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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages.scm10
-rw-r--r--tests/guix-build.sh1
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages.scm b/gnu/packages.scm
index 307f21f057..5a76e9b9ef 100644
--- a/gnu/packages.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages.scm
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
#:use-module (guix packages)
#:use-module (guix ui)
#:use-module (guix utils)
+ #:use-module ((guix build utils)
+ #:select ((package-name->name+version
+ . hyphen-separated-name->name+version)))
#:use-module (ice-9 ftw)
#:use-module (ice-9 vlist)
#:use-module (ice-9 match)
@@ -300,9 +303,10 @@ use NAME@VERSION instead~%")))
(or fallback?
;; XXX: Fallback to the older specification style with an hyphen
;; between NAME and VERSION, for backward compatibility.
- (let ((proc (@ (guix build utils) package-name->name+version)))
- (call-with-values (proc name)
- (cut %find-package spec <> <> #:fallback? #t)))
+ (call-with-values
+ (lambda ()
+ (hyphen-separated-name->name+version name))
+ (cut %find-package spec <> <> #:fallback? #t))
(leave (_ "~A: unknown package~%") name))))))
(define (specification->package spec)
diff --git a/tests/guix-build.sh b/tests/guix-build.sh
index ae75bcfab0..6d4f97019a 100644
--- a/tests/guix-build.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-build.sh
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ then false; else true; fi
# Parsing package names and versions.
guix build -n time # PASS
guix build -n time@1.7 # PASS, version found
+guix build -n time-1.7 # PASS, deprecated version syntax
if guix build -n time@3.2; # FAIL, version not found
then false; else true; fi
if guix build -n something-that-will-never-exist; # FAIL