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Diffstat (limited to 'guix/packages.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/packages.scm | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/guix/packages.scm b/guix/packages.scm index d544c34cf8..afbafc70a7 100644 --- a/guix/packages.scm +++ b/guix/packages.scm @@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ package-location hidden-package hidden-package? + package-superseded + deprecated-package package-field-location package-direct-sources @@ -306,6 +308,18 @@ user interfaces, ignores." interfaces." (assoc-ref (package-properties p) 'hidden?)) +(define (package-superseded p) + "Return the package the supersedes P, or #f if P is still current." + (assoc-ref (package-properties p) 'superseded)) + +(define (deprecated-package old-name p) + "Return a package called OLD-NAME and marked as superseded by P, a package +object." + (package + (inherit p) + (name old-name) + (properties `((superseded . ,p))))) + (define (package-field-location package field) "Return the source code location of the definition of FIELD for PACKAGE, or #f if it could not be determined." |