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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2003-11-18T10·47+0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2003-11-18T10·47+0000
commit8798fae30450a88c339c8f23d7e0c75f5df2ef1c (patch)
tree53d271e89ee3d04490a94a7ea82cf2dc3bbc3c30 /src/libnix
parent45610ae675f6f8d6ecbd48c495cb7012b143d531 (diff)
* Source tree refactoring.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/libnix')
-rw-r--r--src/libnix/Makefile.am7
-rw-r--r--src/libnix/archive.cc334
-rw-r--r--src/libnix/archive.hh60
-rw-r--r--src/libnix/aterm.cc93
-rw-r--r--src/libnix/aterm.hh77
-rw-r--r--src/libnix/hash.cc124
-rw-r--r--src/libnix/hash.hh51
-rw-r--r--src/libnix/md5.c448
-rw-r--r--src/libnix/md5.h151
-rw-r--r--src/libnix/test-aterm.cc66
-rw-r--r--src/libnix/util.cc318
-rw-r--r--src/libnix/util.hh168
12 files changed, 4 insertions, 1893 deletions
diff --git a/src/libnix/Makefile.am b/src/libnix/Makefile.am
index 7671b1613d19..055ef1af7b96 100644
--- a/src/libnix/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libnix/Makefile.am
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 noinst_LIBRARIES = libnix.a
 
-libnix_a_SOURCES = util.cc hash.cc archive.cc md5.c \
+libnix_a_SOURCES = \
  store.cc expr.cc normalise.cc exec.cc \
- globals.cc db.cc references.cc pathlocks.cc aterm.cc
+ globals.cc db.cc references.cc pathlocks.cc
 
-AM_CXXFLAGS = -DSYSTEM=\"@host@\" -Wall -I.. -I../../externals/inst/include
+AM_CXXFLAGS = -DSYSTEM=\"@host@\" -Wall \
+ -I.. -I../../externals/inst/include -I../libutil
 
 EXTRA_DIST = *.hh *.h test-builder-*.sh
 
diff --git a/src/libnix/archive.cc b/src/libnix/archive.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index ed57df4c9f7b..000000000000
--- a/src/libnix/archive.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,334 +0,0 @@
-#include <cerrno>
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-
-#include "archive.hh"
-#include "util.hh"
-
-
-static string archiveVersion1 = "nix-archive-1";
-
-
-static void writePadding(unsigned int len, DumpSink & sink)
-{
-    if (len % 8) {
-        unsigned char zero[8];
-        memset(zero, 0, sizeof(zero));
-        sink(zero, 8 - (len % 8));
-    }
-}
-
-
-static void writeInt(unsigned int n, DumpSink & sink)
-{
-    unsigned char buf[8];
-    memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
-    buf[0] = n & 0xff;
-    buf[1] = (n >> 8) & 0xff;
-    buf[2] = (n >> 16) & 0xff;
-    buf[3] = (n >> 24) & 0xff;
-    sink(buf, sizeof(buf));
-}
-
-
-static void writeString(const string & s, DumpSink & sink)
-{
-    unsigned int len = s.length();
-    writeInt(len, sink);
-    sink((const unsigned char *) s.c_str(), len);
-    writePadding(len, sink);
-}
-
-
-static void dump(const string & path, DumpSink & sink);
-
-
-static void dumpEntries(const Path & path, DumpSink & sink)
-{
-    AutoCloseDir dir = opendir(path.c_str());
-    if (!dir) throw SysError("opening directory " + path);
-
-    vector<string> names;
-
-    struct dirent * dirent;
-    while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir)) {
-        string name = dirent->d_name;
-        if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
-        names.push_back(name);
-    }
-    if (errno) throw SysError("reading directory " + path);
-
-    sort(names.begin(), names.end());
-
-    for (vector<string>::iterator it = names.begin();
-         it != names.end(); it++)
-    {
-        writeString("entry", sink);
-        writeString("(", sink);
-        writeString("name", sink);
-        writeString(*it, sink);
-        writeString("node", sink);
-        dump(path + "/" + *it, sink);
-        writeString(")", sink);
-    }
-}
-
-
-static void dumpContents(const Path & path, unsigned int size, 
-    DumpSink & sink)
-{
-    writeString("contents", sink);
-    writeInt(size, sink);
-
-    AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
-    if (fd == -1) throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % path);
-    
-    unsigned char buf[65536];
-
-    unsigned int total = 0;
-    ssize_t n;
-    while ((n = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)))) {
-        if (n == -1) throw SysError("reading file " + path);
-        total += n;
-        sink(buf, n);
-    }
-
-    if (total != size)
-        throw SysError("file changed while reading it: " + path);
-
-    writePadding(size, sink);
-}
-
-
-static void dump(const Path & path, DumpSink & sink)
-{
-    struct stat st;
-    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
-
-    writeString("(", sink);
-
-    if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
-        writeString("type", sink);
-        writeString("regular", sink);
-        if (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR) {
-            writeString("executable", sink);
-            writeString("", sink);
-        }
-        dumpContents(path, st.st_size, sink);
-    } 
-
-    else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-        writeString("type", sink);
-        writeString("directory", sink);
-        dumpEntries(path, sink);
-    }
-
-    else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
-        writeString("type", sink);
-        writeString("symlink", sink);
-        char buf[st.st_size];
-        if (readlink(path.c_str(), buf, st.st_size) != st.st_size)
-            throw SysError("reading symbolic link " + path);
-        writeString("target", sink);
-        writeString(string(buf, st.st_size), sink);
-    }
-
-    else throw Error("unknown file type: " + path);
-
-    writeString(")", sink);
-}
-
-
-void dumpPath(const Path & path, DumpSink & sink)
-{
-    writeString(archiveVersion1, sink);
-    dump(path, sink);
-}
-
-
-static Error badArchive(string s)
-{
-    return Error("bad archive: " + s);
-}
-
-
-static void readPadding(unsigned int len, RestoreSource & source)
-{
-    if (len % 8) {
-        unsigned char zero[8];
-        unsigned int n = 8 - (len % 8);
-        source(zero, n);
-        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n; i++)
-            if (zero[i]) throw badArchive("non-zero padding");
-    }
-}
-
-static unsigned int readInt(RestoreSource & source)
-{
-    unsigned char buf[8];
-    source(buf, sizeof(buf));
-    if (buf[4] || buf[5] || buf[6] || buf[7])
-        throw Error("implementation cannot deal with > 32-bit integers");
-    return
-        buf[0] |
-        (buf[1] << 8) |
-        (buf[2] << 16) |
-        (buf[3] << 24);
-}
-
-
-static string readString(RestoreSource & source)
-{
-    unsigned int len = readInt(source);
-    char buf[len];
-    source((unsigned char *) buf, len);
-    readPadding(len, source);
-    return string(buf, len);
-}
-
-
-static void skipGeneric(RestoreSource & source)
-{
-    if (readString(source) == "(") {
-        while (readString(source) != ")")
-            skipGeneric(source);
-    }
-}
-
-
-static void restore(const Path & path, RestoreSource & source);
