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-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/build.scm19
-rw-r--r--tests/guix-build.sh7
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/build.scm b/guix/scripts/build.scm
index 9ad7379bbe..ae78df9c5c 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/build.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/build.scm
@@ -802,7 +802,15 @@ build---packages, gexps, derivations, and so on."
(append-map (match-lambda
(('argument . (? string? spec))
(cond ((derivation-path? spec)
- (list (read-derivation-from-file spec)))
+ (catch 'system-error
+ (lambda ()
+ (list (read-derivation-from-file spec)))
+ (lambda args
+ ;; Non-existent .drv files can be substituted down
+ ;; the road, so don't error out.
+ (if (= ENOENT (system-error-errno args))
+ '()
+ (apply throw args)))))
((store-path? spec)
;; Nothing to do; maybe for --log-file.
'())
@@ -934,7 +942,11 @@ needed."
'())))
(items (filter-map (match-lambda
(('argument . (? store-path? file))
- (and (not (derivation-path? file))
+ ;; If FILE is a .drv that's not in
+ ;; store, keep it so that it can be
+ ;; substituted.
+ (and (or (not (derivation-path? file))
+ (not (file-exists? file)))
file))
(_ #f))
opts))
@@ -965,7 +977,8 @@ needed."
(map (compose list derivation-file-name) drv)
roots))
((not (assoc-ref opts 'dry-run?))
- (and (build-derivations store drv mode)
+ (and (build-derivations store (append drv items)
+ mode)
(for-each show-derivation-outputs drv)
(for-each (cut register-root store <> <>)
(map (lambda (drv)
diff --git a/tests/guix-build.sh b/tests/guix-build.sh
index 62cdd5fe14..21b6af4395 100644
--- a/tests/guix-build.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-build.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ out="`guix build "$drv"`"
out2="`guix build -e '(@@ (gnu packages bootstrap) %bootstrap-guile)'`"
test "$out" = "$out2"
+# Passing the name of a .drv that doesn't exist. The daemon should try to
+# substitute the .drv. Here we just look for the "cannot build missing
+# derivation" error that indicates that the daemon did try to substitute the
+# .drv.
+guix build "$NIX_STORE_DIR/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-foo.drv" 2>&1 \
+ | grep "missing derivation"
+
# Passing a URI.
GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET="file://$GUIX_STATE_DIRECTORY/daemon-socket/socket" \
guix build -e '(@@ (gnu packages bootstrap) %bootstrap-guile)'