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* tests/hackage.scm: New file.

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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2015 Federico Beffa <beffa@fbengineering.ch>
+;;;
+;;; 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 (guix import hackage)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 regex)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 rdelim)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 receive)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 pretty-print)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-34)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-35)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-11)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+  #:use-module ((guix download) #:select (download-to-store))
+  #:use-module ((guix utils) #:select (package-name->name+version))
+  #:use-module (guix import utils)
+  #:use-module (guix store)
+  #:use-module (guix hash)
+  #:use-module (guix base32)
+  #:use-module ((guix utils) #:select (call-with-temporary-output-file))
+  #:export (hackage->guix-package))
+
+;; Part 1:
+;;
+;; Functions used to read a Cabal file.
+
+(define ghc-standard-libraries
+  ;; List of libraries distributed with ghc (7.8.4). We include GHC itself as
+  ;; some packages list it.
+  '("ghc"
+    "haskell98"
+    "hoopl"
+    "base"
+    "transformers"
+    "deepseq"
+    "array"
+    "binary"
+    "bytestring"
+    "containers"
+    "time"
+    "cabal"
+    "bin-package-db"
+    "ghc-prim"
+    "integer-gmp"
+    "integer-simple"
+    "win32"
+    "template-haskell"
+    "process"
+    "haskeline"
+    "terminfo"
+    "directory"
+    "filepath"
+    "old-locale"
+    "unix"
+    "old-time"
+    "pretty"
+    "xhtml"
+    "hpc"))
+
+(define package-name-prefix "ghc-")
+
+(define key-value-rx
+  ;; Regular expression matching "key: value"
+  (make-regexp "([a-zA-Z0-9-]+):[ \t]*(\\w?.*)$"))
+
+(define sections-rx
+  ;; Regular expression matching a section "head sub-head ..."
+  (make-regexp "([a-zA-Z0-9\\(\\)-]+)"))
+
+(define comment-rx
+  ;; Regexp matching Cabal comment lines.
+  (make-regexp "^ *--"))
+
+(define (has-key? line)
+  "Check if LINE includes a key."
+  (regexp-exec key-value-rx line))
+
+(define (comment-line? line)
+  "Check if LINE is a comment line."
+  (regexp-exec comment-rx line))
+
+(define (line-indentation+rest line)
+  "Returns two results: The number of indentation spaces and the rest of the
+line (without indentation)."
+  (let loop ((line-lst (string->list line))
+             (count 0))
+    ;; Sometimes values are spread over multiple lines and new lines start
+    ;; with a comma ',' with the wrong indentation.  See e.g. haddock-api.
+    (if (or (null? line-lst)
+            (not (or
+                  (eqv? (first line-lst) #\space)
+                  (eqv? (first line-lst) #\,) ; see, e.g., haddock-api.cabal
+                  (eqv? (first line-lst) #\tab))))
+        (values count (list->string line-lst))
+        (loop (cdr line-lst) (+ count 1)))))
+
+(define (multi-line-value lines seed)
+  "Function to read a value split across multiple lines. LINES are the
+remaining input lines to be read. SEED is the value read on the same line as
+the key.  Return two values: A list with values and the remaining lines to be
+processed."
+  (define (multi-line-value-with-min-indent lines seed min-indent)
+    (if (null? lines)
+        (values '() '())
+        (let-values (((current-indent value) (line-indentation+rest (first lines)))
+                     ((next-line-indent next-line-value)
+                      (if (null? (cdr lines))
+                          (values #f "")
+                          (line-indentation+rest (second lines)))))
+          (if (or (not next-line-indent) (< next-line-indent min-indent)
+                  (regexp-exec condition-rx next-line-value))
+              (values (reverse (cons value seed)) (cdr lines))
+              (multi-line-value-with-min-indent (cdr lines) (cons value seed)
+                                                min-indent)))))
+
+  (let-values (((current-indent value) (line-indentation+rest (first lines))))
+    (multi-line-value-with-min-indent lines seed current-indent)))
+
+(define (read-cabal port)
+  "Parses a Cabal file from PORT.  Return a list of list pairs:
+
+(((head1 sub-head1 ... key1) (value))
+ ((head2 sub-head2 ... key2) (value2))
+ ...).
