleton<PathSet>(path));
+        stopWork();
+        writeInt(res.find(path) != res.end(), to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopQuerySubstitutablePaths: {
+        PathSet paths = readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+        startWork();
+        PathSet res = store->querySubstitutablePaths(paths);
+        stopWork();
+        writeStrings(res, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopQueryPathHash: {
+        Path path = readStorePath(from);
+        startWork();
+        Hash hash = store->queryPathHash(path);
+        stopWork();
+        writeString(printHash(hash), to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopQueryReferences:
+    case wopQueryReferrers:
+    case wopQueryValidDerivers:
+    case wopQueryDerivationOutputs: {
+        Path path = readStorePath(from);
+        startWork();
+        PathSet paths;
+        if (op == wopQueryReferences)
+            store->queryReferences(path, paths);
+        else if (op == wopQueryReferrers)
+            store->queryReferrers(path, paths);
+        else if (op == wopQueryValidDerivers)
+            paths = store->queryValidDerivers(path);
+        else paths = store->queryDerivationOutputs(path);
+        stopWork();
+        writeStrings(paths, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopQueryDerivationOutputNames: {
+        Path path = readStorePath(from);
+        startWork();
+        StringSet names;
+        names = store->queryDerivationOutputNames(path);
+        stopWork();
+        writeStrings(names, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopQueryDeriver: {
+        Path path = readStorePath(from);
+        startWork();
+        Path deriver = store->queryDeriver(path);
+        stopWork();
+        writeString(deriver, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopQueryPathFromHashPart: {
+        string hashPart = readString(from);
+        startWork();
+        Path path = store->queryPathFromHashPart(hashPart);
+        stopWork();
+        writeString(path, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopAddToStore: {
+        string baseName = readString(from);
+        bool fixed = readInt(from) == 1; /* obsolete */
+        bool recursive = readInt(from) == 1;
+        string s = readString(from);
+        /* Compatibility hack. */
+        if (!fixed) {
+            s = "sha256";
+            recursive = true;
+        }
+        HashType hashAlgo = parseHashType(s);
+
+        SavingSourceAdapter savedNAR(from);
+        RetrieveRegularNARSink savedRegular;
+
+        if (recursive) {
+            /* Get the entire NAR dump from the client and save it to
+               a string so that we can pass it to
+               addToStoreFromDump(). */
+            ParseSink sink; /* null sink; just parse the NAR */
+            parseDump(sink, savedNAR);
+        } else
+            parseDump(savedRegular, from);
+
+        startWork();
+        if (!savedRegular.regular) throw Error("regular file expected");
+        Path path = dynamic_cast<LocalStore *>(store.get())
+            ->addToStoreFromDump(recursive ? savedNAR.s : savedRegular.s, baseName, recursive, hashAlgo);
+        stopWork();
+
+        writeString(path, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopAddTextToStore: {
+        string suffix = readString(from);
+        string s = readString(from);
+        PathSet refs = readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+        startWork();
+        Path path = store->addTextToStore(suffix, s, refs);
+        stopWork();
+        writeString(path, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopExportPath: {
+        Path path = readStorePath(from);
+        bool sign = readInt(from) == 1;
+        startWork();
+        TunnelSink sink(to);
+        store->exportPath(path, sign, sink);
+        stopWork();
+        writeInt(1, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopImportPaths: {
+        startWork();
+        TunnelSource source(from);
+        Paths paths = store->importPaths(true, source);
+        stopWork();
+        writeStrings(paths, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopBuildPaths: {
+        PathSet drvs = readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+        startWork();
+        store->buildPaths(drvs);
+        stopWork();
+        writeInt(1, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopEnsurePath: {
+        Path path = readStorePath(from);
+        startWork();
+        store->ensurePath(path);
+        stopWork();
+        writeInt(1, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopAddTempRoot: {
+        Path path = readStorePath(from);
+        startWork();
+        store->addTempRoot(path);
+        stopWork();
+        writeInt(1, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopAddIndirectRoot: {
+        Path path = absPath(readString(from));
+        startWork();
+        store->addIndirectRoot(path);
+        stopWork();
+        writeInt(1, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopSyncWithGC: {
+        startWork();
+        store->syncWithGC();
+        stopWork();
+        writeInt(1, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopFindRoots: {
+        startWork();
+        Roots roots = store->findRoots();
+        stopWork();
+        writeInt(roots.size(), to);
+        for (Roots::iterator i = roots.begin(); i != roots.end(); ++i) {
+            writeString(i->first, to);
+            writeString(i->second, to);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopCollectGarbage: {
+        GCOptions options;
+        options.action = (GCOptions::GCAction) readInt(from);
+        options.pathsToDelete = readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+        options.ignoreLiveness = readInt(from);
+        options.maxFreed = readLongLong(from);
+        readInt(from); // obsolete field
+        if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 5) {
+            /* removed options */
+            readInt(from);
+            readInt(from);
+        }
+
+        GCResults results;
+
+        startWork();
+        if (options.ignoreLiveness)
+            throw Error("you are not allowed to ignore liveness");
+        store->collectGarbage(options, results);
+        stopWork();
+
+        writeStrings(results.paths, to);
+        writeLongLong(results.bytesFreed, to);
+        writeLongLong(0, to); // obsolete
+
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopSetOptions: {
+        settings.keepFailed = readInt(from) != 0;
+        settings.keepGoing = readInt(from) != 0;
+        settings.set("build-fallback", readInt(from) ? "true" : "false");
+        verbosity = (Verbosity) readInt(from);
+        settings.set("build-max-jobs", int2String(readInt(from)));
+        settings.set("build-max-silent-time", int2String(readInt(from)));
+        if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 2)
+            settings.useBuildHook = readInt(from) != 0;
+        if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 4) {
+            settings.buildVerbosity = (Verbosity) readInt(from);
+            logType = (LogType) readInt(from);
+            settings.printBuildTrace = readInt(from) != 0;
+        }
+        if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 6)
+            settings.set("build-cores", int2String(readInt(from)));
+        if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 10)
+            settings.set("build-use-substitutes", readInt(from) ? "true" : "false");
+        if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 12) {
+            unsigned int n = readInt(from);
+            for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+                string name = readString(from);
+                string value = readString(from);
+                if (name == "build-timeout" || name == "use-ssh-substituter")
+                    settings.set(name, value);
+                else
+                    settings.set(trusted ? name : "untrusted-" + name, value);
+            }
+        }
+        settings.update();
+        startWork();
+        stopWork();
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopQuerySubstitutablePathInfo: {
+        Path path = absPath(readString(from));
+        startWork();
+        SubstitutablePathInfos infos;
+        store->querySubstitutablePathInfos(singleton<PathSet>(path), infos);
+        stopWork();
+        SubstitutablePathInfos::iterator i = infos.find(path);
+        if (i == infos.end())
+            writeInt(0, to);
+        else {
+            writeInt(1, to);
+            writeString(i->second.deriver, to);
+            writeStrings(i->second.references, to);
+            writeLongLong(i->second.downloadSize, to);
+            if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 7)
+                writeLongLong(i->second.narSize, to);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopQuerySubstitutablePathInfos: {
+        PathSet paths = readStorePaths<PathSet>(from);
+        startWork();
+        SubstitutablePathInfos infos;
+        store->querySubstitutablePathInfos(paths, infos);
+        stopWork();
+        writeInt(infos.size(), to);
+        foreach (SubstitutablePathInfos::iterator, i, infos) {
+            writeString(i->first, to);
+            writeString(i->second.deriver, to);
+            writeStrings(i->second.references, to);
+            writeLongLong(i->second.downloadSize, to);
+            writeLongLong(i->second.narSize, to);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopQueryAllValidPaths: {
+        startWork();
+        PathSet paths = store->queryAllValidPaths();
+        stopWork();
+        writeStrings(paths, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopQueryFailedPaths: {
+        startWork();
+        PathSet paths = store->queryFailedPaths();
+        stopWork();
+        writeStrings(paths, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopClearFailedPaths: {
+        PathSet paths = readStrings<PathSet>(from);
+        startWork();
+        store->clearFailedPaths(paths);
+        stopWork();
+        writeInt(1, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case wopQueryPathInfo: {
+        Path path = readStorePath(from);
+        startWork();
+        ValidPathInfo info = store->queryPathInfo(path);
+        stopWork();
+        writeString(info.deriver, to);
+        writeString(printHash(info.hash), to);
+        writeStrings(info.references, to);
+        writeInt(info.registrationTime, to);
+        writeLongLong(info.narSize, to);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    default:
+        throw Error(format("invalid operation %1%") % op);
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void processConnection(bool trusted)
+{
+    canSendStderr = false;
+    myPid = getpid();
+    _writeToStderr = tunnelStderr;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_HUP_NOTIFICATION
+    /* Allow us to receive SIGPOLL for events on the client socket. */
+    setSigPollAction(false);
+    if (fcntl(from.fd, F_SETOWN, getpid()) == -1)
+        throw SysError("F_SETOWN");
+    if (fcntl(from.fd, F_SETFL, fcntl(from.fd, F_GETFL, 0) | O_ASYNC) == -1)
+        throw SysError("F_SETFL");
+#endif
+
+    /* Exchange the greeting. */
+    unsigned int magic = readInt(from);
+    if (magic != WORKER_MAGIC_1) throw Error("protocol mismatch");
+    writeInt(WORKER_MAGIC_2, to);
+    writeInt(PROTOCOL_VERSION, to);
+    to.flush();
+    unsigned int clientVersion = readInt(from);
+
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 14 && readInt(from))
+        setAffinityTo(readInt(from));
+
+    bool reserveSpace = true;
+    if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 11)
+        reserveSpace = readInt(from) != 0;
+
+    /* Send startup error messages to the client. */
+    startWork();
+
+    try {
+
+        /* If we can't accept clientVersion, then throw an error
+           *here* (not above). */
+
+#if 0
+        /* Prevent users from doing something very dangerous. */
+        if (geteuid() == 0 &&
+            querySetting("build-users-group", "") == "")
+            throw Error("if you run `nix-daemon' as root, then you MUST set `build-users-group'!");
+#endif
+
+        /* Open the store. */
+        store = std::shared_ptr<StoreAPI>(new LocalStore(reserveSpace));
+
+        stopWork();
+        to.flush();
+
+    } catch (Error & e) {
+        stopWork(false, e.msg());
+        to.flush();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Process client requests. */
+    unsigned int opCount = 0;
+
+    while (true) {
+        WorkerOp op;
+        try {
+            op = (WorkerOp) readInt(from);
+        } catch (EndOfFile & e) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        opCount++;
+
+        try {
+            performOp(trusted, clientVersion, from, to, op);
+        } catch (Error & e) {
+            /* If we're not in a state where we can send replies, then
+               something went wrong processing the input of the
+               client.  This can happen especially if I/O errors occur
+               during addTextToStore() / importPath().  If that
+               happens, just send the error message and exit. */
+            bool errorAllowed = canSendStderr;
+            if (!errorAllowed) printMsg(lvlError, format("error processing client input: %1%") % e.msg());
+            stopWork(false, e.msg(), GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 8 ? e.status : 0);
+            if (!errorAllowed) break;
+        } catch (std::bad_alloc & e) {
+            if (canSendStderr)
+                stopWork(false, "Nix daemon out of memory", GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 8 ? 1 : 0);
+            throw;
+        }
+
+        to.flush();
+
+        assert(!canSendStderr);
+    };
+
+    printMsg(lvlError, format("%1% operations") % opCount);
+}
+
+
+static void sigChldHandler(int sigNo)
+{
+    /* Reap all dead children. */
+    while (waitpid(-1, 0, WNOHANG) > 0) ;
+}
+
+
+static void setSigChldAction(bool autoReap)
+{
+    struct sigaction act, oact;
+    act.sa_handler = autoReap ? sigChldHandler : SIG_DFL;
+    sigfillset(&act.sa_mask);
+    act.sa_flags = 0;
+    if (sigaction(SIGCHLD, &act, &oact))
+        throw SysError("setting SIGCHLD handler");
+}
+
+
+#define SD_LISTEN_FDS_START 3
+
+
+static void daemonLoop()
+{
+    /* Get rid of children automatically; don't let them become
+       zombies. */
+    setSigChldAction(true);
+
+    AutoCloseFD fdSocket;
+
+    /* Handle socket-based activation by systemd. */
+    if (getEnv("LISTEN_FDS") != "") {
+        if (getEnv("LISTEN_PID") != int2String(getpid()) || getEnv("LISTEN_FDS") != "1")
+            throw Error("unexpected systemd environment variables");
+        fdSocket = SD_LISTEN_FDS_START;
+    }
+
+    /* Otherwise, create and bind to a Unix domain socket. */
+    else {
+
+        /* Create and bind to a Unix domain socket. */
+        fdSocket = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+        if (fdSocket == -1)
+            throw SysError("cannot create Unix domain socket");
+
+        string socketPath = settings.nixDaemonSocketFile;
+
+        createDirs(dirOf(socketPath));
+
+        /* Urgh, sockaddr_un allows path names of only 108 characters.
+           So chdir to the socket directory so that we can pass a
+           relative path name. */
+        chdir(dirOf(socketPath).c_str());
+        Path socketPathRel = "./" + baseNameOf(socketPath);
+
+        struct sockaddr_un addr;
+        addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+        if (socketPathRel.size() >= sizeof(addr.sun_path))
+            throw Error(format("socket path `%1%' is too long") % socketPathRel);
+        strcpy(addr.sun_path, socketPathRel.c_str());
+
+        unlink(socketPath.c_str());
+
+        /* Make sure that the socket is created with 0666 permission
+           (everybody can connect --- provided they have access to the
+           directory containing the socket). */
+        mode_t oldMode = umask(0111);
+        int res = bind(fdSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
+        umask(oldMode);
+        if (res == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("cannot bind to socket `%1%'") % socketPath);
+
+        chdir("/"); /* back to the root */
+
+        if (listen(fdSocket, 5) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("cannot listen on socket `%1%'") % socketPath);
+    }
+
+    closeOnExec(fdSocket);
+
+    /* Loop accepting connections. */
+    while (1) {
+
+        try {
+            /* Important: the server process *cannot* open the SQLite
+               database, because it doesn't like forks very much. */
+            assert(!store);
+
+            /* Accept a connection. */
+            struct sockaddr_un remoteAddr;
+            socklen_t remoteAddrLen = sizeof(remoteAddr);
+
+            AutoCloseFD remote = accept(fdSocket,
+                (struct sockaddr *) &remoteAddr, &remoteAddrLen);
+            checkInterrupt();
+            if (remote == -1) {
+                if (errno == EINTR)
+                    continue;
+                else
+                    throw SysError("accepting connection");
+            }
+
+            closeOnExec(remote);
+
+            /* Get the identity of the caller, if possible. */
+            uid_t clientUid = -1;
+            pid_t clientPid = -1;
+            bool trusted = false;
+
+#if defined(SO_PEERCRED)
+            ucred cred;
+            socklen_t credLen = sizeof(cred);
+            if (getsockopt(remote, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PEERCRED, &cred, &credLen) != -1) {
+                clientPid = cred.pid;
+                clientUid = cred.uid;
+                if (clientUid == 0) trusted = true;
+            }
+#endif
+
+            printMsg(lvlInfo, format("accepted connection from pid %1%, uid %2%") % clientPid % clientUid);
+
+            /* Fork a child to handle the connection. */
+            pid_t child;
+            child = fork();
+
+            switch (child) {
+
+            case -1:
+                throw SysError("unable to fork");
+
+            case 0:
+                try { /* child */
+
+                    /* Background the daemon. */
+                    if (setsid() == -1)
+                        throw SysError(format("creating a new session"));
+
+                    /* Restore normal handling of SIGCHLD. */
+                    setSigChldAction(false);
+
+                    /* For debugging, stuff the pid into argv[1]. */
+                    if (clientPid != -1 && argvSaved[1]) {
+                        string processName = int2String(clientPid);
+                        strncpy(argvSaved[1], processName.c_str(), strlen(argvSaved[1]));
+                    }
+
+                    /* Handle the connection. */
+                    from.fd = remote;
+                    to.fd = remote;
+                    processConnection(trusted);
+
+                } catch (std::exception & e) {
+                    writeToStderr("unexpected Nix daemon error: " + string(e.what()) + "\n");
+                }
+                exit(0);
+            }
+
+        } catch (Interrupted & e) {
+            throw;
+        } catch (Error & e) {
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("error processing connection: %1%") % e.msg());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+void run(Strings args)
+{
+    for (Strings::iterator i = args.begin(); i != args.end(); ) {
+        string arg = *i++;
+        if (arg == "--daemon") /* ignored for backwards compatibility */;
+    }
+
+    chdir("/");
+    daemonLoop();
+}
+
+
+void printHelp()
+{
+    showManPage("nix-daemon");
+}
+
+
+string programId = "nix-daemon";
diff --git a/nix/sync-with-upstream b/nix/sync-with-upstream
deleted file mode 100755
index e9cb070dcc..0000000000
--- a/nix/sync-with-upstream
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-# Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
-#
-# This file is part of GNU Guix.
