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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'.
2020-05-25doc: cookbook: Add subsection about session locking with xss-lock.Chris Bøg
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Session lock): New node. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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.
2020-05-22maint: Add "make check-channel-news".Ludovic Courtès
* build-aux/check-channel-news.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it. (check-channel-news): New phony rule. * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Mention "make check-channel-news".
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".
2020-05-20bootloader: grub: Allow booting from a Btrfs subvolume.Maxim Cournoyer
* gnu/bootloader/grub.scm (strip-mount-point): Remove procedure. (normalize-file): Add procedure. (grub-configuration-file): New BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME parameter. When defined, prepend its value to the kernel and initrd file names, using the NORMALIZE-FILE procedure. Adjust the call to EYE-CANDY to pass the BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME argument. Normalize the KEYMAP file as well. (eye-candy): Add a BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME parameter, and use it, along with the NORMALIZE-FILE procedure, to normalize the FONT-FILE and IMAGE nested variables. Adjust doc. * gnu/bootloader/depthcharge.scm (depthcharge-configuration-file): Adapt. * gnu/bootloader/extlinux.scm (extlinux-configuration-file): Likewise. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (btrfs-subvolume?) (btrfs-store-subvolume-file-name): New procedures. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-bootcfg): Specify the Btrfs subvolume file name the store resides on to the `operating-system-bootcfg' procedure, using the new BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME argument. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add a Btrfs subsection to document the use of subvolumes. * gnu/tests/install.scm (%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os) (%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os-source) (%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-installation-script) (%test-btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os): New variables.
2020-05-20file-systems: Add helpers for parsing the options string into an alist.Maxim Cournoyer
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (file-system-options->alist) (alist->file-system-options): New procedures. * tests/file-systems.scm: New tests. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add note about the newly added procedures.
2020-05-20linux-boot: Refactor boot-system.Maxim Cournoyer
The --root option can now be omitted, and inferred from the root file system declaration instead. * gnu/build/file-systems.scm (canonicalize-device-spec): Extend to support NFS directly, and... * gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (boot-system): ...remove NFS special casing from here. Remove nested definitions for root-fs-type, root-fs-flags and root-fs-options, and bind those inside the let* instead. Make "--root" take precedence over the device field string representation of the root file system. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Document that "--root" can be left unspecified.
2020-05-18guix describe: Add '--list-formats'Ekaitz Zarraga
* guix/scripts/describe.scm (%available-formats): New variable. (list-formats): New procedure. (%options, show-help): Add --list-formats * doc/guix.texi: Add --list-formats Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-05-18doc: Inherit md5.scm fix in custom 'guile-lib' variant.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/build.scm (guile-lib/htmlprag-fixed)[source]: Remove. [arguments]: Add 'fix-htmlprag' phase.
2020-05-17doc: meson-build-system: Fix build type documentation.Julien Lepiller
* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Fix meson build system description.
2020-05-16doc: Reword "The GCC toolchain".zimoun
Fix commit 1f14e25c1969a93908288cb302a572f3cbbaa478 as discussed in <https://bugs.gnu.org/41038>. * doc/guix.texi (Packages for C Development): Rename to... (The GCC toolchain): ...this. Add gfortran-toolchain. (Invoking guix package): Add guix-search anchor. (Application Setup)[The GCC toolchain]: Remove. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-05-16etc: Add a systemd unit to bind-mount @storedir@ read-only.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* etc/gnu-store.mount.in: New file. * nix/local.mk (nodist_systemdservice_DATA): Add it. (etc/%.mount): New rule for it. * etc/guix-install.sh (sys_enable_guix_daemon): Install it. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Document it. * .gitignore: Ignore changes to it.
2020-05-16gexp: Add 'let-system'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/gexp.scm (<system-binding>): New record type. (let-system): New macro. (system-binding-compiler): New procedure. (default-expander): Add 'self-quoting?' case. (self-quoting?): New procedure. (lower-inputs): Add 'filterm'. Pass the result of 'mapm/accumulate-builds' through FILTERM. (gexp->sexp)[self-quoting?]: Remove. * tests/gexp.scm ("let-system", "let-system, target") ("let-system, ungexp-native, target") ("let-system, nested"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Document it.
2020-05-14pack: Add relocation via ld.so and fakechroot.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c (HAVE_EXEC_WITH_LOADER): New macro. (bind_mount): Rename to... (mirror_directory): ... this. Add 'firmlink' argument and use it instead of calling mkdir/open/close/mount directly. (bind_mount, make_symlink): New functions. (exec_in_user_namespace): Adjust accordingly. (exec_with_loader) [HAVE_EXEC_WITH_LOADER]: New function. (exec_performance): New function. (engines): Add them. * guix/scripts/pack.scm (wrapped-package)[fakechroot-library] [audit-module]: New procedures. [audit-source]: New variable. [build](elf-interpreter, elf-loader-compile-flags): New procedures. (build-wrapper): Use them. * tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh: Test with 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE=fakechroot'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document the 'performance' and 'fakechroot' engines. * gnu/packages/aux-files/pack-audit.c: New file. * Makefile.am (AUX_FILES): Add it.
