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diff --git a/guix/build/union.scm b/guix/build/union.scm
index d46b750035..1179f1234b 100644
--- a/guix/build/union.scm
+++ b/guix/build/union.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2014 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Huang Ying <huang.ying.caritas@gmail.com>
;;;
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
#:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
#:use-module (rnrs bytevectors)
#:use-module (rnrs io ports)
- #:export (union-build))
+ #:export (union-build
+
+ warn-about-collision))
;;; Commentary:
;;;
@@ -76,14 +78,29 @@ identical, #f otherwise."
(or (eof-object? n1)
(loop))))))))))))))
+(define (warn-about-collision files)
+ "Handle the collision among FILES by emitting a warning and choosing the
+first one of THEM."
+ (format (current-error-port)
+ "~%warning: collision encountered:~%~{ ~a~%~}"
+ files)
+ (let ((file (first files)))
+ (format (current-error-port) "warning: choosing ~a~%" file)
+ file))
+
(define* (union-build output inputs
#:key (log-port (current-error-port))
(create-all-directories? #f)
- (symlink symlink))
+ (symlink symlink)
+ (resolve-collision warn-about-collision))
"Build in the OUTPUT directory a symlink tree that is the union of all the
INPUTS, using SYMLINK to create symlinks. As a special case, if
CREATE-ALL-DIRECTORIES?, creates the subdirectories in the output directory to
-make sure the caller can modify them later."
+make sure the caller can modify them later.
+
+When two or more regular files collide, call RESOLVE-COLLISION with the list
+of colliding files and use the one that it returns; or, if RESOLVE-COLLISION
+returns #f, skip the faulty file altogether."
(define (symlink* input output)
(format log-port "`~a' ~~> `~a'~%" input output)
@@ -92,17 +109,10 @@ make sure the caller can modify them later."
(define (resolve-collisions output dirs files)
(cond ((null? dirs)
;; The inputs are all files.
- (format (current-error-port)
- "~%warning: collision encountered:~%~{~a~%~}"
- files)
-
- (let ((file (first files)))
- ;; TODO: Implement smarter strategies.
- (format (current-error-port)
- "warning: arbitrarily choosing ~a~%"
- file)
-
- (symlink* file output)))
+ (match (resolve-collision files)
+ (#f #f)
+ ((? string? file)
+ (symlink* file output))))
(else
;; The inputs are a mixture of files and directories