[PATCH 1/2] Move specification->package to gnu/packages.scm.

[Cyril Roelandt]

* guix/scripts/build.scm (specification->package): Move from here...
* gnu/packages.scm: ... to here.
---
 gnu/packages.scm       | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 guix/scripts/build.scm | 23 +----------------------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages.scm b/gnu/packages.scm
index 14ad755..26d87c6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages.scm
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   #:use-module (ice-9 vlist)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-11)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-39)
   #:export (search-patch
@@ -45,7 +46,9 @@
             package-transitive-dependents
             package-covering-dependents
 
-            check-package-freshness))
+            check-package-freshness
+
+            specification->package))
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;;;
@@ -326,3 +329,24 @@ but ~a is available upstream~%")
       (case key
         ((getaddrinfo-error ftp-error) #f)
         (else (apply throw key args))))))
+
+(define (specification->package spec)
+  "Return a package matching SPEC.  SPEC may be a package name, or a package
+name followed by a hyphen and a version number.  If the version number is not
+present, return the preferred newest version."
+  (let-values (((name version)
+                (package-name->name+version spec)))
+    (match (find-best-packages-by-name name version)
+      ((p)                                      ; one match
+       p)
+      ((p x ...)                                ; several matches
+       (warning (_ "ambiguous package specification `~a'~%") spec)
+       (warning (_ "choosing ~a from ~a~%")
+                (package-full-name p)
+                (location->string (package-location p)))
+       p)
+      (_                                        ; no matches
+       (if version
+           (leave (_ "~A: package not found for version ~a~%")
+                  name version)
+           (leave (_ "~A: unknown package~%") name))))))
diff --git a/guix/scripts/build.scm b/guix/scripts/build.scm
index 5e4647d..09401e9 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/build.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/build.scm
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-34)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-37)
-  #:autoload   (gnu packages) (find-best-packages-by-name)
+  #:autoload   (gnu packages) (specification->package)
   #:autoload   (guix download) (download-to-store)
   #:export (%standard-build-options
             set-build-options-from-command-line
@@ -41,27 +41,6 @@
 
             guix-build))
 
-(define (specification->package spec)
-  "Return a package matching SPEC.  SPEC may be a package name, or a package
-name followed by a hyphen and a version number.  If the version number is not
-present, return the preferred newest version."
-  (let-values (((name version)
-                (package-name->name+version spec)))
-    (match (find-best-packages-by-name name version)
-      ((p)                                      ; one match
-       p)
-      ((p x ...)                                ; several matches
-       (warning (_ "ambiguous package specification `~a'~%") spec)
-       (warning (_ "choosing ~a from ~a~%")
-                (package-full-name p)
-                (location->string (package-location p)))
-       p)
-      (_                                        ; no matches
-       (if version
-           (leave (_ "~A: package not found for version ~a~%")
-                  name version)
-           (leave (_ "~A: unknown package~%") name))))))
-
 (define (register-root store paths root)
   "Register ROOT as an indirect GC root for all of PATHS."
   (let* ((root (string-append (canonicalize-path (dirname root))
-- 
1.8.4.rc3