-
-
-static void restoreEntry(const Path & path, RestoreSource & source)
-{
-    string s, name;
-
-    s = readString(source);
-    if (s != "(") throw badArchive("expected open tag");
-
-    while (1) {
-        s = readString(source);
-
-        if (s == ")") {
-            break;
-        } else if (s == "name") {
-            name = readString(source);
-        } else if (s == "node") {
-            if (s == "") throw badArchive("entry name missing");
-            restore(path + "/" + name, source);
-        } else {
-            throw badArchive("unknown field " + s);
-            skipGeneric(source);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
-static void restoreContents(int fd, const Path & path, RestoreSource & source)
-{
-    unsigned int size = readInt(source);
-    unsigned int left = size;
-    unsigned char buf[65536];
-
-    while (left) {
-        unsigned int n = sizeof(buf);
-        if (n > left) n = left;
-        source(buf, n);
-        if (write(fd, buf, n) != (ssize_t) n)
-            throw SysError("writing file " + path);
-        left -= n;
-    }
-
-    readPadding(size, source);
-}
-
-
-static void restore(const Path & path, RestoreSource & source)
-{
-    string s;
-
-    s = readString(source);
-    if (s != "(") throw badArchive("expected open tag");
-
-    enum { tpUnknown, tpRegular, tpDirectory, tpSymlink } type = tpUnknown;
-    AutoCloseFD fd;
-
-    while (1) {
-        s = readString(source);
-
-        if (s == ")") {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        else if (s == "type") {
-            if (type != tpUnknown)
-                throw badArchive("multiple type fields");
-            string t = readString(source);
-
-            if (t == "regular") {
-                type = tpRegular;
-                fd = open(path.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, 0666);
-                if (fd == -1)
-                    throw SysError("creating file " + path);
-            }
-
-            else if (t == "directory") {
-                type = tpDirectory;
-                if (mkdir(path.c_str(), 0777) == -1)
-                    throw SysError("creating directory " + path);
-            }
-
-            else if (t == "symlink") {
-                type = tpSymlink;
-            }
-            
-            else throw badArchive("unknown file type " + t);
-            
-        }
-
-        else if (s == "contents" && type == tpRegular) {
-            restoreContents(fd, path, source);
-        }
-
-        else if (s == "executable" && type == tpRegular) {
-            readString(source);
-            struct stat st;
-            if (fstat(fd, &st) == -1)
-                throw SysError("fstat");
-            if (fchmod(fd, st.st_mode | (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH)) == -1)
-                throw SysError("fchmod");
-        }
-
-        else if (s == "entry" && type == tpDirectory) {
-            restoreEntry(path, source);
-        }
-
-        else if (s == "target" && type == tpSymlink) {
-            string target = readString(source);
-            if (symlink(target.c_str(), path.c_str()) == -1)
-                throw SysError("creating symlink " + path);
-        }
-
-        else {
-            throw badArchive("unknown field " + s);
-            skipGeneric(source);
-        }
-        
-    }
-}
-
-
-void restorePath(const Path & path, RestoreSource & source)
-{
-    if (readString(source) != archiveVersion1)
-        throw badArchive("expected Nix archive");
-    restore(path, source);
-}
-
diff --git a/src/libnix/archive.hh b/src/libnix/archive.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 67e236668a06..000000000000
--- a/src/libnix/archive.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#include <string>
-
-#include "util.hh"
-
-
-/* dumpPath creates a Nix archive of the specified path.  The format
-   is as follows:
-
-   IF path points to a REGULAR FILE:
-     dump(path) = attrs(
-       [ ("type", "regular")
-       , ("contents", contents(path))
-       ])
-
-   IF path points to a DIRECTORY:
-     dump(path) = attrs(
-       [ ("type", "directory")
-       , ("entries", concat(map(f, sort(entries(path)))))
-       ])
-       where f(fn) = attrs(
-         [ ("name", fn)
-         , ("file", dump(path + "/" + fn))
-         ])
-
-   where:
-
-     attrs(as) = concat(map(attr, as)) + encN(0) 
-     attrs((a, b)) = encS(a) + encS(b)
-
-     encS(s) = encN(len(s)) + s + (padding until next 64-bit boundary)
-
-     encN(n) = 64-bit little-endian encoding of n.
-
-     contents(path) = the contents of a regular file.
-
-     sort(strings) = lexicographic sort by 8-bit value (strcmp).
-
-     entries(path) = the entries of a directory, without `.' and
-     `..'.
-
-     `+' denotes string concatenation. */
-
-struct DumpSink 
-{
-    virtual void operator () (const unsigned char * data, unsigned int len) = 0;
-};
-
-void dumpPath(const Path & path, DumpSink & sink);
-
-
-struct RestoreSource
-{
-    /* The callee should store exactly *len bytes in the buffer
-       pointed to by data.  It should block if that much data is not
-       yet available, or throw an error if it is not going to be
-       available. */
-    virtual void operator () (unsigned char * data, unsigned int len) = 0;
-};
-
-void restorePath(const Path & path, RestoreSource & source);
diff --git a/src/libnix/aterm.cc b/src/libnix/aterm.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index de7c359521a7..000000000000
--- a/src/libnix/aterm.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-#include "aterm.hh"
-
-
-string atPrint(ATerm t)
-{
-    if (!t) throw Error("attempt to print null aterm");
-    char * s = ATwriteToString(t);
-    if (!s) throw Error("cannot print term");
-    return s;
-}
-
-
-ostream & operator << (ostream & stream, ATerm e)
-{
-    return stream << atPrint(e);
-}
-
-
-ATMatcher & atMatch(ATMatcher & pos, ATerm t)
-{
-    pos.t = t;
-    pos.pos = ATMatcher::funPos;
-    return pos;
-}
-
-
-static inline bool failed(const ATMatcher & pos)
-{
-    return pos.pos == ATMatcher::failPos;
-}
-
-
-static inline ATMatcher & fail(ATMatcher & pos)
-{
-    pos.pos = ATMatcher::failPos;
-    return pos;
-}
-
-
-ATMatcher & operator >> (ATMatcher & pos, ATerm & out)
-{
-    out = 0;
-    if (failed(pos)) return pos;
-    if (pos.pos == ATMatcher::funPos || 
-        ATgetType(pos.t) != AT_APPL ||
-        pos.pos >= (int) ATgetArity(ATgetAFun(pos.t)))
-        return fail(pos);
-    out = ATgetArgument(pos.t, pos.pos);
-    pos.pos++;
-    return pos;
-}
-
-
-ATMatcher & operator >> (ATMatcher & pos, string & out)
-{
-    out = "";
-    if (pos.pos == ATMatcher::funPos) {
-        if (ATgetType(pos.t) != AT_APPL) return fail(pos);
-        out = ATgetName(ATgetAFun(pos.t));
-        pos.pos = 0;
-    } else {
-        ATerm t;
-        pos = pos >> t;
-        if (failed(pos)) return pos;