-#
-# GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
-# your option) any later version.
-#
-# GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-#
-# Update the local copy of Nix source code needed to build the daemon.
-# Assume GNU Coreutils and Git are available.
-#
-
-top_srcdir="${top_srcdir:-..}"
-
-log()
-{
-    echo "sync-with-upstream: $@" >&2
-}
-
-# checked_in_p FILE
-checked_in_p()
-{
-    ( cd "$top_srcdir" ;
-	git ls-tree HEAD -- "nix/$1" | grep "$1" > /dev/null )
-}
-
-if [ ! -d "$top_srcdir/build-aux" ]
-then
-    log "\`$top_srcdir' is not the valid top-level source directory"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-set -e
-for upstream_file in `cd "$top_srcdir/nix-upstream/src" ;
-  find . -name \*.c -or -name \*.h -or -name \*.cc -or -name \*.hh \
-         -or -name \*.cpp -or -name \*.hpp -or -name \*.sql`
-do
-    if grep "$upstream_file" "$top_srcdir/daemon.am" > /dev/null
-    then
-    	if checked_in_p "$upstream_file"
-    	then
-    	    log "skipping \`$upstream_file', which has a checked-in copy"
-    	else
-    	    ( cd "$top_srcdir/nix-upstream/src" && \
-    		cp -v --parents "$upstream_file" ../../nix )
-    	fi
-    else
-    	log "skipping \`$upstream_file', which is not used"
-    fi
-done
-
-# This file should be generated by our build system so remove it.
-rm -fv "$top_srcdir/nix/libstore/schema.sql.hh"
-
-cp -v "$top_srcdir/nix-upstream/COPYING" "$top_srcdir/nix"
-
-# Generate an 'AUTHORS' file since upstream Nix no longer has one.
-cat > "$top_srcdir/nix/AUTHORS" <<EOF
-Most of the code is this directory was written by the following people for
-the Nix project (http://nixos.org/nix).  Thank you!
-
-EOF
-( cd "$top_srcdir/nix-upstream" ; git shortlog --summary )	\
-    | sed -'es/^ *[0-9]\+\(.*\)/   \1/g'			\
-    >> "$top_srcdir/nix/AUTHORS"
-
-# Substitutions.
-sed -i "$top_srcdir/nix/libstore/gc.cc"					\
-    -e 's|/nix/find-runtime-roots\.pl|/guix/list-runtime-roots|g'
-
-# Our 'guix_hash_context' structure has a copy constructor, specifically to
-# handle the use case in 'HashSink::currentHash()' where the copy of the
-# context is expected to truly copy the underlying hash context.  The copy
-# constructor cannot be used in 'Ctx' if that's a union, so turn it into a
-# structure (we can afford to two wasted words.)
-sed -i "$top_srcdir/nix/libutil/hash.cc" "$top_srcdir/nix/libutil/hash.hh" \
-    -e 's|union Ctx|struct Ctx|g'
diff --git a/po/guix/LINGUAS b/po/guix/LINGUAS
index 1987e5e30c..8052ce9d3e 100644
--- a/po/guix/LINGUAS
+++ b/po/guix/LINGUAS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ de
 en@boldquot
 en@quot
 eo
+fr
 hu
 pt_BR
 sr
diff --git a/po/guix/fr.po b/po/guix/fr.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1a49077e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/guix/fr.po
@@ -0,0 +1,1368 @@
+# French translation of guix. 
+# Copyright (C) 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the guix package.
+# Rémy Chevalier <remychevalier@laposte.net>, 2013, 2014.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: guix 0.8\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: ludo@gnu.org\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-11-09 22:32+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2014-12-09 09:42+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: Rémy Chevalier <remychevalier@laposte.net>\n"
+"Language-Team: French <traduc@traduc.org>\n"
+"Language: fr\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n > 1);\n"
+
+#: gnu/packages.scm:120
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "cannot access `~a': ~a~%"
+msgstr "impossible d'accéder à \"~a\": ~a~%"
+
+#: gnu/packages.scm:350
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "looking for the latest release of GNU ~a..."
+msgstr "recherche de la dernière version de GNU ~a..."
+
+#: gnu/packages.scm:354
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: note: using ~a but ~a is available upstream~%"
+msgstr "~a: note: utilisation de ~a mais ~a est disponible en amont"
+
+#: gnu/packages.scm:376 guix/scripts/package.scm:305
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "ambiguous package specification `~a'~%"
+msgstr "spécification du paquet \"~a\" ambiguë~%"
+
+#: gnu/packages.scm:377 guix/scripts/package.scm:307
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "choosing ~a from ~a~%"
+msgstr "choix de ~a parmi ~a~%"
+
+#: gnu/packages.scm:383
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~A: package not found for version ~a~%"
+msgstr "~A: paquet introuvable pour la version ~a~%"
+
+#: gnu/packages.scm:385
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~A: unknown package~%"
+msgstr "~A: paquet inconnu~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:65
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to create GC root `~a': ~a~%"
+msgstr "impossible de créer la racine du GC \"~a\": ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:102
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -L, --load-path=DIR    prepend DIR to the package module search path"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -L, --load-path=REP    préfixer le chemin de recherche par REP "
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:104
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -K, --keep-failed      keep build tree of failed builds"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -K, --keep-failed      garder l'arbre de compilation pour les compilations ayant échoué"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:106
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -n, --dry-run          do not build the derivations"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -n, --dry-run          ne pas compiler les dérivations"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:108
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --fallback         fall back to building when the substituter fails"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --fallback         revenir à la compilation quand le substitut échoue"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:110
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --no-substitutes   build instead of resorting to pre-built substitutes"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --no-substitutes   compiler plutot que recourir à des substituts pré-compilés"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:112
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --no-build-hook    do not attempt to offload builds via the build hook"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --no-build-hook    ne pas essayer de décharger les compilations via le hook de compilation"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:114
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --max-silent-time=SECONDS\n"
+"                         mark the build as failed after SECONDS of silence"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --max-silent-time=N\n"
+"                         marquer la compilation comme ayant échouée après N secondes de silence"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:117
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --timeout=SECONDS  mark the build as failed after SECONDS of activity"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --timeout=N  marquer la compilation comme ayant échouée après N secondes d'activité"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:119
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --verbosity=LEVEL  use the given verbosity LEVEL"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --verbosity=NIVEAU  utiliser le NIVEAU de verbosité donné"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:121
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -c, --cores=N          allow the use of up to N CPU cores for the build"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -c, --cores=N          utiliser jusqu'à N coeurs CPU pour la compilation"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:195
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: not a number~%"
+msgstr "~a: pas un nombre~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:213
+msgid ""
+"Usage: guix build [OPTION]... PACKAGE-OR-DERIVATION...\n"
+"Build the given PACKAGE-OR-DERIVATION and return their output paths.\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Usage: guix build [OPTION]... PAQUET-OU-DERIVATION...\n"
+"Compiler le PAQUET-OU-DERIVATION donné et retourner leur chemin de sortie.\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:215
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -e, --expression=EXPR  build the package or derivation EXPR evaluates to"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -e, --expression=EXPR  compiler le paquet ou la dérivation évalué par EXPR"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:217
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -S, --source           build the packages' source derivations"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -S, --source           compiler les dérivations de source du paquet"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:219
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -s, --system=SYSTEM    attempt to build for SYSTEM--e.g., \"i686-linux\""
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -s, --system=SYSTEME    essayer de compiler pour le SYSTEME donné, par exemple \"i686-linux\""
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:221
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --target=TRIPLET   cross-build for TRIPLET--e.g., \"armel-linux-gnu\""
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --target=TRIPLET   effectuer une compilation croisée pour TRIPLET, par exemple \"armel-linux-gnu\""
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:223
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --with-source=SOURCE\n"
+"                         use SOURCE when building the corresponding package"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --with-source=SOURCE\n"
+"                         utiliser la SOURCE donnée pour compiler le paquet correspondant"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:226
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --no-grafts        do not graft packages"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --no-grafts        ne pas greffer kes paquets"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:228
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -d, --derivations      return the derivation paths of the given packages"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -d, --derivations      retourner les chemins de dérivation pour les paquets donnés"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:230
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -r, --root=FILE        make FILE a symlink to the result, and register it\n"
+"                         as a garbage collector root"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -r, --root=FICHIER     faire de FICHIER un lien symbolique pointant sur le résultat\n"
+"                         et l'enregistrer en tant que racine du garbage collector"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:233
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --log-file         return the log file names for the given derivations"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --log-file         retourner les fichiers de journalisation pour les dérivations données"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:238 guix/scripts/download.scm:53
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:451 guix/scripts/gc.scm:58
+#: guix/scripts/hash.scm:55 guix/scripts/pull.scm:81
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:560 guix/scripts/system.scm:371
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:262
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -h, --help             display this help and exit"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -h, --help             afficher cette aide et quitter"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:240 guix/scripts/download.scm:55
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:453 guix/scripts/gc.scm:60
+#: guix/scripts/hash.scm:57 guix/scripts/pull.scm:83
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:562 guix/scripts/system.scm:373
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:266
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -V, --version          display version information and exit"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -V, --version          afficher les informations sur la version et quitter"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:366
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "sources do not match any package:~{ ~a~}~%"
+msgstr "les sources ne correspondent à aucun paquet:~{ ~a~}~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:395 guix/scripts/download.scm:96
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:673 guix/scripts/gc.scm:122
+#: guix/scripts/pull.scm:213 guix/scripts/system.scm:426
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:313
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~A: unrecognized option~%"
+msgstr "~A: option non reconnue~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/build.scm:423
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "no build log for '~a'~%"
+msgstr "aucun journal de compilation pour \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/download.scm:44
+msgid ""
+"Usage: guix download [OPTION] URL\n"
+"Download the file at URL, add it to the store, and print its store path\n"
+"and the hash of its contents.\n"
+"\n"
+"Supported formats: 'nix-base32' (default), 'base32', and 'base16'\n"
+"('hex' and 'hexadecimal' can be used as well).\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Usage: guix download [OPTION] URL\n"
+"Télécharger le fichier à partir de l'URL spécifiée, l'ajouter au dépôt et\n"
+"afficher son chemin et l'empreinte de son contenu.\n"
+"\n"
+"Formats supportés: 'nix-base32' (défaut), 'base32', et 'base16'\n"
+"('hex' et 'hexadecimal' peuvent aussi être utilisés).\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/download.scm:50 guix/scripts/hash.scm:50
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -f, --format=FMT       write the hash in the given format"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -f, --format=FORMAT       écrire l'empreinte dans le FORMAT donné"
+
+#: guix/scripts/download.scm:73 guix/scripts/hash.scm:75
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "unsupported hash format: ~a~%"
+msgstr "format d'empreinte non supporté: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/download.scm:106
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: failed to parse URI~%"
+msgstr "~a: impossible d'évaluer l'URI~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/download.scm:117
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: download failed~%"
+msgstr "~a: le téléchargement a échoué~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:97
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to build the empty profile~%"
+msgstr "échec de la compilation du profil vide~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:113
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "switching from generation ~a to ~a~%"
+msgstr "passage de la génération ~a à ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:132
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "nothing to do: already at the empty profile~%"
+msgstr "aucune action à faire: profil courant vide"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:144
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "deleting ~a~%"
+msgstr "suppression de ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:295
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "package `~a' lacks output `~a'~%"
+msgstr "le paquet \"~a\" requiert la sortie \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:312
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: package not found~%"
+msgstr "~a: paquet introuvable~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:390
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "The following environment variable definitions may be needed:~%"
+msgstr "Il pourrait être nécessaire de définir les variables d'environnement suivantes:~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:406
+msgid ""
+"Usage: guix package [OPTION]... PACKAGES...\n"
+"Install, remove, or upgrade PACKAGES in a single transaction.\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Usage: guix package [OPTION]... PAQUETS...\n"
+"Installer, supprimer ou mettre à jour les PAQUETS spécifiés en une seule transaction.\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:408
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -i, --install=PACKAGE  install PACKAGE"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -i, --install=PAQUET  installer PAQUET"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:410
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -e, --install-from-expression=EXP\n"
+"                         install the package EXP evaluates to"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -e, --install-from-expression=EXP\n"
+"                         installer le paquet évalué par EXP"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:413
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -r, --remove=PACKAGE   remove PACKAGE"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -r, --remove=PAQUET   supprimer PAQUET"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:415
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -u, --upgrade[=REGEXP] upgrade all the installed packages matching REGEXP"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -u, --upgrade[=REGEXP] mettre à jour tous les paquets installés correspondant à REGEXP"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:417
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --roll-back        roll back to the previous generation"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --roll-back        revenir à la génération antérieure"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:419
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --search-paths     display needed environment variable definitions"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --search-paths     afficher les définitions de variable d'environnement requises"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:421
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -l, --list-generations[=PATTERN]\n"
+"                         list generations matching PATTERN"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -l, --list-generations[=PATTERN]\n"
+"                         lister les générations correspondant à PATTERN"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:424
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -d, --delete-generations[=PATTERN]\n"
+"                         delete generations matching PATTERN"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -d, --delete-generations[=PATTERN]\n"
+"                         supprimer les générations correspondant à PATTERN"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:427
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -S, --switch-generation=PATTERN\n"
+"                         switch to a generation matching PATTERN"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -d, --delete-generations[=PATTERN]\n"
+"                         basculer vers une génération correspondant à PATTERN"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:430
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -p, --profile=PROFILE  use PROFILE instead of the user's default profile"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -p, --profile=PROFIL  utiliser PROFIL au lieu du profil par défaut de l'utilisateur"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:433
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --bootstrap        use the bootstrap Guile to build the profile"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --bootstrap        utiliser le programme d'amorçage Guile pour compiler le profil"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:435 guix/scripts/pull.scm:74
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --verbose          produce verbose output"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --verbose          utiliser le mode verbeux"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:438
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -s, --search=REGEXP    search in synopsis and description using REGEXP"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -s, --search=REGEXP    chercher dans le synopsis et la description en utilisant REGEXP"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:440
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -I, --list-installed[=REGEXP]\n"
+"                         list installed packages matching REGEXP"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -I, --list-installed[=REGEXP]\n"
+"                         lister les paquets installés correspondant à REGEXP"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:443
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -A, --list-available[=REGEXP]\n"
+"                         list available packages matching REGEXP"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -A, --list-available[=REGEXP]\n"
+"                         lister les paquets disponibles correspondant à REGEXP"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:446
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  --show=PACKAGE         show details about PACKAGE"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  --show=PAQUET         montrer des détails sur le PAQUET"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:677
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~A: extraneous argument~%"
+msgstr "~A: argument superflu~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:687
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "Try \"info '(guix) Invoking guix package'\" for more information.~%"
+msgstr "Essayez \"info '(guix) Invoking guix package'\" pour plus d'information.~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:709
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "error: while creating directory `~a': ~a~%"
+msgstr "erreur: pendant la création du répertoire \"~a\": ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:713
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "Please create the `~a' directory, with you as the owner.~%"
+msgstr "Veuillez créer un répertoire \"~a\" dont vous êtes le propriétaire.~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:720
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "error: directory `~a' is not owned by you~%"
+msgstr "erreur: vous de possédez pas le répertoire \"~a\""
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:723
