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2016-02-16doc: Move paragraphs in description of guix archive.Andreas Enge
* doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix archive"): Move paragraph describing basic invocation from the end to the beginning of the section.
2016-02-13doc: Correct typos.Andreas Enge
* doc/guix.texi: Correct typos, grammar and stylistic points.
2016-02-12scripts: environment: Build environments as profiles.David Thompson
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/19816>. * guix/scripts/environment.scm (evaluate-input-search-paths) (build-inputs): Delete. (evaluate-profile-search-paths, strip-input-name) (package-or-package+output?, package-environment-inputs) (build-environment, inputs->profile-derivations): New procedures. (create-environment, show-search-paths, launch-environment) (launch-environment/container): Replace 'inputs' argument with 'profile' argument. (package+propagated-inputs): Strip off names off of input tuples. (options/resolve-packages): Handle input tuples that specify an output in expressions. (guix-environment): Convert inputs into a profile to use in the environment. Remove non-package inputs such as origins from environment inputs. * doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix environment"): Document package+output tuples for --expression option. * tests/guix-environment.sh: Update tests. * tests/guix-environment-container.sh: Likewise. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2016-02-10doc: Provide more details about system installation.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Turn all subsections into individual nodes. (Limitations): Update the number of packages. (Preparing for Installation)[Keyboard Layout, Networking, Disk Partitionning]: New subsections. Move the 'cow-store' thing to... (Proceeding with the Installation): ... here. Describe things in more detail. (Base Services): Add index entry for "keyboard layout". Co-authored-by: Petter <petter@mykolab.ch>.
2016-02-10system: Selected locale is automatically built.Ludovic Courtès
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/22572>. Reported by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>. * gnu/system/locale.scm (%not-dot): New variable. (denormalize-codeset, locale-name->definition): New procedures. * gnu/system.scm (locale-name->definition*): New procedure. (operating-system-locale-directory): Instead of raising an error, add the missing locale. * doc/guix.texi (Locales): Adjust accordingly.
2016-02-07doc: Document 'guix-edit' Emacs command.Alex Kost
* doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Commands): Document "M-x guix-edit". * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix edit): Mention it.
2016-02-04doc: Mention 'tzselect'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Mention 'tzselect' and invalid timezone strings.
2016-02-03guix system: 'reconfigure' loads and starts new services.Ludovic Courtès
Partly fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/22039>. * gnu/services/herd.scm: New file. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * gnu/services/shepherd.scm (shepherd-service-canonical-name): New procedure. (shepherd-service-file): Export. * guix/scripts/system.scm (upgrade-shepherd-services): New procedure. (switch-to-system): Use it. * guix/ui.scm (info): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Mention system services.
2016-02-01guix build: Add '--with-input'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/build.scm (transform-package-inputs): New procedure. (%transformations): Add it. (%transformation-options, show-transformation-options-help): Add --with-input. * tests/scripts-build.scm ("options->transformation, with-input"): ("options->transformation, with-input, no matches"): New tests. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi (Package Transformation Options): Document it.
2016-02-01guix package: Support package transformation options.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/package.scm (show-help): Call 'show-transformation-options-help'. (%options): Append %TRANSFORMATION-OPTIONS. (process-actions)[transform, transform-entry]: New procedures. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Mention package transformations. (Package Transformation Options): Mention 'guix package'.
2016-02-01guix build: Separate transformation options.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/build.scm (%transformation-options): New variable. (show-transformation-options-help): New procedure. (show-help): Remove '--with-source' documentation and add 'show-transformation-options-help' call. (%options): Remove "with-source" and append %TRANSFORMATION-OPTIONS. * doc/guix.texi (Package Transformation Options): New node. Document '--with-source', moved from... (Additional Build Options): ... here.
