Re: [PATCH] Emacs interface for Guix

[Ludovic Courtès]

Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:

> I realized there could be a problem with (PACKAGE OUTPUT) elements.
> They should be transformed into manifest entries, but
> "guix/scripts/package.scm" uses ‘package->manifest-entry*’ for that, so
> this cannot be performed in (guix profiles) module.  Perhaps “install”
> should just contain a list of manifest entries.  WDYT?

Yes, that’s fine too.

> And manifest-transaction stuff could look like this:
>
> (define-record-type* <manifest-transaction> manifest-transaction
>   make-manifest-transaction
>   manifest-transaction?
>   (install manifest-transaction-install ; list of <manifest-entry>
>            (default '()))
>   (remove  manifest-transaction-remove  ; list of <manifest-pattern>
>            (default '())))
>
> (define (manifest-perform-transaction manifest transaction)
>   "Perform TRANSACTION on MANIFEST and return new manifest."
>   (let ((install (manifest-transaction-install transaction))
>         (remove  (manifest-transaction-remove transaction)))
>     (manifest-add (manifest-remove manifest remove)
>                   install)))
>
> (define* (show-transaction manifest transaction #:key dry-run?)
>   "Display what will/would be installed/removed from MANIFEST by TRANSACTION."
>   (let ((install (manifest-transaction-install transaction))
>         (remove  (manifest-matching-entries
>                   manifest
>                   (manifest-transaction-remove transaction))))
>     (match remove
>       ((($ <manifest-entry> name version output path _) ..1)
>        (let ((len    (length name))
>              (remove (map (cut format #f "   ~a-~a\t~a\t~a" <> <> <> <>)
>                           name version output path)))
>          (if dry-run?
>              (format (current-error-port)
>                      (N_ "The following package would be removed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
>                          "The following packages would be 
> removed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
>                          len)
>                      remove)
>              (format (current-error-port)
>                      (N_ "The following package will be removed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
>                          "The following packages will be removed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
>                          len)
>                      remove))))
>       (_ #f))
>     (match install
>       ((($ <manifest-entry> name version output path _) ..1)
>        (let ((len     (length name))
>              (install (map (cut format #f "   ~a-~a\t~a\t~a" <> <> <> <>)
>                            name version output path)))
>          (if dry-run?
>              (format (current-error-port)
>                      (N_ "The following package would be 
> installed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
>                          "The following packages would be 
> installed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
>                          len)
>                      install)
>              (format (current-error-port)
>                      (N_ "The following package will be 
> installed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
>                          "The following packages will be 
> installed:~%~{~a~%~}~%"
>                          len)
>                      install))))
>       (_ #f))))

Looks good!

> (I excluded “upgrade” part as it's the same as “install”, and
> ‘show-transaction’ is almost the same as ‘show-what-to-remove/install’
> from "package.scm".)

Yes.

Could you turn the above thing into a patch with a commit log?  Bonus
points for ‘manifest-perform-transaction’ unit tests.  Make sure to add
a copyright line for yourself in profiles.scm.

And then a second patch to actually use it in (guix scripts package)
would be wonderful.  :-)

In the next iteration, ‘show-what-to-remove/install’ should report
packages that are going to be upgraded (by checking among ‘install’
those are already in the manifest.)

> Also I think "guix.el" should check for freshness too, so
> ‘check-package-freshness’ should probably be exported.

Yes, probably in the (gnu packages) module?

Thanks,
Ludo’.