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "Please change the owner of `~a' to user ~s.~%"
+msgstr "Veuillez définir ~s comme propriétaire de \"~a\".~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:756
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "cannot switch to generation '~a'~%"
+msgstr "impossible de passer à la génération \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:788 guix/scripts/package.scm:889
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "invalid syntax: ~a~%"
+msgstr "syntaxe non valide: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:825
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "nothing to be done~%"
+msgstr "aucune action à faire~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:840
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a package in profile~%"
+msgid_plural "~a packages in profile~%"
+msgstr[0] "~a paquet dans le profile~%"
+msgstr[1] "~a paquets dans le profile~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:855
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "Generation ~a\t~a"
+msgstr "Génération ~a\t~a"
+
+#: guix/scripts/package.scm:862
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a\t(current)~%"
+msgstr "~a\t(actuel)~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/gc.scm:39
+msgid ""
+"Usage: guix gc [OPTION]... PATHS...\n"
+"Invoke the garbage collector.\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Usage: guix gc [OPTION]... CHEMINS...\n"
+"Appeller le garbage collector.\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/gc.scm:41
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -C, --collect-garbage[=MIN]\n"
+"                         collect at least MIN bytes of garbage"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -C, --collect-garbage[=MIN]\n"
+"                         collecter au moins MIN octets dans le garbage-collector"
+
+#: guix/scripts/gc.scm:44
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -d, --delete           attempt to delete PATHS"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -d, --delete           supprimer les CHEMINS"
+
+#: guix/scripts/gc.scm:46
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --list-dead        list dead paths"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --list-dead        lister les chemins non valides"
+
+#: guix/scripts/gc.scm:48
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --list-live        list live paths"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --list-live        lister les chemins valides"
+
+#: guix/scripts/gc.scm:51
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --references       list the references of PATHS"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --references       lister les références de CHEMINS"
+
+#: guix/scripts/gc.scm:53
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -R, --requisites       list the requisites of PATHS"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -R, --requisites       lister les prérequis de CHEMINS"
+
+#: guix/scripts/gc.scm:55
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --referrers        list the referrers of PATHS"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --referrers        lister les référents de CHEMINS"
+
+#: guix/scripts/gc.scm:84
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "invalid amount of storage: ~a~%"
+msgstr "quantité de stockage non valide: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/hash.scm:45
+msgid ""
+"Usage: guix hash [OPTION] FILE\n"
+"Return the cryptographic hash of FILE.\n"
+"\n"
+"Supported formats: 'nix-base32' (default), 'base32', and 'base16' ('hex'\n"
+"and 'hexadecimal' can be used as well).\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Usage: guix hash [OPTION] FICHIER\n"
+"Retourner l'empreinte cryptographique du FICHIER.\n"
+"\n"
+"Formats supportés: 'nix-base32' (défaut), 'base32', et 'base16' ('hex'\n"
+"et 'hexadecimal' peuvent également être utilisés).\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/hash.scm:52
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -r, --recursive        compute the hash on FILE recursively"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -r, --recursive        calculer l'empreinte de FICHIER de manière récursive"
+
+#: guix/scripts/hash.scm:103
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "unrecognized option: ~a~%"
+msgstr "option non reconnue: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/hash.scm:134 guix/ui.scm:252
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a~%"
+msgstr "~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/hash.scm:137
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "wrong number of arguments~%"
+msgstr "nombre d'arguments incorrect~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/pull.scm:72
+msgid ""
+"Usage: guix pull [OPTION]...\n"
+"Download and deploy the latest version of Guix.\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Usage: guix pull [OPTION]...\n"
+"Télécharger et déployer la dernière version de Guix.\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/pull.scm:76
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --url=URL          download the Guix tarball from URL"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --url=URL          télécharger le tarball de Guix depuis URL"
+
+#: guix/scripts/pull.scm:78
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --bootstrap        use the bootstrap Guile to build the new Guix"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --bootstrap        utiliser le programme d'amorçage Guile pour compiler le nouveau Guix"
+
+#: guix/scripts/pull.scm:132
+msgid "tarball did not produce a single source directory"
+msgstr "la tarball n'a produit aucun répertoire source"
+
+#: guix/scripts/pull.scm:150
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "unpacking '~a'...~%"
+msgstr "dépaquetage \"~a\"...~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/pull.scm:159
+msgid "failed to unpack source code"
+msgstr "échec du dépaquetage du code source"
+
+#: guix/scripts/pull.scm:200
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "updated ~a successfully deployed under `~a'~%"
+msgstr "~a a été mis à jour et déployé avec succès sous \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/pull.scm:203
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to update Guix, check the build log~%"
+msgstr "échec de la mise à jour de Guix; consultez le journal de compilation~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/pull.scm:205
+msgid "Guix already up to date\n"
+msgstr "Guix est déja à jour\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/pull.scm:215
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~A: unexpected argument~%"
+msgstr "~A: argument inattendu~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/pull.scm:224
+msgid "failed to download up-to-date source, exiting\n"
+msgstr "impossible de télécharger une source à jour; fin\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:80
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "authentication and authorization of substitutes disabled!~%"
+msgstr "authentification et autorisation des substituts désactivées !~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:163
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "download from '~a' failed: ~a, ~s~%"
+msgstr "le téléchargement depuis '~a' a échoué: ~a, ~s~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:178
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "while fetching ~a: server is unresponsive~%"
+msgstr "pendant la recherche de ~a: le serveur ne répond pas~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:180
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "try `--no-substitutes' if the problem persists~%"
+msgstr "essayez l'option \"--no-substitutes\" si le problème persiste~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:244
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "signature version must be a number: ~a~%"
+msgstr "la version de la signature doit être un nombre: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:248
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "unsupported signature version: ~a~%"
+msgstr "version de signature non supportée: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:256
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "signature is not a valid s-expression: ~s~%"
+msgstr "la signature n'est pas une s-expression valide: ~s~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:260
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "invalid format of the signature field: ~a~%"
+msgstr "signature non valide pour \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:295
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "invalid signature for '~a'~%"
+msgstr "signature non valide pour \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:297
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "hash mismatch for '~a'~%"
+msgstr "empreinte non valide pour \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:299
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "'~a' is signed with an unauthorized key~%"
+msgstr "\"~a\" est signé avec une clé non autorisée~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:301
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "signature on '~a' is corrupt~%"
+msgstr "la signature de \"~a\" est corrompue~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:338
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "substitute at '~a' lacks a signature~%"
+msgstr "le substitut à \"~a\" requiert une signature~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:526
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "Downloading, please wait...~%"
+msgstr "Téléchargement en cours..."
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:528
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "(Please consider upgrading Guile to get proper progress report.)~%"
+msgstr "(Veuillez mettre Guile à jour pour obtenir le rapport de progression approprié.)~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:541
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "host name lookup error: ~a~%"
+msgstr "erreur lors de la consultation du nom d'hôte: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:550
+msgid ""
+"Usage: guix substitute-binary [OPTION]...\n"
+"Internal tool to substitute a pre-built binary to a local build.\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Usage: guix substitute-binary [OPTION]...\n"
+"Outil interne pour substituer un binaire pré-compilé à une compilation locale.\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:552
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --query            report on the availability of substitutes for the\n"
+"                         store file names passed on the standard input"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --query            afficher les substituts disponibles pour les\n"
+"                         noms de fichier de dépôt passés sur l'entrée\n"
+"                         standard"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:555
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --substitute STORE-FILE DESTINATION\n"
+"                         download STORE-FILE and store it as a Nar in file\n"
+"                         DESTINATION"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --substitute FICHIER-DEPOT DESTINATION\n"
+"                         télécharger FICHIER-DEPOT et l'enregistrer comme un Nar\n"
+"                         dans le fichier DESTINATION"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:600
+msgid "ACL for archive imports seems to be uninitialized, substitutes may be unavailable\n"
+msgstr "l'ACL pour l'import d'archives ne semble pas initialisée ; les substituts pourraient être indisponibles\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:634
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "these substitute URLs will not be used:~{ ~a~}~%"
+msgstr "ces URL de substitution ne seront pas utilisées:~{ ~a~}~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:660
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to look up host '~a' (~a), substituter disabled~%"
+msgstr "impossible de trouver l'hôte \"~a\" (~a), substitution désactivée~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm:767
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: unrecognized options~%"
+msgstr "~a: options non reconnues~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/authenticate.scm:58
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "cannot find public key for secret key '~a'~%"
+msgstr "impossible de trouver la clé publique correspondant à la clé secrète \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/authenticate.scm:78
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "error: invalid signature: ~a~%"
+msgstr "error: signature non valide: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/authenticate.scm:80
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "error: unauthorized public key: ~a~%"
+msgstr "error: clé publique non autorisée: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/authenticate.scm:82
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "error: corrupt signature data: ~a~%"
+msgstr "erreur: signature corrompue: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/authenticate.scm:126
+msgid ""
+"Usage: guix authenticate OPTION...\n"
+"Sign or verify the signature on the given file.  This tool is meant to\n"
+"be used internally by 'guix-daemon'.\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Usage: guix authenticate OPTION...\n"
+"Signer ou vérifier la signature du fichier donné.  Cet outil est destiné\n"
+"à être utilisé en interne par \"guix-daemon\".\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/authenticate.scm:132
+msgid "wrong arguments"
+msgstr "arguments non valides"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:74
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to open operating system file '~a': ~a~%"
+msgstr "impossible d'ouvrir le fichier du système d'exploitation \"~a\": ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:78 guix/ui.scm:258
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: ~a~%"
+msgstr "~a: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:81
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to load operating system file '~a': ~s~%"
+msgstr "impossible de charger le fichier du système d'exploitation \"~a\": ~s~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:116
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to register '~a' under '~a'~%"
+msgstr "impossible d'enregistrer \"~a\" sous \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:144
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "initializing the current root file system~%"
+msgstr "initialisation du système de fichier racine courant~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:162 guix/scripts/system.scm:325
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to install GRUB on device '~a'~%"
+msgstr "échec de l'installation de GRUB sur le périphérique \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:197
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "activating system...~%"
+msgstr "activation du système...~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:239
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "unrecognized boot parameters for '~a'~%"
+msgstr "paramètres de démarrage non reconus pour \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:330
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "initializing operating system under '~a'...~%"
+msgstr "initialisation du système d'exploitation sous \"~a\"...~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:346
+msgid ""
+"Usage: guix system [OPTION] ACTION FILE\n"
+"Build the operating system declared in FILE according to ACTION.\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Usage: guix system [OPTION] ACTION FICHIER\n"
+"Compiler le système d'exploitation déclaré dans FICHER en suivant ACTION.\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:349
+msgid "The valid values for ACTION are:\n"
+msgstr "Les valeurs possibles pour ACTION sont: \n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:350
+msgid "  - 'reconfigure', switch to a new operating system configuration\n"
+msgstr "  - 'reconfigure', changer la configuration du système d'exploitation\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:352
+msgid "  - 'build', build the operating system without installing anything\n"
+msgstr "  - 'build', compiler le système d'exploitation sans rien installer\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:354
+msgid "  - 'vm', build a virtual machine image that shares the host's store\n"
+msgstr "  - 'vm', compiler une machine virtuelle partageant le dépôt de l'hôte\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:356
+msgid "  - 'vm-image', build a freestanding virtual machine image\n"
+msgstr "  - 'vm-image', compiler une image autonome de machine virtuelle\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:358
+msgid "  - 'disk-image', build a disk image, suitable for a USB stick\n"
+msgstr "  - 'disk-image', compiler une image disque adaptée pour une clé USB\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:360
+msgid "  - 'init', initialize a root file system to run GNU.\n"
+msgstr "  - 'init', initialiser un système de fichier racine pour lancer GNU.\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:364
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --image-size=SIZE  for 'vm-image', produce an image of SIZE"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --image-size=TAILLE  pour 'vm-image', produire une image de TAILLE"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:366
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --no-grub          for 'init', do not install GRUB"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --no-grub          pour 'init', ne pas installer GRUB"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:368
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"      --full-boot        for 'vm', make a full boot sequence"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"      --full-boot        pour 'vm', accomplire une séquence complète de démarrage"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:434
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: unknown action~%"
+msgstr "~a: action inconnue~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:451
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "wrong number of arguments for action '~a'~%"
+msgstr "nombre d'arguments incorrect pour l'action \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/system.scm:471
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "no configuration file specified~%"
+msgstr "aucun fichier de configuration spécifié~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:51
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: ~a: ~a~%"
+msgstr "~a: ~a: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:72
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "Available checkers:~%"
+msgstr "Vérificateurs disponibles:~%"
+
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:226
+msgid "Validate package descriptions"
+msgstr "Validers des descriptions de paquets"
+
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:230
+msgid "Identify inputs that should be native inputs"
+msgstr "Identifier les entrées qui devraient être natives"
+
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:234
+msgid "Validate filenames of patches"
+msgstr "Valider les noms de patches"
+
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:238
+msgid "Validate package synopsis"
+msgstr "Valider les synopsis de paquets"
+
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:257
+msgid ""
+"Usage: guix lint [OPTION]... [PACKAGE]...\n"
+"Run a set of checkers on the specified package; if none is specified, run the checkers on all packages.\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Usage: guix lint [OPTION]... [PAQUET]...\n"
+"Lancer un ensemble de vérificateurs sur le paquet spécifié; si aucun n'est spécifié, lancer les vérificateurs sur tous les paquets.\n"
+
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:259
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -c, --checkers=CHECKER1,CHECKER2...\n"
+"                         only run the specificed checkers"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -c, --checkers=CHECKER1,CHECKER2...\n"
+"                         lancer uniquement les vérificateurs spécifiés"
+
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:264
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"  -l, --list-checkers    display the list of available lint checkers"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"  -l, --list-checkers    affiche la liste des vérificateurs disponibles"
+
+#: guix/scripts/lint.scm:283
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: invalid checker"
+msgstr "~a: vérificateur non valide"
+
+#: guix/gnu-maintenance.scm:373
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "signature verification failed for `~a'~%"
+msgstr "la vérification de la signature a échoué pour \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/gnu-maintenance.scm:375
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "(could be because the public key is not in your keyring)~%"
+msgstr "(il est possible que la clé publique ne soit pas dans dans votre trousseau)~%"
+
+#: guix/gnu-maintenance.scm:450
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: could not locate source file"
+msgstr "~a: le fichier source est introuvable"
+
+#: guix/gnu-maintenance.scm:455
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: ~a: no `version' field in source; skipping~%"
+msgstr "~a: ~a: aucun champ \"version\" dans la source; ignoré~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:135
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to install locale: ~a~%"
+msgstr "impossible d'installer la locale: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:154
+msgid ""
+"Copyright (C) 2014 the Guix authors\n"
+"License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>\n"
+"This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n"
+"There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Copyright (C) 2014 les auteurs de Guix\n"
+"Licence GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 ou ultérieure <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>\n"
+"Ceci est un logiciel libre: vous êtes libre de le modifier et de le redistribuer.\n"
+"Il n'y a AUCUNE GARANTIE, dans la limite de ce qui est autorisé par la loi.\n"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:162
+#, scheme-format
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"Report bugs to: ~a."
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"Signalez toute anomalie à : ~a."
