channels: Compute a package cache and use it.

* gnu/packages.scm (cache-is-authoritative?, load-package-cache)
(cache-lookup, generate-package-cache): New procedures.
(%package-cache-file): New variable.
(find-packages-by-name): Rename to...
(find-packages-by-name/direct): ... this.
(find-packages-by-name): Rewrite to use the package cache when
'cache-is-authoritative?' returns true.
* tests/packages.scm ("find-packages-by-name + version, with cache")
("find-packages-by-name with cache"): New tests.
* guix/channels.scm (package-cache-file): New procedure.
(%channel-profile-hooks): New variable.
(channel-instances->derivation): Use it in #:hooks.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (build-and-use-profile): Add #:hooks and
honor it.
* guix/scripts/pull.scm (build-and-install): Pass #:hooks to
UPDATE-PROFILE.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/packages.scm b/tests/packages.scm
index eb8ede3207..2720ba5a15 100644
--- a/tests/packages.scm
+++ b/tests/packages.scm
@@ -1005,6 +1005,24 @@
     (((? (cut eq? hello <>))) #t)
     (wrong (pk 'find-packages-by-name wrong #f))))
 
+(test-equal "find-packages-by-name with cache"
+  (find-packages-by-name "guile")
+  (call-with-temporary-directory
+   (lambda (cache)
+     (generate-package-cache cache)
+     (mock ((guix describe) current-profile (const cache))
+           (mock ((gnu packages) cache-is-authoritative? (const #t))
+                 (find-packages-by-name "guile"))))))
+
+(test-equal "find-packages-by-name + version, with cache"
+  (find-packages-by-name "guile" "2")
+  (call-with-temporary-directory
+   (lambda (cache)
+     (generate-package-cache cache)
+     (mock ((guix describe) current-profile (const cache))
+           (mock ((gnu packages) cache-is-authoritative? (const #t))
+                 (find-packages-by-name "guile" "2"))))))
+
 (test-assert "--search-paths with pattern"
   ;; Make sure 'guix package --search-paths' correctly reports environment
   ;; variables when file patterns are used (in particular, it must follow