1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/emacs/guix-base.el b/emacs/guix-base.el
index 1f4a00ce59..9cec510406 100644
--- a/emacs/guix-base.el
+++ b/emacs/guix-base.el
@@ -191,6 +191,20 @@ If PATH is relative, it is considered to be relative to
   "Return a list of names of available lint checkers."
   (guix-eval-read (guix-make-guile-expression 'lint-checker-names)))
 
+(guix-memoized-defun guix-package-names ()
+  "Return a list of names of available packages."
+  (sort
+   ;; Work around <https://github.com/jaor/geiser/issues/64>:
+   ;; list of strings is parsed much slower than list of lists,
+   ;; so we use 'package-names-lists' instead of 'package-names'.
+
+   ;; (guix-eval-read (guix-make-guile-expression 'package-names))
+
+   (mapcar #'car
+           (guix-eval-read (guix-make-guile-expression
+                            'package-names-lists)))
+   #'string<))
+
 
 ;;; Buffers and auto updating.