+
+We try do deduce the Cabal format from the following document:
+https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/developing-packages.html 
+
+Keys are case-insensitive.  We therefore lowercase them.  Values are
+case-sensitive.  Currently only indentation-structured files are parsed.
+Braces structured files are not handled." ;" <- make emacs happy.
+  (define (read-and-trim-line port)
+    (let ((line (read-line port)))
+      (if (string? line)
+          (string-trim-both line #\return)
+          line)))
+
+  (define (strip-insignificant-lines port)
+    (let loop ((line (read-and-trim-line port))
+               (result '()))
+      (cond
+       ((eof-object? line)
+        (reverse result))
+       ((or (string-null? line) (comment-line? line))
+        (loop (read-and-trim-line port) result))
+       (else
+        (loop (read-and-trim-line port) (cons line result))))))
+
+  (let loop
+      ((lines (strip-insignificant-lines port))
+       (indents  '()) ; only includes indents at start of section heads.
+       (sections '())
+       (result '()))
+    (let-values
+        (((current-indent line)
+          (if (null? lines)
+              (values 0 "")
+              (line-indentation+rest (first lines))))
+         ((next-line-indent next-line)
+          (if (or (null? lines) (null? (cdr lines)))
+              (values 0 "")
+              (line-indentation+rest (second lines)))))
+      (if (null? lines)
+          (reverse result)
+          (let ((rx-result (has-key? line)))
+            (cond
+             (rx-result
+              (let ((key (string-downcase (match:substring rx-result 1)))
+                    (value (match:substring rx-result 2)))
+                (cond
+                 ;; Simple single line "key: value".
+                 ((= next-line-indent current-indent)
+                  (loop (cdr lines) indents sections
+                        (cons
+                         (list (reverse (cons key sections)) (list value))
+                         result)))
+                 ;; Multi line "key: value\n value cont...".
+                 ((> next-line-indent current-indent)
+                  (let*-values (((value-lst lines)
+                                 (multi-line-value (cdr lines)
+                                                   (if (string-null? value)
+                                                       '()
+                                                       `(,value)))))
+                    ;; multi-line-value returns to the first line after the
+                    ;; multi-value.
+                    (loop lines indents sections
+                          (cons
+                           (list (reverse (cons key sections)) value-lst)
+                           result))))
+                 ;; Section ended.
+                 (else
+                  ;; Indentation is reduced. Check by how many levels.
+                  (let* ((idx (and=> (list-index
+                                      (lambda (x) (= next-line-indent x))
+                                      indents)
+                                     (cut + <>
+                                            (if (has-key? next-line) 1 0))))
+                         (sec
+                          (if idx
+                              (drop sections idx)
+                              (raise
+                               (condition
+                                (&message
+                                 (message "unable to parse Cabal file"))))))
+                         (ind (drop indents idx)))
+                    (loop (cdr lines) ind sec
+                          (cons 
+                           (list (reverse (cons key sections)) (list value))
+                           result)))))))
+             ;; Start of a new section.
+             ((or (null? indents)
+                  (> current-indent (first indents)))
+              (loop (cdr lines) (cons current-indent indents)
+                    (cons (string-downcase line) sections) result))
+             (else
+              (loop (cdr lines) indents
+                    (cons (string-downcase line) (cdr sections))
+                    result))))))))
+
+(define condition-rx
+  ;; Regexp for conditionals.
+  (make-regexp "^if +(.*)$"))
+
+(define (split-section section)
+  "Split SECTION in individual words with exception for the predicate of an
+'if' conditional."
+  (let ((rx-result (regexp-exec condition-rx section)))
+    (if rx-result
+        `("if" ,(match:substring rx-result 1))
+        (map match:substring (list-matches sections-rx section)))))
+
+(define (join-sections sec1 sec2)
+  (fold-right cons sec2 sec1))
+
+(define (pre-process-keys key)
+  (match key
+    (() '())
+    ((sec1 rest ...)
