[bug#30702] [PATCH] services: nginx: Support extra content in the http block.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Christopher Baines <address@hidden> skribis:

> This helpful when adding content to the nginx configuration file, which isn't
> supported by the record type used for the configuration.  For example, like
> adding proxy_cache_path configuration.
>
> * gnu/packages/web.scm (<nginx-configuration>): Add new extra-content field.
>   (nginx-configuration-extra-content): New field accessor.
>   (default-nginx-config): Add support for the extra-content field.
> * doc/guix.texi (NGINX): Document the new extra-content field.

[...]

> address@hidden @code{extra-content} (default: @code{""})
> +Extra content for the @code{http} block.  Should be string or a string
> +valued G-expression.

[...]

>     (apply mixed-text-file "nginx.conf"
>            (flatten
>             "user nginx nginx;\n"
> @@ -542,7 +546,8 @@ of index files."
>             "\n"
>             (map emit-nginx-upstream-config upstream-blocks)
>             (map emit-nginx-server-config server-blocks)
> -           "}\n"
> +           extra-content
> +           "\n}\n"
>             "events {}\n"))))

That doesn’t work if ‘extra-content’ is something like:

  #~(string-append "foo" bar)

does it?

My understanding of the doc above was that it intends to allow this.
But maybe it doesn’t matter after all?

Thanks,
Ludo’.