[bug#78378,2/2] home: services: Build "files" union allowing dangling symlinks.
Commit Message
* gnu/home/services.scm (files->files-directory): Build file union
without checking for existence of included items.
* tests/guix-home.sh: Verify symlinking files out of store works.
Change-Id: I94054003f4a6be944252ce7a397cf56f0b979554
---
gnu/home/services.scm | 16 +++++++++++++++-
tests/guix-home.sh | 8 +++++++-
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
@@ -343,7 +343,21 @@ (define (files->files-directory files)
;; leading to a build failure of "files.drv".
(assert-no-duplicates files)
- (file-union "files" files))
+ ;; Compute the file-union allowing dangling symlinks
+ ;; This enables creating symlinks to locations out of store
+ (computed-file
+ "files"
+ (with-imported-modules '((guix build utils))
+ #~(begin
+ (use-modules (guix build utils)
+ (ice-9 match))
+ (mkdir #$output)
+ (chdir #$output)
+ (for-each (match-lambda
+ ((target source)
+ (mkdir-p (dirname target))
+ (symlink source target)))
+ '#$files)))))
;; Used by symlink-manager
(define home-files-directory "files")
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ trap 'chmod -Rf +w "$test_directory"; rm -rf "$test_directory"' EXIT
(list `(".config/test.conf"
,(plain-file
"tmp-file.txt"
- "the content of ~/.config/test.conf"))))
+ "the content of ~/.config/test.conf"))
+
+ `("symlink" ,(symlink-to "<test_directory>"))))
(service home-bash-service-type
(home-bash-configuration
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ trap 'chmod -Rf +w "$test_directory"; rm -rf "$test_directory"' EXIT
"# the content of bashrc-test-config.sh"))))))))
EOF
+ sed -i "s,<test_directory>,$test_directory," home.scm
echo -n "# dot-bashrc test file for guix home" > "dot-bashrc"
# Check whether the graph commands work as expected.
@@ -126,6 +129,7 @@ EOF
guix home container home.scm -- cat '~/.config/test.conf' | \
grep "the content of"
guix home container home.scm -- test -h '~/.bashrc'
+ guix home container home.scm -- test -h '~/symlink'
test "$(guix home container home.scm -- id -u)" = 1000
guix home container home.scm -- test -f '$HOME/sample/home.scm' && false
guix home container home.scm --expose="$PWD=$HOME/sample" -- \
@@ -153,6 +157,8 @@ EOF
test -d "${HOME}/.guix-home"
test -h "${HOME}/.bash_profile"
test -h "${HOME}/.bashrc"
+ test -h "${HOME}/symlink"
+ test "$(readlink -f $HOME/symlink)" == "$test_directory"
grep 'alias run="guix shell"' "$HOME/.bashrc"
grep "alias path='echo \$PATH'" "$HOME/.bashrc"
test "$(tail -n 2 "${HOME}/.bashrc")" == "\