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:164
+#, scheme-format
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"~a home page: <~a>"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"~a page d'accueil: <~a>"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:166
+msgid ""
+"\n"
+"General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>"
+msgstr ""
+"\n"
+"Aide générale sur l'utilisation des logiciels GNU: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:173
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: invalid number~%"
+msgstr "~a: nombre non valide~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:190
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "invalid number: ~a~%"
+msgstr "nombre non valide: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:213
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "unknown unit: ~a~%"
+msgstr "unité inconnue: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:224
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a:~a:~a: package `~a' has an invalid input: ~s~%"
+msgstr "~a:~a:~a: le paquet \"~a\" a une entrée non valide: ~s~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:231
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~a: ~a: build system `~a' does not support cross builds~%"
+msgstr "~a: ~a: le système de compilation \"~a\" ne supporte pas la compilation croisée~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:236
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "profile '~a' does not exist~%"
+msgstr "le profile \"~a\" n'existe pas~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:239
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "generation ~a of profile '~a' does not exist~%"
+msgstr "la génération ~a du profile \"~a\" n'existe pas~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:243
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to connect to `~a': ~a~%"
+msgstr "impossible de se connecter à \"~a\": ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:248
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "build failed: ~a~%"
+msgstr "la compilation a échoué: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:277
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to read expression ~s: ~s~%"
+msgstr "impossible de lire l'expression ~s: ~s~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:283
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to evaluate expression `~a': ~s~%"
+msgstr "impossible d'évaluer l'expression `~a': ~s~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:292
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "expression ~s does not evaluate to a package~%"
+msgstr "l'expression ~s ne correspond à aucun paquet~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:339
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~:[The following derivation would be built:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+msgid_plural "~:[The following derivations would be built:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+msgstr[0] "~:[La dérivation suivante serait compilée:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+msgstr[1] "~:[Les dérivations suivantes seraient compilées:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:344
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~:[The following file would be downloaded:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+msgid_plural "~:[The following files would be downloaded:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+msgstr[0] "~:[Le fichier suivant serait téléchargé:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+msgstr[1] "~:[Les fichiers suivants seraient téléchargés:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:350
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~:[The following derivation will be built:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+msgid_plural "~:[The following derivations will be built:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+msgstr[0] "~:[La dérivation suivante sera compilée:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+msgstr[1] "~:[Les dérivations suivantes seront compilées:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:355
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "~:[The following file will be downloaded:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+msgid_plural "~:[The following files will be downloaded:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+msgstr[0] "~:[Le fichier suivant sera téléchargé:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+msgstr[1] "~:[Les fichiers suivants seront téléchargés:~%~{   ~a~%~}~;~]"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:407
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "The following package would be removed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgid_plural "The following packages would be removed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgstr[0] "Le paquet suivant serait supprimé:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgstr[1] "Les paquets suivants seraient supprimés:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:412
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "The following package will be removed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgid_plural "The following packages will be removed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgstr[0] "Le paquet suivant sera supprimé:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgstr[1] "Les paquets suivants seront supprimés:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:425
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "The following package would be upgraded:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgid_plural "The following packages would be upgraded:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgstr[0] "Le paquet suivant serait mis à jour:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgstr[1] "Les paquets suivants seraient mis à jour:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:430
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "The following package will be upgraded:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgid_plural "The following packages will be upgraded:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgstr[0] "Le paquet suivant sera mis à jour:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgstr[1] "Les paquets suivants seront mis à jour:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:441
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "The following package would be installed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgid_plural "The following packages would be installed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgstr[0] "Le paquet suivant serait installé:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgstr[1] "Les paquets suivants seraient installés:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:446
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "The following package will be installed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgid_plural "The following packages will be installed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgstr[0] "Le paquet suivant sera installé:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+msgstr[1] "Les paquets suivants seront installés:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:463
+msgid "<unknown location>"
+msgstr "<emplacement inconnu>"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:489
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "failed to create configuration directory `~a': ~a~%"
+msgstr "impossible de créer le répertoire de configuration \"~a\": ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:589 guix/ui.scm:603
+msgid "unknown"
+msgstr "inconnu"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:712
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "invalid argument: ~a~%"
+msgstr "argument non valide: ~a~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:717
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "Try `guix --help' for more information.~%"
+msgstr "Essayez \"guix --help\" pour plus d'informations.~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:747
+msgid ""
+"Usage: guix COMMAND ARGS...\n"
+"Run COMMAND with ARGS.\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Usage: guix COMMANDE ARGS...\n"
+"Lance la COMMANDE avec les arguments ARGS.\n"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:750
+msgid "COMMAND must be one of the sub-commands listed below:\n"
+msgstr "COMMANDE doit être une des sous-commandes listées ci-dessous:\n"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:770
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "guix: ~a: command not found~%"
+msgstr "guix: ~a: commande introuvable~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:788
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "guix: missing command name~%"
+msgstr "guix: nom de commande manquant~%"
+
+#: guix/ui.scm:796
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "guix: unrecognized option '~a'~%"
+msgstr "guix: option \"~a\" non reconnue ~%"
+
+#: guix/http-client.scm:217
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "using Guile ~a, which does not support ~s encoding~%"
+msgstr "utilisation de Guile ~a, qui ne supporte pas l'encodage ~s~%"
+
+#: guix/http-client.scm:220
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "download failed; use a newer Guile~%"
+msgstr "le téléchargement a échoué; veuillez utiliser une version plus récente de Guile~%"
+
+#: guix/http-client.scm:232
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "following redirection to `~a'...~%"
+msgstr "redirection vers \"~a\"...~%"
+
+#: guix/http-client.scm:241
+msgid "download failed"
+msgstr "le téléchargement a échoué"
+
+#: guix/nar.scm:155
+msgid "signature is not a valid s-expression"
+msgstr "la signature n'est pas une s-expression valide"
+
+#: guix/nar.scm:164
+msgid "invalid signature"
+msgstr "signature non valide"
+
+#: guix/nar.scm:168
+msgid "invalid hash"
+msgstr "empreinte non valide"
+
+#: guix/nar.scm:176
+msgid "unauthorized public key"
+msgstr "clé publique non autorisée"
+
+#: guix/nar.scm:181
+msgid "corrupt signature data"
+msgstr "signature corrompue"
+
+#: guix/nar.scm:201
+msgid "corrupt file set archive"
+msgstr "archive corrompue"
+
+#: guix/nar.scm:211
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "importing file or directory '~a'...~%"
+msgstr "import du fichier ou répertoire \"~a\"...~%"
+
+#: guix/nar.scm:220
+#, scheme-format
+msgid "found valid signature for '~a'~%"
+msgstr "signature valide trouvée pour \"~a\"~%"
+
+#: guix/nar.scm:227
+msgid "imported file lacks a signature"
+msgstr "les fichiers importés requièrent une signature"
+
+#: guix/nar.scm:266
+msgid "invalid inter-file archive mark"
+msgstr "marque d'archive inter-fichier non valide"
diff --git a/po/packages/LINGUAS b/po/packages/LINGUAS
index 6ba2fe22cc..19a3bbf515 100644
--- a/po/packages/LINGUAS
+++ b/po/packages/LINGUAS
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ de
 en@boldquot
 en@quot
 eo
+fr
 hu
 pt_BR
 sr
diff --git a/po/packages/fr.po b/po/packages/fr.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c086c0771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/packages/fr.po
@@ -0,0 +1,1567 @@
+# French translation of guix-packages.
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the guix package.
+# Rémy Chevalier <remychevalier@laposte.net>, 2014.
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: guix-packages 0.8\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: ludo@gnu.org\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-11-10 15:37+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2014-12-20 22:00+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: Rémy Chevalier <remychevalier@laposte.net>\n"
+"Language-Team: French <traduc@traduc.org>\n"
+"Language: fr\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#: gnu/packages/aspell.scm:42
+msgid "Spell checker"
+msgstr "Correcteur orthographique"
+
+#: gnu/packages/aspell.scm:44
+msgid ""
+"Aspell is a spell-checker which can be used either as a library or as\n"
+"a standalone program.  Notable features of Aspell include its full support of\n"
+"documents written in the UTF-8 encoding and its ability to use multiple\n"
+"dictionaries, including personal ones."
+msgstr ""
+"Aspell est un correcteur orthographique pouvant être utilisé comme une\n"
+"bibliothèque ou comme un programme. Aspell inclut notamment un support complet\n"
+"des documents encodés UTF-8 et la possibilité d'utiliser plusieurs dictionnaires\n"
+"y compris personnels."
+
+#: gnu/packages/aspell.scm:84
+msgid "This package provides a dictionary for the GNU Aspell spell checker."
+msgstr "Ce paquet fournit un dictionnaire pour le correcteur orthographique Aspell"
+
+#: gnu/packages/backup.scm:87
+msgid "Encrypted backup using rsync algorithm"
+msgstr "Système de sauvegarde chiffrée utilisant l'algorithme rsync"
+
+#: gnu/packages/backup.scm:89
+msgid ""
+"Duplicity backs up directories by producing encrypted tar-format volumes\n"
+"and uploading them to a remote or local file server.  Because duplicity uses\n"
+"librsync, the incremental archives are space efficient and only record the\n"
+"parts of files that have changed since the last backup.  Because duplicity\n"
+"uses GnuPG to encrypt and/or sign these archives, they will be safe from\n"
+"spying and/or modification by the server."
+msgstr ""
+"Duplicity sauvegarde des dossiers en créant des volumes chiffrés au format\n"
+"tar et en envoyant ceux-ci vers un serveur de fichier local ou distant. Parce que\n"
+"Duplicity utilise librsync, les archives incrémentales sont peu encombrantes\n"
+"et ne contiennent que les parties des fichiers qui ont été modifiées depuis la\n"
+"dernière sauvegarde. L'utilisation de GnuPG pour chiffrer ou signer ces archives\n"
+"permet de prévenir tout rique d'espionnage ou d'altération par le serveur."
+
+#: gnu/packages/backup.scm:123
+msgid "Simple incremental backup tool"
+msgstr "Outil simple de sauvegarde incrémentale"
+
+#: gnu/packages/backup.scm:125
+msgid ""
+"Hdup2 is a backup utilty, its aim is to make backup really simple.  The\n"
+"backup scheduling is done by means of a cron job.  It supports an\n"
+"include/exclude mechanism, remote backups, encrypted backups and split\n"
+"backups (called chunks) to allow easy burning to CD/DVD."
+msgstr ""
+"Hdup2 est un outil de sauvegarde convivial. La planification des sauvegardes\n"
+"s'effectue au moyen de tâches cron. Il supporte un mécanisme\n"
+"d'inclusion et d'exclusion, les sauvegardes distantes, chiffrées ou\n"
+"morcelées (appellées chunks) permettant un gravure sur CD/DVD aisée."
+
+#: gnu/packages/backup.scm:178
+msgid "Multi-format archive and compression library"
+msgstr "Bibliothèque de compression et d'archivage multi-format"
+
+#: gnu/packages/backup.scm:180
+msgid ""
+"Libarchive provides a flexible interface for reading and writing\n"
+"archives in various formats such as tar and cpio.  Libarchive also supports\n"
+"reading and writing archives compressed using various compression filters such\n"
+"as gzip and bzip2.  The library is inherently stream-oriented; readers\n"
+"serially iterate through the archive, writers serially add things to the\n"
+"archive.  In particular, note that there is currently no built-in support for\n"
+"random access nor for in-place modification."
+msgstr ""
+"Libarchive fournit une interface flexible pour lire et écrire\n"
+"des archives dans des formats variés tels que tar ou cpio. Libarchive supporte\n"
+"aussi la lecture et l'écriture d'archives compressées au moyen de filtres divers\n"
+"comme gzip ou bzip2. La bibliothèque est intrinsèquement orientée flux; des\n"
+"lecteurs itèrent sur l'archive alors que des rédacteurs ajoutent des données à\n"
+"l'archive en continu. Notez qu'il n'existe pour l'instant aucun support intégré\n"
+"pour les accès aléatoires ou les modifications ponctuelles."
+
+#: gnu/packages/backup.scm:243
+msgid "Provide a list of files to backup"
+msgstr "Fournit une liste des fichiers à sauvegarder"
+
+#: gnu/packages/backup.scm:245
+msgid ""
+"Rdup is a utility inspired by rsync and the plan9 way of doing backups.\n"
+"Rdup itself does not backup anything, it only print a list of absolute\n"
+"filenames to standard output.  Auxiliary scripts are needed that act on this\n"
+"list and implement the backup strategy."
+msgstr ""
+"Rdup est un utilitaire inspiré par rsync et par la façon dont plan9 réalise\n"
+"les sauvegardes. Rdup ne sauvegarde rien en tant que tel mais affiche une\n"
+"liste de fichiers sur la sortie standard. Des scripts auxiliaires utilisant\n"
+"cette liste et implantant la stratégie de sauvegarde sont nécessaires."
+
+#: gnu/packages/backup.scm:275
+msgid "Tar-compatible archiver"
+msgstr "Archiveur compatible avec le format tar"
+
+#: gnu/packages/backup.scm:277
+msgid ""
+"Btar is a tar-compatible archiver which allows arbitrary compression and\n"
+"ciphering, redundancy, differential backup, indexed extraction, multicore\n"
+"compression, input and output serialisation, and tolerance to partial archive\n"
+"errors."
+msgstr ""
+"Btar est un archiveur compatible avec le format tar permettant la compression\n"
+"et le chiffrement arbitraires, la redondance, les sauvegardes différentielles,\n"
+"l'extraction indexée, la compression multi-coeurs, la sérialisation des entrées-\n"
+"sorties et la tolérance aux erreurs d'archivage partielles."
+
+#: gnu/packages/backup.scm:305
+msgid "Local/remote mirroring+incremental backup"
+msgstr "Sauvegarde mirroir/incrémentales, locales ou distantes"
+
+#: gnu/packages/backup.scm:307
+msgid ""
+"Rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network.\n"
+"The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse\n"
+"diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that target directory, so you\n"
+"can still recover files lost some time ago.  The idea is to combine the best\n"
+"features of a mirror and an incremental backup.  Rdiff-backup also preserves\n"
+"subdirectories, hard links, dev files, permissions, uid/gid ownership,\n"
+"modification times, extended attributes, acls, and resource forks.  Also,\n"
+"rdiff-backup can operate in a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe, like\n"
+"rsync.  Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a hard drive up\n"
+"to a remote location, and only the differences will be transmitted.  Finally,\n"
+"rdiff-backup is easy to use and settings have sensical defaults."
+msgstr ""
+"Rdiff-backup sauvegarde un répertoire vers un autre, éventuellement sur un\n"
+"réseau. Le répertoire cible devient une copie du répertoire source, mais le\n"
+"contenu en trop est stocké dans un sous-répertoire du répertoire cible de façon\n"
+"à ce que vous puissiez récupérer les fichiers perdus. L'idée est de combiner les\n"
+"meilleures fonctionnalités d'un mirroir et d'une sauvegarde incrémentale.\n"
+"Rdiff-backup préserve les sous-répertoires, liens matériels, fichiers dev,\n"
+"permissions, uid/gid des propriétaires, dates de modification, attributs étendus,\n"
+"acls et forks de ressources. Rdiff-backup peut aussi opérer d'une manière efficace\n"
+"sur un pipe tout comme rsync. Vous pouvez ainsi utiliser rdiff-bacup et ssh pour\n"
+"sauvegarder de manière sûre un disque dur vers une machine distante, et seule la\n"
+"différence sera transmise. Enfin, rdiff-backup est simple d'utilisation et la\n"
+"configuration par défaut sera généralement suffisante."
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:56
+msgid "Hello, GNU world: An example GNU package"
+msgstr "Hello, GNU world: Un exemple de paquet GNU"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:58
+msgid ""
+"GNU Hello prints the message \"Hello, world!\" and then exits.  It\n"
+"serves as an example of standard GNU coding practices.  As such, it supports\n"
+"command-line arguments, multiple languages, and so on."
+msgstr ""
+"GNU Hello affiche le message \"Hello, world!\" puis se termine. Il sert\n"
+"d'exemple pour les pratiques de programmation GNU standard. Il supporte\n"
+"les arguments en ligne de commande, plusieurs langages, etc."
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:76
+msgid "Print lines matching a pattern"
+msgstr "Affiche les lignes correspondant à un pattern donné"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:78
+msgid ""
+"grep is a tool for finding text inside files.  Text is found by\n"
+"matching a pattern provided by the user in one or many files.  The pattern\n"
+"may be provided as a basic or extended regular expression, or as fixed\n"
+"strings.  By default, the matching text is simply printed to the screen,\n"
+"however the output can be greatly customized to include, for example, line\n"
+"numbers.  GNU grep offers many extensions over the standard utility,\n"
+"including, for example, recursive directory searching."
