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Subject: bug#26684: let nginx configs reference the store
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Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 14:43:10 +0200
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Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com> skribis:

> Is this the right way to do things?  Passing lists around seems to be an
> intermediate point between strings and proper configuration values -- as
> such it seems like a useful intermediate step.  The context is that I
> need to be able to extend the nginx configuration with a server config
> that references a store path.

I don=E2=80=99t know if it=E2=80=99s ideal but it=E2=80=99s definitely an i=
mprovement!

What I had in mind when I thought about fixing the very same issue was
to generate a gexp as the IR of the configuration file, something like:

  #~(nginx
      (server bar
        (location #$foo)))

and then have a build-side =E2=80=98sexp->nginx-config-file=E2=80=99 proced=
ure that
would convert it.

That=E2=80=99s nicer in theory but probably more tricky than what you propo=
se
here.

In the short term I think applying the patch you posted is probably the
right thing.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.