2016-02-01doc: Add subsections to 'Invoking guix build'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Add example. Shuffle options in the new subsections below. (Common Build Options, Additional Build Options): New nodes. (Invoking guix archive): Refer to "Common Build Options". (Invoking guix environment): Likewise. (Invoking guix system): Likewise. fixlet
2016-01-29guix system: Rename 'dmd-graph' to 'shepherd-graph'.Alex Kost
* doc/images/dmd-graph.dot: Rename to... * doc/images/shepherd-graph.dot: ... this. * doc.am (DOT_FILES): Adjust accordingly. * guix/scripts/system.scm (dmd-service-node-label) (dmd-service-node-type, export-dmd-graph): Rename to... (shepherd-service-node-label, shepherd-service-node-type) (export-shepherd-graph): ... this. (show-help, process-action, process-command): Rename 'dmd-graph' to 'shepherd-graph'. * emacs/guix-command.el (guix-command-additional-execute-arguments) (guix-command-special-executors): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi: Likewise. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Popup Interface): Likewise.
2016-01-29services: Rename 'dmd' services to 'shepherd'.Alex Kost
* gnu/services/shepherd.scm (dmd-root-service-type, %dmd-root-service) (dmd-service-type, <dmd-service>, dmd-service, dmd-service?) (make-dmd-service, dmd-service-documentation, dmd-service-provision) (dmd-service-requirement, dmd-service-respawn, dmd-service-start) (dmd-service-stop, dmd-service-auto-start?, dmd-service-modules) (dmd-service-imported-modules, dmd-service-file-name, dmd-service-file) (dmd-service-back-edges): Rename to... (shepherd-root-service-type, %shepherd-root-service, shepherd-service-type) (<shepherd-service>, shepherd-service, shepherd-service?) (make-shepherd-service, shepherd-service-documentation) (shepherd-service-provision, shepherd-service-requirement) (shepherd-service-respawn, shepherd-service-start) (shepherd-service-stop, shepherd-service-auto-start?) (shepherd-service-modules, shepherd-service-imported-modules) (shepherd-service-file-name, shepherd-service-file) (shepherd-service-back-edges): ...this * gnu/services.scm: Adjust comments. * gnu/services/avahi.scm (avahi-dmd-service): Rename to... (avahi-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/base.scm (%root-file-system-dmd-service) (file-system->dmd-service-name, mapped-device->dmd-service-name) (dependency->dmd-service-name, file-system-dmd-service) (mingetty-dmd-service, nscd-dmd-service, guix-dmd-service) (guix-publish-dmd-service, udev-dmd-service, gpm-dmd-service): Rename to... (%root-file-system-shepherd-service) (file-system->shepherd-service-name, mapped-device->shepherd-service-name) (dependency->shepherd-service-name, file-system-shepherd-service) (mingetty-shepherd-service, nscd-shepherd-service, guix-shepherd-service) (guix-publish-shepherd-service, udev-shepherd-service) (gpm-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/databases.scm (postgresql-dmd-service): Rename to... (postgresql-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (upower-dmd-service, elogind-dmd-service): Rename to... (upower-shepherd-service, elogind-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/dbus.scm (dbus-dmd-service): Rename to... (dbus-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/lirc.scm (lirc-dmd-service): Rename to... (lirc-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/mail.scm (dovecot-dmd-service): Rename to... (dovecot-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/networking.scm (ntp-dmd-service, tor-dmd-service) (bitlbee-dmd-service, wicd-dmd-service, network-manager-dmd-service): Rename to... (dbus-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/ssh.scm (lsh-dmd-service): Rename to... (lsh-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/web.scm (nginx-dmd-service): Rename to... (nginx-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/xorg.scm (slim-dmd-service): Rename to... (slim-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/system.scm (essential-services): Use '%shepherd-root-service'. * gnu/system/install.scm (cow-store-service-type): Adjust accordingly. * guix/scripts/system.scm (dmd-service-node-label, dmd-service-node-type) (export-dmd-graph): Likewise. * tests/guix-system.sh: Likewise. * tests/services.scm ("dmd-service-back-edges"): Rename to... ("shepherd-service-back-edges"): Adjust accordingly. * doc/guix.texi: Likewise. * doc/images/service-graph.dot: Use 'shepherd' service name.
2016-01-29Rename (gnu services dmd) to (gnu services shepherd).Alex Kost
* gnu/services/dmd.scm: Rename to... * gnu/services/shepherd.scm: ... this. * gnu/system.scm: Use it. * gnu/system/install.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/xorg.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/web.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/ssh.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/networking.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/mail.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/lirc.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/desktop.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/dbus.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/databases.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/base.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/avahi.scm: Likewise. * guix/scripts/system.scm: Likewise. * tests/services.scm: Likewise. * tests/guix-system.sh: Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Shepherd Services): Adjust accordingly. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Likewise. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Likewise.