-        if (ATgetType(t) != AT_APPL ||
-            ATgetArity(ATgetAFun(t)) != 0)
-            return fail(pos);
-        out = ATgetName(ATgetAFun(t));
-    }
-    return pos;
-}
-
-
-ATMatcher & operator >> (ATMatcher & pos, const string & s)
-{
-    string s2;
-    pos = pos >> s2;
-    if (failed(pos)) return pos;
-    if (s != s2) return fail(pos);
-    return pos;
-}
-
-
-ATMatcher & operator >> (ATMatcher & pos, ATermList & out)
-{
-    out = 0;
-    ATerm t;
-    pos = pos >> t;
-    if (failed(pos)) return pos;
-    if (ATgetType(t) != AT_LIST) return fail(pos);
-    out = (ATermList) t;
-    return pos;
-}
diff --git a/src/libnix/aterm.hh b/src/libnix/aterm.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 16d8d6bb6dfd..000000000000
--- a/src/libnix/aterm.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __ATERM_H
-#define __ATERM_H
-
-extern "C" {
-#include <aterm2.h>
-}
-
-#include "util.hh"
-
-
-/* Print an ATerm. */
-string atPrint(ATerm t);
-
-/* Write an ATerm to an output stream. */
-ostream & operator << (ostream & stream, ATerm e);
-
-class ATermIterator
-{
-    ATermList t;
-
-public:
-    ATermIterator(ATermList _t) : t(_t) { }
-    ATermIterator & operator ++ ()
-    {
-        t = ATgetNext(t);
-        return *this;
-    }
-    ATerm operator * ()
-    {
-        return ATgetFirst(t);
-    }
-    operator bool ()
-    {
-        return t != ATempty;
-    }
-};
-
-
-/* Type-safe matching. */
-
-struct ATMatcher 
-{
-    ATerm t;
-    int pos;
-    const static int failPos = -2;
-    const static int funPos = -1;
-
-    ATMatcher() : t(0), pos(failPos)
-    {
-    }
-
-    operator bool() const
-    {
-        return pos != failPos;
-    }
-};
-
-/* Initiate matching of a term. */
-ATMatcher & atMatch(ATMatcher & pos, ATerm t);
-
-/* Get the next argument of an application. */
-ATMatcher & operator >> (ATMatcher & pos, ATerm & out);
-
-/* Get the name of the function symbol of an applicatin, or the next
-   argument of an application as a string. */
-ATMatcher & operator >> (ATMatcher & pos, string & out);
-
-/* Like the previous, but check that the string is equal to the given
-   string. */
-ATMatcher & operator >> (ATMatcher & pos, const string & s);
-
-/* Get the next argument of an application, and verify that it is a
-   list. */
-ATMatcher & operator >> (ATMatcher & pos, ATermList & out);
-
-
-#endif /* !__ATERM_H */
diff --git a/src/libnix/hash.cc b/src/libnix/hash.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 752b269125cb..000000000000
--- a/src/libnix/hash.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-#include <iostream>
-
-extern "C" {
-#include "md5.h"
-}
-
-#include "hash.hh"
-#include "archive.hh"
-
-
-Hash::Hash()
-{
-    memset(hash, 0, sizeof(hash));
-}
-
-
-bool Hash::operator == (const Hash & h2) const
-{
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hashSize; i++)
-        if (hash[i] != h2.hash[i]) return false;
-    return true;
-}
-
-
-bool Hash::operator != (const Hash & h2) const
-{
-    return !(*this == h2);
-}
-
-
-bool Hash::operator < (const Hash & h) const
-{
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hashSize; i++) {
-        if (hash[i] < h.hash[i]) return true;
-        if (hash[i] > h.hash[i]) return false;
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
-
-Hash::operator string() const
-{
-    ostringstream str;
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hashSize; i++) {
-        str.fill('0');
-        str.width(2);
-        str << hex << (int) hash[i];
-    }
-    return str.str();
-}
-
-    
-Hash parseHash(const string & s)
-{
-    Hash hash;
-    if (s.length() != Hash::hashSize * 2)
-        throw Error(format("invalid hash `%1%'") % s);
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < Hash::hashSize; i++) {
-        string s2(s, i * 2, 2);
-        if (!isxdigit(s2[0]) || !isxdigit(s2[1])) 
-            throw Error(format("invalid hash `%1%'") % s);
-        istringstream str(s2);
-        int n;
-        str >> hex >> n;
-        hash.hash[i] = n;
-    }
-    return hash;
-}
-
-
-bool isHash(const string & s)
-{
-    if (s.length() != 32) return false;
-    for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
-        char c = s[i];
-        if (!((c >= '0' && c <= '9') ||
-              (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')))
-            return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-
-Hash hashString(const string & s)
-{
-    Hash hash;
-    md5_buffer(s.c_str(), s.length(), hash.hash);
-    return hash;
-}
-
-
-Hash hashFile(const Path & path)
-{
-    Hash hash;
-    FILE * file = fopen(path.c_str(), "rb");
-    if (!file)
-        throw SysError(format("file `%1%' does not exist") % path);
-    int err = md5_stream(file, hash.hash);
-    fclose(file);
-    if (err) throw SysError(format("cannot hash file `%1%'") % path);
-    return hash;
-}
-
-
-struct HashSink : DumpSink
-{
-    struct md5_ctx ctx;
-    virtual void operator ()
-        (const unsigned char * data, unsigned int len)
-    {
-        md5_process_bytes(data, len, &ctx);
-    }
-};
-
-
-Hash hashPath(const Path & path)
-{
-    Hash hash;
-    HashSink sink;
-    md5_init_ctx(&sink.ctx);
-    dumpPath(path, sink);
-    md5_finish_ctx(&sink.ctx, hash.hash);
-    return hash;
-}
diff --git a/src/libnix/hash.hh b/src/libnix/hash.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0062f987c021..000000000000
--- a/src/libnix/hash.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __HASH_H
-#define __HASH_H
-
-#include <string>
-
-#include "util.hh"
-
-using namespace std;
-
-
-struct Hash
-{
-    static const unsigned int hashSize = 16;
-    unsigned char hash[hashSize];
-
-    /* Create a zeroed hash object. */
-    Hash();
-
-    /* Check whether two hash are equal. */
-    bool operator == (const Hash & h2) const;
-
-    /* Check whether two hash are not equal. */
-    bool operator != (const Hash & h2) const;
-
-    /* For sorting. */
-    bool operator < (const Hash & h) const;
-
-    /* Convert a hash code into a hexadecimal representation. */
-    operator string() const;
-};
-
-
-/* Parse a hexadecimal representation of a hash code. */
-Hash parseHash(const string & s);
-
-/* Verify that the given string is a valid hash code. */
-bool isHash(const string & s);
-
-/* Compute the hash of the given string. */
-Hash hashString(const string & s);
-
-/* Compute the hash of the given file. */
-Hash hashFile(const Path & path);
-
-/* Compute the hash of the given path.  The hash is defined as
-   md5(dump(path)).
-*/
-Hash hashPath(const Path & path);
-
-
-#endif /* !__HASH_H */
diff --git a/src/libnix/md5.c b/src/libnix/md5.c
deleted file mode 100644
index fa67ebfcdbdf..000000000000
--- a/src/libnix/md5.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,448 +0,0 @@
-/* Functions to compute MD5 message digest of files or memory blocks.
-   according to the definition of MD5 in RFC 1321 from April 1992.