+     (join-sections (split-section sec1) (pre-process-keys rest)))))
+
+(define (pre-process-entry-keys entry)
+  (match entry
+    ((key value)
+     (list (pre-process-keys key) value))
+    (() '())))
+
+(define (pre-process-entries-keys entries)
+  "ENTRIES is a list of list pairs, a keys list and a valules list, as
+produced by 'read-cabal'.  Split each element of the keys list into individual
+words.  This pre-processing is used to read flags."
+  (match entries
+    ((entry rest ...)
+     (cons (pre-process-entry-keys entry)
+           (pre-process-entries-keys rest)))
+    (()
+     '())))
+
+(define (get-flags pre-processed-entries)
+  "PRE-PROCESSED-ENTRIES is a list of list pairs, a keys list and a values
+list, as produced by 'read-cabal' and pre-processed by
+'pre-process-entries-keys'.  Return a list of pairs with the name of flags and
+their default value (one of \"False\" or \"True\") as specified in the Cabal file:
+
+((\"flag1-name\" . \"False-or-True\") ...)." ;" <- make emacs happy
+  (match pre-processed-entries
+    (() '())
+    (((("flag" flag-name "default") (flag-val)) rest ...)
+     (cons (cons flag-name  flag-val)
+           (get-flags rest)))
+    ((entry rest ... )
+     (get-flags rest))
+    (_ #f)))
+
+;; Part 2:
+;;
+;; Functions to read information from the Cabal object created by 'read-cabal'
+;; and convert Cabal format dependencies conditionals into equivalent
+;; S-expressions.
+
+(define tests-rx
+  ;; Cabal test keywords
+  (make-regexp "(os|arch|flag|impl) *\\(([ a-zA-Z0-9_.<>=-]+)\\)"))
+
+(define parens-rx
+  ;; Parentheses within conditions
+  (make-regexp "\\((.+)\\)"))
+
+(define or-rx
+  ;; OR operator in conditions
+  (make-regexp " +\\|\\| +"))
+
+(define and-rx
+  ;; AND operator in conditions
+  (make-regexp " +&& +"))
+
+(define not-rx
+  ;; NOT operator in conditions
+  (make-regexp "^!.+"))
+
+(define (bi-op-args str match-lst)
+  "Return a list with the arguments of (logic) bianry operators.  MATCH-LST
+is the result of 'list-match' against a binary operator regexp on STR."
+  (let ((operators (length match-lst)))
+    (map (lambda (from to)
+           (substring str from to))
+         (cons 0 (map match:end match-lst))
+         (append (map match:start match-lst) (list (string-length str))))))
+
+(define (bi-op->sexp-like bi-op args)
+  "BI-OP is a string with the name of a Scheme operator which in a Cabal file
+is represented by a binary operator.  ARGS are the arguments of said operator.
+Return a string representing an S-expression of the operator applied to its
+arguments."
+  (if (= (length args) 1)
+      (first args)
+      (string-append "(" bi-op
+                     (fold (lambda (arg seed) (string-append seed " " arg))
+                           "" args) ")")))
+
+(define (not->sexp-like arg)
+  "If the string ARG is prefixed by a Cabal negation operator, convert it to
+an equivalent Scheme S-expression string."
+  (if (regexp-exec not-rx arg)
+      (string-append "(not "
+                     (substring arg 1 (string-length arg))
+                     ")")
+      arg))
+
+(define (parens-less-cond->sexp-like conditional)
+  "Convert a Cabal CONDITIONAL string into a string with equivalent Scheme
+syntax.  This procedure accepts only simple conditionals without parentheses."
+  ;; The outher operation is the one with the lowest priority: OR
+  (bi-op->sexp-like
+   "or"
+   ;; each OR argument may be an AND operation
+   (map (lambda (or-arg)
+          (let ((m-lst (list-matches and-rx or-arg)))
+            ;; is there an AND operation?
