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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/guix/store.scm b/guix/store.scm
index 8c774a6db2..79dcf22cca 100644
--- a/guix/store.scm
+++ b/guix/store.scm
@@ -797,11 +797,14 @@ signing them if SIGN? is true."
(loop tail)))))))
(define* (register-path path
- #:key (references '()) deriver prefix)
+ #:key (references '()) deriver prefix
+ state-directory)
"Register PATH as a valid store file, with REFERENCES as its list of
references, and DERIVER as its deriver (.drv that led to it.) If PREFIX is
not #f, it must be the name of the directory containing the new store to
-initialize. Return #t on success.
+initialize; if STATE-DIRECTORY is not #f, it must be a string containing the
+absolute file name to the state directory of the store being initialized.
+Return #t on success.
Use with care as it directly modifies the store! This is primarily meant to
be used internally by the daemon's build hook."
@@ -809,9 +812,12 @@ be used internally by the daemon's build hook."
(catch 'system-error
(lambda ()
(let ((pipe (apply open-pipe* OPEN_WRITE %guix-register-program
- (if prefix
- `("--prefix" ,prefix)
- '()))))
+ `(,@(if prefix
+ `("--prefix" ,prefix)
+ '())
+ ,@(if state-directory
+ `("--state-directory" ,state-directory)
+ '())))))
(and pipe
(begin
(format pipe "~a~%~a~%~a~%"