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diff --git a/guix/utils.scm b/guix/utils.scm
index 94b4d753d0..29ad09d9f7 100644
--- a/guix/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/utils.scm
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
edit-expression
delete-expression
insert-expression
+ find-definition-insertion-location
filtered-port
decompressed-port
@@ -513,6 +514,24 @@ SOURCE-PROPERTIES."
(string-append expr "\n\n" str))))
(edit-expression source-properties insert)))
+(define (find-definition-insertion-location file term)
+ "Search in FILE for a top-level public definition whose defined term
+alphabetically succeeds TERM. Return the location if found, or #f
+otherwise."
+ (let ((search-term (symbol->string term)))
+ (call-with-input-file file
+ (lambda (port)
+ (do ((syntax (read-syntax port)
+ (read-syntax port)))
+ ((match (syntax->datum syntax)
+ (('define-public current-term _ ...)
+ (string> (symbol->string current-term)
+ search-term))
+ ((? eof-object?) #t)
+ (_ #f))
+ (and (not (eof-object? syntax))
+ (syntax-source syntax))))))))
+
;;;
;;; Keyword arguments.