2020-05-14pack: Wrapper honors 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE' environment variable.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c (struct engine): New type. (exec_default): New function. (engines): New variable. (execution_engine): New function. (main): Use it instead of calling 'exec_in_user_namespace' and 'exec_with_proot' directly. * tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh: Add test with 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE'.
2020-05-13doc: Mention guix-daemon's 'https_proxy' environment variable.Brice Waegeneire
* doc/guix.texi (Proxy Settings, Derivations): Mention 'https_proxy'.
2020-05-13mailmap: Update entries for Nikita.nikita
* .mailmap: change email and name for Nikita. * Makefile.am, doc/guix.texi, etc/completion/fish/guix.fish, gnu/packages/accessibility.scm, gnu/packages/admin.scm, gnu/packages/audio.scm, gnu/packages/autotools.scm, gnu/packages/cdrom.scm, gnu/packages/check.scm, gnu/packages/cinnamon.scm, gnu/packages/compression.scm, gnu/packages/crypto.scm, gnu/packages/databases.scm, gnu/packages/django.scm, gnu/packages/dns.scm, gnu/packages/elixir.scm, gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/emacs.scm, gnu/packages/enlightenment.scm, gnu/packages/erlang.scm, gnu/packages/fonts.scm, gnu/packages/fontutils.scm, gnu/packages/forth.scm, gnu/packages/fvwm.scm, gnu/packages/games.scm, gnu/packages/gl.scm, gnu/packages/gnome.scm, gnu/packages/gnunet.scm, gnu/packages/gnupg.scm, gnu/packages/gtk.scm, gnu/packages/guile-wm.scm, gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/haskell-apps.scm, gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm, gnu/packages/haskell-crypto.scm, gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/haskell.scm, gnu/packages/image-viewers.scm, gnu/packages/image.scm, gnu/packages/irc.scm, gnu/packages/language.scm, gnu/packages/libcanberra.scm, gnu/packages/linux.scm, gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/lisp.scm, gnu/packages/lolcode.scm, gnu/packages/lxde.scm, gnu/packages/lxqt.scm, gnu/packages/mail.scm, gnu/packages/markup.scm, gnu/packages/mate.scm, gnu/packages/maths.scm, gnu/packages/mc.scm, gnu/packages/messaging.scm, gnu/packages/music.scm, gnu/packages/ncurses.scm, gnu/packages/networking.scm, gnu/packages/nickle.scm, gnu/packages/openbox.scm, gnu/packages/pdf.scm, gnu/packages/perl-check.scm, gnu/packages/perl.scm, gnu/packages/python-compression.scm, gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm, gnu/packages/python-web.scm, gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/python.scm, gnu/packages/qt.scm, gnu/packages/ruby.scm, gnu/packages/rust.scm, gnu/packages/scheme.scm, gnu/packages/serialization.scm, gnu/packages/shells.scm, gnu/packages/ssh.scm, gnu/packages/suckless.scm, gnu/packages/tbb.scm, gnu/packages/telephony.scm, gnu/packages/text-editors.scm, gnu/packages/textutils.scm, gnu/packages/time.scm, gnu/packages/tls.scm, gnu/packages/tor.scm, gnu/packages/version-control.scm, gnu/packages/video.scm, gnu/packages/vim.scm, gnu/packages/web.scm, gnu/packages/wm.scm, gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm, gnu/packages/xfce.scm, gnu/packages/xml.scm, gnu/packages/xorg.scm, gnu/services/certbot.scm, gnu/services/desktop.scm, gnu/services/version-control.scm, gnu/services/web.scm, guix/import/hackage.scm, guix/licenses.scm: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
2020-05-12doc: Specify the branch name in the title of a patch.Brice Waegeneire
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add branch name in the title of a patch if different than master.
2020-05-11guix graph: Add '--path'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/graph.scm (display-path): New procedure. (%options, show-help): Add '--path'. (guix-graph): Handle it. * tests/guix-graph.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix graph): Document it. (Invoking guix size): Mention it.
2020-05-11doc: Mention xdot.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix graph): Mention xdot. Remove a couple of "| dot -Tpdf" in examples and add "| xdot". (Invoking guix system): Likewise. (Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries): Likewise.
2020-05-08Merge branch 'core-updates'Marius Bakke
2020-05-07doc: Use @option for command-line optionsNicolas Goaziou
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Use @option instead of @code.
2020-05-07guix system: 'docker-image' honors '--network'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-docker-image): Add #:shared-network? and pass it to 'containerized-operating-system'. (qemu-image): * guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Pass #:shared-network? to 'system-docker-image'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
2020-05-07doc: Tiny markup fix.Nicolas Goaziou
* doc/guix.texi (Substitute Authentication): Use @samp instead of @code for pseudo-code.
