Subject: [bug#48923] [PATCH] build: utils: Add ‘call-with-outp

From: Xinglu Chen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2021 19:36:07 +0200

On Tue, Jun 08 2021, Maxime Devos wrote:

> Xinglu Chen schreef op di 08-06-2021 om 17:40 [+0200]:
>> Using ‘call-with-output-file*’ instead of ‘call-with-output-file’ and ‘chmod’
>> will prevent secrets from being leaked.  See
>> <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/48872>;.
>
> This procedure LGTM (but I didn't test).
> However,
>
>> diff --git a/guix/build/utils.scm b/guix/build/utils.scm
>> index 419c10195b..df960eee84 100644
>> --- a/guix/build/utils.scm
>> +++ b/guix/build/utils.scm
>> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>
> Modifying (guix build utils) entails a world-rebuild, as
> (guix build utils) is used by the build code of practically
> every package. I would suggest placing it in (gnu build activation)
> instead.

Oh, I didn’t think about that.  Moving it to (gnu build activation)
seems like a good option.

Should I create a new “Activation” section in the manual, or should I
keep it in the “Build Utilities” section?