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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi2
-rw-r--r--guix/gnu-maintenance.scm26
-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/refresh.scm4
3 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 53d29e45be..37bdb69b56 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -5342,6 +5342,8 @@ the updater for GNOME packages;
 the updater for KDE packages;
 @item xorg
 the updater for X.org packages;
+@item kernel.org
+the updater for packages hosted on kernel.org;
 @item elpa
 the updater for @uref{http://elpa.gnu.org/, ELPA} packages;
 @item cran
diff --git a/guix/gnu-maintenance.scm b/guix/gnu-maintenance.scm
index 90ca7a45e3..4d4bb452be 100644
--- a/guix/gnu-maintenance.scm
+++ b/guix/gnu-maintenance.scm
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
             %gnu-updater
             %gnome-updater
             %kde-updater
-            %xorg-updater))
+            %xorg-updater
+            %kernel.org-updater))
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;;;
@@ -532,6 +533,22 @@ source URLs starts with PREFIX."
       #:directory
       (string-append "/pub/xorg/" (dirname (uri-path uri)))))))
 
+(define (latest-kernel.org-release package)
+  "Return the latest release of PACKAGE, the name of a kernel.org package."
+  (let ((uri (string->uri (origin-uri (package-source package)))))
+    (false-if-ftp-error
+     (latest-ftp-release
+      (package-name package)
+      #:server "ftp.free.fr"                      ;a mirror reachable over FTP
+      #:directory (string-append "/mirrors/ftp.kernel.org"
+                                 (dirname (uri-path uri)))
+
+      ;; kernel.org provides "foo-x.y.tar.sign" files, which are signatures of
+      ;; the uncompressed tarball.
+      #:file->signature (lambda (tarball)
+                          (string-append (file-sans-extension tarball)
+                                         ".sign"))))))
+
 (define %gnu-updater
   (upstream-updater
    (name 'gnu)
@@ -560,4 +577,11 @@ source URLs starts with PREFIX."
    (pred (url-prefix-predicate "mirror://xorg/"))
    (latest latest-xorg-release)))
 
+(define %kernel.org-updater
+  (upstream-updater
+   (name 'kernel.org)
+   (description "Updater for packages hosted on kernel.org")
+   (pred (url-prefix-predicate "mirror://kernel.org/"))
+   (latest latest-kernel.org-release)))
+
 ;;; gnu-maintenance.scm ends here
diff --git a/guix/scripts/refresh.scm b/guix/scripts/refresh.scm
index 91a31a280b..12a344e1a0 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/refresh.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/refresh.scm
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
                 #:select (%gnu-updater
                           %gnome-updater
                           %kde-updater
-                          %xorg-updater))
+                          %xorg-updater
+                          %kernel.org-updater))
   #:use-module (guix import elpa)
   #:use-module (guix import cran)
   #:use-module (guix import hackage)
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ unavailable optional dependencies such as Guile-JSON."
                  %gnome-updater
                  %kde-updater
                  %xorg-updater
+                 %kernel.org-updater
                  %elpa-updater
                  %cran-updater
                  %bioconductor-updater