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diff --git a/gnu/packages.scm b/gnu/packages.scm
index 0aa289d56c..10ca3bb314 100644
--- a/gnu/packages.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2013 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
;;; Copyright © 2014 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2016 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2016 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@
#:use-module (srfi srfi-39)
#:export (search-patch
search-patches
+ search-auxiliary-file
search-bootstrap-binary
%patch-path
+ %auxiliary-files-path
%bootstrap-binaries-path
%package-module-path
@@ -62,17 +64,27 @@
;;;
;;; Code:
-;; By default, we store patches and bootstrap binaries alongside Guile
-;; modules. This is so that these extra files can be found without
-;; requiring a special setup, such as a specific installation directory
-;; and an extra environment variable. One advantage of this setup is
-;; that everything just works in an auto-compilation setting.
+;; By default, we store patches, auxiliary files and bootstrap binaries
+;; alongside Guile modules. This is so that these extra files can be
+;; found without requiring a special setup, such as a specific
+;; installation directory and an extra environment variable. One
+;; advantage of this setup is that everything just works in an
+;; auto-compilation setting.
(define %bootstrap-binaries-path
(make-parameter
(map (cut string-append <> "/gnu/packages/bootstrap")
%load-path)))
+(define %auxiliary-files-path
+ (make-parameter
+ (map (cut string-append <> "/gnu/packages/aux-files")
+ %load-path)))
+
+(define (search-auxiliary-file file-name)
+ "Search the auxiliary FILE-NAME. Return #f if not found."
+ (search-path (%auxiliary-files-path) file-name))
+
(define (search-patch file-name)
"Search the patch FILE-NAME. Raise an error if not found."
(or (search-path (%patch-path) file-name)