raingloom <raingl...@riseup.net> writes:
> On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 10:10:15 +0100 > Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> wrote: > >> raingloom <raingl...@riseup.net> writes: >> >> > Okay, so I figured out that I should use a G-Expression if I want to >> > compute the file, instead of just include it. Still not sure how to >> > store it as Scheme data, but I have an untested idea involving the >> > "pipe" syntax for symbols. >> >> Use computed-file instead of local-file. >> > > I know about computed-file, the issue is that the syntax of the key is > not strictly Scheme. The long hexadecimal block isn't parsed as a > number: > ``` > (with-input-from-file "/etc/guix/signing-key.pub" read) > ... > /etc/guix/signing-key.pub:4:8: Unknown # object: #\C > ``` These are canonical s-expressions. You can read them with “read-file-sexp” from (gcrypt pk-crypto). Or you can convert them to readable s-expressions with “canonical-sexp->sexp”. Or you can create them from strings with “string->canonical-sexp”. -- Ricardo
