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2020-07-22services: nix: Fix sandbox.Oleg Pykhalov
* gnu/tests/package-management.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk: Add this. * gnu/services/nix.scm (<nix-configuration>): New record. (nix-activation): Generate Nix config file which fixes sandbox. (nix-service-type): Add default value. (nix-shepherd-service): Allow provide Nix package. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services)[Nix service]<nix-configuration>: Document record.
2020-07-21doc: Mention the 'savannah' updater.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Mention 'savannah' updater.
2020-07-20ssh: Speed up RPCs by using #:nodelay.Lars-Dominik Braun
Partly fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/41702>. * guix/ssh.scm (open-ssh-session): Enable #:nodelay. * m4/guix.m4 (GUIX_CHECK_GUILE_SSH): Add feature check for this new parameter. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Adjust. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-07-19doc: Fix Ganeti blog post URL.Marius Bakke
* doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Adjust Ganeti blog post URL.
2020-07-19services: ganeti: Use TLS on the remote API by default.Marius Bakke
* gnu/services/ganeti.scm (<ganeti-rapi-configuration>): Set SSL? to #t. * gnu/tests/ganeti.scm (%ganeti-os): Set SSL? to #f. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Adjust accordingly.
2020-07-17build-system/maven: Make default-maven-plugins a procedure.Christopher Baines
This allows compiling the module without the (gnu packages maven) module being available. * guix/build-system/maven.scm (%default-maven-plugins): Rename to default-maven-plugins, and convert to a procedure. * doc/guix.texi (maven-build-system): Update.
2020-07-17guix: Add maven-build-system.Julien Lepiller
* guix/build-system/maven.scm: New file. * guix/build/maven-build-system.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document the maven build system.
2020-07-17doc: Small fixups for the Ganeti documentation.Marius Bakke
* doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Fix various inaccuracies and add markup the procedure parameters.
2020-07-16services: Add ganeti.Marius Bakke
* gnu/services/ganeti.scm, gnu/tests/ganeti.scm: New files. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document the Ganeti services.
2020-07-11Add 'guix git authenticate'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/git.scm, guix/scripts/git/authenticate.scm, tests/guix-git-authenticate.sh: New files. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add the *.scm files. (SH_TESTS): Add 'tests/guix-git-authenticate.sh'. * doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Specifying Channel Authorizations]: Mention 'guix git authenticate'. (Invoking guix git authenticate): New node. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add 'guix/scripts/git.scm' and 'guix/scripts/git/authenticate.scm'.
2020-07-06doc: Fix texinfo identifiers in Version Control Services.Arun Isaac
* doc/guix.texi (Version Control Services): Use @code, @command, @file, @indicateurl, @samp texinfo identifiers correctly.
2020-07-05doc: Fix minor typo in X Window.Arun Isaac
* doc/guix.texi (X Window): Replace "not" with "no".
2020-07-05doc: Fix minor typo in Programming Interface.Arun Isaac
* doc/guix.texi (Programming Interface): Replace "under a specific build users" with "under specific build users".
2020-07-02services: wpa-supplicant: Support specifying additional service dependencies.Marius Bakke
* gnu/services/networking.scm (<wpa-supplicant-configuration>)[requirement]: New parameter. (wpa-supplicant-shepherd-service): Use it instead of hard-coded list. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document accordingly.
2020-07-01channels: Dependencies listed in '.guix-channel' can have an introduction.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Ricardo Wurmus and Simon Tournier. * guix/channels.scm (sexp->channel-introduction): New procedure. (read-channel-metadata): Use it. (profile-channels)[sexp->channel-introduction]: Remove. * tests/channels.scm ("latest-channel-instances, authenticate dependency"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Declaring Channel Dependencies]: Augment example.
2020-07-01guix describe: Display channel introductions and add 'channels-sans-intro'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/describe.scm (%available-formats): Add "channels-sans-intro". (channel->sexp): Add #:include-introduction?. Emit CHANNEL's intro if INCLUDE-INTRODUCTION? is true and CHANNEL has an introduction. (channel->json): Include CHANNEL's introduction, if any. (channel->recutils): Likewise. (display-profile-info): Add 'channels-sans-intro' case. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix describe): Add introduction in example. Add 'channels-sans-intro' case.