2020-05-07doc: Remove markup for external package names.Nicolas Goaziou
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Remove markup, which is not warranted here.
2020-05-07doc: Use @file instead of @code also for file extensions.Nicolas Goaziou
* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): (Build Systems): (Derivations): (Invoking guix import): (Printing Services): (Installing Debugging Files): (Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries): Use @file instead of @code.
2020-05-07doc: Use @env for environment variables.Nicolas Goaziou
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): (Build Environment Setup): (Invoking guix-daemon): (Application Setup): (After System Installation): (Invoking guix package): (Proxy Settings): (Invoking guix environment): (Packages for C Development): (Package Modules): (Build Systems): (The Store): (Common Build Options): (Invoking guix download): (Invoking guix refresh): (Using the Configuration System): (Locales): (Base Services): (Networking Services): (Sound Services): (Continuous Integration): (PAM Mount Service): (X.509 Certificates): Use @env instead of @code for environment variables.
2020-05-07doc: Use @option instead of @code.Nicolas Goaziou
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): (Requirements): (Build Environment Setup): (Invoking guix-daemon): (Application Setup): (Invoking guix package): (Substitute Server Authorization): (Substitution Failure): (Invoking guix gc): (Invoking guix pull): (Invoking guix archive): (Invoking guix environment): (Invoking guix pack): (Defining Packages): (Build Systems): (The Store): (Invoking guix build): (Common Build Options): (Package Transformation Options): (Additional Build Options): (Debugging Build Failures): (Invoking guix edit): (Invoking guix import): (Invoking guix refresh): (Invoking guix lint): (Invoking guix publish): (Invoking guix challenge): (Base Services): (Virtualization Services): (Initial RAM Disk): (Invoking guix system): (Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries): (Porting): Use @option instead of @code for command-line options.
2020-05-07doc: Fix typo in container example.Pierre Neidhardt
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking `guix environment'): Fix sll -> ssl typo.
2020-05-07doc: Add container example to run a web browser.Pierre Neidhardt
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking `guix environment'): Add paragraph and example to run Eolie in a guix environment container. Add `container' cindex for the first container example, and the `certificates' cindex for the web browser example.
2020-05-06Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMarius Bakke
2020-05-06doc: Clarify 'git-http-configuration' description.Brice Waegeneire
Fix <https://issues.guix.info/31780>. * doc/guix.texi (Version Control Service): Extend 'git-http-configuration' description.
2020-05-05Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMarius Bakke
2020-05-05doc: cookbook: Fix sbcl-ttf-fonts package name.Jean-Baptiste Note
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (StumpWM): Adjust sbcl-ttf-fonts package name. Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
2020-05-05doc: Typographic improvements.Nicolas Goaziou
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Use @var, @option, and @command when appropriate. Add two spaces after sentences.
2020-05-05gnu: Add AutoSSH service.pinoaffe
* gnu/services/ssh.scm (<autossh-configuration>): New record type. (autossh-service-type): New variable. (autossh-service-activation, autossh-file-name): New procedures. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document this. Signed-off-by: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com>
2020-05-04doc: Remove prompt from X.509 examples.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (X.509 Certificates): Remove leading "$".
2020-05-04doc: Add "Packages for C Development" section.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> in <https://bugs.gnu.org/41038>. * doc/guix.texi (Packages for C Development): New node. (Application Setup)[The GCC toolchain]: Empty and refer to it.
2020-05-04doc: Recommend against SHA1 OpenPGP signatures.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Recommend against SHA1 signatures.
2020-05-04doc: Document committer authorization.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add instructions for authorizing committers.
2020-05-02Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMarius Bakke
2020-05-02doc: Fix building the cookbook.Björn Höfling
Fixes <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=40803>. Reported by "operator.name" <operator.name@protonmail.com>. * doc/build.scm (%languages): Add smaller list for the cookbook. (syntax-highlighted-html): Adapt regexp for mono-node files to include the cookbook.
2020-05-02services: dnsmasq: Support the --address flag.Pierre Langlois
Introduce a new `addresses' field that translates to passing `--address=' multiple times to dnsmasq. * gnu/services/dns.scm (<dnsmasq-configuration>): Add an addresses field. (dnsmasq-shepherd-service): Match the addresses field and translate it to multiple '--address=' flags. * doc/guix.texi (DNS Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: 宋文武 <iyzsong@member.fsf.org>
2020-05-01doc: Update initrd section to refer to the right Guile variable.Marius Bakke
This is a follow-up to commit 57833803b446484b6f413fb883b2156933c38639. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Refer to "%guile-3.0-static-stripped" instead of "%guile-static-stripped".
2020-05-01doc: Move 'Dictionary Service' under 'Miscellaneous Services'.Brice Waegeneire
* doc/guix.texi (Dictionary Service): Renamed to singular and changed from 'subsubsection' to 'subheading'. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>