-   Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1999,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library 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
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
-   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
-   02111-1307 USA.  */
-
-/* Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, 1995.  */
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-# include <config.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include "md5.h"
-
-
-static md5_uint32 SWAP(md5_uint32 n)
-{
-  static int checked = 0;
-  static int bigendian = 0;
-  static md5_uint32 test;
-
-  if (!checked) {
-    test = 1;
-    if (* (char *) &test == 0)
-      bigendian = 1;
-    checked = 1;
-  }
-
-  if (bigendian)
-    return (((n) << 24) | (((n) & 0xff00) << 8) | (((n) >> 8) & 0xff00) | ((n) >> 24));
-  else
-    return n;
-}
-
-
-/* This array contains the bytes used to pad the buffer to the next
-   64-byte boundary.  (RFC 1321, 3.1: Step 1)  */
-static const unsigned char fillbuf[64] = { 0x80, 0 /* , 0, 0, ...  */ };
-
-
-/* Initialize structure containing state of computation.
-   (RFC 1321, 3.3: Step 3)  */
-void
-md5_init_ctx (ctx)
-     struct md5_ctx *ctx;
-{
-  ctx->A = 0x67452301;
-  ctx->B = 0xefcdab89;
-  ctx->C = 0x98badcfe;
-  ctx->D = 0x10325476;
-
-  ctx->total[0] = ctx->total[1] = 0;
-  ctx->buflen = 0;
-}
-
-/* Put result from CTX in first 16 bytes following RESBUF.  The result
-   must be in little endian byte order.
-
-   IMPORTANT: On some systems it is required that RESBUF is correctly
-   aligned for a 32 bits value.  */
-void *
-md5_read_ctx (ctx, resbuf)
-     const struct md5_ctx *ctx;
-     void *resbuf;
-{
-  ((md5_uint32 *) resbuf)[0] = SWAP (ctx->A);
-  ((md5_uint32 *) resbuf)[1] = SWAP (ctx->B);
-  ((md5_uint32 *) resbuf)[2] = SWAP (ctx->C);
-  ((md5_uint32 *) resbuf)[3] = SWAP (ctx->D);
-
-  return resbuf;
-}
-
-/* Process the remaining bytes in the internal buffer and the usual
-   prolog according to the standard and write the result to RESBUF.
-
-   IMPORTANT: On some systems it is required that RESBUF is correctly
-   aligned for a 32 bits value.  */
-void *
-md5_finish_ctx (ctx, resbuf)
-     struct md5_ctx *ctx;
-     void *resbuf;
-{
-  /* Take yet unprocessed bytes into account.  */
-  md5_uint32 bytes = ctx->buflen;
-  size_t pad;
-
-  /* Now count remaining bytes.  */
-  ctx->total[0] += bytes;
-  if (ctx->total[0] < bytes)
-    ++ctx->total[1];
-
-  pad = bytes >= 56 ? 64 + 56 - bytes : 56 - bytes;
-  memcpy (&ctx->buffer[bytes], fillbuf, pad);
-
-  /* Put the 64-bit file length in *bits* at the end of the buffer.  */
-  *(md5_uint32 *) &ctx->buffer[bytes + pad] = SWAP (ctx->total[0] << 3);
-  *(md5_uint32 *) &ctx->buffer[bytes + pad + 4] = SWAP ((ctx->total[1] << 3) |
-							(ctx->total[0] >> 29));
-
-  /* Process last bytes.  */
-  md5_process_block (ctx->buffer, bytes + pad + 8, ctx);
-
-  return md5_read_ctx (ctx, resbuf);
-}
-
-/* Compute MD5 message digest for bytes read from STREAM.  The
-   resulting message digest number will be written into the 16 bytes
-   beginning at RESBLOCK.  */
-int
-md5_stream (stream, resblock)
-     FILE *stream;
-     void *resblock;
-{
-  /* Important: BLOCKSIZE must be a multiple of 64.  */
-#define BLOCKSIZE 4096
-  struct md5_ctx ctx;
-  char buffer[BLOCKSIZE + 72];
-  size_t sum;
-
-  /* Initialize the computation context.  */
-  md5_init_ctx (&ctx);
-
-  /* Iterate over full file contents.  */
-  while (1)
-    {
-      /* We read the file in blocks of BLOCKSIZE bytes.  One call of the
-	 computation function processes the whole buffer so that with the
-	 next round of the loop another block can be read.  */
-      size_t n;
-      sum = 0;
-
-      /* Read block.  Take care for partial reads.  */
-      do
-	{
-	  n = fread (buffer + sum, 1, BLOCKSIZE - sum, stream);
-
-	  sum += n;
-	}
-      while (sum < BLOCKSIZE && n != 0);
-      if (n == 0 && ferror (stream))
-        return 1;
-
-      /* If end of file is reached, end the loop.  */
-      if (n == 0)
-	break;
-
-      /* Process buffer with BLOCKSIZE bytes.  Note that
-			BLOCKSIZE % 64 == 0
-       */
-      md5_process_block (buffer, BLOCKSIZE, &ctx);
-    }
-
-  /* Add the last bytes if necessary.  */
-  if (sum > 0)
-    md5_process_bytes (buffer, sum, &ctx);
-
-  /* Construct result in desired memory.  */
-  md5_finish_ctx (&ctx, resblock);
-  return 0;
-}
-
-/* Compute MD5 message digest for LEN bytes beginning at BUFFER.  The
-   result is always in little endian byte order, so that a byte-wise
-   output yields to the wanted ASCII representation of the message
-   digest.  */
-void *
-md5_buffer (buffer, len, resblock)
-     const char *buffer;
-     size_t len;
-     void *resblock;
-{
-  struct md5_ctx ctx;
-
-  /* Initialize the computation context.  */
-  md5_init_ctx (&ctx);
-
-  /* Process whole buffer but last len % 64 bytes.  */
-  md5_process_bytes (buffer, len, &ctx);
-
-  /* Put result in desired memory area.  */
-  return md5_finish_ctx (&ctx, resblock);
-}
-
-
-void
-md5_process_bytes (buffer, len, ctx)
-     const void *buffer;
-     size_t len;
-     struct md5_ctx *ctx;
-{
-  /* When we already have some bits in our internal buffer concatenate
-     both inputs first.  */
-  if (ctx->buflen != 0)
-    {
-      size_t left_over = ctx->buflen;
-      size_t add = 128 - left_over > len ? len : 128 - left_over;
-
-      memcpy (&ctx->buffer[left_over], buffer, add);
-      ctx->buflen += add;
-
-      if (ctx->buflen > 64)
-	{
-	  md5_process_block (ctx->buffer, ctx->buflen & ~63, ctx);
-
-	  ctx->buflen &= 63;
-	  /* The regions in the following copy operation cannot overlap.  */
-	  memcpy (ctx->buffer, &ctx->buffer[(left_over + add) & ~63],
-		  ctx->buflen);
-	}
-
-      buffer = (const char *) buffer + add;
-      len -= add;
-    }
-
-  /* Process available complete blocks.  */
-  if (len >= 64)
-    {
-#if !_STRING_ARCH_unaligned
-/* To check alignment gcc has an appropriate operator.  Other
-   compilers don't.  */
-# if __GNUC__ >= 2
-#  define UNALIGNED_P(p) (((md5_uintptr) p) % __alignof__ (md5_uint32) != 0)
-# else
-#  define UNALIGNED_P(p) (((md5_uintptr) p) % sizeof (md5_uint32) != 0)
-# endif
-      if (UNALIGNED_P (buffer))
-	while (len > 64)
-	  {
-	    md5_process_block (memcpy (ctx->buffer, buffer, 64), 64, ctx);
-	    buffer = (const char *) buffer + 64;
-	    len -= 64;
-	  }
-      else
-#endif
-	{
-	  md5_process_block (buffer, len & ~63, ctx);
-	  buffer = (const char *) buffer + (len & ~63);
-	  len &= 63;
-	}
-    }
-
-  /* Move remaining bytes in internal buffer.  */
-  if (len > 0)
-    {
-      size_t left_over = ctx->buflen;
-
-      memcpy (&ctx->buffer[left_over], buffer, len);
-      left_over += len;
-      if (left_over >= 64)
-	{
-	  md5_process_block (ctx->buffer, 64, ctx);
-	  left_over -= 64;
-	  memcpy (ctx->buffer, &ctx->buffer[64], left_over);
-	}
-      ctx->buflen = left_over;
-    }
-}
-
-
-/* These are the four functions used in the four steps of the MD5 algorithm
-   and defined in the RFC 1321.  The first function is a little bit optimized
-   (as found in Colin Plumbs public domain implementation).  */
-/* #define FF(b, c, d) ((b & c) | (~b & d)) */
-#define FF(b, c, d) (d ^ (b & (c ^ d)))
-#define FG(b, c, d) FF (d, b, c)
-#define FH(b, c, d) (b ^ c ^ d)
-#define FI(b, c, d) (c ^ (b | ~d))
-
-/* Process LEN bytes of BUFFER, accumulating context into CTX.