+            (if (> (length m-lst) 0)
+                (bi-op->sexp-like
+                 "and"
+                 ;; expand NOT operators when there are ANDs
+                 (map not->sexp-like (bi-op-args or-arg m-lst)))
+                ;; ... and when there aren't.
+                (not->sexp-like or-arg))))
+        ;; list of OR arguments
+        (bi-op-args conditional (list-matches or-rx conditional)))))
+
+(define test-keyword-ornament "__")
+
+(define (conditional->sexp-like conditional)
+  "Convert a Cabal CONDITIONAL string into a string with equivalent Scheme
+syntax."
+  ;; First we substitute TEST-KEYWORD-ORNAMENT for parentheses around tests
+  ;; keywords so that parentheses are only used to set precedences. This
+  ;; substantially simplify parsing.
+  (let ((conditional
+         (regexp-substitute/global #f tests-rx conditional
+                                   'pre 1 test-keyword-ornament 2
+                                   test-keyword-ornament 'post)))
+    (let loop ((sub-cond conditional))
+      (let ((rx-result (regexp-exec parens-rx sub-cond)))
+        (cond
+         (rx-result
+          (parens-less-cond->sexp-like
+           (string-append
+            (match:prefix rx-result)
+            (loop (match:substring rx-result 1))
+            (match:suffix rx-result))))
+         (else
+          (parens-less-cond->sexp-like sub-cond)))))))
+
+(define (eval-flags sexp-like-cond flags)
+  "SEXP-LIKE-COND is a string representing an S-expression conditional.  FLAGS
+is a list of flag name and value pairs as produced by 'get-flags'.  Substitute
+\"#t\" or \"#f\" according to the value of flags. (Default to \"True\")."
+  (fold-right
+   (lambda (flag sexp)
+     (match flag
+       ((name . value)
+        (let ((rx (make-regexp
+                   (string-append "flag" test-keyword-ornament name
+                                  test-keyword-ornament))))
+          (regexp-substitute/global
+           #f rx sexp
+           'pre (if (string-ci= value "False") "#f" "#t") 'post)))
+       (_ sexp)))
+   sexp-like-cond
+   (cons '("[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+" . "True") flags)))
+
+(define (eval-tests->sexp sexp-like-cond)
+  "In the string SEXP-LIKE-COND substitute test keywords \"os(...)\" and
+\"arch(...)\" with equivalent Scheme checks.  Retrun an S-expression."
+  (with-input-from-string 
+      (fold-right
+       (lambda (test sexp)
+         (match test
+           ((type pre-match post-match)
+            (let ((rx (make-regexp
+                       (string-append type test-keyword-ornament "(\\w+)"
+                                      test-keyword-ornament))))
+              (regexp-substitute/global
+               #f rx sexp
+               'pre pre-match 2 post-match 'post)))
+           (_ sexp)))
+       sexp-like-cond
+       ;; (%current-system) returns, e.g., "x86_64-linux" or "i686-linux".
+       '(("(os|arch)" "(string-match \"" "\" (%current-system))")))
+    read))
+
+(define (eval-impl sexp-like-cond)
+  "Check for the Cabal test \"impl(...)\" in the string SEXP-LIKE-COND.
+Assume the module declaring the generated package includes a local variable
+called \"haskell-implementation\" with a string value of the form NAME-VERSION
+against which we compare."
+  (with-output-to-string
+    (lambda ()
+      (write
+       (with-input-from-string 
+           (fold-right
+            (lambda (test sexp)
+              (match test
+                ((pre-match post-match)
+                 (let ((rx-with-version
+                        (make-regexp
+                         (string-append
+                          "impl" test-keyword-ornament
+                          "([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+) *([<>=]+) *([0-9.]+) *"
+                          test-keyword-ornament)))
+                       (rx-without-version
+                        (make-regexp
+                         (string-append "impl" test-keyword-ornament "(\\w+)"
+                                        test-keyword-ornament))))
+                   (if (regexp-exec rx-with-version sexp)
+                       (regexp-substitute/global
+                        #f rx-with-version sexp
+                        'pre pre-match 2 " " post-match " \"" 1 "-" 3 "\")" 'post)
+                       (regexp-substitute/global
+                        #f rx-without-version sexp
+                        'pre pre-match "-match \"" 1 "\" " post-match ")" 'post))))
+                (_ sexp)))
+            sexp-like-cond
+            '(("(string" "haskell-implementation")))
+         read)))))
+
+(define (eval-cabal-keywords sexp-like-cond flags)
+  ((compose eval-tests->sexp eval-impl (cut eval-flags <> flags))
+   sexp-like-cond))
+
+(define (key->values meta key)
+  "META is the representation of a Cabal file as produced by 'read-cabal'.