2020-07-01channels: Make channel introductions public.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/channels.scm (<channel-introduction>): Rename constructor to '%make-channel-introduction'. (make-channel-introduction): New procedure. * tests/channels.scm ("authenticate-channel, wrong first commit signer") ("authenticate-channel, .guix-authorizations"): Use 'make-channel-introduction' without '@@' and without third argument. * doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Channel Authentication, Specifying Channel Authorizations]: New subsections.
2020-06-28doc: Add progress display in 'dd' command lines.Brice Waegeneire
* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Adjust 'dd' command line to display progress … (System Configuration): … same here.
2020-06-28services: Add rshiny service.Efraim Flashner
* gnu/services/science.scm: New file. (<rshiny-configuration>): New record. (rshiny-shepherd-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Document it. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
2020-06-26doc: 'guix hash' is not SHA256-only.Ludovic Courtès
This is a followup to 18ae1ec3ecfe22d55d6cdf595a442afebbc5595a. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Remove "SHA256" from the first paragraph.
2020-06-21services: childhurd: Support more than one instance.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<hurd-vm-configuration>)[options]: Remove "--hda" option. [id,net-options]: New fields. (hurd-vm-net-options): New procedure. Parameterize port forwarding with ID. * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (hurd-vm-shepherd-service): Use them. Parameterize provision with ID, if set. Hardcode "--hda" option for image. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document new fields. Update for hardcoding of "--hda".
2020-06-18doc: Delete description of a nonexistent option.Timotej Lazar
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Delete a paragraph about the --verbose option, which was removed in 1edcfda81ba5c20ca715473d45315662c60dd81e. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-06-17channels: Warn when pulling from a mirror.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/channels.scm (<channel-metadata>)[url]: New field. (read-channel-metadata): Initialize it. (read-channel-metadata-from-source): Likewise. (channel-instance-primary-url): New procedure. (latest-channel-instances): Compare CHANNEL's URL against it. * doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Primary URL]: New subsection.
2020-06-16pull: Add '--disable-authentication'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/channels.scm (latest-channel-instance): Add #:authenticate? and honor it. (latest-channel-instances): Likewise. * guix/scripts/pull.scm (%default-options): Add 'authenticate-channels?'. (show-help, %options): Add '--disable-authentication'. (guix-pull): Pass #:authenticate? to 'latest-channel-instances'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Document it.
2020-06-16channels: 'latest-channel-instance' authenticates Git checkouts.Ludovic Courtès
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/22883>. * guix/channels.scm (<channel>)[introduction]: New field. (<channel-introduction>): New record type. (%guix-channel-introduction): New variable. (%default-channels): Use it. (<channel-metadata>)[keyring-reference]: New field. (%default-keyring-reference): New variable. (read-channel-metadata, read-channel-metadata-from-source): Initialize the 'keyring-reference' field. (commit-short-id, verify-introductory-commit) (authenticate-channel): New procedures. (latest-channel-instance): Call 'authenticate-channel' when CHANNEL has an introduction. * tests/channels.scm (gpg+git-available?, commit-id-string): New procedures. ("authenticate-channel, wrong first commit signer"): ("authenticate-channel, .guix-authorizations"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention authentication.
2020-06-16pack: Add zstd compressor.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (%compressors): Add zstd. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it.
2020-06-15doc: Clarify 'hurd-vm' and 'childhurd' names.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
Suggested by Maxim Cournoyer via IRC. * doc/guix.texi (The Hurd in a Virtual Machine): Explicitly mention that hurd-vm and childhurd are two names for this service.
