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-rw-r--r--guix/packages.scm14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/guix/packages.scm b/guix/packages.scm
index de87681fcd..96f3adfc32 100644
--- a/guix/packages.scm
+++ b/guix/packages.scm
@@ -135,7 +135,13 @@
(method origin-method) ; procedure
(sha256 origin-sha256) ; bytevector
(file-name origin-file-name (default #f)) ; optional file name
- (patches origin-patches (default '())) ; list of file names
+
+ ;; Patches are delayed so that the 'search-patch' calls are made lazily,
+ ;; which reduces I/O on startup and allows patch-not-found errors to be
+ ;; gracefully handled at run time.
+ (patches origin-patches ; list of file names
+ (default '()) (delayed))
+
(snippet origin-snippet (default #f)) ; sexp or #f
(patch-flags origin-patch-flags ; list of strings
(default '("-p1")))
@@ -157,7 +163,7 @@
(($ <origin> uri method sha256 file-name patches)
(simple-format port "#<origin ~s ~a ~s ~a>"
uri (bytevector->base32-string sha256)
- patches
+ (force patches)
(number->string (object-address origin) 16)))))
(set-record-type-printer! <origin> print-origin)
@@ -937,10 +943,10 @@ cross-compilation target triplet."
SOURCE is a file name, return either the interned file name (if SOURCE is
outside of the store) or SOURCE itself (if SOURCE is already a store item.)"
(match source
- (($ <origin> uri method sha256 name () #f)
+ (($ <origin> uri method sha256 name (= force ()) #f)
;; No patches, no snippet: this is a fixed-output derivation.
(method uri 'sha256 sha256 name #:system system))
- (($ <origin> uri method sha256 name (patches ...) snippet
+ (($ <origin> uri method sha256 name (= force (patches ...)) snippet
(flags ...) inputs (modules ...) (imported-modules ...)
guile-for-build)
;; Patches and/or a snippet.