2016-01-29doc: Replace references to 'dmd' with 'shepherd'.Alex Kost
* doc/guix.texi: Use 'shepherd'/'herd' instead of 'dmd'/'deco'. Fix info references.
2016-01-29doc: Describe how Emacs packages are found.Alex Kost
* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup)[Emacs Packages]: New subsection.
2016-01-26doc: Show how to boot result of 'vm-image'.Leo Famulari
* doc/guix.texi (Running GuixSD in a VM): New node. (Invoking guix system): Add reference to 'Running GuixSD in a VM'.
2016-01-25emacs: Add interface for licenses.Alex Kost
* emacs/guix-main.scm (%license-param-alist): New variable. (license->sexp, find-licenses, license-entries): New procedures. * emacs/guix-license.el (guix-license-get-entries) (guix-license-get-display, guix-license-insert-packages-button) (guix-license-insert-comment, guix-license-list-describe) (guix-license-list-show-packages): New procedures. (guix-licenses): New command. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Licenses): New node. (Emacs Interface): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Top): Add it. * NEWS: Mention new interface.
2016-01-25doc: Add policy about version numbers for VCS snapshots.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Version Numbers): Add paragraphs about VCS snapshot version numbers.
2016-01-25doc: Remove unneeded backslashes.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Remove unneeded backslashes.
2016-01-25doc: 'base-initrd' has #:virtio? default to #t.Ludovic Courtès
This is a followup to e26d507. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): #:virtio? defaults to #t.
2016-01-24doc: Fix typo in section on offloading.Andreas Enge
* doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Fix quoting typo in command.
2016-01-22doc: Fix typo in "Locales".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Locales): Add missing 's'.
2016-01-21doc: Explain how to make the Info manual visible.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> at <http://bugs.gnu.org/22402>. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Explain how to make the Info manual visible.
2016-01-21doc: Explain how to remove services from a list.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by <swedebugia@riseup.net>. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Add @unnumberedsubsubsec. Explain how to remove services from a list. Mention (gnu system).
2016-01-20import: Add Bioconductor importer and updater.Ricardo Wurmus
* guix/import/cran.scm (%bioconductor-updater, latest-bioconductor-release, bioconductor-package?): New procedures. (cran->guix-package): Support repositories other than CRAN. (%bioconductor-url, %bioconductor-svn-url): New variables. (description->package): Update signature to distinguish between packages from different repositories. (latest-release): Rename procedure ... (latest-cran-release): ... to this. (cran-package?): Do not assume all R packages are available on CRAN. * tests/cran.scm: Update tests. * guix/scripts/import/cran.scm: Add "--archive" option and default to CRAN. * guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%updaters): Add "%bioconductor-updater". * doc/guix.texi: Document Bioconductor importer and updater.
2016-01-19guix build: Add '--keep-going'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/build.scm (show-build-options-help) (%standard-build-options): Add --keep-going. * guix/scripts/build.scm (set-build-options-from-command-line): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document it.
2016-01-18doc: Document 'http_proxy'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup, Substitutes): Document 'http_proxy'.
2016-01-18doc: Explain how to run a subset of the tests.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Running the Test Suite): Explain 'TESTS'.
2016-01-16doc: Document command-line options honored by the initrd.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Document kernel command-line options.
2016-01-12doc: Fix typo in "Build Systems".Leo Famulari
* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Remove extra 's'.
2016-01-12doc: Show bootstrapping at the package level.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/images/bootstrap-packages.dot: New file. * doc.am (DOT_FILES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Bootstrapping): Show 'guix graph' commands. Includes 'images/bootstrap-packages' and comment it.
2016-01-08doc: Document network-manager-service.宋文武
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document network-manager-service.
2016-01-08doc: Add elaborate package search example.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Add elaborate --search example using recsel and sexes.
