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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi17
-rw-r--r--gnu/services.scm20
-rw-r--r--guix/gexp.scm32
3 files changed, 49 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 2ccba98092..ce8b977e1b 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4990,6 +4990,23 @@ as in:
This is the declarative counterpart of @code{text-file*}.
@end deffn
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} file-union @var{name} @var{files}
+Return a @code{<computed-file>} that builds a directory containing all of @var{files}.
+Each item in @var{files} must be a two-element list where the first element is the
+file name to use in the new directory, and the second element is a gexp
+denoting the target file. Here's an example:
+
+@example
+(file-union "etc"
+ `(("hosts" ,(plain-file "hosts"
+ "127.0.0.1 localhost"))
+ ("bashrc" ,(plain-file "bashrc"
+ "alias ls='ls --color'"))))
+@end example
+
+This yields an @code{etc} directory containing these two files.
+@end deffn
+
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} file-append @var{obj} @var{suffix} @dots{}
Return a file-like object that expands to the concatenation of @var{obj}
and @var{suffix}, where @var{obj} is a lowerable object and each
diff --git a/gnu/services.scm b/gnu/services.scm
index 0bd3620852..bc866eafe3 100644
--- a/gnu/services.scm
+++ b/gnu/services.scm
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
%activation-service
etc-service
- file-union ;XXX: for lack of a better place
directory-union))
;;; Comment:
@@ -388,25 +387,6 @@ boot."
(list (service-extension boot-service-type
cleanup-gexp)))))
-(define* (file-union name files) ;FIXME: Factorize.
- "Return a <computed-file> that builds a directory containing all of FILES.
-Each item in FILES must be a list where the first element is the file name to
-use in the new directory, and the second element is a gexp denoting the target
-file."
- (computed-file name
- #~(begin
- (mkdir #$output)
- (chdir #$output)
- #$@(map (match-lambda
- ((target source)
- #~(begin
- ;; Stat the source to abort early if it
- ;; does not exist.
- (stat #$source)
-
- (symlink #$source #$target))))
- files))))
-
(define (directory-union name things)
"Return a directory that is the union of THINGS."
(match things
diff --git a/guix/gexp.scm b/guix/gexp.scm
index 2622c5cb62..9835599bb8 100644
--- a/guix/gexp.scm
+++ b/guix/gexp.scm
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
gexp->script
text-file*
mixed-text-file
+ file-union
imported-files
imported-modules
compiled-modules
@@ -1171,6 +1172,37 @@ This is the declarative counterpart of 'text-file*'."
(computed-file name build))
+(define (file-union name files)
+ "Return a <computed-file> that builds a directory containing all of FILES.
+Each item in FILES must be a two-element list where the first element is the
+file name to use in the new directory, and the second element is a gexp
+denoting the target file. Here's an example:
+
+ (file-union \"etc\"
+ `((\"hosts\" ,(plain-file \"hosts\"
+ \"127.0.0.1 localhost\"))
+ (\"bashrc\" ,(plain-file \"bashrc\"
+ \"alias ls='ls --color'\"))))
+
+This yields an 'etc' directory containing these two files."
+ (computed-file name
+ (gexp
+ (begin
+ (mkdir (ungexp output))
+ (chdir (ungexp output))
+ (ungexp-splicing
+ (map (match-lambda
+ ((target source)
+ (gexp
+ (begin
+ ;; Stat the source to abort early if it does
+ ;; not exist.
+ (stat (ungexp source))
+
+ (symlink (ungexp source)
+ (ungexp target))))))
+ files))))))
+
;;;
;;; Syntactic sugar.