+msgstr ""
+"grep est un outil dédié à la recherche de texte dans des fichiers. Un texte\n"
+"peut être trouvé dans un ou plusieurs fichiers à partir d'un pattern fourni par l'utilisateur.\n"
+"Le pattern peut être fourni comme un expression régulière basique ou étendue, ou comme\n"
+"des chaines fixes. Par défaut, le texte trouvé est simplement affiché à l'écran\n"
+"mais il est possible de personnaliser la sortie pour inclure, par exemple, les\n"
+"les numéros de ligne. GNU grep offre de nombreuses extensions, incluant par exemple\n"
+"la recherche récursive sur des répertoires."
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:100
+msgid "Stream editor"
+msgstr "Éditeur de flux"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:115
+msgid ""
+"Sed is a non-interactive, text stream editor.  It receives a text\n"
+"input from a file or from standard input and it then applies a series of text\n"
+"editing commands to the stream and prints its output to standard output.  It\n"
+"is often used for substituting text patterns in a stream.  The GNU\n"
+"implementation offers several extensions over the standard utility."
+msgstr ""
+"Sed est un éditeur de texte par flux non interactif. Il reçoit un texte\n"
+"depuis un fichier ou l'entrée standard et lui applique une série de moficiation\n"
+"puis affiche le résultat sur la sortie. Il est souvent utilisé pour substituer\n"
+"des morceaux de texte dans un flux. L'implantation GNU ajoute plusieurs extensions\n"
+"à l'utilitaire standard."
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:135
+msgid "Managing tar archives"
+msgstr "Gestion d'archives tar"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:137
+msgid ""
+"Tar provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as the\n"
+"ability to extract, update or list files in an existing archive.  It is\n"
+"useful for combining many files into one larger file, while maintaining\n"
+"directory structure and file information such as permissions and\n"
+"creation/modification dates.  GNU tar offers many extensions over the\n"
+"standard utility."
+msgstr ""
+"Tar permet de créer des archives tar ainsi que d'extraire, de mettre à jour\n"
+"et de lister les fichiers présents dans ces archives. Il est utile pour combiner\n"
+"de nombreux fichiers au sein d'un fichier plus grand tout en préservant\n"
+"la structure des répertoires et certaines informations comme\n"
+"les permissions et les dates de création/modification. GNU tar ajoute de\n"
+"nombreuses extensions à l'utilaire standard."
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:161
+msgid "Apply differences to originals, with optional backups"
+msgstr "Applique les différences aux originaux, avec sauvegardes optionnelles"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:163
+msgid ""
+"Patch is a program that applies changes to files based on differences\n"
+"laid out as by the program \"diff\".  The changes may be applied to one or more\n"
+"files depending on the contents of the diff file.  It accepts several\n"
+"different diff formats.  It may also be used to revert previously applied\n"
+"differences."
+msgstr ""
+"Patch est une programme qui applique des modifications aux fichiers basées\n"
+"sur les différences données par le programme \"diff\". Les changements peuvent\n"
+"être appliqués sur un ou plusieurs fichiers selon le contenu du fichier diff. Il\n"
+"accepte différents formats diff. Il peut aussi être utilisé pour annuler des\n"
+"différences appliquées antérieurement."
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:183
+msgid "Comparing and merging files"
+msgstr "Comparaison et fusion des fichiers"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:185
+msgid ""
+"GNU Diffutils is a package containing tools for finding the\n"
+"differences between files.  The \"diff\" command is used to show how two files\n"
+"differ, while \"cmp\" shows the offsets and line numbers where they differ. \n"
+"\"diff3\" allows you to compare three files.  Finally, \"sdiff\" offers an\n"
+"interactive means to merge two files."
+msgstr ""
+"GNU Diffutils est un paquet contenant des outils pour trouver\n"
+"des différences entre fichiers. La commande \"diff\" est utilisée pour\n"
+"déterminer les différences entre fichiers alors que \"cmp\" montre les\n"
+"numéros de lignes et décalages où ils diffèrent. \"diff3\" permet de comparer\n"
+"trois fichiers. Enfin, \"sdiff\" offre un moyen interactif de fusionner deux fichiers."
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:212
+msgid "Operating on files matching given criteria"
+msgstr "Opération sur les fichiers correspondant au critère donné"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:214
+msgid ""
+"Findutils supplies the basic file directory searching utilities of the\n"
+"GNU system.  It consists of two primary searching utilities: \"find\"\n"
+"recursively searches for files in a directory according to given criteria and\n"
+"\"locate\" lists files in a database that match a query.  Two auxiliary tools\n"
+"are included: \"updatedb\" updates the file name database and \"xargs\" may be\n"
+"used to apply commands with arbitrarily long arguments."
+msgstr ""
+"Findutils fournit les outils basiques de recherche de fichier du système GNU.\n"
+"Il consiste en deux utilitaires de recherche : \"find\" cherche récursivement les fichiers\n"
+"correspondant à un critère donné dans un dossier et \"locate\" liste les fichiers\n"
+"présents dans une base de données à partir d'une requête. Deux outils auxiliaires\n"
+"sont inclus : \"updatedb\" met à jour la base de données et \"xargs\" peut être utilisé \n"
+"pour appliquer des commandes avec des arguments longs et arbitraires"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:264
+msgid "Core GNU utilities (file, text, shell)"
+msgstr "Utilitaires GNU (fichier, texte, shell)"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:266
+msgid ""
+"GNU Coreutils includes all of the basic command-line tools that are\n"
+"expected in a POSIX system.  These provide the basic file, shell and text\n"
+"manipulation functions of the GNU system.  Most of these tools offer extended\n"
+"functionality beyond that which is outlined in the POSIX standard."
+msgstr ""
+"GNU Coreutils inclut tous les outils basiques en ligne de commande\n"
+"attendus dans un système POSIX. Ceux-ci fournissent les fonctions basiques de manipulation\n"
+"de fichiers, du shell et de textes d'un système GNU. Ils offrent pour la plupart\n"
+"des fonctionnalités étendues au-delà de ce qui est défini dans le standard POSIX."
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:300
+msgid "Remake files automatically"
+msgstr "Recompiler les fichiers automatiquement"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:302
+msgid ""
+"Make is a program that is used to control the production of\n"
+"executables or other files from their source files.  The process is\n"
+"controlled from a Makefile, in which the developer specifies how each file is\n"
+"generated from its source.  It has powerful dependency resolution and the\n"
+"ability to determine when files have to be regenerated after their sources\n"
+"change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility."
+msgstr ""
+"Make est un programme pouvant être utilisé pour contrôler la création\n"
+"d'exécutables ou d'autres fichiers depuis leurs fichiers sources. Le processus\n"
+"est contrôlé depuis un fichier Makefile dans lequel le développeur spécifie\n"
+"comment chaque fichier est généré depuis ses sources. Cet outil a un puissant système\n"
+"de résolution des dépendances et peut déterminer quand les fichiers doivent être\n"
+"regénérés. GNU make possède beaucoup d'extensions en plus de\n"
+"l'utilitaire standard."
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:347
+msgid "Binary utilities: bfd gas gprof ld"
+msgstr "Utilitaires binaires: bfd gas gprof ld"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:349
+msgid ""
+"GNU Binutils is a collection of tools for working with binary files.\n"
+"Perhaps the most notable are \"ld\", a linker, and \"as\", an assembler.\n"
+"Other tools include programs to display binary profiling information, list\n"
+"the strings in a binary file, and utilities for working with archives.  The\n"
+"\"bfd\" library for working with executable and object formats is also\n"
+"included."
+msgstr ""
+"GNU Binutils est une collection d'outils pour travailler avec les fichiers binaires.\n"
+"Les plus notables sont peut-être \"ld\", un éditeur de liens, et \"as\", un assembleur.\n"
+"Les autres outils incluent des programmes pour afficher des informations de profilage sur \n"
+"les binaires, lister les chaines de caractères et des utilitaires pour travailler avec\n"
+"des archives. La bibliothèque \"bfd\", permettant de travailler avec des exécutables et des\n"
+"des formats objet, est aussi incluse."
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:491
+msgid "The GNU C Library"
+msgstr "La bibliothèque GNU C"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:493
+msgid ""
+"Any Unix-like operating system needs a C library: the library which\n"
+"defines the \"system calls\" and other basic facilities such as open, malloc,\n"
+"printf, exit...\n"
+"\n"
+"The GNU C library is used as the C library in the GNU system and most systems\n"
+"with the Linux kernel."
+msgstr ""
+"Tout système d'exploitation basé sur Unix requiert une bibliothèque C:\n"
+"la bibliothèque qui définit les \"appels système\" et autres fonctions basiques\n"
+"telles que open, malloc, printf, exit, ... La bibliothèque GNU C est utilisée comme\n"
+"bibliothèque C dans les systèmes GNU et la plupart des systèmes basés sur le noyau Linux."
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:562
+msgid "Database of current and historical time zones"
+msgstr "Base de données des fuseaux horaires courant et historiques"
+
+#: gnu/packages/base.scm:563
+msgid ""
+"The Time Zone Database (often called tz or zoneinfo)\n"
+"contains code and data that represent the history of local time for many\n"
+"representative locations around the globe.  It is updated periodically to\n"
+"reflect changes made by political bodies to time zone boundaries, UTC offsets,\n"
+"and daylight-saving rules."
+msgstr ""
+"La base de données des fuseaux horaires (souvent appelée \"tz\" pour \"zoneinfo\")\n"
+"contient du code et des données représentant l'historique de l'heure locale pour\n"
+"de nombreux endroits représentatifs dans le monde. Elle est mise à jour périodiquement\n"
+"pour refléter les changements effectués par les entités politiques aux limites de ces zones,\n"
+"les décalages UTC et les changements d'heures."
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:83
+msgid "Berkeley database"
+msgstr "Base de données Berkeley"
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:85
+msgid ""
+"Berkeley DB is an embeddable database allowing developers the choice of\n"
+"SQL, Key/Value, XML/XQuery or Java Object storage for their data model."
+msgstr ""
+"Berkeley DB est une base de données embarquée proposant aux développeurs\n"
+"le choix de SQL, clé/valeur, XML/XQuery ou Java Object Storage pour leur\n"
+"modèle de données."
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:143
+msgid "Fast, easy to use, and popular database"
+msgstr "Base de données rapide, facile d'utilisation et populaire"
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:145
+msgid ""
+"MySQL is a fast, reliable, and easy to use relational database\n"
+"management system that supports the standardized Structured Query\n"
+"Language."
+msgstr ""
+"MySQL est un système de gestion de base de données relationnelle rapide,\n"
+" fiable et facile d'emploi, supportant le SQL standardisé."
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:166
+msgid "Powerful object-relational database system"
+msgstr "Système de base de données relationnelle puissant"
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:168
+msgid ""
+"PostgreSQL is a powerful object-relational database system.  It is fully\n"
+"ACID compliant, has full support for foreign keys, joins, views, triggers, and\n"
+"stored procedures (in multiple languages).  It includes most SQL:2008 data\n"
+"types, including INTEGER, NUMERIC, BOOLEAN, CHAR, VARCHAR, DATE, INTERVAL, and\n"
+"TIMESTAMP.  It also supports storage of binary large objects, including\n"
+"pictures, sounds, or video."
+msgstr ""
+"PostgreSQL est un sytème de base de données relationnelle puissant. Totalement\n"
+"conforme à ACID, il possède un support complet des clés étrangères, jointures, vues, \n"
+"triggers, et procédures stockées (dans plusieurs langages). Il inclut la plupart des\n"
+"types de données SQL:2008, y compris INTEGER, NUMERIC, BOOLEAN, CHAR, VARCHAR, DATE, \n"
+"INTERVAL et TIMESTAMP. Il supporte aussi le stockage binaire de grands objets, dont\n"
+"les images, le son et la vidéo."
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:203
+msgid "Manipulate plain text files as databases"
+msgstr "Manipule les fichiers texte comme des bases de données"
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:205
+msgid ""
+"GNU Recutils is a set of tools and libraries for creating and\n"
+"manipulating text-based, human-editable databases.  Despite being text-based,\n"
+"databases created with Recutils carry all of the expected features such as\n"
+"unique fields, primary keys, time stamps and more.  Many different field\n"
+"types are supported, as is encryption."
+msgstr ""
+"GNU Recutils est un ensemble d'outils et de bibliothèques permettant de\n"
+"créer et de manipuler des bases de données textuelles. Bien que textuelles,\n"
+"les bases de données créées avec Recutils fournissent toutes les fonctionnalités\n"
+"attendues d'une base de données, telles que les champs uniques, les clés primaires,\n"
+"les timestamps et plus encore. De nombreux types de champs sont supportés, tout comme\n"
+"le chiffrement."
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:243
+msgid "The SQLite database management system"
+msgstr "Le système de gestion de bases de données SQLite"
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:245
+msgid ""
+"SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless,\n"
+"zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine.  SQLite is the most\n"
+"widely deployed SQL database engine in the world.  The source code for SQLite\n"
+"is in the public domain."
+msgstr "SQLite est une bibliothèque logicielle implantant"
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:280
+msgid "Trivial database"
+msgstr "Base de données triviale"
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:282
+msgid ""
+"TDB is a Trivial Database.  In concept, it is very much like GDBM,\n"
+"and BSD's DB except that it allows multiple simultaneous writers and uses\n"
+"locking internally to keep writers from trampling on each other.  TDB is also\n"
+"extremely small."
+msgstr ""
+"TDB est une base de données triviale. Elle se rapproche conceptuellement\n"
+"de GDBM et de la base de données de BSD, si ce n'est qu'elle autorise plusieurs\n"
+"accès simultanés en écriture et utilise un verrouillage interne pour éviter les\n"
+"empiétements. Notez que TDB est aussi très léger."
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:301
+msgid "Database independent interface for Perl"
+msgstr "Interface de base de données pour Perl"
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:302
+msgid "This package provides an database interface for Perl."
+msgstr "Ce paquet fournit une interface de base de données pour Perl."
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:321
+msgid "SQlite interface for Perl"
+msgstr "Interface SQLite pour Perl"
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:322
+msgid ""
+"DBD::SQLite is a Perl DBI driver for SQLite, that includes\n"
+"the entire thing in the distribution.  So in order to get a fast transaction\n"
+"capable RDBMS working for your Perl project you simply have to install this\n"
+"module, and nothing else."
+msgstr ""
+"DBD::SQLite est driver DBI pour SQLite écrit en Perl. Il suffit d'installer ce\n"
+"module dans votre projet Perl pour obtenir une"
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:342
+msgid "Data source abstraction library"
+msgstr "Bibliothèque d'abstraction de source de données"
+
+#: gnu/packages/databases.scm:343
+msgid ""
+"Unixodbc is a library providing an API with which to access\n"
+"data sources.  Data sources include SQL Servers and any software with an ODBC\n"
+"Driver."
+msgstr ""
+"Unixodbc est une bibliothèque fournissant une API permettant\n"
+"d'accéder à des sources de données. Ces sources incluent des serveurs SQL\n"
+"où tout logiciel avec un driver ODBC."
+
+#: gnu/packages/gcc.scm:254
+msgid "GNU Compiler Collection"
+msgstr "GNU Compiler Collection"
+
+#: gnu/packages/gcc.scm:256
+msgid ""
+"GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection.  It provides compiler front-ends\n"
+"for several languages, including C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, and\n"
+"Go.  It also includes runtime support libraries for these languages."
+msgstr ""
+"GCC est la collection de compilateurs GNU. Il fournit des compilateurs\n"
+"pour plusieurs langages, dont C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada,\n"
+"et Go. Il inclut également le support de bibliothèques pour ces langages."
+
+#: gnu/packages/gcc.scm:340
+msgid "Manipulating sets and relations of integer points bounded by linear constraints"
+msgstr ""
+"Manipulation des ensembles et relations d'entiers liés par des\n"
+"contraintes linéaires."
