gnu: Add libxml2-xpath0.

* gnu/packages/patches/libxml2-xpath0-Add-option-xpath0.patch: New file...
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register it.
* gnu/packages/xml.scm (libxml2-xpath0): New variable.

Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org>

2 files changed, 143 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libxml2-xpath0-Add-option-xpath0.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libxml2-xpath0-Add-option-xpath0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e83642eb37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/libxml2-xpath0-Add-option-xpath0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+This patch adds an "--xpath0" option to xmllint so that NUL characters
+can be used as separators.
+
+See <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/227>.
+
+diff --git a/doc/xmllint.xml b/doc/xmllint.xml
+--- a/doc/xmllint.xml
++++ b/doc/xmllint.xml
+@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
+ 			<arg choice="plain"><option>--debug</option></arg>
+ 			<arg choice="plain"><option>--shell</option></arg>
+ 			<arg choice="plain"><option>--xpath "<replaceable class="option">XPath_expression</replaceable>"</option></arg>
++			<arg choice="plain"><option>--xpath0 "<replaceable class="option">XPath_expression</replaceable>"</option></arg>
+ 			<arg choice="plain"><option>--debugent</option></arg>
+ 			<arg choice="plain"><option>--copy</option></arg>
+ 			<arg choice="plain"><option>--recover</option></arg>
+@@ -537,6 +538,21 @@
+ 			node set is serialized in full in the output. In case
+ 			of an empty node set the "XPath set is empty" result
+ 			will be shown and an error exit code will be returned.
++			Results are separated by the newline character.
++		</para>
++	</listitem>
++		</varlistentry>
++
++		<varlistentry>
++	<term><option>--xpath0 "<replaceable class="option">XPath_expression</replaceable>"</option></term>
++	<listitem>
++		<para>
++			Run an XPath expression given as argument and print the
++			result. In case of a nodeset result, each node in the
++			node set is serialized in full in the output. In case
++			of an empty node set the "XPath set is empty" result
++			will be shown and an error exit code will be returned.
++			Results are separated by the null character.
+ 		</para>
+ 	</listitem>
+ 		</varlistentry>
+diff --git a/xmllint.c b/xmllint.c
+--- a/xmllint.c
++++ b/xmllint.c
+@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ static int sax1 = 0;
+ #endif /* LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED */
+ #ifdef LIBXML_XPATH_ENABLED
+ static const char *xpathquery = NULL;
++static const char *xpathsep = "\n";
+ #endif
+ static int options = XML_PARSE_COMPACT | XML_PARSE_BIG_LINES;
+ static int sax = 0;
+@@ -2095,7 +2096,7 @@ static void doXPathDump(xmlXPathObjectPtr cur) {
+             for (i = 0;i < cur->nodesetval->nodeNr;i++) {
+                 node = cur->nodesetval->nodeTab[i];
+                 xmlNodeDumpOutput(buf, NULL, node, 0, 0, NULL);
+-                xmlOutputBufferWrite(buf, 1, "\n");
++		xmlOutputBufferWrite(buf, 1, xpathsep);
+             }
+             xmlOutputBufferClose(buf);
+ #else
+@@ -2104,27 +2105,27 @@ static void doXPathDump(xmlXPathObjectPtr cur) {
+ 	    break;
+         }
+         case XPATH_BOOLEAN:
+-	    if (cur->boolval) printf("true\n");
+-	    else printf("false\n");
++	    if (cur->boolval) printf("true%s", xpathsep);
++	    else printf("false%s", xpathsep);
+ 	    break;
+         case XPATH_NUMBER:
+ 	    switch (xmlXPathIsInf(cur->floatval)) {
+ 	    case 1:
+-		printf("Infinity\n");
++	        printf("Infinity%s", xpathsep);
+ 		break;
+ 	    case -1:
+-		printf("-Infinity\n");
++	        printf("-Infinity%s", xpathsep);
+ 		break;
+ 	    default:
+ 		if (xmlXPathIsNaN(cur->floatval)) {
+-		    printf("NaN\n");
++		    printf("NaN%s", xpathsep);
+ 		} else {
+-		    printf("%0g\n", cur->floatval);
++		    printf("%0g%s", cur->floatval, xpathsep);
+ 		}
+ 	    }
+ 	    break;
+         case XPATH_STRING:
+-	    printf("%s\n", (const char *) cur->stringval);
++	    printf("%s%s", (const char *) cur->stringval, xpathsep);
+ 	    break;
+         case XPATH_UNDEFINED:
+ 	    fprintf(stderr, "XPath Object is uninitialized\n");
+@@ -3098,7 +3099,8 @@ static void usage(FILE *f, const char *name) {
+     fprintf(f, "\t--sax: do not build a tree but work just at the SAX level\n");
+     fprintf(f, "\t--oldxml10: use XML-1.0 parsing rules before the 5th edition\n");
+ #ifdef LIBXML_XPATH_ENABLED
+-    fprintf(f, "\t--xpath expr: evaluate the XPath expression, imply --noout\n");
++    fprintf(f, "\t--xpath expr: evaluate the XPath expression, results are separated by \\n, imply --noout\n");
++    fprintf(f, "\t--xpath0 expr: evaluate the XPath expression, results are separated by \\0, imply --noout\n");
+ #endif
+ 
+     fprintf(f, "\nLibxml project home page: http://xmlsoft.org/\n");
+@@ -3480,6 +3482,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
+ 	    i++;
+ 	    noout++;
+ 	    xpathquery = argv[i];
++	    xpathsep = "\n";
++        } else if ((!strcmp(argv[i], "-xpath0")) ||
++                   (!strcmp(argv[i], "--xpath0"))) {
++	    i++;
++	    noout++;
++	    xpathquery = argv[i];
++	    xpathsep = "\0";
+ #endif
+ 	} else if ((!strcmp(argv[i], "-oldxml10")) ||
+ 	           (!strcmp(argv[i], "--oldxml10"))) {
+@@ -3712,6 +3721,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
+ 	    i++;
+ 	    continue;
+ 	}
++        if ((!strcmp(argv[i], "-xpath0")) ||
++	    (!strcmp(argv[i], "--xpath0"))) {
++	    i++;
++	    continue;
++	}
+ #endif
+ 	if ((timing) && (repeat))
+ 	    startTimer();
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index fd3ea8c0ae..ad2e3ec6c9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Felix Gruber <felgru@posteo.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv@posteo.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 David Larsson <david.larsson@selfhosted.xyz>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -218,6 +219,19 @@ hierarchical form with variable field lengths.")
 project (but it is usable outside of the Gnome platform).")
     (license license:x11)))
 
+(define-public libxml2-xpath0
+  (package/inherit libxml2
+    (name "libxml2-xpath0")
+    (source (origin
+              (inherit (package-source libxml2))
+              (patches (append (search-patches
+                                "libxml2-xpath0-Add-option-xpath0.patch")
+                               (origin-patches (package-source libxml2))))))
+    (description
+     "Libxml2-xpath0 is like libxml2 but with a patch applied that
+provides an @code{--xpath0} option to @command{xmllint} that enables it
+to output XPath results with a null delimiter.")))
+
 (define-public libxlsxwriter
   (package
     (name "libxlsxwriter")