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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2012-10-25 23:42:06 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2012-10-25 23:42:06 +0200
commitfbc93bedff2a419305038564232837aff52513d2 (patch)
tree611621fe325c9bd815c8792c1fd6707525228bb5
parentb642e4b853e9e3b8bbf5f5769fb602c6f4191347 (diff)
downloadguix-fbc93bedff2a419305038564232837aff52513d2.tar.gz
Add a `system' parameter to `nixpkgs-derivation'.
* guix/utils.scm (nixpkgs-derivation): Add a `system' parameter.  Pass
  it in the `nix-instantiate' invocation.
-rw-r--r--guix/utils.scm5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/utils.scm b/guix/utils.scm
index 2d51e44a22..d0a09c9f5c 100644
--- a/guix/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/utils.scm
@@ -460,11 +460,12 @@ starting from the right of S."
    ;; Capture the build-time value of $NIXPKGS.
    (compile-time-value (getenv "NIXPKGS"))))
 
-(define (nixpkgs-derivation attribute)
+(define* (nixpkgs-derivation attribute #:optional (system (%current-system)))
   "Return the derivation path of ATTRIBUTE in Nixpkgs."
   (let* ((p (open-pipe* OPEN_READ (or (getenv "NIX_INSTANTIATE")
                                       "nix-instantiate")
-                        "-A" attribute (%nixpkgs-directory)))
+                        "-A" attribute (%nixpkgs-directory)
+                        "--argstr" "system" system))
          (l (read-line p))
          (s (close-pipe p)))
     (and (zero? (status:exit-val s))