-   It is assumed that LEN % 64 == 0.  */
-
-void
-md5_process_block (buffer, len, ctx)
-     const void *buffer;
-     size_t len;
-     struct md5_ctx *ctx;
-{
-  md5_uint32 correct_words[16];
-  const md5_uint32 *words = buffer;
-  size_t nwords = len / sizeof (md5_uint32);
-  const md5_uint32 *endp = words + nwords;
-  md5_uint32 A = ctx->A;
-  md5_uint32 B = ctx->B;
-  md5_uint32 C = ctx->C;
-  md5_uint32 D = ctx->D;
-
-  /* First increment the byte count.  RFC 1321 specifies the possible
-     length of the file up to 2^64 bits.  Here we only compute the
-     number of bytes.  Do a double word increment.  */
-  ctx->total[0] += len;
-  if (ctx->total[0] < len)
-    ++ctx->total[1];
-
-  /* Process all bytes in the buffer with 64 bytes in each round of
-     the loop.  */
-  while (words < endp)
-    {
-      md5_uint32 *cwp = correct_words;
-      md5_uint32 A_save = A;
-      md5_uint32 B_save = B;
-      md5_uint32 C_save = C;
-      md5_uint32 D_save = D;
-
-      /* First round: using the given function, the context and a constant
-	 the next context is computed.  Because the algorithms processing
-	 unit is a 32-bit word and it is determined to work on words in
-	 little endian byte order we perhaps have to change the byte order
-	 before the computation.  To reduce the work for the next steps
-	 we store the swapped words in the array CORRECT_WORDS.  */
-
-#define OP(a, b, c, d, s, T)						\
-      do								\
-        {								\
-	  a += FF (b, c, d) + (*cwp++ = SWAP (*words)) + T;		\
-	  ++words;							\
-	  CYCLIC (a, s);						\
-	  a += b;							\
-        }								\
-      while (0)
-
-      /* It is unfortunate that C does not provide an operator for
-	 cyclic rotation.  Hope the C compiler is smart enough.  */
-#define CYCLIC(w, s) (w = (w << s) | (w >> (32 - s)))
-
-      /* Before we start, one word to the strange constants.
-	 They are defined in RFC 1321 as
-
-	 T[i] = (int) (4294967296.0 * fabs (sin (i))), i=1..64
-       */
-
-      /* Round 1.  */
-      OP (A, B, C, D,  7, 0xd76aa478);
-      OP (D, A, B, C, 12, 0xe8c7b756);
-      OP (C, D, A, B, 17, 0x242070db);
-      OP (B, C, D, A, 22, 0xc1bdceee);
-      OP (A, B, C, D,  7, 0xf57c0faf);
-      OP (D, A, B, C, 12, 0x4787c62a);
-      OP (C, D, A, B, 17, 0xa8304613);
-      OP (B, C, D, A, 22, 0xfd469501);
-      OP (A, B, C, D,  7, 0x698098d8);
-      OP (D, A, B, C, 12, 0x8b44f7af);
-      OP (C, D, A, B, 17, 0xffff5bb1);
-      OP (B, C, D, A, 22, 0x895cd7be);
-      OP (A, B, C, D,  7, 0x6b901122);
-      OP (D, A, B, C, 12, 0xfd987193);
-      OP (C, D, A, B, 17, 0xa679438e);
-      OP (B, C, D, A, 22, 0x49b40821);
-
-      /* For the second to fourth round we have the possibly swapped words
-	 in CORRECT_WORDS.  Redefine the macro to take an additional first
-	 argument specifying the function to use.  */
-#undef OP
-#define OP(f, a, b, c, d, k, s, T)					\
-      do 								\
-	{								\
-	  a += f (b, c, d) + correct_words[k] + T;			\
-	  CYCLIC (a, s);						\
-	  a += b;							\
-	}								\
-      while (0)
-
-      /* Round 2.  */
-      OP (FG, A, B, C, D,  1,  5, 0xf61e2562);
-      OP (FG, D, A, B, C,  6,  9, 0xc040b340);
-      OP (FG, C, D, A, B, 11, 14, 0x265e5a51);
-      OP (FG, B, C, D, A,  0, 20, 0xe9b6c7aa);
-      OP (FG, A, B, C, D,  5,  5, 0xd62f105d);
-      OP (FG, D, A, B, C, 10,  9, 0x02441453);
-      OP (FG, C, D, A, B, 15, 14, 0xd8a1e681);
-      OP (FG, B, C, D, A,  4, 20, 0xe7d3fbc8);
-      OP (FG, A, B, C, D,  9,  5, 0x21e1cde6);
-      OP (FG, D, A, B, C, 14,  9, 0xc33707d6);
-      OP (FG, C, D, A, B,  3, 14, 0xf4d50d87);
-      OP (FG, B, C, D, A,  8, 20, 0x455a14ed);
-      OP (FG, A, B, C, D, 13,  5, 0xa9e3e905);
-      OP (FG, D, A, B, C,  2,  9, 0xfcefa3f8);
-      OP (FG, C, D, A, B,  7, 14, 0x676f02d9);
-      OP (FG, B, C, D, A, 12, 20, 0x8d2a4c8a);
-
-      /* Round 3.  */
-      OP (FH, A, B, C, D,  5,  4, 0xfffa3942);
-      OP (FH, D, A, B, C,  8, 11, 0x8771f681);
-      OP (FH, C, D, A, B, 11, 16, 0x6d9d6122);
-      OP (FH, B, C, D, A, 14, 23, 0xfde5380c);
-      OP (FH, A, B, C, D,  1,  4, 0xa4beea44);
-      OP (FH, D, A, B, C,  4, 11, 0x4bdecfa9);
-      OP (FH, C, D, A, B,  7, 16, 0xf6bb4b60);
-      OP (FH, B, C, D, A, 10, 23, 0xbebfbc70);
-      OP (FH, A, B, C, D, 13,  4, 0x289b7ec6);
-      OP (FH, D, A, B, C,  0, 11, 0xeaa127fa);
-      OP (FH, C, D, A, B,  3, 16, 0xd4ef3085);
-      OP (FH, B, C, D, A,  6, 23, 0x04881d05);
-      OP (FH, A, B, C, D,  9,  4, 0xd9d4d039);
-      OP (FH, D, A, B, C, 12, 11, 0xe6db99e5);
-      OP (FH, C, D, A, B, 15, 16, 0x1fa27cf8);
-      OP (FH, B, C, D, A,  2, 23, 0xc4ac5665);
-
-      /* Round 4.  */
-      OP (FI, A, B, C, D,  0,  6, 0xf4292244);
-      OP (FI, D, A, B, C,  7, 10, 0x432aff97);
-      OP (FI, C, D, A, B, 14, 15, 0xab9423a7);
-      OP (FI, B, C, D, A,  5, 21, 0xfc93a039);
-      OP (FI, A, B, C, D, 12,  6, 0x655b59c3);
-      OP (FI, D, A, B, C,  3, 10, 0x8f0ccc92);
-      OP (FI, C, D, A, B, 10, 15, 0xffeff47d);
