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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-02-25 12:12:50 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-02-25 12:44:41 +0100
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store: Clarify documentation of 'valid-path?'.
* guix/store.scm (valid-path?): Improve docstring. * doc/guix.texi (The Store): Update accordingly.
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diff --git a/guix/store.scm b/guix/store.scm
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--- a/guix/store.scm
+++ b/guix/store.scm
@@ -582,7 +582,12 @@ encoding conversion errors."
(operation (name args ...) docstring return ...)))
(define-operation (valid-path? (string path))
- "Return #t when PATH is a valid store path."
+ "Return #t when PATH designates a valid store item and #f otherwise (an
+invalid item may exist on disk but still be invalid, for instance because it
+is the result of an aborted or failed build.)
+
+A '&nix-protocol-error' condition is raised if PATH is not prefixed by the
+store directory (/gnu/store)."
boolean)
(define-operation (query-path-hash (store-path path))