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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-12-14 19:52:47 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-12-14 19:57:42 +0100
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gexp: 'local-file' resolves relative file names.
* guix/gexp.scm (<local-file>): Rename constructor to '%%local-file'. Add 'absolute' field. (%local-file, extract-directory, absolute-file-name): New procedures. (current-source-directory): New macro. (local-file): Adjust call to '%local-file'. (local-file-absolute-file-name): New procedure. (local-file-compiler): Force the 'absolute' field. * tests/guix-system.sh: Test whether 'local-file' canonicalization works. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Adjust.
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@@ -3489,8 +3489,9 @@ content is directly passed as a string.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} local-file @var{file} [@var{name}] @
[#:recursive? #t]
Return an object representing local file @var{file} to add to the store; this
-object can be used in a gexp. @var{file} will be added to the store under @var{name}--by
-default the base name of @var{file}.
+object can be used in a gexp. If @var{file} is a relative file name, it is looked
+up relative to the source file where this form appears. @var{file} will be added to
+the store under @var{name}--by default the base name of @var{file}.
When @var{recursive?} is true, the contents of @var{file} are added recursively; if @var{file}
designates a flat file and @var{recursive?} is true, its contents are added, and its