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-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/pull.scm52
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/pull.scm b/guix/scripts/pull.scm
index 5ff2ce0cc1..23f20493d1 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/pull.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/pull.scm
@@ -60,38 +60,28 @@ files."
(tarball (assoc-ref %build-inputs "tarball")))
(define* (compile-file* file #:key output-file (opts '()))
- ;; Like 'compile-file', but remove any (guix …) and (gnu …) modules
- ;; created during the process as an ugly workaround for
+ ;; Like 'compile-file', but in a separate process, to work around
;; <http://bugs.gnu.org/15602> (FIXME). This ensures correctness,
- ;; but is overly conservative and very slow.
-
- (define (module-directory+file module)
- ;; Return the directory for MODULE, like the 'dir-hint' in
- ;; boot-9.scm.
- (match (module-name module)
- ((beginning ... last)
- (values (string-concatenate
- (map (lambda (elt)
- (string-append (symbol->string elt)
- file-name-separator-string))
- beginning))
- (symbol->string last)))))
-
- (define (clear-module-tree! root)
- ;; Delete all the modules under ROOT.
- (hash-for-each (lambda (name module)
- (module-remove! root name)
- (let-values (((dir name)
- (module-directory+file module)))
- (set-autoloaded! dir name #f))
- (clear-module-tree! module))
- (module-submodules root))
- (hash-clear! (module-submodules root)))
-
- (compile-file file #:output-file output-file #:opts opts)
-
- (for-each (compose clear-module-tree! resolve-module)
- '((guix) (gnu))))
+ ;; but is overly conservative and very slow. The solution
+ ;; initially implemented (and described in the bug above) was
+ ;; slightly faster but consumed memory proportional to the number
+ ;; of modules, which quickly became unacceptable.
+ (match (primitive-fork)
+ (0
+ (catch #t
+ (lambda ()
+ (compile-file file
+ #:output-file output-file
+ #:opts opts)
+ (primitive-exit 0))
+ (lambda (key . args)
+ (print-exception (current-error-port) #f key args)
+ (primitive-exit 1))))
+ (pid
+ (match (waitpid pid)
+ ((_ . status)
+ (unless (zero? (status:exit-val status))
+ (error "failed to compile file" file status)))))))
(setenv "PATH" (string-append tar "/bin:" gzip "/bin"))