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2017-04-11doc: Update Python Modules subtitle to refer to Monty Python.Ben Sturmfels
* doc/guix.texi (Packaging Guidelines): Update Python Modules subtitle. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2017-04-08monads: Improve mlet, mlet*, and mbegin documentation.Chris Marusich
* doc/guix.texi (The Store Monad) <mlet, mlet*, mbegin>: Clarify their intended usage. * guix/monads.scm (mbegin): Update docstring accordingly. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2017-04-08monads, doc: Improve mwhen and munless documentation.Chris Marusich
* doc/guix.texi (The Store Monad) <mwhen, munless>: Document them. * guix/monads.scm (mwhen, munless): Clarify their intended use. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2017-04-07build: Include 'glibc-utf8-locales' in the binary tarball.Ludovic Courtès
* Makefile.am (guix-binary.%.tar.xz): Add 'glibc-utf8-locales' and 'glibc-final' to the 'guix pack' command line. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Mention 'etc/profile'.
2017-04-07pack: Add '--expression'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (%options, show-help): Add '--expression'. (guix-pack)[maybe-package-argument]: New procedure. Use it, and remove variable 'specs'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document '--expression'.
2017-04-06system: Support the --root option in 'guix system'.Chris Marusich
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/26271>. * guix/scripts/system.scm (perform-action): Add #:gc-root parameter and honor it. (show-help): Document the --root option. (%options): Add 'root'. (process-action): Pass 'root' option to perform-action as #:gc-root. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document '--root'. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2017-04-05doc: Add "Documentation" section.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Documentation): New node.
2017-04-05packages: Add 'package-mapping' and base 'package-input-rewriting' on it.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/packages.scm (package-mapping): New procedure. (package-input-rewriting): Rewrite in terms of 'package-mapping'. * tests/packages.scm ("package-mapping"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Document it.
2017-04-03Merge branch 'core-updates'Ludovic Courtès
2017-04-01services: dovecot: Fix passwd and userdb 'args' types.Clément Lassieur
* gnu/services/mail.scm (passwd-configuration)[args] (userdb-configuration)[args]: Change type from 'free-form-args' to 'space-separated-string-list'. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Document it.
2017-03-31doc: Fix typos.Eric Bavier
* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems)[ocaml-build-system]: Fix typo. (Log Rotation)[periodic-rotations]: ditto. (Database Services)[redis-service-type]: ditto. (OpenSMTPD Service)[opensmtpd-configuration]: ditto. (VPN Services)[OpenVPN]: ditto. (Power management Services)[tlp-configuration]: ditto. (Git daemon service)[git-daemon-service]: ditto. (Running GuixSD in a VM): ditto. * gnu/services/pm.scm (tlp-configuration)[runtime-pm-blacklist]: Fix typo. * gnu/services/vpn.scm (openvpn-client-configuration)[status]: ditto.
2017-04-01services: dicod: Allow the configuration of "handlers".Huang Ying
* gnu/services/dict.scm (<dicod-configuration>)[handlers]: New field. (<dicod-handler>): New record type. (<dicod-database>): Add fields. (dicod-configuration-file): Support convert handlers and enhanced databases. configuration to config file. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Update accordingly. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2017-03-29doc: Remove extraneous "See" before @xref.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Add extraneous "See".
2017-03-27Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesLeo Famulari
2017-03-24services: Add inetd-service-type.Thomas Danckaert
* gnu/services/networking.scm (<inetd-configuration>, <inetd-entry>): New record types. (inetd-config-file, inetd-shepherd-service): New procedures. (inetd-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. * gnu/tests/networking.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk: Add it.
2017-03-24doc: Re-generate openvpn service documentation.Mathieu Othacehe
* doc/guix.texi (VPN Services): Generate documentation with generate-openvpn-server-documentation and generate-openvpn-client-documentation helpers and guile 2.1.7. Signed-off-by: Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
2017-03-24gnu: Add tlp service.Mathieu Othacehe
* gnu/services/pm.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add gnu/services/tlp.scm. * doc/guix.texi (Power management Services): New section. Signed-off-by: Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
2017-03-24services: guix-publish: Add 'compression-level' and 'nar-path' fields.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-publish-configuration>)[compression-level, nar-path]: New fields. (guix-publish-shepherd-service): Honor them. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document them.
