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diff --git a/gnu/packages.scm b/gnu/packages.scm
index 9eb4877be8..6e46a890bb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages.scm
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
check-package-freshness
- specification->package))
+ specification->package
+ specification->package+output))
;;; Commentary:
;;;
@@ -418,3 +419,36 @@ present, return the preferred newest version."
(leave (_ "~A: package not found for version ~a~%")
name version)
(leave (_ "~A: unknown package~%") name))))))
+
+(define* (specification->package+output spec #:optional (output "out"))
+ "Return the package and output specified by SPEC, or #f and #f; SPEC may
+optionally contain a version number and an output name, as in these examples:
+
+ guile
+ guile-2.0.9
+ guile:debug
+ guile-2.0.9:debug
+
+If SPEC does not specify a version number, return the preferred newest
+version; if SPEC does not specify an output, return OUTPUT."
+ (define (ensure-output p sub-drv)
+ (if (member sub-drv (package-outputs p))
+ sub-drv
+ (leave (_ "package `~a' lacks output `~a'~%")
+ (package-full-name p)
+ sub-drv)))
+
+ (let-values (((name version sub-drv)
+ (package-specification->name+version+output spec output)))
+ (match (find-best-packages-by-name name version)
+ ((p)
+ (values p (ensure-output p sub-drv)))
+ ((p p* ...)
+ (warning (_ "ambiguous package specification `~a'~%")
+ spec)
+ (warning (_ "choosing ~a from ~a~%")
+ (package-full-name p)
+ (location->string (package-location p)))
+ (values p (ensure-output p sub-drv)))
+ (()
+ (leave (_ "~a: package not found~%") spec)))))