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-rw-r--r--guix/gexp.scm3
-rw-r--r--tests/gexp.scm5
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/guix/gexp.scm b/guix/gexp.scm
index 38114f8863..9fdb7a30be 100644
--- a/guix/gexp.scm
+++ b/guix/gexp.scm
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ As a result, the S-expression will be approximate if GEXP has references."
(#true
;; Simply returning 'thing' won't work in some
;; situations; see 'write-gexp' below.
- '(*approximate*))))))
+ '(*approximate*))))
+ (($ <gexp-output>) '(*approximate*))))
(gexp-references gexp))))
(define (write-gexp gexp port)
diff --git a/tests/gexp.scm b/tests/gexp.scm
index 61ed5bc02d..c80ca13fab 100644
--- a/tests/gexp.scm
+++ b/tests/gexp.scm
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@
(null? (gexp-inputs exp))
(gexp->sexp* exp))))
+(test-equal "gexp->approximate-sexp, outputs"
+ '(list 'out:foo (*approximate*) 'out:bar (*approximate*))
+ (gexp->approximate-sexp
+ #~(list 'out:foo #$output:foo 'out:bar #$output:bar)))
+
(test-equal "unquote"
'(display `(foo ,(+ 2 3)))
(let ((exp (gexp (display `(foo ,(+ 2 3))))))