search-paths: Allow specs with #f as their separator.

This adds support for single-entry search paths.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/25422>.
Reported by Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>.

* guix/search-paths.scm (<search-path-specification>)[separator]:
Document as string or #f.
(evaluate-search-paths): Add case for SEPARATOR as #f.
(environment-variable-definition): Handle SEPARATOR being #f.
* guix/build/utils.scm (list->search-path-as-string): Add case for
SEPARATOR as #f.
(search-path-as-string->list): Likewise.
* guix/build/profiles.scm (abstract-profile): Likewise.
* tests/search-paths.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): Add it.
* tests/packages.scm ("--search-paths with single-item search path"):
New test.
* gnu/packages/version-control.scm (git)[native-search-paths](separator):
New field.

1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/search-paths.scm b/tests/search-paths.scm
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tests/search-paths.scm
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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (test-search-paths)
+  #:use-module (guix search-paths)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-64))
+
+(define %top-srcdir
+  (dirname (search-path %load-path "guix.scm")))
+
+
+(test-begin "search-paths")
+
+(test-equal "evaluate-search-paths, separator is #f"
+  (string-append %top-srcdir
+                 "/gnu/packages/bootstrap/armhf-linux")
+
+  ;; The following search path spec should evaluate to a single item: the
+  ;; first directory that matches the "-linux$" pattern in
+  ;; gnu/packages/bootstrap.
+  (let ((spec (search-path-specification
+               (variable "CHBOUIB")
+               (files '("gnu/packages/bootstrap"))
+               (file-type 'directory)
+               (separator #f)
+               (file-pattern "-linux$"))))
+    (match (evaluate-search-paths (list spec)
+                                  (list %top-srcdir))
+      (((spec* . value))
+       (and (eq? spec* spec) value)))))
+
+(test-end "search-paths")