+Return the list of values associated with a specific KEY (a string)."
+  (match meta
+    (() '())
+    (((((? (lambda(x) (equal? x key)))) v) r ...)
+     v)
+    (((k v) r ...)
+     (key->values (cdr meta) key))
+    (_ "key Not fount")))
+
+(define (key-start-end->entries meta key-start-rx key-end-rx)
+  "META is the representation of a Cabal file as produced by 'read-cabal'.
+Return all entries whose keys list starts with KEY-START and ends with
+KEY-END."
+  (let ((pred
+         (lambda (x)
+           (and (regexp-exec key-start-rx (first x))
+                (regexp-exec key-end-rx (last x))))))
+           ;; (equal? (list key-start key-end) (list (first x) (last x))))))
+    (match meta
+      (() '())
+      ((((? pred k) v) r ...)
+       (cons `(,k ,v)
+             (key-start-end->entries (cdr meta) key-start-rx key-end-rx)))
+      (((k v) r ...)
+       (key-start-end->entries (cdr meta) key-start-rx key-end-rx))
+      (_ "key Not fount"))))
+
+(define else-rx
+  (make-regexp "^else$"))
+
+(define (count-if-else rx-result-ls)
+  (apply + (map (lambda (m) (if m 1 0)) rx-result-ls)))
+
+(define (analyze-entry-cond entry)
+  (let* ((keys (first entry))
+         (vals (second entry))
+         (rx-cond-result
+          (map (cut regexp-exec condition-rx <>) keys))
+         (rx-else-result
+          (map (cut regexp-exec else-rx <>) keys))
+         (cond-no (count-if-else rx-cond-result))
+         (else-no (count-if-else rx-else-result))
+         (cond-idx (list-index (lambda (rx) (if rx #t #f)) rx-cond-result))
+         (else-idx (list-index (lambda (rx) (if rx #t #f)) rx-else-result))
+         (key-cond
+              (cond
+               ((or (and cond-idx else-idx (< cond-idx else-idx))
+                    (and cond-idx (not else-idx)))
+                (match:substring
+                 (receive (head tail)
+                     (split-at rx-cond-result cond-idx) (first tail))))
+               ((or (and cond-idx else-idx (> cond-idx else-idx))
+                    (and (not cond-idx) else-idx))
+                (match:substring
+                 (receive (head tail)
+                     (split-at rx-else-result else-idx) (first tail))))
+               (else
+                ""))))
+    (values keys vals rx-cond-result
+            rx-else-result cond-no else-no key-cond)))
+
+(define (remove-cond entry cond)
+  (match entry
+    ((k v)
+     (list (cdr (member cond k)) v))))
+
+(define (group-and-reduce-level entries group group-cond)
+  (let loop
+      ((true-group group)
+       (false-group '())
+       (entries entries))
+    (if (null? entries)
+        (values (reverse true-group) (reverse false-group) entries)
+        (let*-values (((entry) (first entries))
+                      ((keys vals rx-cond-result rx-else-result
+                             cond-no else-no key-cond)
+                       (analyze-entry-cond entry)))
+          (cond
+           ((and (>= (+ cond-no else-no) 1) (string= group-cond key-cond))
+            (loop (cons (remove-cond entry group-cond) true-group) false-group
+                  (cdr entries)))
+           ((and (>= (+ cond-no else-no) 1) (string= key-cond "else"))
+            (loop true-group (cons (remove-cond entry "else") false-group)
+                  (cdr entries)))
+           (else
+            (values (reverse true-group) (reverse false-group) entries)))))))
+
+(define dependencies-rx
+  (make-regexp "([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+) *[^,]*,?"))
