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author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2022-04-28 16:24:46 +0200 |
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committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2022-04-28 16:24:46 +0200 |
commit | 284fa7264963acc5d114ef5d54c347126b1654ba (patch) | |
tree | 3e5360fcc81b6d0dce76a65aca60cf8528f2931f /gnu/packages.scm | |
parent | 12c9da35389dfba86ae0d863132a6b2c4374205a (diff) | |
parent | 882cacc1bb5be0df334dd7ce55b385a3a1678728 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into staging
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diff --git a/gnu/packages.scm b/gnu/packages.scm index 65ab7a7c1e..2ba838fd0a 100644 --- a/gnu/packages.scm +++ b/gnu/packages.scm @@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ specification->location specifications->manifest + package-unique-version-prefix + generate-package-cache)) ;;; Commentary: @@ -559,3 +561,22 @@ output." ;; fiddle with multiple-value returns. (packages->manifest (map (compose list specification->package+output) specs))) + +(define (package-unique-version-prefix name version) + "Search among all the versions of package NAME that are available, and +return the shortest unambiguous version prefix to designate VERSION. If only +one version of the package is available, return the empty string." + (match (map package-version (find-packages-by-name name)) + ((_) + ;; A single version of NAME is available, so do not specify the version + ;; number, even if the available version doesn't match VERSION. + "") + (versions + ;; If VERSION is the latest version, don't specify any version. + ;; Otherwise return the shortest unique version prefix. Note that this + ;; is based on the currently available packages so the result may vary + ;; over time. + (if (every (cut version>? version <>) + (delete version versions)) + "" + (version-unique-prefix version versions))))) |