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+;; SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Hilton Chain <hako@ultrarare.space>
+;;
+;; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+(define-module (rosenthal utils download)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (guix gexp)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix store)
+  #:use-module (guix monads)
+  #:export (url-fetch/xz-file))
+
+(define url-fetch* (@@ (guix download) url-fetch*))
+
+(define* (url-fetch/xz-file url hash-algo hash
+                             #:optional name
+                             #:key (system (%current-system))
+                             (guile (default-guile)))
+  "Similar to 'url-fetch' but decompress the xz file at URL."
+  (define file-name
+    (match url
+      ((head _ ...)
+       (basename head))
+      (_
+       (basename url))))
+  (define xz
+    (module-ref (resolve-interface '(gnu packages compression)) 'xz))
+
+  (mlet %store-monad ((drv (url-fetch* url hash-algo hash
+                                       (or name file-name)
+                                       #:system system
+                                       #:guile guile))
+                      (guile (package->derivation guile system)))
+    ;; Take the xz file, and simply decompress it.
+    ;; Use ungrafted xz so that the resulting tarball doesn't depend on
+    ;; whether grafts are enabled.
+    (gexp->derivation (or name file-name)
+                      (with-imported-modules '((guix build utils))
+                        #~(begin
+                            (use-modules (guix build utils))
+                            (setenv "XZ_OPT"
+                                    (string-join (%xz-parallel-args)))
+
+                            (copy-file #$drv #$file-name)
+                            (make-file-writable #$file-name)
+                            (invoke (string-append #+xz "/bin/unxz")
+                                    #$file-name)
+
+                            (copy-file (basename #$file-name ".xz")
+                                       #$output)))
+                      #:system system
+                      #:guile-for-build guile
+                      #:graft? #f
+                      #:local-build? #t)))