+
+(define (hackage-name->package-name name)
+  (if (string-prefix? package-name-prefix name)
+      (string-downcase name)
+      (string-append package-name-prefix (string-downcase name))))
+
+(define (split-and-filter-dependencies ls names-to-filter)
+  "Split the comma separated list of dependencies LS coming from the Cabal
+file, filter packages included in NAMES-TO-FILTER and return a list with
+inputs suitable for the Guix package.  Currently the version information is
+discarded."
+  (define (split-at-comma-and-filter d)
+    (fold
+     (lambda (m seed)
+       (let* ((name (string-downcase (match:substring m 1)))
+              (pkg-name (hackage-name->package-name name)))
+         (if (member name names-to-filter)
+             seed
+             (cons (list pkg-name (list 'unquote (string->symbol pkg-name)))
+                   seed))))
+     '()
+     (list-matches dependencies-rx d)))
+    
+  (fold (lambda (d p) (append (split-at-comma-and-filter d) p)) '()  ls))
+
+(define* (dependencies-cond->sexp meta #:key (include-test-dependencies? #t))
+  "META is the representation of a Cabal file as produced by 'read-cabal'.
+Return an S-expression containing the list of dependencies as expected by the
+'inputs' field of a package.  The generated S-expressions may include
+conditionals as defined in the cabal file.  During this process we discard the
+version information of the packages."
+  (define (take-dependencies meta)
+    (let ((key-start-exe (make-regexp "executable"))
+          (key-start-lib (make-regexp "library"))
+          (key-start-tests (make-regexp "test-suite"))
+          (key-end (make-regexp "build-depends")))
+      (append
+       (key-start-end->entries meta key-start-exe key-end)
+       (key-start-end->entries meta key-start-lib key-end)
+       (if include-test-dependencies?
+           (key-start-end->entries meta key-start-tests key-end)
+           '()))))
+
+  (let ((flags (get-flags (pre-process-entries-keys meta)))
+        (augmented-ghc-std-libs (append (key->values meta "name")
+                                        ghc-standard-libraries)))
+    (delete-duplicates
+     (let loop ((entries (take-dependencies meta))
+                (result '()))
+       (if (null? entries)
+           (reverse result)
+           (let*-values (((entry) (first entries))
+                         ((keys vals rx-cond-result rx-else-result
+                                cond-no else-no key-cond)
+                          (analyze-entry-cond entry)))
+             (cond
+              ((= (+ cond-no else-no) 0)
+               (loop (cdr entries)
+                     (append
+                      (split-and-filter-dependencies vals
+                                                     augmented-ghc-std-libs)
+                      result)))
+              (else
+               (let-values (((true-group false-group entries)
+                             (group-and-reduce-level entries '()
+                                                     key-cond))
+                            ((cond-final) (eval-cabal-keywords
+                                           (conditional->sexp-like
+                                            (last (split-section key-cond)))
+                                           flags)))
+                 (loop entries
+                       (cond
+                        ((or (eq? cond-final #t) (equal? cond-final '(not #f)))
+                         (append (loop true-group '()) result))
+                        ((or (eq? cond-final #f) (equal? cond-final '(not #t)))
+                         (append (loop false-group '()) result))
+                        (else
+                         (let ((true-group-result (loop true-group '()))
+                               (false-group-result (loop false-group '())))
+                           (cond
+                            ((and (null? true-group-result)
+                                  (null? false-group-result))
+                             result)
+                            ((null? false-group-result)
+                             (cons `(unquote-splicing
+                                     (when ,cond-final ,true-group-result))
+                                   result))
+                            ((null? true-group-result)
+                             (cons `(unquote-splicing
+                                     (unless ,cond-final ,false-group-result))
+                                   result))
+                            (else
+                             (cons `(unquote-splicing
+                                     (if ,cond-final
+                                         ,true-group-result
+                                         ,false-group-result))
+                                   result))))))))))))))))
+
+;; Part 3:
+;;
+;; Retrive the desired package and its Cabal file from
+;; http://hackage.haskell.org and construct the Guix package S-expression.