2017-03-24doc: Document 'guix-publish-service-type' instead of 'guix-publish-service'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document 'guix-publish-service-type' and 'guix-configuration'. Remove 'guix-publish-service'. (Invoking guix publish): Mention 'guix-publish-service-type'. * gnu/services/base.scm (guix-publish-service): Mark as deprecated. (<guix-configuration>): Export getters.
2017-03-23Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into core-updatesEfraim Flashner
2017-03-22publish: Add '--nar-path'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/publish.scm (show-help, %options): Add '--nar-path'. (%default-options): Add 'nar-path'. (guix-publish): Honor it.
2017-03-22publish: Add '--public-key' and '--private-key'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/publish.scm (show-help, %options): Add --public-key and --private-key. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Document it.
2017-03-22Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into core-updatesEfraim Flashner
2017-03-21services: openssh: Add 'subsystems' option.Clément Lassieur
* gnu/services/ssh.scm (openssh-config-file): Add it. (<openssh-configuration>)[subsystems]: Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
2017-03-19Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMark H Weaver
2017-03-19gnu: Rename "guile-next" to "guile".Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/packages/guile.scm (guile-next): Rename to... (guile-2.2): ... this. Update users. [name]: Change to "guile". [synopsis]: Remove. [properties]: Remove 'upstream-name', 'ftp-server', and 'ftp-directory'. * gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (rcas-web): Update accordingly. * gnu/packages/tls.scm (gnutls/guile-2.2): Likewise. * tests/guix-build.sh: Use 'guile@2.2' instead of 'guile-next'. * doc/guix.texi (Package Transformation Options): Update examples that referred to "guile-next".
2017-03-18doc: Clarify reference.Hartmut Goebel
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Explicitly name "guix environment".
2017-03-18doc: Fix examples.Hartmut Goebel
To "spawns a Guile REPL", --ad-hoc is required. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Add "--ad-hoc" to container examples.
2017-03-18doc: Make "Application Setup" slightly more visible.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Arne Babenhauserheide. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Make the "Application Setup" reference an 8th item in the list.
2017-03-18build: Require Guile >= 2.0.9.Ludovic Courtès
* configure.ac: Bump requirement to 2.0.9. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Adjust accordingly. * README (Requirements): Likewise. * build-aux/download.scm: Remove workaround for <http://bugs.gnu.org/13095>. * guix/build/download.scm: Likewise. (http-fetch)[post-2.0.7?]: Remove. Remove conditional code for not POST-2.0.7?. * guix/http-client.scm: Remove workaround for <http://bugs.gnu.org/13095>. (http-fetch)[post-2.0.7?]: Remove. Remove conditional code for not POST-2.0.7?. * guix/serialization.scm (read-latin1-string): Remove mention of 2.0.9. * tests/nar.scm: Use (ice-9 control). (let/ec): Remove.
2017-03-18pack: Add '--target'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (self-contained-tarball): Add #:target. (docker-image): Add #:target. [build]: Pass it to 'build-docker-image'. (%options, show-help): Add '--target'. (guix-pack): Pass TARGET to 'profile-derivation' and to 'build-image'. * guix/docker.scm (build-docker-image): Add #:system parameter and honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document '--target'. (Additional Build Options): Refer to the Autoconf manual instead of the obsolete 'configure.info' for cross-compilation.
2017-03-17doc: Really document 'guix pack --format'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Properly document --format.
2017-03-16doc: Reorganize categories.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi: Move "guix build" to the "Software Development" category; add "guix pack".
2017-03-16doc: Mention 'guix pack' reproducibility.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Mention reproducibility.
2017-03-16pack: Add '--format' option and Docker output support.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/docker.scm: Remove dependency on (guix store) and (guix utils). Use (guix build store-copy). Load (json) lazily. (build-docker-image): Remove #:system. Add #:closure, #:compressor, and 'image' parameters. Use 'uname' to determine the architecture. Remove use of 'call-with-temporary-directory'. Use 'read-reference-graph' to compute ITEMS. Honor #:compressor. * guix/scripts/pack.scm (docker-image): New procedure. (%default-options): Add 'format'. (%formats): New variable. (%options, show-help): Add '--format'. (guix-pack): Honor '--format'. * guix/scripts/archive.scm: Remove '--format' option. This reverts commits 1545a012cb7cd78e25ed99ecee26df457be590e9, 01445711db6771cea6122859c3f717f130359f55, and 03476a23ff2d4175b7d3c808726178f764359bec. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document '--format'. (Invoking guix archive): Remove documentation of '--format'.