-      OP (FI, B, C, D, A,  1, 21, 0x85845dd1);
-      OP (FI, A, B, C, D,  8,  6, 0x6fa87e4f);
-      OP (FI, D, A, B, C, 15, 10, 0xfe2ce6e0);
-      OP (FI, C, D, A, B,  6, 15, 0xa3014314);
-      OP (FI, B, C, D, A, 13, 21, 0x4e0811a1);
-      OP (FI, A, B, C, D,  4,  6, 0xf7537e82);
-      OP (FI, D, A, B, C, 11, 10, 0xbd3af235);
-      OP (FI, C, D, A, B,  2, 15, 0x2ad7d2bb);
-      OP (FI, B, C, D, A,  9, 21, 0xeb86d391);
-
-      /* Add the starting values of the context.  */
-      A += A_save;
-      B += B_save;
-      C += C_save;
-      D += D_save;
-    }
-
-  /* Put checksum in context given as argument.  */
-  ctx->A = A;
-  ctx->B = B;
-  ctx->C = C;
-  ctx->D = D;
-}
diff --git a/src/libnix/md5.h b/src/libnix/md5.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6301e4558ca1..000000000000
--- a/src/libnix/md5.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
-/* Declaration of functions and data types used for MD5 sum computing
-   library functions.
-   Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1999,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library 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
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
-   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
-   02111-1307 USA.  */
-
-#ifndef _MD5_H
-#define _MD5_H 1
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-#if defined HAVE_LIMITS_H || _LIBC
-# include <limits.h>
-#endif
-
-/* The following contortions are an attempt to use the C preprocessor
-   to determine an unsigned integral type that is 32 bits wide.  An
-   alternative approach is to use autoconf's AC_CHECK_SIZEOF macro, but
-   doing that would require that the configure script compile and *run*
-   the resulting executable.  Locally running cross-compiled executables
-   is usually not possible.  */
-
-#ifdef _LIBC
-# include <stdint.h>
-typedef uint32_t md5_uint32;
-typedef uintptr_t md5_uintptr;
-#else
-# if defined __STDC__ && __STDC__
-#  define UINT_MAX_32_BITS 4294967295U
-# else
-#  define UINT_MAX_32_BITS 0xFFFFFFFF
-# endif
-
-/* If UINT_MAX isn't defined, assume it's a 32-bit type.
-   This should be valid for all systems GNU cares about because
-   that doesn't include 16-bit systems, and only modern systems
-   (that certainly have <limits.h>) have 64+-bit integral types.  */
-
-# ifndef UINT_MAX
-#  define UINT_MAX UINT_MAX_32_BITS
-# endif
-
-# if UINT_MAX == UINT_MAX_32_BITS
-   typedef unsigned int md5_uint32;
-# else
-#  if USHRT_MAX == UINT_MAX_32_BITS
-    typedef unsigned short md5_uint32;
-#  else
-#   if ULONG_MAX == UINT_MAX_32_BITS
-     typedef unsigned long md5_uint32;
-#   else
-     /* The following line is intended to evoke an error.
-        Using #error is not portable enough.  */
-     "Cannot determine unsigned 32-bit data type."
-#   endif
-#  endif
-# endif
-/* We have to make a guess about the integer type equivalent in size
-   to pointers which should always be correct.  */
-typedef unsigned long int md5_uintptr;
-#endif
-
-#undef __P
-#if defined (__STDC__) && __STDC__
-# define __P(x) x
-#else
-# define __P(x) ()
-#endif
-
-/* Structure to save state of computation between the single steps.  */
-struct md5_ctx
-{
-  md5_uint32 A;
-  md5_uint32 B;
-  md5_uint32 C;
-  md5_uint32 D;
-
-  md5_uint32 total[2];
-  md5_uint32 buflen;
-  char buffer[128] __attribute__ ((__aligned__ (__alignof__ (md5_uint32))));
-};
-
-/*
- * The following three functions are build up the low level used in
- * the functions `md5_stream' and `md5_buffer'.
- */
-
-/* Initialize structure containing state of computation.
-   (RFC 1321, 3.3: Step 3)  */
-extern void md5_init_ctx __P ((struct md5_ctx *ctx));
-
-/* Starting with the result of former calls of this function (or the
-   initialization function update the context for the next LEN bytes
-   starting at BUFFER.
-   It is necessary that LEN is a multiple of 64!!! */
-extern void md5_process_block __P ((const void *buffer, size_t len,
-				      struct md5_ctx *ctx));
-
-/* Starting with the result of former calls of this function (or the
-   initialization function update the context for the next LEN bytes
-   starting at BUFFER.
-   It is NOT required that LEN is a multiple of 64.  */
-extern void md5_process_bytes __P ((const void *buffer, size_t len,
-				      struct md5_ctx *ctx));
-
-/* Process the remaining bytes in the buffer and put result from CTX
-   in first 16 bytes following RESBUF.  The result is always in little
-   endian byte order, so that a byte-wise output yields to the wanted
-   ASCII representation of the message digest.
-
-   IMPORTANT: On some systems it is required that RESBUF is correctly
-   aligned for a 32 bits value.  */
-extern void *md5_finish_ctx __P ((struct md5_ctx *ctx, void *resbuf));
-
-
-/* Put result from CTX in first 16 bytes following RESBUF.  The result is
-   always in little endian byte order, so that a byte-wise output yields
-   to the wanted ASCII representation of the message digest.