+
+(define (hackage-fetch name-version)
+  "Return the Cabal file for the package NAME-VERSION, or #f on failure.  If
+the version part is omitted from the package name, then return the latest
+version."
+  (let*-values (((name version) (package-name->name+version name-version))
+                ((url)
+                 (if version
+                     (string-append "http://hackage.haskell.org/package/"
+                                    name "-" version "/" name ".cabal")
+                     (string-append "http://hackage.haskell.org/package/"
+                                    name "/" name ".cabal"))))
+    (call-with-temporary-output-file
+     (lambda (temp port)
+       (and (url-fetch url temp)
+            (call-with-input-file temp read-cabal))))))
+
+(define string->license
+  ;; List of valid values from
+  ;; https://www.haskell.org
+  ;; /cabal/release/cabal-latest/doc/API/Cabal/Distribution-License.html.
+  (match-lambda
+   ("GPL-2" 'gpl2)
+   ("GPL-3" 'gpl3)
+   ("GPL" "'gpl??")
+   ("AGPL-3" 'agpl3)
+   ("AGPL" "'agpl??")
+   ("LGPL-2.1" 'lgpl2.1)
+   ("LGPL-3" 'lgpl3)
+   ("LGPL" "'lgpl??")
+   ("BSD2" 'bsd-2)
+   ("BSD3" 'bsd-3)
+   ("MIT" 'expat)
+   ("ISC" 'isc)
+   ("MPL" 'mpl2.0)
+   ("Apache-2.0" 'asl2.0)
+   ((x) (string->license x))
+   ((lst ...) `(list ,@(map string->license lst)))
+   (_ #f)))
+
+(define* (hackage-module->sexp meta #:key (include-test-dependencies? #t))
+  "Return the `package' S-expression for a Cabal package.  META is the
+representation of a Cabal file as produced by 'read-cabal'."
+
+  (define name
+    (first (key->values meta "name")))
+
+  (define version
+    (first (key->values meta "version")))
+  
+  (define description
+    (let*-values (((description) (key->values meta "description"))
+                  ((lines last)
+                   (split-at description (- (length description) 1))))
+      (fold-right (lambda (line seed) (string-append line "\n" seed))
+                  (first last) lines)))
+  
+  (define source-url
+    (string-append "http://hackage.haskell.org/package/" name
+                   "/" name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+
+  ;; Several packages do not have an official home-page other than on Hackage.
+  (define home-page
+    (let ((home-page-entry (key->values meta "homepage")))
+      (if (null? home-page-entry)
+          (string-append "http://hackage.haskell.org/package/" name)
+          (first home-page-entry))))
+  
+  (define (maybe-inputs input-type inputs)
+    (match inputs
+      (()
+       '())
+      ((inputs ...)
+       (list (list input-type
+                   (list 'quasiquote inputs))))))
+  
+  (let ((tarball (with-store store
+                   (download-to-store store source-url))))
+    `(package
+       (name ,(hackage-name->package-name name))
+       (version ,version)
+       (source (origin
+                 (method url-fetch)
+                 (uri (string-append ,@(factorize-uri source-url version)))
+                 (sha256
+                  (base32
+                   ,(if tarball
+                        (bytevector->nix-base32-string (file-sha256 tarball))
+                        "failed to download tar archive")))))
+       (build-system haskell-build-system)
+       ,@(maybe-inputs 'inputs
+                       (dependencies-cond->sexp meta
+                                                #:include-test-dependencies?
+                                                include-test-dependencies?))
+       (home-page ,home-page)
+       (synopsis ,@(key->values meta "synopsis"))
+       (description ,description)
+       (license ,(string->license (key->values meta "license"))))))
+
+(define* (hackage->guix-package module-name
+                                #:key (include-test-dependencies? #t))
+  "Fetch the Cabal file for PACKAGE-NAME from hackage.haskell.org, and return
+the `package' S-expression corresponding to that package, or #f on failure."