2020-06-14guix repl: Add script execution.Konrad Hinsen
* guix/scripts/repl.scm: Add filename options for script execution. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix repl): Document it. * tests/guix-repl.sh: Test it. * Makefile.am: (SH_TESTS): Add it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-06-14services: Add 'hurd-vm service-type'.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (hurd-vm-shepherd-service, hurd-vm-disk-image): New procedures. (%hurd-vm-operating-system, hurd-vm-service-type): New variables. (<hurd-vm-configuration>): New record type. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document it. * gnu/services/shepherd.scm (scm->go): Use let-system, remove FIXME. Fixes fixes cross-building of shepherd modules for the Hurd image.
2020-06-14lint: Add 'check-for-collisions' checker.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Edouard Klein <edk@beaver-labs.com>. * guix/profiles.scm (check-for-collisions): Export. * guix/lint.scm (check-profile-collisions): New procedure. (%local-checkers): Add 'profile-collisions' checker. * tests/lint.scm ("profile-collisions: no warnings") ("profile-collisions: propagated inputs collide") ("profile-collisions: propagated inputs collide, store items"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Document it.
2020-06-14doc: Mention 'guix lint -c derivation'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Mention the 'derivation' checker.
2020-06-09doc: Add note to 'udisks-service'.Brice Waegeneire
* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Specify how to add file-systems utilities to 'udisks-service'.
2020-06-08services: Add `hurd-getty-service-type'.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
* gnu/services/hurd.scm (<hurd-gettty-configuration>): New record. (hurd-ttys-shepherd-service): New procedure. (hurd-getty-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Hurd Services): Document it.
2020-06-08services: Add `hurd-console-service-type'.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
* gnu/services/hurd.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Hurd Services): Document it.
2020-06-08bootloader: Extend `<menu-entry>' for multiboot.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
* gnu/bootloader.scm (<menu-entry>)[multiboot-kernel,multiboot-arguments, multiboot-modules]: New fields. [linux,initrd]: Add default value '#f'. (menu-entry->sexp, sexp->menu-entry): Support multiboot entry. * doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration): Document them.
2020-06-08system: Add 'hurd' field to <operating-system>.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[hurd]: New field. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document 'hurd'.
2020-06-03doc: Mention Btrfs compression.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>. * doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning): Mention Btrfs compression.
2020-06-03gnu: services: docker: Add a debug? parameter.Maxim Cournoyer
* gnu/services/docker.scm (docker-configuration): Add a debug? field. (containerd-shepherd-service): Pass the "--log-level=debug" argument when DEBUG? is true. (docker-shepherd-service): Pass the "--debug" and "--log-level=debug" arguments when DEBUG? is true. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Update doc.
2020-05-29services: nfs: Expose configuration options for TCP and UDP.Maxim Cournoyer
* gnu/services/nfs.scm (<nfs-configuration>)[nfsd-tcp?, nfsd-udp?]: New fields. (nfs-shepherd-services)[rpc.nfsd]: Populate the --{no-,}tcp and --{no-,}udp command line options based on the values of the nfsd-tcp? and nfsd-upd? fields. * doc/guix.texi (Network File System): Add doc.
2020-05-29doc: Add example to calculate the size a system.Pierre Neidhardt
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking `guix size'): Add guix size example for store item.
2020-05-28doc: Remove explicit support for mips64el-linux.Efraim Flashner
It's been a good run, but no one is maintaining the architecture. So long, and thanks for all the fish. * doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Change text for mips64el-linux to denote it is deprecated. (Daemon Offload Setup): Change occurrences of mips64el-linux to aarch64-linux and adjust local code snippets. (Guix Environment)[cross-compilation]: Change mips64el-linux-gnu to aarch64-linux-gnu. (GNU Build System)(package-cross-derivation]: Same. (G-Expressions)[cross compilation]: Same. (Additional Build Options)[cross-compilation, build logs]: Same. (qemu-binfmt-service-type): Remove mips64el. * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Same. * m4/guix.m4: (GUIX_ASSERT_SUPPORTED_SYSTEM): Remove mips64el-linux.
