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-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/package.scm10
-rw-r--r--guix/ui.scm11
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/package.scm b/guix/scripts/package.scm
index d8689490b7..adbc4a1828 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/package.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/package.scm
@@ -435,14 +435,14 @@ return the new list of manifest entries."
(define upgrade-regexps
(filter-map (match-lambda
(('upgrade . regexp)
- (make-regexp (or regexp "")))
+ (make-regexp* (or regexp "")))
(_ #f))
opts))
(define do-not-upgrade-regexps
(filter-map (match-lambda
(('do-not-upgrade . regexp)
- (make-regexp regexp))
+ (make-regexp* regexp))
(_ #f))
opts))
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ more information.~%"))
#t)
(('list-installed regexp)
- (let* ((regexp (and regexp (make-regexp regexp)))
+ (let* ((regexp (and regexp (make-regexp* regexp)))
(manifest (profile-manifest profile))
(installed (manifest-entries manifest)))
(leave-on-EPIPE
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ more information.~%"))
#t))
(('list-available regexp)
- (let* ((regexp (and regexp (make-regexp regexp)))
+ (let* ((regexp (and regexp (make-regexp* regexp)))
(available (fold-packages
(lambda (p r)
(let ((n (package-name p)))
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ more information.~%"))
#t))
(('search regexp)
- (let ((regexp (make-regexp regexp regexp/icase)))
+ (let ((regexp (make-regexp* regexp regexp/icase)))
(leave-on-EPIPE
(for-each (cute package->recutils <> (current-output-port))
(find-packages-by-description regexp)))
diff --git a/guix/ui.scm b/guix/ui.scm
index 72208e7de7..312c2a01a1 100644
--- a/guix/ui.scm
+++ b/guix/ui.scm
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
warn-about-load-error
show-version-and-exit
show-bug-report-information
+ make-regexp*
string->number*
size->number
show-derivation-outputs
@@ -350,6 +351,16 @@ General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>"))
(list (strerror (car errno)) target)
(list errno)))))))
+(define (make-regexp* regexp . flags)
+ "Like 'make-regexp' but error out if REGEXP is invalid, reporting the error
+nicely."
+ (catch 'regular-expression-syntax
+ (lambda ()
+ (apply make-regexp regexp flags))
+ (lambda (key proc message . rest)
+ (leave (_ "'~a' is not a valid regular expression: ~a~%")
+ regexp message))))
+
(define (string->number* str)
"Like `string->number', but error out with an error message on failure."
(or (string->number str)