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diff --git a/guix/packages.scm b/guix/packages.scm
index a979f31a32..b7a1979a7d 100644
--- a/guix/packages.scm
+++ b/guix/packages.scm
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
search-path-specification
search-path-specification?
search-path-specification->sexp
+ sexp->search-path-specification
package
package?
@@ -202,10 +203,24 @@ representation."
(define (search-path-specification->sexp spec)
"Return an sexp representing SPEC, a <search-path-specification>. The sexp
corresponds to the arguments expected by `set-path-environment-variable'."
+ ;; Note that this sexp format is used both by build systems and in
+ ;; (guix profiles), so think twice before you change it.
(match spec
(($ <search-path-specification> variable files separator type pattern)
`(,variable ,files ,separator ,type ,pattern))))
+(define (sexp->search-path-specification sexp)
+ "Convert SEXP, which is as returned by 'search-path-specification->sexp', to
+a <search-path-specification> object."
+ (match sexp
+ ((variable files separator type pattern)
+ (search-path-specification
+ (variable variable)
+ (files files)
+ (separator separator)
+ (file-type type)
+ (file-pattern pattern)))))
+
(define %supported-systems
;; This is the list of system types that are supported. By default, we
;; expect all packages to build successfully here.