@@ 270,7 270,7 @@ bioconductor package NAME, or #F if the package is unknown."
;; of the URLs is the /Archive CRAN URL.
(any (cut download-to-store store <>) urls)))))))))
-(define (fetch-description-from-tarball url)
+(define* (fetch-description-from-tarball url #:key (download download))
"Fetch the tarball at URL, extra its 'DESCRIPTION' file, parse it, and
return the resulting alist."
(match (download url)
@@ 288,7 288,7 @@ return the resulting alist."
(call-with-input-file (string-append dir "/DESCRIPTION")
read-string)))))))))
-(define* (fetch-description repository name #:optional version)
+(define* (fetch-description repository name #:optional version replacement-download)
"Return an alist of the contents of the DESCRIPTION file for the R package
NAME at VERSION in the given REPOSITORY, or #f in case of failure. NAME is
case-sensitive."
@@ 310,7 310,9 @@ from ~a: ~a (~a)~%")
(string-append "mirror://cran/src/contrib/Archive/"
name "/"
name "_" version ".tar.gz"))))
- (fetch-description-from-tarball urls))
+ (fetch-description-from-tarball
+ urls #:download (or replacement-download
+ download)))
(let* ((url (string-append %cran-url name "/DESCRIPTION"))
(port (http-fetch url))
(result (description->alist (read-string port))))
@@ 327,7 329,9 @@ from ~a: ~a (~a)~%")
;; TODO: Honor VERSION.
(version (latest-bioconductor-package-version name type))
(url (car (bioconductor-uri name version type)))
- (meta (fetch-description-from-tarball url)))
+ (meta (fetch-description-from-tarball
+ url #:download (or replacement-download
+ download))))
(if (boolean? type)
meta
(cons `(bioconductor-type . ,type) meta))))