diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/package-management.scm | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm index 2a33a93f39..05da8190b6 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm @@ -399,6 +399,12 @@ generated file." (_ #t))) +(define-public current-guix-package + ;; This parameter allows callers to override the package that 'current-guix' + ;; returns. This is useful when 'current-guix' cannot compute it by itself, + ;; for instance because it's not running from a source code checkout. + (make-parameter #f)) + (define-public current-guix (let* ((repository-root (canonicalize-path (string-append (current-source-directory) @@ -409,12 +415,13 @@ generated file." "Return a package representing Guix built from the current source tree. This works by adding the current source tree to the store (after filtering it out) and returning a package that uses that as its 'source'." - (package - (inherit guix) - (version (string-append (package-version guix) "+")) - (source (local-file repository-root "guix-current" - #:recursive? #t - #:select? (force select?))))))) + (or (current-guix-package) + (package + (inherit guix) + (version (string-append (package-version guix) "+")) + (source (local-file repository-root "guix-current" + #:recursive? #t + #:select? (force select?)))))))) ;;; |