2016-01-05doc: Remove double occurrence of words.Michael Vetter
* doc/guix.texi: substitute 'the the' with 'the'. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2016-01-05guix package: Allow multiple '--search' flags.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/package.scm (find-packages-by-description): Change 'rx' parameter to 'regexps'. [matches-all?, matches-one?]: New procedures. Use them. (process-query): Collect regexps from all 'search' queries, and pass them to 'find-packages-by-description'. * tests/guix-package.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Document it.
2016-01-02emacs: Add Hydra interface.Alex Kost
* emacs/guix-utils.el (guix-hexify, guix-number->bool): New procedures. (guix-while-null): New macro. * emacs/guix-hydra.el: New file. * emacs/guix-hydra-build.el: New file. * emacs/guix-hydra-jobset.el: New file. * emacs.am (ELFILES): Add them. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Hydra): New node. (Emacs Interface): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Top): Add it. (Substitutes): Mention Emacs interface.
2016-01-01doc: Mention how to verify signatures.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Be more precise about signature verification. Suggested by Carl Hansen <carlhansen1234@gmail.com>.
2015-12-30daemon: Build in /tmp/guix-build-*.Ludovic Courtès
* nix/libstore/build.cc (DerivationGoal::startBuilder): Use "guix-build" instead of "nix-build" for TMPDIR. * doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup): Adjust accordingly.
2015-12-22file-systems: Add a 'mount?' field.Ludovic Courtès
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/22176>. Reported by Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas@gmx.net>. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (<file-system>)[mount?]: New field. (file-system->spec): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/services/base.scm (file-system-dmd-service): Return the empty list when FILE-SYSTEM has 'mount?' set to false. (user-processes-service): Select the subset of FILE-SYSTEMS that matches 'file-system-mount?'. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Document it.
2015-12-21doc: Explain significance of partition labels.Leo Famulari
* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Point out relationship between partition labels and the file-system configuration.
2015-12-21doc: Fix outdated claim about CRAN importer.Ricardo Wurmus
* doc/guix.texi: The CRAN importer no longer extracts information from the HTML package description but from the package's DESCRIPTION file.
2015-12-18gnu: Add dovecot serviceAndy Wingo
* gnu/services/mail.scm: New file. (&dovecot-configuration-error, dovecot-configuration-error?) (dovecot-service, dovecot-configuration, dict-configuration) (passdb-configuration, userdb-configuration) (unix-listener-configuration, fifo-listener-configuration) (inet-listener-configuration, service-configuration) (protocol-configuration, plugin-configuration, mailbox-configuration) (namespace-configuration, opaque-dovecot-configuration): New public variables. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add (gnu services mail). * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): New node.
2015-12-15doc: Give another example use of 'propagated-inputs'.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>. * doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Explain 'propagated-inputs' for non-C languages.
2015-12-14gexp: 'local-file' resolves relative file names.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/gexp.scm (<local-file>): Rename constructor to '%%local-file'. Add 'absolute' field. (%local-file, extract-directory, absolute-file-name): New procedures. (current-source-directory): New macro. (local-file): Adjust call to '%local-file'. (local-file-absolute-file-name): New procedure. (local-file-compiler): Force the 'absolute' field. * tests/guix-system.sh: Test whether 'local-file' canonicalization works. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Adjust.
2015-12-13daemon: Add '--rounds'.Ludovic Courtès
* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (GUIX_OPT_BUILD_ROUNDS): New macro. (options): Add --rounds. (parse_opt): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Document it.
2015-12-13doc: Reword description of 'inputs' & co.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Reword explanation of 'inputs', 'native-inputs', and 'propagated-inputs'. Add example.
2015-12-13doc: Fix typo in "Setuid Programs".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): Remove extra 's'.
2015-12-09daemon: Use deterministic $TMPDIR in chroot.Eelco Dolstra
Rather than using $<host-TMPDIR>/nix-build-<drvname>-<number>, the temporary directory is now always /tmp/nix-build-<drvname>-0. This improves bitwise-exact reproducibility for builds that store $TMPDIR in their build output. (Of course, those should still be fixed...) * nix/libstore/build.cc (DerivationGoal)[tmpDirInSandbox]: New field. (DerivationGoal::startBuilder): Initialize 'useChroot' earlier. Compute 'tmpDirInSandbox', and use it when populating 'dirsInChroot'. * doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup): Document it. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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