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-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/common-opts.cc12
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/common-opts.hh3
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/eval.cc6
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/eval.hh8
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/lexer.l2
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/parser.y47
6 files changed, 72 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/common-opts.cc b/src/libexpr/common-opts.cc
index bab31f4935db..d029d2ec35b9 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/common-opts.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/common-opts.cc
@@ -33,5 +33,15 @@ bool parseOptionArg(const string & arg, Strings::iterator & i,
     return true;
 }
 
- 
+
+bool parseSearchPathArg(const string & arg, Strings::iterator & i,
+    const Strings::iterator & argsEnd, EvalState & state)
+{
+    if (arg != "-I") return false;
+    if (i == argsEnd) throw UsageError(format("`%1%' requires an argument") % arg);;
+    state.addToSearchPath(*i++);
+    return true;
+}
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/libexpr/common-opts.hh b/src/libexpr/common-opts.hh
index 80298ce55d1b..6b7247fc3d89 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/common-opts.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/common-opts.hh
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ bool parseOptionArg(const string & arg, Strings::iterator & i,
     const Strings::iterator & argsEnd, EvalState & state,
     Bindings & autoArgs);
     
+bool parseSearchPathArg(const string & arg, Strings::iterator & i,
+    const Strings::iterator & argsEnd, EvalState & state);
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index 5701452f94f1..674fa96f0bc0 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ EvalState::EvalState()
         gcInitialised = true;
     }
 #endif
+
+    /* Initialise the Nix expression search path. */
+    searchPathInsertionPoint = searchPath.end();
+    Strings paths = tokenizeString(getEnv("NIX_PATH", ""), ":");
+    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, paths) addToSearchPath(*i);
+    searchPathInsertionPoint = searchPath.begin();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.hh b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
index e900217fa457..1583665bad19 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
@@ -213,11 +213,16 @@ private:
 
     std::map<Path, Expr *> parseTrees;
 
+    Paths searchPath;
+    Paths::iterator searchPathInsertionPoint;
+
 public:
     
     EvalState();
     ~EvalState();
 
+    void addToSearchPath(const string & s);
+
     /* Parse a Nix expression from the specified file.  If `path'
        refers to a directory, then "/default.nix" is appended. */
     Expr * parseExprFromFile(Path path);
@@ -229,6 +234,9 @@ public:
        form. */
     void evalFile(const Path & path, Value & v);
 
+    /* Look up a file in the search path. */
+    Path findFile(const string & path);
+
     /* Evaluate an expression to normal form, storing the result in
        value `v'. */
     void eval(Expr * e, Value & v);
diff --git a/src/libexpr/lexer.l b/src/libexpr/lexer.l
index 330c2bd54d3a..d46b66d9ff7c 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/lexer.l
+++ b/src/libexpr/lexer.l
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static Expr * unescapeStr(SymbolTable & symbols, const char * s)
 ID          [a-zA-Z\_][a-zA-Z0-9\_\']*
 INT         [0-9]+
 PATH        [a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]*(\/[a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]+)+
+SPATH       \<[a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]+(\/[a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]+)*\>
 URI         [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\+\-\.]*\:[a-zA-Z0-9\%\/\?\:\@\&\=\+\$\,\-\_\.\!\~\*\']+
 
 
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ or          { return OR_KW; }
 <IND_STRING>.    return yytext[0]; /* just in case: shouldn't be reached */
 
 {PATH}      { yylval->path = strdup(yytext); return PATH; }
+{SPATH}     { yylval->path = strdup(yytext); return SPATH; }
 {URI}       { yylval->uri = strdup(yytext); return URI; }
 
 [ \t\r\n]+    /* eat up whitespace */
diff --git a/src/libexpr/parser.y b/src/libexpr/parser.y
index a64d327b454b..cd63666dc5f0 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/parser.y
+++ b/src/libexpr/parser.y
@@ -17,19 +17,22 @@
 #include "util.hh"
     
 #include "nixexpr.hh"
+#include "eval.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
 
     struct ParseData 
     {
+        EvalState & state;
         SymbolTable & symbols;
         Expr * result;
         Path basePath;
         Path path;
         string error;
         Symbol sLetBody;
-        ParseData(SymbolTable & symbols)
-            : symbols(symbols)
+        ParseData(EvalState & state)
+            : state(state)
+            , symbols(state.symbols)
             , sLetBody(symbols.create("<let-body>"))
             { };
     };
@@ -253,7 +256,7 @@ void yyerror(YYLTYPE * loc, yyscan_t scanner, ParseData * data, const char * err
 %token <id> ID ATTRPATH
 %token <e> STR IND_STR
 %token <n> INT
-%token <path> PATH
+%token <path> PATH SPATH
 %token <uri> URI
 %token IF THEN ELSE ASSERT WITH LET IN REC INHERIT EQ NEQ AND OR IMPL OR_KW
 %token DOLLAR_CURLY /* == ${ */
@@ -350,6 +353,20 @@ expr_simple
       $$ = stripIndentation(data->symbols, *$2);
   }
   | PATH { $$ = new ExprPath(absPath($1, data->basePath)); }
+  | SPATH {
+      string path($1 + 1, strlen($1) - 2);
+      Path path2 = data->state.findFile(path);
+      /* The file wasn't found in the search path.  However, we can't
+         throw an error here, because the expression might never be
+         evaluated.  So return an expression that lazily calls
+         ‘abort’. */
+      $$ = path2 == ""
+          ? (Expr * ) new ExprApp(
+              new ExprVar(data->symbols.create("throw")),
+              new ExprString(data->symbols.create(
+                      (format("file `%1%' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)") % path).str())))
+          : (Expr * ) new ExprPath(path2);
+  }
   | URI { $$ = new ExprString(data->symbols.create($1)); }
   | '(' expr ')' { $$ = $2; }
   /* Let expressions `let {..., body = ...}' are just desugared
@@ -454,7 +471,7 @@ Expr * EvalState::parse(const char * text,
     const Path & path, const Path & basePath)
 {
     yyscan_t scanner;
-    ParseData data(symbols);
+    ParseData data(*this);
     data.basePath = basePath;
     data.path = path;
 
@@ -510,5 +527,25 @@ Expr * EvalState::parseExprFromString(const string & s, const Path & basePath)
     return parse(s.c_str(), "(string)", basePath);
 }
 
- 
+
+void EvalState::addToSearchPath(const string & s)
+{
+    Path path = absPath(s);
+    if (pathExists(path)) {
+        debug(format("adding path `%1%' to the search path") % path);
+        searchPath.insert(searchPathInsertionPoint, path);
+    }
+}
+
+
+Path EvalState::findFile(const string & path)
+{
+    foreach (Paths::iterator, i, searchPath) {
+        Path res = *i + "/" + path;
+        if (pathExists(res)) return canonPath(res);
+    }
+    return "";
+}
+
+
 }