-
-   IMPORTANT: On some systems it is required that RESBUF is correctly
-   aligned for a 32 bits value.  */
-extern void *md5_read_ctx __P ((const struct md5_ctx *ctx, void *resbuf));
-
-
-/* Compute MD5 message digest for bytes read from STREAM.  The
-   resulting message digest number will be written into the 16 bytes
-   beginning at RESBLOCK.  */
-extern int md5_stream __P ((FILE *stream, void *resblock));
-
-/* Compute MD5 message digest for LEN bytes beginning at BUFFER.  The
-   result is always in little endian byte order, so that a byte-wise
-   output yields to the wanted ASCII representation of the message
-   digest.  */
-extern void *md5_buffer __P ((const char *buffer, size_t len,
-				void *resblock));
-    
-#endif /* md5.h */
diff --git a/src/libnix/test-aterm.cc b/src/libnix/test-aterm.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 325639ca4f30..000000000000
--- a/src/libnix/test-aterm.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-#include "aterm.hh"
-#include <iostream>
-
-
-void runTests()
-{
-    verbosity = lvlDebug;
-
-    ATMatcher pos;
-
-    ATerm t = ATmake("Call(Foo, Bar, \"xyz\")");
-    
-    debug(format("term: %1%") % t);
-
-    string fun, arg3;
-    ATerm lhs, rhs;
-
-    if (!(atMatch(pos, t) >> "Call" >> lhs >> rhs >> arg3))
-        throw Error("should succeed");
-    if (arg3 != "xyz") throw Error("bad 1");
-
-    if (!(atMatch(pos, t) >> fun >> lhs >> rhs >> arg3))
-        throw Error("should succeed");
-    if (fun != "Call") throw Error("bad 2");
-    if (arg3 != "xyz") throw Error("bad 3");
-
-    if (!(atMatch(pos, t) >> fun >> lhs >> rhs >> "xyz"))
-        throw Error("should succeed");
-
-    if (atMatch(pos, t) >> fun >> lhs >> rhs >> "abc")
-        throw Error("should fail");
-
-    if (atMatch(pos, t) >> "Call" >> lhs >> rhs >> "abc")
-        throw Error("should fail");
-
-    t = ATmake("X([A, B, C], \"abc\")");
-
-    ATerm t1, t2, t3;
-    if (atMatch(pos, t) >> "X" >> t1 >> t2 >> t3)
-        throw Error("should fail");
-    if (!(atMatch(pos, t) >> "X" >> t1 >> t2))
-        throw Error("should succeed");
-    ATermList ts;
-    if (!(atMatch(pos, t) >> "X" >> ts >> t2))
-        throw Error("should succeed");
-    if (ATgetLength(ts) != 3)
-        throw Error("bad");
-    if (atMatch(pos, t) >> "X" >> t1 >> ts)
-        throw Error("should fail");
-}
-
-
-int main(int argc, char * * argv)
-{
-    ATerm bottomOfStack;
-    ATinit(argc, argv, &bottomOfStack);
-
-    try {
-        runTests();
-    } catch (Error & e) {
-        printMsg(lvlError, format("error: %1%") % e.msg());
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/src/libnix/util.cc b/src/libnix/util.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 299a37f6c877..000000000000
--- a/src/libnix/util.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,318 +0,0 @@
-#include <iostream>
-#include <cerrno>
-#include <cstdio>
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
-
-#include "util.hh"
-
-
-string thisSystem = SYSTEM;
-
-
-Error::Error(const format & f)
-{
-    err = f.str();
-}
-
-
-SysError::SysError(const format & f)
-    : Error(format("%1%: %2%") % f.str() % strerror(errno))
-{
-}
-
-
-Path absPath(Path path, Path dir)
-{
-    if (path[0] != '/') {
-        if (dir == "") {
-            char buf[PATH_MAX];
-            if (!getcwd(buf, sizeof(buf)))
-                throw SysError("cannot get cwd");
-            dir = buf;
-        }
-        path = dir + "/" + path;
-    }
-    return canonPath(path);
-}
-
-
-Path canonPath(const Path & path)
-{
-    string s;
-
-    if (path[0] != '/')
-        throw Error(format("not an absolute path: `%1%'") % path);
-
-    string::const_iterator i = path.begin(), end = path.end();
-
-    while (1) {
-
-        /* Skip slashes. */
-        while (i != end && *i == '/') i++;
-        if (i == end) break;
-
-        /* Ignore `.'. */
-        if (*i == '.' && (i + 1 == end || i[1] == '/'))
-            i++;
-
-        /* If `..', delete the last component. */
-        else if (*i == '.' && i + 1 < end && i[1] == '.' && 
-            (i + 2 == end || i[2] == '/'))
-        {
-            if (!s.empty()) s.erase(s.rfind('/'));
-            i += 2;
-        }
-
-        /* Normal component; copy it. */
-        else {
-            s += '/';
-            while (i != end && *i != '/') s += *i++;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return s.empty() ? "/" : s;
-}
-
-
-Path dirOf(const Path & path)
-{
-    unsigned int pos = path.rfind('/');
-    if (pos == string::npos)
-        throw Error(format("invalid file name: %1%") % path);
-    return Path(path, 0, pos);
-}
-
-
-string baseNameOf(const Path & path)
-{
-    unsigned int pos = path.rfind('/');
-    if (pos == string::npos)
-        throw Error(format("invalid file name %1% ") % path);
-    return string(path, pos + 1);
-}
-
-
-bool pathExists(const Path & path)
-{
-    int res;
-    struct stat st;
-    res = stat(path.c_str(), &st);
-    if (!res) return true;
-    if (errno != ENOENT)
-        throw SysError(format("getting status of %1%") % path);
-    return false;
-}
-
-
-void deletePath(const Path & path)
-{
-    printMsg(lvlVomit, format("deleting path `%1%'") % path);
-
-    struct stat st;
-    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-	throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
-
-    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-	Strings names;
-        
-        {
-            AutoCloseDir dir = opendir(path.c_str());
-
-            struct dirent * dirent;
-            while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir)) {
-                string name = dirent->d_name;
-                if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
-                names.push_back(name);
-            }
-        } /* scoped to ensure that dir is closed at this point */
-
-	/* Make the directory writable. */
-	if (!(st.st_mode & S_IWUSR)) {
-	    if (chmod(path.c_str(), st.st_mode | S_IWUSR) == -1)
-		throw SysError(format("making `%1%' writable"));
-	}
-
-	for (Strings::iterator i = names.begin(); i != names.end(); i++)
-            deletePath(path + "/" + *i);
-    }
-
-    if (remove(path.c_str()) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("cannot unlink `%1%'") % path);
-}
-
-
-void makePathReadOnly(const Path & path)
-{
-    struct stat st;
-    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-	throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
-
-    if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && (st.st_mode & S_IWUSR)) {
