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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-08-25 21:31:37 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-08-26 00:51:56 +0200
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services: mcron: Validate jobs at build time.
That way, run-time errors in the job specs are caught at build time. * gnu/services/mcron.scm (job-file): Remove. (job-files): New procedure. (mcron-shepherd-services): Adjust accordingly.
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/mcron.scm b/gnu/services/mcron.scm
index d9627c6bd0..045d6e2fe8 100644
--- a/gnu/services/mcron.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/mcron.scm
@@ -57,8 +57,26 @@
(jobs mcron-configuration-jobs ;list of <mcron-job>
(default '())))
-(define (job-file job)
- (scheme-file "mcron-job" job))
+(define (job-files mcron jobs)
+ "Return a list of file-like object for JOBS, a list of gexps."
+ (define (validated-file job)
+ ;; This procedure behaves like 'scheme-file' but it runs 'mcron
+ ;; --schedule' to detect any error in JOB.
+ (computed-file "mcron-job"
+ (with-imported-modules '((guix build utils))
+ #~(begin
+ (use-modules (guix build utils))
+
+ (call-with-output-file "job"
+ (lambda (port)
+ (write '#$job port)))
+
+ (invoke #+(file-append mcron "/bin/mcron")
+ "--schedule=20" "job")
+ (copy-file "job" #$output)))
+ #:options '(#:env-vars (("COLUMNS" . "150")))))
+
+ (map validated-file jobs))
(define (shepherd-schedule-action mcron files)
"Return a Shepherd action that runs MCRON with '--schedule' for the given
@@ -101,7 +119,7 @@ files."
(($ <mcron-configuration> mcron ()) ;nothing to do!
'())
(($ <mcron-configuration> mcron jobs)
- (let ((files (map job-file jobs)))
+ (let ((files (job-files mcron jobs)))
(list (shepherd-service
(provision '(mcron))
(requirement '(user-processes))