2017-03-16services: connman: Rework service.Mathieu Othacehe
* gnu/services/networking.scm (connman-service): Remove. (<connman-configuration>): New record specifying the package to be used (connman) and whether vpn plugin shall be disabled (disable-vpn?). (connman-configuration): New exported variable. (connman-configuration?): New exported variable. (connman-service-type): Export it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Adjust accordingly. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2017-03-16gexp: Add '=>' syntax to import computed modules.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/gexp.scm (imported-files)[file-pair]: Add case for pairs where the cdr is not a string. (imported-modules): Support '=>' syntax in MODULES. * tests/gexp.scm ("imported-files with file-like objects") ("gexp->derivation & with-imported-module & computed module"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Document '=>' syntax for 'with-imported-modules'.
2017-03-15Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMarius Bakke
2017-03-15build: Prefer Guile 2.2 over 2.0.Ludovic Courtès
* configure.ac: In 'GUILE_PKG', prefer 2.2 over 2.0. Remove warning about 2.2 not being fully supported. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Mention Guile 2.2.x.
2017-03-14pack: Add '--symlink'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (self-contained-tarball): Add #:symlinks parameter. [build](symlink->directives): New procedure (directives): New variable. Add call to 'evaluate-populate-directive'. Pass the directories among DIRECTIVES to 'tar'. (%default-options): Add 'symlinks'. (%options, show-help): Add '--symlink'. (guix-pack): Honor it. * gnu/build/install.scm (evaluate-populate-directive): Export. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it.
2017-03-14pack: Add '--localstatedir' option.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (self-contained-tarball): Add #:localstatedir? parameter and honor it. (%options, show-help): Add '--localstatedir'. (guix-pack): Honor it. * gnu/build/install.scm (populate-single-profile-directory): Add #:register? parameter and honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Use '--localstatedir' in example. (Invoking guix pack): Document it.
2017-03-13Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into core-updatesEfraim Flashner
2017-03-12Add 'guix pack'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Move to... * guix/scripts/pack.scm: ... here. New file. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Mention 'guix pack'. (Invoking guix pack): New node. * build-aux/make-binary-tarball.scm: Remove. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add guix/scripts/pack.scm. (EXTRA_DIST): Remove build-aux/make-binary-tarball.scm. (guix-binary.%.tar.xz): Rewrite using 'guix pack'. * build-aux/hydra/gnu-system.scm (tarball-jobs): Adjust accordingly.
2017-03-12services: dovecot: Fix unix_listeners and fifo_listeners path types.Clément Lassieur
* gnu/services/mail.scm (unix-listener-configuration)[path] (fifo-listener-configuration)[path]: Change type from 'file-name' to 'string'. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
2017-03-12build: GnuTLS is now a hard dependency.Ludovic Courtès
Discussed as part of <https://bugs.gnu.org/25975>. * configure.ac: Check for (gnutls) and error out if it's missing. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Move GnuTLS from optional to required. (Substitutes): Remove footnote about the need for GnuTLS.
2017-03-11linux-initrd: Add a raw-initrd and use it to define base-initrd.Mathieu Othacehe
* gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (raw-initrd): New exported variable. (base-initrd): Use raw-initrd to build the initrd. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2017-03-11doc: Update the package count.John Darrington
* doc/guix.texi: Update the number of packages available.
2017-03-10services: openssh: Fix 'PrintLastLog' default behaviour.Clément Lassieur
* gnu/services/ssh.scm (openssh-config-file): Add 'print-last-log?' option. (<openssh-configuration>)[print-last-log?]: Add it. (openssh-activation): Touch /var/log/lastlog. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document 'print-last-log?'. Before that, the service did not work as expected because /var/log/lastlog did not exist. Signed-off-by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>
2017-03-10services: openssh: Remove deprecated options.Clément Lassieur
* gnu/services/ssh.scm (openssh-config-file): Remove them. (<openssh-configuration>)[rsa-authentication?]: Remove it. (<openssh-configuration>)[protocol-number]: Remove it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Remove them. Signed-off-by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>
2017-03-10services: openssh: Enable PAM.Clément Lassieur
* gnu/services/ssh.scm: (openssh-pam-services): New procedure. (openssh-service-type): Use it to extend PAM-ROOT-SERVICE-TYPE. (<openssh-configuration>)[challenge-response-authentication?]: New field. (<openssh-configuration>)[use-pam?]: New field. (openssh-config-file): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document them. Signed-off-by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>