2020-05-27doc: Use existing URLs and file names in installation instructions.Julien Lepiller
Some users are confused that these URLs and file names don't work, so change them to the most popular architecture, while still mentioning alternatives. * doc/guix.texi (USB Stick and DVD Installation, Binary Installation): Use x86_64-linux URLs by default.
2020-05-25doc: Fix typos.zimoun
* doc/guix.texi: Fix typos. * doc/contributing.texi: Fix typos. Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
2020-05-25pull: Protect against downgrade attacks.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/pull.scm (%default-options): Add 'validate-pull'. (%options, show-help): Add '--allow-downgrades'. (warn-about-backward-updates): New procedure. (guix-pull): Pass #:current-channels and #:validate-pull to 'latest-channel-instances'. * guix/channels.scm (ensure-forward-channel-update): Add hint for when (channel-commit channel) is true. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Document '--allow-downgrades'.
2020-05-24doc: Update to the new 'grub-theme' procedure.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
This is a follow-up commit to 9cdb10d52e34f7e8fa3b6238fe268646a4bbb877: gnu: grub: Allow a PNG image and replace "aspect-ratio" with "resolution". * doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration): Describe and use the 'grub-theme' procedure instead of the removed '%default-theme' variable.
2020-05-22doc: Update 'Bootstrapping' for further binary seed reduction.Jan Nieuwenhuizen
* doc/images/gcc-core-mesboot0-graph.dot: New image, replacing * doc/images/gcc-mesboot0-bag-graph.dot: ... remove file. * doc/local.mk (DOT_FILES): Update for new image file. * doc/guix.texi (Reduced Binary Seed Bootstrap): Use it in updated description of further reduction of the trusted computing base.
2020-05-22packages: Introduce <content-hash> and use it in <origin>.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/packages.scm (<content-hash>): New record type. (define-content-hash-constructor, build-content-hash) (content-hash): New macros. (print-content-hash): New procedure. (<origin>): Rename constructor to '%origin'. [sha256]: Remove field. [hash]: New field. Adjust users. (origin-compatibility-helper, origin): New macros. (origin-sha256): New deprecated procedure. (origin->derivation): Adjust accordingly. * tests/packages.scm ("package-source-derivation, origin, sha512"): New test. * guix/tests.scm: Hide (gcrypt hash) 'sha256' for proper syntax matching. * tests/challenge.scm: Add #:prefix for (gcrypt hash) and adjust users. * tests/derivations.scm: Likewise. * tests/store.scm: Likewise. * tests/graph.scm ("bag DAG, including origins"): Provide 'sha256' field with the right length. * gnu/packages/aspell.scm (aspell-dictionary) (aspell-dict-ca, aspell-dict-it): Use 'hash' and 'content-hash' for proper syntax matching. * gnu/packages/bash.scm (bash-patch): Rename 'sha256' to 'sha256-bv'. * gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm (bootstrap-executable): Rename 'sha256' to 'bv'. * gnu/packages/readline.scm (readline-patch): Likewise. * gnu/packages/virtualization.scm (qemu-patch): Rename 'sha256' to 'sha256-bv'. * guix/import/utils.scm: Hide (gcrypt hash) 'sha256'.
2020-05-22guix hash, guix download: Support base64 format.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/download.scm (show-help, %options): Support "base64" format. * guix/scripts/hash.scm (show-help, %options): Likewise. * tests/guix-hash.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Document it.
2020-05-22guix hash, guix download: Add '--hash'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/download.scm (%default-options): Add 'hash-algorithm'. (show-help, %options): Add "--hash". (guix-download): Honor it. * guix/scripts/hash.scm (%default-options): Add 'hash-algorithm'. (show-help, %options): Add "--hash". (guix-hash): Honor it. * tests/guix-hash.sh: Test '-H sha512'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix download): Document it. (Invoking guix hash): Document it.
2020-05-22doc: Use "Alternatively" instead of "Alternately".Ludovic Courtès
These two words have different meanings and we really meant "alternatively" here. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): (Preparing for Installation): (Invoking guix refresh): (Invoking guix challenge): (Networking Services): "Alternatively", not "Alternately".
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