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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi13
-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/build.scm45
-rw-r--r--tests/guix-build.sh27
3 files changed, 68 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 1bb7125fa2..9878b93ddb 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -3615,6 +3615,19 @@ The @var{options} may be zero or more of the following:
@table @code
+@item --file=@var{file}
+@itemx -f @var{file}
+
+Build the package or derivation that the code within @var{file}
+evaluates to.
+
+As an example, @var{file} might contain a package definition like this
+(@pxref{Defining Packages}):
+
+@example
+@verbatiminclude package-hello.scm
+@end example
+
@item --expression=@var{expr}
@itemx -e @var{expr}
Build the package or derivation @var{expr} evaluates to.
diff --git a/guix/scripts/build.scm b/guix/scripts/build.scm
index a357cf8aa4..ee7e5b958c 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/build.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/build.scm
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ Build the given PACKAGE-OR-DERIVATION and return their output paths.\n"))
(display (_ "
-e, --expression=EXPR build the package or derivation EXPR evaluates to"))
(display (_ "
+ -f, --file=FILE build the package or derivation that the code within
+ FILE evaluates to"))
+ (display (_ "
-S, --source build the packages' source derivations"))
(display (_ "
--sources[=TYPE] build source derivations; TYPE may optionally be one
@@ -359,6 +362,9 @@ must be one of 'package', 'all', or 'transitive'~%")
(option '(#\e "expression") #t #f
(lambda (opt name arg result)
(alist-cons 'expression arg result)))
+ (option '(#\f "file") #t #f
+ (lambda (opt name arg result)
+ (alist-cons 'file arg result)))
(option '(#\n "dry-run") #f #f
(lambda (opt name arg result)
(alist-cons 'dry-run? #t result)))
@@ -422,29 +428,34 @@ packages."
(define system
(or (assoc-ref opts 'system) (%current-system)))
+ (define (object->argument obj)
+ (match obj
+ ((? package? p)
+ `(argument . ,p))
+ ((? procedure? proc)
+ (let ((drv (run-with-store store
+ (mbegin %store-monad
+ (set-guile-for-build (default-guile))
+ (proc))
+ #:system system)))
+ `(argument . ,drv)))
+ ((? gexp? gexp)
+ (let ((drv (run-with-store store
+ (mbegin %store-monad
+ (set-guile-for-build (default-guile))
+ (gexp->derivation "gexp" gexp
+ #:system system)))))
+ `(argument . ,drv)))))
+
(map (match-lambda
(('argument . (? string? spec))
(if (store-path? spec)
`(argument . ,spec)
`(argument . ,(specification->package spec))))
+ (('file . file)
+ (object->argument (load* file (make-user-module '()))))
(('expression . str)
- (match (read/eval str)
- ((? package? p)
- `(argument . ,p))
- ((? procedure? proc)
- (let ((drv (run-with-store store
- (mbegin %store-monad
- (set-guile-for-build (default-guile))
- (proc))
- #:system system)))
- `(argument . ,drv)))
- ((? gexp? gexp)
- (let ((drv (run-with-store store
- (mbegin %store-monad
- (set-guile-for-build (default-guile))
- (gexp->derivation "gexp" gexp
- #:system system)))))
- `(argument . ,drv)))))
+ (object->argument (read/eval str)))
(opt opt))
opts))
diff --git a/tests/guix-build.sh b/tests/guix-build.sh
index a72ce0911d..f7fb3c5b64 100644
--- a/tests/guix-build.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-build.sh
@@ -167,6 +167,33 @@ guix build -e "(begin
guix build -e '#~(mkdir #$output)' -d
guix build -e '#~(mkdir #$output)' -d | grep 'gexp\.drv'
+# Building from a package file.
+cat > "$module_dir/package.scm"<<EOF
+(use-modules (gnu))
+(use-package-modules bootstrap)
+
+%bootstrap-guile
+EOF
+guix build --file="$module_dir/package.scm"
+
+# Building from a monadic procedure file.
+cat > "$module_dir/proc.scm"<<EOF
+(use-modules (guix gexp))
+(lambda ()
+ (gexp->derivation "test"
+ (gexp (mkdir (ungexp output)))))
+EOF
+guix build --file="$module_dir/proc.scm" --dry-run
+
+# Building from a gexp file.
+cat > "$module_dir/gexp.scm"<<EOF
+(use-modules (guix gexp))
+
+(gexp (mkdir (ungexp output)))
+EOF
+guix build --file="$module_dir/gexp.scm" -d
+guix build --file="$module_dir/gexp.scm" -d | grep 'gexp\.drv'
+
# Using 'GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS'.
GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS="--dry-run"
export GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS