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diff --git a/distro.scm b/distro.scm
index 2d441f450b..f91b0ee96b 100644
--- a/distro.scm
+++ b/distro.scm
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#:export (search-patch
search-bootstrap-binary
%patch-directory
+ %bootstrap-binaries-path
fold-packages
find-packages-by-name))
@@ -38,23 +39,21 @@
(define _ (cut gettext <> "guix"))
-(define not-colon
- ;; The char set that contains all the characters but `:'.
- (char-set-complement (char-set #\:)))
+;; 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.
(define %patch-path
(make-parameter
- (or (and=> (getenv "DISTRO_PATCH_PATH")
- (cut string-tokenize <> not-colon))
- (compile-time-value
- (list (getenv "DISTRO_INSTALLED_PATCH_DIRECTORY"))))))
+ (map (cut string-append <> "/distro/packages/patches")
+ %load-path)))
(define %bootstrap-binaries-path
(make-parameter
- (or (and=> (getenv "DISTRO_BOOTSTRAP_PATH")
- (cut string-tokenize <> not-colon))
- (compile-time-value
- (list (getenv "DISTRO_INSTALLED_BOOTSTRAP_DIRECTORY"))))))
+ (map (cut string-append <> "/distro/packages/bootstrap")
+ %load-path)))
(define (search-patch file-name)
"Search the patch FILE-NAME."