+
+#: gnu/packages/gcc.scm:343
+msgid ""
+"isl is a library for manipulating sets and relations of integer points\n"
+"bounded by linear constraints.  Supported operations on sets include\n"
+"intersection, union, set difference, emptiness check, convex hull, (integer)\n"
+"affine hull, integer projection, computing the lexicographic minimum using\n"
+"parametric integer programming, coalescing and parametric vertex\n"
+"enumeration.  It also includes an ILP solver based on generalized basis\n"
+"reduction, transitive closures on maps (which may encode infinite graphs),\n"
+"dependence analysis and bounds on piecewise step-polynomials."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/gcc.scm:375
+msgid "Library to generate code for scanning Z-polyhedra"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/gcc.scm:377
+msgid ""
+"CLooG is a free software library to generate code for scanning\n"
+"Z-polyhedra.  That is, it finds a code (e.g., in C, FORTRAN...) that\n"
+"reaches each integral point of one or more parameterized polyhedra.\n"
+"CLooG has been originally written to solve the code generation problem\n"
+"for optimizing compilers based on the polytope model.  Nevertheless it\n"
+"is used now in various area e.g., to build control automata for\n"
+"high-level synthesis or to find the best polynomial approximation of a\n"
+"function.  CLooG may help in any situation where scanning polyhedra\n"
+"matters.  While the user has full control on generated code quality,\n"
+"CLooG is designed to avoid control overhead and to produce a very\n"
+"effective code."
+msgstr "CLooG est bibliothèque logiciel libre permettant de générer du code"
+
+#: gnu/packages/gettext.scm:74
+msgid "Tools and documentation for translation"
+msgstr "Outils et documentation pour la traduction"
+
+#: gnu/packages/gettext.scm:76
+#, fuzzy
+#| msgid ""
+#| "GNU Gettext is a package providing a framework for translating the\n"
+#| "textual output of programs into multiple languages. It provides translators\n"
+#| "with the means to create message catalogs, as well as an Emacs mode to work\n"
+#| "with them, and a runtime library to load translated messages from the\n"
+#| "catalogs.  Nearly all GNU packages use Gettext."
+msgid ""
+"GNU Gettext is a package providing a framework for translating the\n"
+"textual output of programs into multiple languages.  It provides translators\n"
+"with the means to create message catalogs, as well as an Emacs mode to work\n"
+"with them, and a runtime library to load translated messages from the\n"
+"catalogs.  Nearly all GNU packages use Gettext."
+msgstr ""
+"GNU Gettext est un paquet fournissant un framework pour la traduction de\n"
+"sorties textuelles de programmes vers de nombreux langages. Il fournit\n"
+"des traducteur dans le but de créer des catalogues de messages, ainsi qu'un\n"
+"mode Emacs pour travailler avec ceux-ci, et une bibliothèque pour charger lesmessages depuis les catalogues. Presque tous les paquets GNU utilisent Gettext."
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:100 gnu/packages/guile.scm:163
+msgid "Scheme implementation intended especially for extensions"
+msgstr "Implantation de Scheme spécialement destinée aux extensions"
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:102 gnu/packages/guile.scm:165
+msgid ""
+"Guile is the GNU Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extensions, the\n"
+"official extension language of the GNU system.  It is an implementation of\n"
+"the Scheme language which can be easily embedded in other applications to\n"
+"provide a convenient means of extending the functionality of the application\n"
+"without requiring the source code to be rewritten."
+msgstr ""
+"Guile (GNU Ubiquitous Intelligent Langage for Extensions) est le langage\n"
+"d'extension officiel du système GNU. Il s'agit d'une implantation du langage\n"
+"Scheme qui peut être facilement incluse dans d'autres applications pour faciliter\n"
+"l'ajout de fonctionnalités sans avoir à réécrire le code source."
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:208
+msgid "Framework for building readers for GNU Guile"
+msgstr "Framework pour la construction de lecteurs GNU Guile"
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:210
+msgid ""
+"Guile-Reader is a simple framework for building readers for GNU Guile.\n"
+"\n"
+"The idea is to make it easy to build procedures that extend Guile’s read\n"
+"procedure.  Readers supporting various syntax variants can easily be written,\n"
+"possibly by re-using existing “token readers” of a standard Scheme\n"
+"readers.  For example, it is used to implement Skribilo’s R5RS-derived\n"
+"document syntax.\n"
+"\n"
+"Guile-Reader’s approach is similar to Common Lisp’s “read table”, but\n"
+"hopefully more powerful and flexible (for instance, one may instantiate as\n"
+"many readers as needed)."
+msgstr ""
+"Guile-Reader est un framework permettant de construire des lecteurs pour\n"
+"GNU Guile. L'idée est de rendre facile la construction de procédures étendant\n"
+"la procédure de lecture de Guile. Il est possible d'écrire facilement des lecteurs\n"
+"supportant de nombreuses syntaxes. Par exemple, Guile-Reader est utilisé pour\n"
+"implanter la syntaxe de documents basés sur R5RS de Skribilo.\n"
+"\n"
+"L'approche de Guile-Reader est similaire à la table de lecture de Lisp, mais\n"
+"plus puissante et plus flexible (il est par exemple possible d'instancier autant\n"
+"de lecteurs que nécessaires)."
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:263
+msgid "Guile bindings to ncurses"
+msgstr "Bindings Guile pour ncurses"
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:265
+msgid ""
+"guile-ncurses provides Guile language bindings for the ncurses\n"
+"library."
+msgstr "guile-ncurses fournit un binding Guile pour la biliothèque ncurses."
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:285
+msgid "Run jobs at scheduled times"
+msgstr "Plannification de tâches"
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:287
+msgid ""
+"GNU Mcron is a complete replacement for Vixie cron.  It is used to run\n"
+"tasks on a schedule, such as every hour or every Monday.  Mcron is written in\n"
+"Guile, so its configuration can be written in Scheme; the original cron\n"
+"format is also supported."
+msgstr ""
+"GNU Mcron est un remplaçant à Vixie cron. Il est utilisé pour la planification\n"
+"de tâches à intervalles réguliers (toutes les heures, tous les lundi, etc...).\n"
+"Mcron est écrit en Guile et peut donc être configuré en Scheme ; le format cron\n"
+"original est aussi supporté."
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:315
+msgid "Collection of useful Guile Scheme modules"
+msgstr "Collection de modules Scheme utiles pour Guile"
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:317
+msgid ""
+"Guile-Lib is intended as an accumulation place for pure-scheme Guile\n"
+"modules, allowing for people to cooperate integrating their generic Guile\n"
+"modules into a coherent library.  Think \"a down-scaled, limited-scope CPAN\n"
+"for Guile\"."
+msgstr ""
+"Guile-Lib est conçue comme une collection de modules Scheme pour Guile permettant\n"
+"aux utilisateurs d'intégrer leurs modules Guile au sein d'une bilbiothéque commune\n"
+"et cohérente. Voyez Guile-Lib comme une version plus simple de CPAN limitée à Guile."
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:348
+msgid "JSON module for Guile"
+msgstr "Module JSON pour Guile"
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:350
+msgid ""
+"Guile-json supports parsing and building JSON documents according to the\n"
+"http:://json.org specification.  These are the main features:\n"
+"- Strictly complies to http://json.org specification.\n"
+"- Build JSON documents programmatically via macros.\n"
+"- Unicode support for strings.\n"
+"- Allows JSON pretty printing."
+msgstr ""
+"Guile-json supporte l'analyse et la construction de documents JSON respectant\n"
+"la spécification http:://json.org . Les principales fonctionnalitées proposées\n"
+"sont les suivantes :\n"
+"- stricte conformité à la spécification http://json.org ;\n"
+"- création de documents JSON par programmation via macros ;\n"
+"- support d'unicode pour les chaines de caractère ;\n"
+"- formatage élégant."
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:381
+msgid "Create charts and graphs in Guile"
+msgstr "Création de diagrammes et de graphiques dans Guile"
+
+#: gnu/packages/guile.scm:383
+msgid ""
+"Guile-Charting is a Guile Scheme library to create bar charts and graphs\n"
+"using the Cairo drawing library."
+msgstr ""
+"Guile-Charting est une bibliothèque pour Guile permettant de créer des diagrammes\n"
+"en barre et des graphiques utilisant la bibliothèque de dessin Cairo."
+
+#: gnu/packages/inkscape.scm:78
+msgid "Vector graphics editor"
+msgstr "Éditeur graphique vectoriel"
+
+#: gnu/packages/inkscape.scm:79
+msgid ""
+"Inkscape is a vector graphics editor.  What sets Inkscape\n"
+"apart is its use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), an XML-based W3C standard,\n"
+"as the native format."
+msgstr ""
+"Inkscape est un éditeur graphique vectoriel. Ce qui différencie Inkscape\n"
+"est son utilisation du format SVG, un standard W3C basé sur XML, comme format natif."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:131
+msgid "GNU Linux-Libre kernel headers"
+msgstr "Fichiers d'en-tête pour le noyau GNU Linux-Libre"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:132
+msgid "Headers of the Linux-Libre kernel."
+msgstr "Fichiers d'en-tête pour le noyau Linux-Libre"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:163
+msgid "Tools for loading and managing Linux kernel modules"
+msgstr "Outils de chargement et de gestion de modules noyau pour Linux"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:165
+msgid ""
+"Tools for loading and managing Linux kernel modules, such as `modprobe',\n"
+"`insmod', `lsmod', and more."
+msgstr ""
+"Outils pour le chargement et la gestion des modules noyau Linux, tels que\n"
+"\"modprob\", \"insmod\", \"lsmod\" et plus."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:296
+msgid "100% free redistribution of a cleaned Linux kernel"
+msgstr "Redistribution 100% libre d'un noyau Linux propre"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:298
+msgid ""
+"GNU Linux-Libre is a free (as in freedom) variant of the Linux kernel.\n"
+"It has been modified to remove all non-free binary blobs."
+msgstr ""
+"GNU Linux-Libre est une variante libre du noyau Linux.\n"
+"Il a été modifié pour en retirer toutes les composantes non-libres."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:341
+msgid "Pluggable authentication modules for Linux"
+msgstr "Modules d'authentification pour Linux"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:343
+msgid ""
+"A *Free* project to implement OSF's RFC 86.0.\n"
+"Pluggable authentication modules are small shared object files that can\n"
+"be used through the PAM API to perform tasks, like authenticating a user\n"
+"at login.  Local and dynamic reconfiguration are its key features"
+msgstr ""
+"Un projet libre implantant OSF (RFC 86.0).\n"
+"Les modules d'authentification sont de petits fichiers objets partagés pouvant\n"
+"être utilisés à travers l'API PAM pour effectuer des tâches, comme l'authentification\n"
+"d'un utilisateur au moment de la connexion. Ses principales fonctionnalités sont\n"
+"la reconfiguration locale et dynamique."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:370
+msgid "Small utilities that use the proc filesystem"
+msgstr "Petits utilitaires utilisant le système de fichier proc"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:372
+msgid ""
+"This PSmisc package is a set of some small useful utilities that\n"
+"use the proc filesystem.  We're not about changing the world, but\n"
+"providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks."
+msgstr ""
+"Le paquet PSmisc est un ensemble de petits utilitaires utilisant le\n"
+"système de fichier proc. Notre objectif n'est pas de changer le monde\n"
+"mais simplement de fournir de l'aide à l'administrateur système dans ses\n"
+"tâches les plus courantes."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:416
+msgid "Collection of utilities for the Linux kernel"
+msgstr "Collection d'utilitaires pour le noyau Linux"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:418
+msgid "Util-linux is a random collection of utilities for the Linux kernel."
+msgstr "Util-linux est une collection d'utilitaires pour le noyau Linux."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:472
+msgid "Utilities that give information about processes"
+msgstr "Utilitaires fournissant des informations sur les processus"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:474
+msgid ""
+"Procps is the package that has a bunch of small useful utilities\n"
+"that give information about processes using the Linux /proc file system.\n"
+"The package includes the programs ps, top, vmstat, w, kill, free,\n"
+"slabtop, and skill."
+msgstr ""
+"Procps est un paquet fournissant de nombreux outils simples donnant des\n"
+"des informations sur les processus utilisant le système de fichier /proc.\n"
+"Le paquet inclut les programmes ps, top, vmstat, w, kill, free,\n"
+"slabtop et skill."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:499
+msgid "Tools for working with USB devices, such as lsusb"
+msgstr "Outils de manipulation des périphériques USB, tels que lsusb."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:501
+msgid "Tools for working with USB devices, such as lsusb."
+msgstr "Outils de manipulation des périphériques USB, tels que lsusb."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:542
+msgid "Creating and checking ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems"
+msgstr "Création et vérification de systèmes de fichiers ext1/ext3/ext4"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:544
+msgid "This package provides tools for manipulating ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems."
+msgstr "Ce paquet fournit des outils pour manipuler les systèmes de fichiers ext2/ext3/ext4"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:575
+msgid "Statically-linked fsck.* commands from e2fsprogs"
+msgstr "Commandes de e2fsprogs (fsck.*) liées statiquement"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:577
+msgid ""
+"This package provides statically-linked command of fsck.ext[234] taken\n"
+"from the e2fsprogs package.  It is meant to be used in initrds."
+msgstr ""
+"Ce paquet fournit la commande liée statiquement de fsck.ext[234] issue\n"
+"du paquet e2fsprogs. Il est censé être utilisé dans initrds."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:596
+msgid "System call tracer for Linux"
+msgstr "Traceur d'appel système pour Linux"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:598
+msgid ""
+"strace is a system call tracer, i.e. a debugging tool which prints out a\n"
+"trace of all the system calls made by a another process/program."
+msgstr ""
+"strace est un traceur d'appels système, c-à-d un outil de débogage affichant\n"
+"les appels système effectués par un autre processus/programme."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:617
+msgid "The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture libraries"
+msgstr "Bibliothèques ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:619 gnu/packages/linux.scm:661
+msgid ""
+"The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and\n"
+"MIDI functionality to the Linux-based operating system."
+msgstr ""
+"ALSA fournit des fonctionnalités audio et MIDI pour les sytèmes\n"
+"basés sur Linux."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:659
+msgid "Utilities for the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)"
+msgstr "Utilitaires pour ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:683
+msgid "Program to configure the Linux IP packet filtering rules"
+msgstr "Programme de configuration de règles de filtrage des paquets IP pour Linux"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:685
+msgid ""
+"iptables is the userspace command line program used to configure the\n"
+"Linux 2.4.x and later IPv4 packet filtering ruleset.  It is targeted towards\n"
+"system administrators.  Since Network Address Translation is also configured\n"
+"from the packet filter ruleset, iptables is used for this, too.  The iptables\n"
+"package also includes ip6tables.  ip6tables is used for configuring the IPv6\n"
+"packet filter."
+msgstr ""
+"iptables est un programme utilisateur en ligne de commande utilisé pour\n"
+"configurer le filtrage des paquets IPv4 sur Linux depuis la version 2.4.x.\n"
+"Il s'adresse particulièrement aux administrateurs. iptables gère aussi le NAT\n"
+"Network Address Translation). Le paquet inclut aussi ip6tables, utilisé pour\n"
+"configurer le filtrage IPv6."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:733
+msgid "Utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking and traffic in Linux"
+msgstr "Utilitaires de contrôle du traffic TCP/IP pour Linux"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:735
+msgid ""
+"Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP\n"
+"networking and traffic with the Linux kernel.\n"
+"\n"
+"Most network configuration manuals still refer to ifconfig and route as the\n"
+"primary network configuration tools, but ifconfig is known to behave\n"
+"inadequately in modern network environments.  They should be deprecated, but\n"
+"most distros still include them.  Most network configuration systems make use\n"
+"of ifconfig and thus provide a limited feature set.  The /etc/net project aims\n"
+"to support most modern network technologies, as it doesn't use ifconfig and\n"
+"allows a system administrator to make use of all iproute2 features, including\n"
+"traffic control.\n"
+"\n"
+"iproute2 is usually shipped in a package called iproute or iproute2 and\n"
+"consists of several tools, of which the most important are ip and tc.  ip\n"
+"controls IPv4 and IPv6 configuration and tc stands for traffic control.  Both\n"
+"tools print detailed usage messages and are accompanied by a set of\n"
+"manpages."
