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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi2
-rw-r--r--guix/gexp.scm10
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 6900717059..8b286e9d8e 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -5355,7 +5355,7 @@ procedure (@pxref{The Store Monad, @code{interned-file}}).
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} plain-file @var{name} @var{content}
Return an object representing a text file called @var{name} with the given
-@var{content} (a string) to be added to the store.
+@var{content} (a string or a bytevector) to be added to the store.
This is the declarative counterpart of @code{text-file}.
@end deffn
diff --git a/guix/gexp.scm b/guix/gexp.scm
index 153b29bd42..cc3613f6f6 100644
--- a/guix/gexp.scm
+++ b/guix/gexp.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2018 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
#:use-module (guix derivations)
#:use-module (guix grafts)
#:use-module (guix utils)
+ #:use-module (rnrs bytevectors)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-9)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-9 gnu)
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ appears."
(%plain-file name content references)
plain-file?
(name plain-file-name) ;string
- (content plain-file-content) ;string
+ (content plain-file-content) ;string or bytevector
(references plain-file-references)) ;list (currently unused)
(define (plain-file name content)
@@ -349,8 +351,10 @@ This is the declarative counterpart of 'text-file'."
(define-gexp-compiler (plain-file-compiler (file <plain-file>) system target)
;; "Compile" FILE by adding it to the store.
(match file
- (($ <plain-file> name content references)
- (text-file name content references))))
+ (($ <plain-file> name (and (? string?) content) references)
+ (text-file name content references))
+ (($ <plain-file> name (and (? bytevector?) content) references)
+ (binary-file name content references))))
(define-record-type <computed-file>
(%computed-file name gexp guile options)