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-rw-r--r--guix/utils.scm10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/utils.scm b/guix/utils.scm
index 8aadfb0075..a642bd3d62 100644
--- a/guix/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/utils.scm
@@ -704,12 +704,18 @@ output port, and PROC's result is returned."
(define-syntax current-source-directory
(lambda (s)
- "Return the current directory name or #f if it could not be determined."
+ "Return the absolute name of the current directory, or #f if it could not
+be determined."
(syntax-case s ()
((_)
(match (assq 'filename (syntax-source s))
(('filename . (? string? file-name))
- (dirname file-name))
+ ;; If %FILE-PORT-NAME-CANONICALIZATION is 'relative, then FILE-NAME
+ ;; can be relative. In that case, we try to find out the absolute
+ ;; file name by looking at %LOAD-PATH.
+ (if (string-prefix? "/" file-name)
+ (dirname file-name)
+ (and=> (search-path %load-path file-name) dirname)))
(_
#f))))))