Maybe something like this (has NOT been tested):
diff --git a/guix/build/utils.scm b/guix/build/utils.scm
index 2988193..c2cf25d 100644
--- a/guix/build/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/build/utils.scm
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ following forms:
(replace <old-phase-name> <new-phase>)
(add-before <old-phase-name> <new-phase-name> <new-phase>)
(add-after <old-phase-name> <new-phase-name> <new-phase>)
+ (move-after <destination-phase-name> <source-phase-name>)
Where every <*-phase-name> is an automatically quoted symbol, and <new-phase>
an expression evaluating to a procedure."
@@ -526,7 +527,7 @@ an expression evaluating to a procedure."
phases*))
(define-syntax %modify-phases
- (syntax-rules (delete replace add-before add-after)
+ (syntax-rules (delete replace add-before add-after move-after)
((_ phases (delete old-phase-name))
(alist-delete old-phase-name phases))
((_ phases (replace old-phase-name new-phase))
@@ -534,7 +535,11 @@ an expression evaluating to a procedure."
((_ phases (add-before old-phase-name new-phase-name new-phase))
(alist-cons-before old-phase-name new-phase-name new-phase phases))
((_ phases (add-after old-phase-name new-phase-name new-phase))
- (alist-cons-after old-phase-name new-phase-name new-phase phases))))
+ (alist-cons-after old-phase-name new-phase-name new-phase phases))
+ ((_ phases (move-after a-phase-name source-phase-name))
+ (let ((source-phase (assoc-ref phases source-phase-name)))
+ (alist-cons-after a-phase-name source-phase-name source-phase
+ (alist-delete source-phase-name phases))))))
^L
;;;
I'm still not sure whether we should make something like this easy - it sounds
hacky to move phases like this.