+msgstr ""
+"Iproute2 est une collection d'utilitaires pour le contrôle des réseaux TCP/IP\n"
+"sous Linux. De nombreux manuels sur la configuration du réseau sous Linux se\n"
+"réfèrent toujours à ifconfig et route comme des outils indispensables\n"
+"bien que ifconfig soit connu pour son inadéquation aux réseaux modernes. Ils devraient\n"
+"être dépréciés mais de nombreuses distributions les incluent encore. Le projet\n"
+"/etc/net a pour but de supporter des technologies réseau plus modernes. Iproute2\n"
+"est habituellement fourni dans un paquet appelé iproute ou iproute2 et consiste\n"
+"en plusieurs outils dont les plus importants sont ip et tc. ip contrôle la\n"
+"configuration IPv4 et IPv6 tandis que tc se charge du contrôle du trafic. Ces\n"
+"deux outils sont accompagnés par leur manuel."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:827
+msgid "Tools for controlling the network subsystem in Linux"
+msgstr "Outils pour contrôler le sous-système réseau dans Linux"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:829
+msgid ""
+"This package includes the important tools for controlling the network\n"
+"subsystem of the Linux kernel.  This includes arp, hostname, ifconfig,\n"
+"netstat, rarp and route.  Additionally, this package contains utilities\n"
+"relating to particular network hardware types (plipconfig, slattach) and\n"
+"advanced aspects of IP configuration (iptunnel, ipmaddr)."
+msgstr ""
+"Ce paquet inclut des outils importants pour contrôler le sous-système réseau\n"
+"du noyau Linux. Cela inclut arp, hostname, ifconfig, netstat, rarp et route.\n"
+"Aditionnellement, ce paquet contient des utilitaires relatifs à des architectures\n"
+"particulières (pliconfig, slattach) et à des aspects avancés de la configuration\n"
+"réseau (iptunnel, ipmaddr)."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:862
+msgid "Library for working with POSIX capabilities"
+msgstr "Bibliothèque pour travailler avec les possibilités de POSIX"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:864
+msgid ""
+"Libcap2 provides a programming interface to POSIX capabilities on\n"
+"Linux-based operating systems."
+msgstr "Libcap2 fournit une interface de programmation POSIX aux systèmes basés sur Linux."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:896
+msgid "Manipulate Ethernet bridges"
+msgstr "Manipulation des ponts Ethernet"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:898
+msgid ""
+"Utilities for Linux's Ethernet bridging facilities.  A bridge is a way\n"
+"to connect two Ethernet segments together in a protocol independent way.\n"
+"Packets are forwarded based on Ethernet address, rather than IP address (like\n"
+"a router).  Since forwarding is done at Layer 2, all protocols can go\n"
+"transparently through a bridge."
+msgstr ""
+"Utilitaires pour la gestion des ponts ethernet sous Linux. Un pont est un\n"
+"moyen de connecter deux segments Ethernet indépendant du protocole utilisé.\n"
+"Les paquets sont transférés en se basant sur leur adresse Ethernet plutôt que\n"
+"sur leur adresse IP (contrairement aux routeurs). Le forwarding se faisant au\n"
+"niveau 2, tous les protocoles peuvent transiter de manière transparente sur un\n"
+"un pont."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:920
+msgid "NetLink protocol library suite"
+msgstr "Bibliothèqye pour le protocole NetLink"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:922
+msgid ""
+"The libnl suite is a collection of libraries providing APIs to netlink\n"
+"protocol based Linux kernel interfaces.  Netlink is an IPC mechanism primarly\n"
+"between the kernel and user space processes.  It was designed to be a more\n"
+"flexible successor to ioctl to provide mainly networking related kernel\n"
+"configuration and monitoring interfaces."
+msgstr ""
+"La suite libnl est une collection de bibliothèques fournissant des API pour\n"
+"le protocole netlink basé sur des interfaces du noyau Linux. Netlink est un\n"
+"mécanisme IPC intervenant entre le noyay et les processus utilisateur. Il\n"
+"est conçu pour être un successeur plus flexible à ioctl permettant de configurer\n"
+"le réseau au niveau noyau et surveiller les interfaces."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:955
+msgid "Analyze power consumption on Intel-based laptops"
+msgstr "Analyse de la consommation des portables basés sur Intel"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:957
+msgid ""
+"PowerTOP is a Linux tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and\n"
+"power management.  In addition to being a diagnostic tool, PowerTOP also has\n"
+"an interactive mode where the user can experiment various power management\n"
+"settings for cases where the operating system has not enabled these\n"
+"settings."
+msgstr ""
+"PowerTOP est un outil Linux permettant de diagnostiquer des problèmes de\n"
+"consommation électrique ou de gestion de l'énergie. En plus d'être un outil\n"
+"de diagnostique, PowerTOP propose aussi un mode interactif dans lequel\n"
+"l'utilisateur peut expérimenter de multiples configurations de gestion de\n"
+"l'énergie pour des cas où le système d'exploitation n'a pas "
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:979
+msgid "Audio mixer for X and the console"
+msgstr "Table de mixage audio basée sur X et la console"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:981
+msgid ""
+"Aumix adjusts an audio mixer from X, the console, a terminal,\n"
+"the command line or a script."
+msgstr ""
+"Aumix ajuste un mixer audio depuis X, la console, un terminal,\n"
+"la ligne de commande ou un script."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1005
+msgid "Displays the IO activity of running processes"
+msgstr "Affiche l'activité des entrées-sorties des processus en cours d'exécution."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1007
+msgid ""
+"Iotop is a Python program with a top like user interface to show the\n"
+"processes currently causing I/O."
+msgstr ""
+"Iotop est un programme Python doté d'une interface utilisateur affichant les\n"
+"entrées-sorties en cours des processus."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1058
+msgid "Support file systems implemented in user space"
+msgstr "Support des systèmes de fichiers implantés dans l'espace utilisateur."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1060
+msgid ""
+"As a consequence of its monolithic design, file system code for Linux\n"
+"normally goes into the kernel itself---which is not only a robustness issue,\n"
+"but also an impediment to system extensibility.  FUSE, for \"file systems in\n"
+"user space\", is a kernel module and user-space library that tries to address\n"
+"part of this problem by allowing users to run file system implementations as\n"
+"user-space processes."
+msgstr ""
+"Parce qu'il est basé sur un modèle monolithique, la gestion du système de\n"
+"de fichiers sous Linux se trouve normalement au sein du noyau, ce qui\n"
+"consititue un problème de robustesse et également une entrave\n"
+"à l'extensibilité du système. FUSE (File systems in user space) est\n"
+"un module noyau et une bibliothèque utilisateur destinée à résoudre\n"
+"ce problème en permettant aux utilisateurs de lancer les implantations de\n"
+"systèmes de fichiers comme des processus utilisateur."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1085
+msgid "User-space union file system"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1087
+msgid ""
+"UnionFS-FUSE is a flexible union file system implementation in user\n"
+"space, using the FUSE library.  Mounting a union file system allows you to\n"
+"\"aggregate\" the contents of several directories into a single mount point.\n"
+"UnionFS-FUSE additionally supports copy-on-write."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1112
+msgid "User-space union file system (statically linked)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1154
+msgid "Mount remote file systems over SSH"
+msgstr "Montage de systèmes de fichier distants avec SSH"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1156
+msgid ""
+"This is a file system client based on the SSH File Transfer Protocol.\n"
+"Since most SSH servers already support this protocol it is very easy to set\n"
+"up: on the server side there's nothing to do; on the client side mounting the\n"
+"file system is as easy as logging into the server with an SSH client."
+msgstr ""
+"Système de fichier client basé sur SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocole).\n"
+"Beaucoup de serveurs SSH supportant le protocole, ce client est très facile\n"
+"à configurer : il n'y a rien à faire du côté serveur ; du côté client, il est\n"
+"aussi facile de monter le système de fichiers que de se connecter avec un client\n"
+"SSH."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1204
+msgid "Tools for non-uniform memory access (NUMA) machines"
+msgstr "Outils pour les machines basées sur NUMA (non-uniform memory access)"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1206
+msgid ""
+"NUMA stands for Non-Uniform Memory Access, in other words a system whose\n"
+"memory is not all in one place.  The numactl program allows you to run your\n"
+"application program on specific CPU's and memory nodes.  It does this by\n"
+"supplying a NUMA memory policy to the operating system before running your\n"
+"program.\n"
+"\n"
+"The package contains other commands, such as numademo, numastat and memhog.\n"
+"The numademo command provides a quick overview of NUMA performance on your\n"
+"system."
+msgstr ""
+"NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) est un système dans lequel la mémoire est\n"
+"répartie en différents endroits. Le programme numactl permet de lancer une\n"
+"une application sur des noeuds CPU et mémoire spécifiques au moyen de politiques\n"
+"fournies au système d'exploitation avant le lancement du programme."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1269
+msgid "Linux keyboard utilities and keyboard maps"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1271
+msgid ""
+"This package contains keytable files and keyboard utilities compatible\n"
+"for systems using the Linux kernel.  This includes commands such as\n"
+"'loadkeys', 'setfont', 'kbdinfo', and 'chvt'."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1290
+msgid "Monitor file accesses"
+msgstr "Surveillance des accès fichier"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1292
+msgid ""
+"The inotify-tools packages provides a C library and command-line tools\n"
+"to use Linux' inotify mechanism, which allows file accesses to be monitored."
+msgstr ""
+"Le paquet inotify-tools fournit une bibliothèque C et des outils en ligne de commande\n"
+"permettant d'utiliser le mécanisme inotify de Linux qui autorise la surveillance\n"
+"des accès fichier."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1330
+msgid "Kernel module tools"
+msgstr "Outils de module noyau"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1331
+msgid ""
+"Kmod is a set of tools to handle common tasks with Linux\n"
+"kernel modules like insert, remove, list, check properties, resolve\n"
+"dependencies and aliases.\n"
+"\n"
+"These tools are designed on top of libkmod, a library that is shipped with\n"
+"kmod.  The aim is to be compatible with tools, configurations and indices\n"
+"from the module-init-tools project."
+msgstr ""
+"Kmod est un ensemble d'outils gérant les opérations courantes sur les\n"
+"les modules noyau comme insérer, supprimer, lister, vérifier les propriétés,\n"
+"résoudre les dépendances et alias.\n"
+"\n"
+"Ces outils sont construits au-dessus libkmod, une bibliothèque fournie avec\n"
+"kmod. L'objectif est d'être compatible avec les outils, les configurations et\n"
+"les indices du projet module-init-tools."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1380
+msgid "Userspace device management"
+msgstr "Gestion de périphériques utilisateurs"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1381
+msgid ""
+"Udev is a daemon which dynamically creates and removes\n"
+"device nodes from /dev/, handles hotplug events and loads drivers at boot\n"
+"time."
+msgstr ""
+"Udev est un daemon capable de créer et supprimer dynamiquement\n"
+"des noeuds de périphériques dans /dev/, gérer leur branchement à chaud\n"
+"et charger leur pilotes au démarrage."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1470
+msgid "Logical volume management for Linux"
+msgstr "Gestion de volumes logiques pour Linux"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1472
+msgid ""
+"LVM2 is the logical volume management tool set for Linux-based systems.\n"
+"This package includes the user-space libraries and tools, including the device\n"
+"mapper.  Kernel components are part of Linux-libre."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1499
+msgid "Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions"
+msgstr "Outils de manipulation d'extensions sans fil pour Linux"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1500
+msgid ""
+"Wireless Tools are used to manipulate the Linux Wireless\n"
+"Extensions.  The Wireless Extension is an interface allowing you to set\n"
+"Wireless LAN specific parameters and get the specific stats."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1572
+msgid "Utilities to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors"
+msgstr "Utilitaires pour la lecture de capteurs de tempéture/voltage/ventilateur"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1574
+msgid ""
+"Lm-sensors is a hardware health monitoring package for Linux.  It allows\n"
+"you to access information from temperature, voltage, and fan speed sensors.\n"
+"It works with most newer systems."
+msgstr ""
+"Lm-sensors est un utilitaire de monitoring hardware pour Linux. Il permet\n"
+"d'accéder à des informations sur les composants telles que la température,\n"
+"le voltage ou la vitesse des ventilatuers. Il fonctionne avec la plupart des\n"
+"systèmes les plus récents."
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1609
+msgid "Hardware health information viewer"
+msgstr "Utiltaire de monitoring hardware"
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1611
+msgid ""
+"Xsensors reads data from the libsensors library regarding hardware\n"
+"health such as temperature, voltage and fan speed and displays the information\n"
+"in a digital read-out."
+msgstr "Xsensors lit les données depuis la bibliothèque libsensors "
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1654
+msgid "Linux profiling with performance counters"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/linux.scm:1656
+msgid ""
+"perf is a tool suite for profiling using hardware performance counters,\n"
+"with support in the Linux kernel.  perf can instrument CPU performance\n"
+"counters, tracepoints, kprobes, and uprobes (dynamic tracing).  It is capable\n"
+"of lightweight profiling.  This package contains the user-land tools and in\n"
+"particular the 'perf' command."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/lout.scm:109
+msgid "Document layout system"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/lout.scm:111
+msgid ""
+"The Lout document formatting system reads a high-level description of\n"
+"a document similar in style to LaTeX and produces a PostScript or plain text\n"
+"output file.\n"
+"\n"
+"Lout offers an unprecedented range of advanced features, including optimal\n"
+"paragraph and page breaking, automatic hyphenation, PostScript EPS file\n"
+"inclusion and generation, equation formatting, tables, diagrams, rotation and\n"
+"scaling, sorted indexes, bibliographic databases, running headers and\n"
+"odd-even pages, automatic cross referencing, multilingual documents including\n"
+"hyphenation (most European languages are supported), formatting of computer\n"
+"programs, and much more, all ready to use.  Furthermore, Lout is easily\n"
+"extended with definitions which are very much easier to write than troff of\n"
+"TeX macros because Lout is a high-level, purely functional language, the\n"
+"outcome of an eight-year research project that went back to the\n"
+"beginning."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/mpd.scm:62
+msgid "Music Player Daemon client library"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/mpd.scm:63
+msgid ""
+"A stable, documented, asynchronous API library for\n"
+"interfacing MPD in the C, C++ & Objective C languages."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/mpd.scm:121
+msgid "Music Player Daemon"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/mpd.scm:122
+msgid ""
+"Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a flexible, powerful,\n"
+"server-side application for playing music.  Through plugins and libraries it\n"
+"can play a variety of sound files while being controlled by its network\n"
+"protocol."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/mpd.scm:147
+msgid "Curses Music Player Daemon client"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/mpd.scm:148
+msgid ""
+"ncmpc is a fully featured MPD client, which runs in a\n"
+"terminal using ncurses."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/mpd.scm:169
+msgid "Featureful ncurses based MPD client inspired by ncmpc"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/mpd.scm:170
+msgid ""
+"Ncmpcpp is an mpd client with a UI very similar to ncmpc,\n"
+"but it provides new useful features such as support for regular expressions\n"
+"for library searches, extended song format, items filtering, the ability to\n"
+"sort playlists, and a local filesystem browser."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/pdf.scm:79
+msgid "PDF rendering library"
+msgstr "Bibliothèque de rendu PDF"
+
+#: gnu/packages/pdf.scm:81
+msgid "Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/pdf.scm:124
+msgid "Viewer for PDF files based on the Motif toolkit"
+msgstr "Visionneuse pour fichiers PDF basée sur la boîte à outil Motif"
+
+#: gnu/packages/pdf.scm:126
+msgid "Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files"
+msgstr "Xpdf est une visionneuse pour fichiers PDF (Portable Document Format)"
+
+#: gnu/packages/pdf.scm:154
+msgid "Tools to work with the PDF file format"
+msgstr "Outils de manipulation de fichiers PDF"
+
+#: gnu/packages/pdf.scm:156
+msgid ""
+"PoDoFo is a C++ library and set of command-line tools to work with the\n"
+"PDF file format.  It can parse PDF files and load them into memory, and makes\n"
+"it easy to modify them and write the changes to disk.  It is primarily useful\n"
+"for applications that wish to do lower level manipulation of PDF, such as\n"
+"extracting content or merging files."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/pdf.scm:217
+msgid "Lightweight PDF viewer and toolkit"
+msgstr "Boite à outils légère pour la visualisation de documents PDF"
+
+#: gnu/packages/pdf.scm:219
+msgid ""
+"MuPDF is a C library that implements a PDF and XPS parsing and\n"
+"rendering engine.  It is used primarily to render pages into bitmaps,\n"
+"but also provides support for other operations such as searching and\n"
+"listing the table of contents and hyperlinks.\n"
+"\n"
+"The library ships with a rudimentary X11 viewer, and a set of command\n"
+"line tools for batch rendering (pdfdraw), examining the file structure\n"
+"(pdfshow), and rewriting files (pdfclean)."
