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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (guix gcrypt)
+  #:use-module (guix config)
+  #:use-module (system foreign)
+  #:export (gcrypt-version
+            libgcrypt-func))
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;;
+;;; Common code for the GNU Libgcrypt bindings.  Loading this module
+;;; initializes Libgcrypt as a side effect.
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(define libgcrypt-func
+  (let ((lib (dynamic-link %libgcrypt)))
+    (lambda (func)
+      "Return a pointer to symbol FUNC in libgcrypt."
+      (dynamic-func func lib))))
+
+(define gcrypt-version
+  ;; According to the manual, this function must be called before any other,
+  ;; and it's not clear whether it can be called more than once.  So call it
+  ;; right here from the top level.
+  (let* ((ptr     (libgcrypt-func "gcry_check_version"))
+         (proc    (pointer->procedure '* ptr '(*)))
+         (version (pointer->string (proc %null-pointer))))
+    (lambda ()
+      "Return the version number of libgcrypt as a string."
+      version)))
+
+;;; gcrypt.scm ends here