4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

M guix/http-client.scm
M guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm
M guix/utils.scm
M tests/utils.scm

@@ 133,7 133,7 @@ closed it will also close PORT, unless the KEEP-ALIVE? is true."
              (get-bytevector-all (response-port r))))))
 
  ;; Install this patch only on Guile 2.0.5.
- (when (version>? "2.0.6" (version))
+ (unless (guile-version>? "2.0.5")
    (module-set! (resolve-module '(web response))
                 'read-response-body read-response-body*)))
 


@@ 163,7 163,7 @@ unbuffered port, suitable for use in `filtered-port'."
                      ;; Try hard to use the API du jour to get an input port.
                      ;; On Guile 2.0.5 and before, we can only get a string or
                      ;; bytevector, and not an input port.  Work around that.
-                     (if (version>? (version) "2.0.7")
+                     (if (guile-version>? "2.0.7")
                          (http-get uri #:streaming? #t #:port port) ; 2.0.9+
                          (if (defined? 'http-get*)
                              (http-get* uri #:decode-body? text?

@@ 155,7 155,7 @@ provide."
      ;; and then cancel with:
      ;;   sudo tc qdisc del dev eth0 root
      (let ((port #f))
-       (with-timeout (if (or timeout? (version>? (version) "2.0.5"))
+       (with-timeout (if (or timeout? (guile-version>? "2.0.5"))
                          %fetch-timeout
                          0)
          (begin


@@ 417,7 417,7 @@ PORT.  REPORT-PROGRESS is a two-argument procedure such as that returned by
 
   ;; Since `http-fetch' in Guile 2.0.5 returns all the data once it's done,
   ;; don't pretend to report any progress in that case.
-  (if (version>? (version) "2.0.5")
+  (if (guile-version>? "2.0.5")
       (make-custom-binary-input-port "progress-port-proc"
                                      read! #f #f
                                      (cut close-port port))

@@ 59,6 59,7 @@
             %current-target-system
             version-compare
             version>?
+            guile-version>?
             package-name->name+version
             string-tokenize*
             file-extension


@@ 316,6 317,15 @@ or '= when they denote equal versions."
   "Return #t when A denotes a newer version than B."
   (eq? '> (version-compare a b)))
 
+(define (guile-version>? str)
+  "Return #t if the running Guile version is greater than STR."
+  ;; Note: Using (version>? (version) "2.0.5") or similar doesn't work,
+  ;; because the result of (version) can have a prefix, like "2.0.5-deb1".
+  (version>? (string-append (major-version) "."
+                            (minor-version) "."
+                            (micro-version))
+             str))
+
 (define (package-name->name+version name)
   "Given NAME, a package name like \"foo-0.9.1b\", return two values:
 \"foo\" and \"0.9.1b\".  When the version part is unavailable, NAME and

@@ 66,6 66,12 @@
            ("nixpkgs" "1.0pre22125_a28fe19")
            ("gtk2" "2.38.0"))))
 
+(test-assert "guile-version>? 1.8"
+  (guile-version>? "1.8"))
+
+(test-assert "guile-version>? 10.5"
+  (not (guile-version>? "10.5")))
+
 (test-equal "string-tokenize*"
   '(("foo")
     ("foo" "bar" "baz")