+  (let ((module-meta (hackage-fetch module-name)))
+    (and=> module-meta (cut hackage-module->sexp <>
+                            #:include-test-dependencies?
+                            include-test-dependencies?))))
+
+;;; cabal.scm ends here

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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2015 Federico Beffa <beffa@fbengineering.ch>
+;;;
+;;; 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-hackage)
+  #:use-module (guix import hackage)
+  #:use-module (guix tests)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-64)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match))
+
+(define test-cabal-1
+  "name: foo
+version: 1.0.0
+homepage: http://test.org
+synopsis: synopsis
+description: description
+license: BSD3
+executable cabal
+  build-depends:
+    HTTP       >= 4000.2.5 && < 4000.3,
+    mtl        >= 2.0      && < 3
+")
+
+;; Use TABs to indent lines and to separate keys from value.
+(define test-cabal-2
+  "name:	foo
+version:	1.0.0
+homepage:	http://test.org
+synopsis:	synopsis
+description:	description
+license:	BSD3
+executable cabal
+	build-depends:	HTTP       >= 4000.2.5 && < 4000.3,
+		mtl        >= 2.0      && < 3
+")
+
+;; Use indentation with comma as found, e.g., in 'haddock-api'.
+(define test-cabal-3
+  "name: foo
+version: 1.0.0
+homepage: http://test.org
+synopsis: synopsis
+description: description
+license: BSD3
+executable cabal
+    build-depends:
+        HTTP       >= 4000.2.5 && < 4000.3
+      , mtl        >= 2.0      && < 3
+")
+
+(define test-cond-1
+  "(os(darwin) || !(flag(debug))) && flag(cips)")
+
+(define read-cabal
+  (@@ (guix import hackage) read-cabal))
+
+(define eval-cabal-keywords
+  (@@ (guix import hackage) eval-cabal-keywords))
+
+(define conditional->sexp-like
+  (@@ (guix import hackage) conditional->sexp-like))
+
+(test-begin "hackage")
+
+(define (eval-test-with-cabal test-cabal)
+  (mock
+   ((guix import hackage) hackage-fetch
+    (lambda (name-version)
+      (call-with-input-string test-cabal
+        read-cabal)))
+   (match (hackage->guix-package "foo")
+     (('package
+        ('name "ghc-foo")
+        ('version "1.0.0")
+        ('source
+         ('origin
+           ('method 'url-fetch)
+           ('uri ('string-append
+                  "http://hackage.haskell.org/package/foo/foo-"
+                  'version
+                  ".tar.gz"))
+           ('sha256
+            ('base32
+             (? string? hash)))))
+        ('build-system 'haskell-build-system)
+        ('inputs
+         ('quasiquote
+          (("ghc-http" ('unquote 'ghc-http))
+           ("ghc-mtl" ('unquote 'ghc-mtl)))))
+        ('home-page "http://test.org")
+        ('synopsis (? string?))
+        ('description (? string?))
+        ('license 'bsd-3))
+      #t)
+     (x
+      (pk 'fail x #f)))))
+
+(test-assert "hackage->guix-package test 1"
+  (eval-test-with-cabal test-cabal-1))
+
+(test-assert "hackage->guix-package test 2"
+  (eval-test-with-cabal test-cabal-2))
+
+(test-assert "hackage->guix-package test 3"
+  (eval-test-with-cabal test-cabal-3))
+
+(test-assert "conditional->sexp-like"
+  (match
+    (eval-cabal-keywords
+     (conditional->sexp-like test-cond-1)
+     '(("debug" . "False")))
+    (('and ('or ('string-match "darwin" ('%current-system)) ('not '#f)) '#t)
+     #t)
+    (x
+     (pk 'fail x #f))))
+
+(test-end "hackage")
+
+
+(exit (= (test-runner-fail-count (test-runner-current)) 0))