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2013-07-19doc: Improve build instructions in README and HACKING.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Requirements): Remove Nixpkgs. Remove mentions of building from Git. (Installation): Refer to the manual. * HACKING: List requirements for when building from Git. Remove the `dot: Command not found' error.
2013-07-17doc: Mark 2.0.5 as being the minimum Guile version.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Require Guile 2.0.5+. * README: Ditto.
2013-06-12doc: Describe the build procedure in more detail.Konrad Hinsen
* README (Requirements): Replace "autoreconf" by "bootstrap". (Installing Guix from Guix): Augment and update.
2013-04-25doc: Add note on installing Guix from Guix.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Installing Guix from Guix): New section. Suggested by Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>.
2012-12-14daemon: Build `nix-setuid-helper'.Ludovic Courtès
* daemon.am (libexec_PROGRAMS, nix_setuid_helper_SOURCES, nix_setuid_helper_CPPFLAGS, nix_setuid_helper_LDADD): New variables. * test-env.in: Set and export `NIX_SETUID_HELPER'. * README (Installing Guix as non-root): New section.
2012-12-06doc: Add new dependencies in `README'.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Hacking): Rename to... (Requirements): ... this. Add the daemon's dependencies.
2012-11-25doc: Mention the pronunciation of "Guix".Ludovic Courtès
* README: Mention pronunciation of "Guix". * doc/guix.texi (Introduction): Likewise.
2012-11-24doc: Update `README'.Ludovic Courtès
* README: Update introductory summary. Point to Savannah instead of Gitorious. Mention <bug-guix@gnu.org>. (Guix & Nix): New section.
2012-11-18doc: Add a "Related software" section to `README'.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Related software): New section.
2012-11-18Turn Guix into "GNU Guix".Ludovic Courtès
* configure.ac: Change package name to "GNU Guix", and bug-report address to `gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org'. * doc/guix.texi: Replace "Guix" by "GNU Guix" in some places. (Top, Introduction): Mention "for the GNU system". * HACKING, README: Use "GNU Guix" instead of "Guix" in some places.
2012-11-03build: Require GNU libgcrypt.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/utils.scm (sha256): Remove Coreutils- and libchop-based implementations. * README: Update accordingly. * m4/guix.m4: New file. * configure.ac: Use `GUIX_ASSERT_LIBGCRYPT_USABLE'. Set and substitute `LIBGCRYPT_PREFIX'. * Makefile.am (AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): Pass `--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$(LIBGCRYPT_PREFIX)'.
2012-11-03build: Clearly mark Nixpkgs as optional.Ludovic Courtès
* configure.ac: Always show the result of checking for Nixpkgs. Don't warn when Nixpkgs is not found. * Makefile.am (AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): Remove `--with-nixpkgs' flag. * guix/utils.scm (%nixpkgs-directory): Use either the compile-time or the run-time `NIXPKGS' environment variable. * release.nix (jobs.tarball, jobs.build): Remove `--with-nixpkgs' configure flag. * README: Mark Nixpkgs as optional. * distro/packages/databases.scm, distro/packages/guile.scm, distro/packages/typesetting.scm: Change uses of `nixpkgs-derivation*' to `nixpkgs-derivation', to avoid failing at compile-time.
2012-10-05Augment `README'.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Hacking): Mention `--with-nixpkgs'. List the autotools and Gettext, as suggested by Nikita Karetnikov <nikita.karetnikov@gmail.com>.
2012-07-01Update list of dependencies.Ludovic Courtès
* README: Require libgcrypt or libchop.
2012-06-08Augment `README'.Ludovic Courtès
2012-06-03Add the usual top-level files.Ludovic Courtès