-	if (chmod(path.c_str(), st.st_mode & ~S_IWUSR) == -1)
-	    throw SysError(format("making `%1%' read-only") % path);
-    }
-
-    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-        AutoCloseDir dir = opendir(path.c_str());
-
-        struct dirent * dirent;
-        while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir)) {
-            string name = dirent->d_name;
-            if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
-	    makePathReadOnly(path + "/" + name);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
-static Path tempName()
-{
-    static int counter = 0;
-    char * s = getenv("TMPDIR");
-    Path tmpRoot = s ? canonPath(Path(s)) : "/tmp";
-    return (format("%1%/nix-%2%-%3%") % tmpRoot % getpid() % counter++).str();
-}
-
-
-Path createTempDir()
-{
-    while (1) {
-	Path tmpDir = tempName();
-	if (mkdir(tmpDir.c_str(), 0777) == 0) return tmpDir;
-	if (errno != EEXIST)
-	    throw SysError(format("creating directory `%1%'") % tmpDir);
-    }
-}
-
-
-Verbosity verbosity = lvlError;
-
-static int nestingLevel = 0;
-
-
-Nest::Nest()
-{
-    nest = false;
-}
-
-
-Nest::~Nest()
-{
-    if (nest) nestingLevel--;
-}
-
-
-void Nest::open(Verbosity level, const format & f)
-{
-    if (level <= verbosity) {
-        printMsg_(level, f);
-        nest = true;
-        nestingLevel++;
-    }
-}
-
-
-void printMsg_(Verbosity level, const format & f)
-{
-    if (level > verbosity) return;
-    string spaces;
-    for (int i = 0; i < nestingLevel; i++)
-        spaces += "|   ";
-    cerr << format("%1%%2%\n") % spaces % f.str();
-}
-
-
-void readFull(int fd, unsigned char * buf, size_t count)
-{
-    while (count) {
-        ssize_t res = read(fd, (char *) buf, count);
-        if (res == -1) throw SysError("reading from file");
-        if (res == 0) throw Error("unexpected end-of-file");
-        count -= res;
-        buf += res;
-    }
-}
-
-
-void writeFull(int fd, const unsigned char * buf, size_t count)
-{
-    while (count) {
-        ssize_t res = write(fd, (char *) buf, count);
-        if (res == -1) throw SysError("writing to file");
-        count -= res;
-        buf += res;
-    }
-}
-
-
-AutoDelete::AutoDelete(const string & p) : path(p)
-{
-    del = true;
-}
-
-AutoDelete::~AutoDelete()
-{
-    if (del) deletePath(path);
-}
-
-void AutoDelete::cancel()
-{
-    del = false;
-}
-
-
-AutoCloseFD::AutoCloseFD()
-{
-    fd = -1;
-}
-
-AutoCloseFD::AutoCloseFD(int fd)
-{
-    this->fd = fd;
-}
-
-AutoCloseFD::~AutoCloseFD()
-{
-    if (fd != -1) close(fd);
-}
-
-void AutoCloseFD::operator =(int fd)
-{
-    this->fd = fd;
-}
-
-AutoCloseFD::operator int()
-{
-    return fd;
-}
-
-
-AutoCloseDir::AutoCloseDir()
-{
-    dir = 0;
-}
-
-AutoCloseDir::AutoCloseDir(DIR * dir)
-{
-    this->dir = dir;
-}
-
-AutoCloseDir::~AutoCloseDir()
-{
-    if (dir) closedir(dir);
-}
-
-void AutoCloseDir::operator =(DIR * dir)
-{
-    this->dir = dir;
-}
-
-AutoCloseDir::operator DIR *()
-{
-    return dir;
-}
-
diff --git a/src/libnix/util.hh b/src/libnix/util.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index e6b600eff8ce..000000000000
--- a/src/libnix/util.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __UTIL_H
-#define __UTIL_H
-
-#include <string>
-#include <list>
-#include <set>
-#include <sstream>
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <boost/format.hpp>
-
-using namespace std;
-using namespace boost;
-
-
-class Error : public exception
-{
-protected:
-    string err;
-public:
-    Error(const format & f);
-    ~Error() throw () { };
-    const char * what() const throw () { return err.c_str(); }
-    const string & msg() const throw () { return err; }
-};
-
-class SysError : public Error
-{
-public:
-    SysError(const format & f);
-};
-
-class UsageError : public Error
-{
-public:
-    UsageError(const format & f) : Error(f) { };
-};
-
-
-typedef list<string> Strings;
-typedef set<string> StringSet;
-
-
-/* Paths are just strings. */
-typedef string Path;
-typedef list<Path> Paths;
-typedef set<Path> PathSet;
-
-
-/* The canonical system name, as returned by config.guess. */ 
-extern string thisSystem;
-
-
-/* Return an absolutized path, resolving paths relative to the
-   specified directory, or the current directory otherwise.  The path
-   is also canonicalised. */
-Path absPath(Path path, Path dir = "");
-
-/* Canonicalise a path (as in realpath(3)). */
-Path canonPath(const Path & path);
-
-/* Return the directory part of the given path, i.e., everything
-   before the final `/'. */
-Path dirOf(const Path & path);
-
-/* Return the base name of the given path, i.e., everything following
-   the final `/'. */
-string baseNameOf(const Path & path);
-
-/* Return true iff the given path exists. */
-bool pathExists(const Path & path);
-
-/* Delete a path; i.e., in the case of a directory, it is deleted
-   recursively.  Don't use this at home, kids. */
-void deletePath(const Path & path);
-
-/* Make a path read-only recursively. */
-void makePathReadOnly(const Path & path);
-
-/* Create a temporary directory. */
-Path createTempDir();
-
-
-/* Messages. */
-
-typedef enum { 
-    lvlError, 
-    lvlTalkative,
-    lvlChatty,
-    lvlDebug,
-    lvlVomit
-} Verbosity;
-
-extern Verbosity verbosity; /* supress msgs > this */
-
-class Nest
-{
-private:
-    bool nest;
-public:
-    Nest();
-    ~Nest();
-    void open(Verbosity level, const format & f);
-};
-
-void printMsg_(Verbosity level, const format & f);
-
-#define startNest(varName, level, f) \
-    Nest varName; \
-    if (level <= verbosity) { \
-      varName.open(level, (f)); \
-    }
-
-#define printMsg(level, f) \
-    do { \
-        if (level <= verbosity) { \
-            printMsg_(level, (f)); \
-        } \
-    } while (0)
-
-#define debug(f) printMsg(lvlDebug, f)
-
-
-/* Wrappers arount read()/write() that read/write exactly the
-   requested number of bytes. */
-void readFull(int fd, unsigned char * buf, size_t count);
-void writeFull(int fd, const unsigned char * buf, size_t count);
-
-
-/* Automatic cleanup of resources. */
-
-class AutoDelete
-{
-    string path;
-    bool del;
-public:
-    AutoDelete(const string & p);
-    ~AutoDelete();
-    void cancel();
-};
-
-class AutoCloseFD
-{
-    int fd;
-public:
-    AutoCloseFD();
-    AutoCloseFD(int fd);
-    ~AutoCloseFD();
-    void operator =(int fd);
-    operator int();
-};
-
-class AutoCloseDir
-{
-    DIR * dir;
-public:
-    AutoCloseDir();
-    AutoCloseDir(DIR * dir);
-    ~AutoCloseDir();
-    void operator =(DIR * dir);
-    operator DIR *();
-};
-
-
-#endif /* !__UTIL_H */