gnu/packages/patches/guile-relocatable.patch

   1 This patch changes Guile to use a default search path relative to the
   2 location of the `guile' binary, allowing it to be relocated.
   3
   4 --- a/libguile/load.c
   5 +++ b/libguile/load.c
   6 @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   7
   8  #include <string.h>
   9  #include <stdio.h>
  10 +#include <libgen.h>
  11
  12  #include "libguile/_scm.h"
  13  #include "libguile/alist.h"
  14 @@ -326,6 +327,32 @@ scm_init_load_path ()
  15    SCM cpath = SCM_EOL;
  16
  17  #ifdef SCM_LIBRARY_DIR
  18 +  char *program, *bin_dir, *prefix, *module_dir, *ccache_dir;
  19 +
  20 +  /* Determine the source and compiled module directories at run-time,
  21 +     relative to the executable's location.
  22 +
  23 +     Note: Use /proc/self/exe instead of argv[0] because the latter is
  24 +     not necessarily an absolute, nor a valid file name.  */
  25 +
  26 +  program = scm_gc_malloc_pointerless (256, "string");
  27 +  readlink ("/proc/self/exe", program, 256);
  28 +
  29 +  bin_dir = dirname (strdupa (program));
  30 +
  31 +  prefix = scm_gc_malloc_pointerless (strlen (bin_dir) + 4, "string");
  32 +  strcpy (prefix, bin_dir);
  33 +  strcat (prefix, "/..");
  34 +  prefix = canonicalize_file_name (prefix);
  35 +
  36 +  module_dir = scm_gc_malloc_pointerless (strlen (prefix) + 50, "string");
  37 +  strcpy (module_dir, prefix);
  38 +  strcat (module_dir, "/share/guile/" SCM_EFFECTIVE_VERSION);
  39 +
  40 +  ccache_dir = scm_gc_malloc_pointerless (strlen (prefix) + 50, "string");
  41 +  strcpy (ccache_dir, prefix);
  42 +  strcat (ccache_dir, "/lib/guile/" SCM_EFFECTIVE_VERSION "/ccache");
  43 +
  44    env = scm_i_mirror_backslashes (getenv ("GUILE_SYSTEM_PATH"));
  45    if (env && strcmp (env, "") == 0)
  46      /* special-case interpret system-path=="" as meaning no system path instead
  47 @@ -334,10 +361,7 @@ scm_init_load_path ()
  48    else if (env)
  49      path = scm_parse_path (scm_from_locale_string (env), path);
  50    else
  51 -    path = scm_list_4 (scm_from_utf8_string (SCM_LIBRARY_DIR),
  52 -                       scm_from_utf8_string (SCM_SITE_DIR),
  53 -                       scm_from_utf8_string (SCM_GLOBAL_SITE_DIR),
  54 -                       scm_from_utf8_string (SCM_PKGDATA_DIR));
  55 +    path = scm_list_1 (scm_from_locale_string (module_dir));
  56
  57    env = scm_i_mirror_backslashes (getenv ("GUILE_SYSTEM_COMPILED_PATH"));
  58    if (env && strcmp (env, "") == 0)
  59 @@ -347,8 +371,7 @@ scm_init_load_path ()
  60      cpath = scm_parse_path (scm_from_locale_string (env), cpath);
  61    else
  62      {
  63 -      cpath = scm_list_2 (scm_from_utf8_string (SCM_CCACHE_DIR),
  64 -                          scm_from_utf8_string (SCM_SITE_CCACHE_DIR));
  65 +      cpath = scm_list_1 (scm_from_locale_string (ccache_dir));
  66      }
  67
  68  #endif /* SCM_LIBRARY_DIR */