+msgstr ""
+"MuPDF est une bibliothèque C permettant d'analyser et de faire le rendu de\n"
+"fichiers PDF et XPS. Elle est surtout utilisée pour effectuer le rendu de pages dans\n"
+"des bitmaps mais fournit aussi le support pour d'autres opérations comme la recherche\n"
+"et l'affichage de tables des matières et d'hyperliens.\n"
+"\n"
+"La bibliothèque est fournie avec une visionneuse rudimentaire X11 et un ensemble\n"
+"d'outils en ligne de commande pour le rendu par lots (pdfdraw), l'analyse de structure\n"
+"(pdfshow), et la réécriture de fichiers (pdfclean)."
+
+#: gnu/packages/ratpoison.scm:60
+msgid "Simple mouse-free tiling window manager"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/ratpoison.scm:62
+msgid ""
+"Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library\n"
+"dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no\n"
+"rodent dependence.  It is largely modelled after GNU Screen which\n"
+"has done wonders in the virtual terminal market.\n"
+"\n"
+"The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames.  All windows\n"
+"are kept maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of\n"
+"your precious screen real estate.\n"
+"\n"
+"All interaction with the window manager is done through keystrokes.\n"
+"Ratpoison has a prefix map to minimize the key clobbering that\n"
+"cripples Emacs and other quality pieces of software."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/scanner.scm:52
+msgid "Raster image scanner library and drivers"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/scanner.scm:53
+msgid ""
+"SANE stands for \"Scanner Access Now Easy\" and is an API\n"
+"proving access to any raster image scanner hardware (flatbed scanner,\n"
+"hand-held scanner, video- and still-cameras, frame-grabbers, etc.).  The\n"
+"package contains the library and drivers."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/scheme.scm:126
+msgid "A Scheme implementation with integrated editor and debugger"
+msgstr "Une implantation de Scheme avec éditeur et débogueur intégrés"
+
+#: gnu/packages/scheme.scm:128
+msgid ""
+"GNU/MIT Scheme is an implementation of the Scheme programming\n"
+"language.  It provides an interpreter, a compiler and a debugger.  It also\n"
+"features an integrated Emacs-like editor and a large runtime library."
+msgstr ""
+"GNU/MIT Scheme est une implantation du langage de programmation Scheme\n"
+"Il fournit un interpréteur, un compilateur et un débogueur. Il intègre\n"
+"également un éditeur sur le modèle d'Emacs et une librairie d'exécution complète."
+
+#: gnu/packages/scheme.scm:208
+msgid "Efficient Scheme compiler"
+msgstr "Compilateur Scheme efficace"
+
+#: gnu/packages/scheme.scm:210
+msgid ""
+"Bigloo is a Scheme implementation devoted to one goal: enabling\n"
+"Scheme based programming style where C(++) is usually\n"
+"required.  Bigloo attempts to make Scheme practical by offering\n"
+"features usually presented by traditional programming languages\n"
+"but not offered by Scheme and functional programming.  Bigloo\n"
+"compiles Scheme modules.  It delivers small and fast stand alone\n"
+"binary executables.  Bigloo enables full connections between\n"
+"Scheme and C programs and between Scheme and Java programs."
+msgstr ""
+"Bigloo est une implantation de Scheme tournée vers un seul but: \n"
+"permettre un style de programmation basé sur Schema là où C(++)\n"
+"est généralement requis. Bigloo "
+
+#: gnu/packages/scheme.scm:281
+msgid "Multi-tier programming language for the Web 2.0"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/scheme.scm:283
+msgid ""
+"HOP is a multi-tier programming language for the Web 2.0 and the\n"
+"so-called diffuse Web.  It is designed for programming interactive web\n"
+"applications in many fields such as multimedia (web galleries, music players,\n"
+"...), ubiquitous and house automation (SmartPhones, personal appliance),\n"
+"mashups, office (web agendas, mail clients, ...), etc."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/scheme.scm:323
+msgid "R5RS Scheme implementation that compiles native code via C"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: gnu/packages/scheme.scm:325
+msgid ""
+"CHICKEN is a compiler for the Scheme programming language.  CHICKEN\n"
+"produces portable and efficient C, supports almost all of the R5RS Scheme\n"
+"language standard, and includes many enhancements and extensions."
+msgstr ""
+"CHICKEN est un compilateur pour le langage de programmation Scheme. CHICKEN\n"
+"produit du C portable et efficace, supporte l'essentiel du standard R5RS et\n"
+"incult de nombreuses améliorations et extensions."
+
+#: gnu/packages/scheme.scm:344
+msgid "Scheme implementation using a bytecode interpreter"
+msgstr "Implantation de Scheme utilisanat un interpréteur pour bytecode"
+
+#: gnu/packages/scheme.scm:346
+msgid ""
+"Scheme 48 is an implementation of Scheme based on a byte-code\n"
+"interpreter and is designed to be used as a testbed for experiments in\n"
+"implementation techniques and as an expository tool."
+msgstr ""
+"Scheme 48 est une implantation de Scheme basée sur un interpréteur bytecode\n"
+"destinée à être utilisée comme un banc d'essai pour des expérimentations\n"
+"portant sur des techniques d'implantation et comme un outil d'exposition."
+
+#: gnu/packages/scheme.scm:419
+msgid "Implementation of Scheme and related languages"
+msgstr "Implantation de Scheme et d'autres langages associés"
+
+#: gnu/packages/scheme.scm:421
+msgid ""
+"Racket is an implementation of the Scheme programming language (R5RS and\n"
+"R6RS) and related languages, such as Typed Racket.  It features a compiler and\n"
+"a virtual machine with just-in-time native compilation, as well as a large set\n"
+"of libraries."
+msgstr ""
+"Racket est une implantation du langage de programmation Schema (R5RS et R6RS)\n"
+"et de langages associés comme Typed Racket. Racket fournit un compilateur et\n"
+"une machine virtuelle avec compilation à la volée ainsi qu'un ensemble de\n"
+"bibliothèques."
+
+#: gnu/packages/wordnet.scm:79
+msgid "Lexical database for the English language"
+msgstr "Base de données lexicale pour la langue anglaise"
+
+#: gnu/packages/wordnet.scm:81
+msgid ""
+"WordNet® is a large lexical database of English.  Nouns, verbs,\n"
+"adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms\n"
+"(synsets), each expressing a distinct concept.  Synsets are interlinked by\n"
+"means of conceptual-semantic and lexical relations.  The resulting network of\n"
+"meaningfully related words and concepts can be navigated with the browser.\n"
+"WordNet is also freely and publicly available for download.  WordNet's\n"
+"structure makes it a useful tool for computational linguistics and natural\n"
+"language processing."
+msgstr ""
+"WordNet® est une vaste base de données pour la langue anglaise. Noms, verbes,\n"
+"adjectifs et adverbes sont regoupés en"
+
+#: gnu/packages/zip.scm:56
+msgid "Compression and file packing utility"
+msgstr "Utilitaire de compression et de paquetage de fichiers"
+
+#: gnu/packages/zip.scm:58
+msgid ""
+"Zip is a compression and file packaging/archive utility.  Zip is useful\n"
+"for packaging a set of files for distribution, for archiving files, and for\n"
+"saving disk space by temporarily compressing unused files or directories.\n"
+"Zip puts one or more compressed files into a single ZIP archive, along with\n"
+"information about the files (name, path, date, time of last modification,\n"
+"protection, and check information to verify file integrity).  An entire\n"
+"directory structure can be packed into a ZIP archive with a single command.\n"
+"\n"
+"Zip has one compression method (deflation) and can also store files without\n"
+"compression.  Zip automatically chooses the better of the two for each file.\n"
+"Compression ratios of 2:1 to 3:1 are common for text files."
+msgstr ""
+"Zip est un utilitaire de compression et de paquetage/archivage. Zip est utile\n"
+"pour regrouper des fichiers à distribuer, pour archiver ou pour gagner\n"
+"temporairement de l'espace sur le disque en compressant des fichiers ou\n"
+"répertoires inutilisés. Zip compresse un ou plusieurs fichiers en une seule\n"
+"archive ZIP tout en concervant certaines informations (nom, chemin, date de\n"
+"dernière modification, protection et contrôle d'intégrité). Un répertoire\n"
+"et tout son contenu peuvent être convertis en une archive ZIP à l'aide d'une\n"
+"seule commande. \n"
+"\n"
+"Zip possède une méthode de compression (deflation) et peut aussi stocker des\n"
+"fichiers sans les compresser. Zip choisit la meilleure des deux possibilités\n"
+"pour chaque fichier.Des ratios de compression de 2 à 3 sont généralement\n"
+"atteignables pour les fichiers texte."
+
+#: gnu/packages/zip.scm:98
+msgid "Decompression and file extraction utility"
+msgstr "Utilitaire de décompression et d'extraction de fichiers"
+
+#: gnu/packages/zip.scm:100
+msgid ""
+"UnZip is an extraction utility for archives compressed in .zip format,\n"
+"also called \"zipfiles\".\n"
+"\n"
+"UnZip lists, tests, or extracts files from a .zip archive.  The default\n"
+"behaviour (with no options) is to extract into the current directory, and\n"
+"subdirectories below it, all files from the specified zipfile.  UnZip\n"
+"recreates the stored directory structure by default."
+msgstr ""
+"UnZip est un utilitaire d'extraction pour les archives compressées\n"
+"au format .zip.\n"
+"Unzip liste, teste ou extrait des fichiers depuis une archive .zip. Par défaut\n"
+"(aucune option fournie), Unzip extrait les fichiers de l'archive\n"
+"vers le répertoire courant et ses sous-répertoires. Unzip recrée par défaut la\n"
+"structure des répertoires contenus dans l'archive."
+
+#: gnu/packages/zip.scm:134
+msgid "Library for accessing zip files"
+msgstr "Bibliothèque de manipulation des fichiers zip"
+
+#: gnu/packages/zip.scm:136
+msgid "ZZipLib is a library based on zlib for accessing zip files."
+msgstr "ZZipLib est une bibliothèque basée sur zlip pour la manipulation de fichiers zip."
+
+#: gnu/packages/zip.scm:154
+msgid "Provides an interface to ZIP archive files"
+msgstr "Fournit une interface pour les archives ZIP"
+
+#: gnu/packages/zip.scm:155
+msgid ""
+"The Archive::Zip module allows a Perl program to create,\n"
+"manipulate, read, and write Zip archive files."
+msgstr ""
+"Le module Archive::Zip permet à un programme Perl de créer,\n"
+"manipuler, lire et écrire des archives Zip."
+
+#: gnu/packages/zsh.scm:63
+msgid "Powerful shell for interactive use and scripting"
+msgstr "Shell puissant pour un usage interactif et l'écriture de scripts"
+
+#: gnu/packages/zsh.scm:64
+msgid ""
+"The Z shell (zsh) is a Unix shell that can be used\n"
+"as an interactive login shell and as a powerful command interpreter\n"
+"for shell scripting.  Zsh can be thought of as an extended Bourne shell\n"
+"with a large number of improvements, including some features of bash,\n"
+"ksh, and tcsh."
+msgstr ""
+"Le Z shell (zsh) est un shell Unix pouvant être utilisé comme un shell\n"
+"interactif de connexion et un puissant interpréteur de commande pour l'écriture de scripts\n"
+"shell. Zsh peut être vu comme un Bourn shell étendu doté de nombreuses améliorations\n"
+"et incluant certaines fonctionnalités de bash, ksh et tcsh."
diff --git a/tests/profiles.scm b/tests/profiles.scm
index 61c801c351..d816248994 100644
--- a/tests/profiles.scm
+++ b/tests/profiles.scm
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 (define %store
   (open-connection-for-tests))
 
+(define-syntax-rule (test-assertm name exp)
+  (test-assert name
+    (run-with-store %store exp
+                    #:guile-for-build (%guile-for-build))))
+
 ;; Example manifest entries.
 
 (define guile-1.8.8
@@ -156,19 +161,18 @@
            (equal? (list glibc) install)
            (equal? (list (cons guile-1.8.8 guile-2.0.9)) upgrade)))))
 
-(test-assert "profile-derivation"
-  (run-with-store %store
-    (mlet* %store-monad
-        ((entry ->   (package->manifest-entry %bootstrap-guile))
-         (guile      (package->derivation %bootstrap-guile))
-         (drv        (profile-derivation (manifest (list entry))
-                                         #:info-dir? #f))
-         (profile -> (derivation->output-path drv))
-         (bindir ->  (string-append profile "/bin"))
-         (_          (built-derivations (list drv))))
-      (return (and (file-exists? (string-append bindir "/guile"))
-                   (string=? (dirname (readlink bindir))
-                             (derivation->output-path guile)))))))
+(test-assertm "profile-derivation"
+  (mlet* %store-monad
+      ((entry ->   (package->manifest-entry %bootstrap-guile))
+       (guile      (package->derivation %bootstrap-guile))
+       (drv        (profile-derivation (manifest (list entry))
+                                       #:info-dir? #f))
+       (profile -> (derivation->output-path drv))
+       (bindir ->  (string-append profile "/bin"))
+       (_          (built-derivations (list drv))))
+    (return (and (file-exists? (string-append bindir "/guile"))
+                 (string=? (dirname (readlink bindir))
+                           (derivation->output-path guile))))))
 
 (test-end "profiles")
 
diff --git a/tests/syscalls.scm b/tests/syscalls.scm
index d65ec82740..21d6637ff6 100644
--- a/tests/syscalls.scm
+++ b/tests/syscalls.scm
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
      (lset<= string=? names (all-network-interfaces)))))
 
 (test-assert "network-interface-flags"
-  (let* ((sock  (socket SOCK_STREAM AF_INET 0))
+  (let* ((sock  (socket AF_INET SOCK_STREAM 0))
          (flags (network-interface-flags sock "lo")))
     (close-port sock)
     (and (not (zero? (logand flags IFF_LOOPBACK)))
@@ -90,6 +90,38 @@
          (lambda args
            (system-error-errno args)))))
 
+(test-skip (if (zero? (getuid)) 1 0))
+(test-equal "set-network-interface-flags"
+  EPERM
+  (let ((sock (socket AF_INET SOCK_STREAM 0)))
+    (catch 'system-error
+      (lambda ()
+        (set-network-interface-flags sock "lo" IFF_UP))
+      (lambda args
+        (close-port sock)
+        (system-error-errno args)))))
+
+(test-equal "network-interface-address lo"
+  (make-socket-address AF_INET (inet-pton AF_INET "127.0.0.1") 0)
+  (let* ((sock (socket AF_INET SOCK_STREAM 0))
+         (addr (network-interface-address sock "lo")))
+    (close-port sock)
+    addr))
+
+(test-equal "set-network-interface-address"
+  EPERM
+  (let ((sock (socket AF_INET SOCK_STREAM 0)))
+    (catch 'system-error
+      (lambda ()
+        (set-network-interface-address sock "nonexistent"
+                                       (make-socket-address
+                                        AF_INET
+                                        (inet-pton AF_INET "127.12.14.15")
+                                        0)))
+      (lambda args
+        (close-port sock)
+        (system-error-errno args)))))
+
 (test-end)