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diff --git a/guix/utils.scm b/guix/utils.scm
index f13e585e2b..ad1c463be8 100644
--- a/guix/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/utils.scm
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
version-compare
version>?
package-name->name+version
+ call-with-temporary-output-file
fold2))
@@ -464,6 +465,21 @@ introduce the version part."
((head tail ...)
(loop tail (cons head prefix))))))
+(define (call-with-temporary-output-file proc)
+ "Call PROC with a name of a temporary file and open output port to that
+file; close the file and delete it when leaving the dynamic extent of this
+call."
+ (let* ((template (string-copy "guix-file.XXXXXX"))
+ (out (mkstemp! template)))
+ (dynamic-wind
+ (lambda ()
+ #t)
+ (lambda ()
+ (proc template out))
+ (lambda ()
+ (false-if-exception (close out))
+ (false-if-exception (delete-file template))))))
+
(define fold2
(case-lambda
((proc seed1 seed2 lst)