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diff --git a/gnu/packages.scm b/gnu/packages.scm
index 6e46a890bb..fb277389c7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages.scm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#:use-module (guix utils)
#:use-module ((guix ftp-client) #:select (ftp-open))
#:use-module (guix gnu-maintenance)
+ #:use-module (guix upstream)
#:use-module (ice-9 ftw)
#:use-module (ice-9 vlist)
#:use-module (ice-9 match)
@@ -377,14 +378,18 @@ it."
(when (false-if-exception (gnu-package? package))
(let ((name (package-name package))
(full-name (package-full-name package)))
+ ;; XXX: This could work with non-GNU packages as well. However,
+ ;; GNU's FTP-based updater would be too slow if it weren't memoized,
+ ;; and the generic interface in (guix upstream) doesn't support
+ ;; that.
(match (waiting (latest-release name
#:ftp-open ftp-open*
#:ftp-close (const #f))
(_ "looking for the latest release of GNU ~a...") name)
- ((? gnu-release? release)
+ ((? upstream-source? source)
(let ((latest-version
- (string-append (gnu-release-package release) "-"
- (gnu-release-version release))))
+ (string-append (upstream-source-package source) "-"
+ (upstream-source-version source))))
(when (version>? latest-version full-name)
(format (current-error-port)
(_ "~a: note: using ~a \