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2020-01-28guix: qt-build-system: Add phase `check-setup`.Hartmut Goebel
* guix/build/qt-build-system.scm (check-setup): New function. (%standard-phases): Add as new phase `check-setup before `check. * doc/guix.texi (Build System)[qt-build-system]: Describe the new phase.
2020-01-25bootloader: grub: Add gfxmode (resolution) override.Jan Nieuwenhuizen
* gnu/bootloader/grub.scm (<grub-theme>): Add `gfxmode' entry. (eye-candy): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration): Document it.
2020-01-21services: sane: Create the "scanner" account.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/desktop.scm (%sane-accounts, sane-service-type): New variables. (%desktop-services): Use SANE-SERVICE-TYPE instead of 'simple-service'. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Document 'sane-service-type'.
2020-01-20services: getmail: Adjust a couple of default configuration values.Christopher Baines
Change the message-log-syslog and message-log-verbose configuration values to match the Getmail defaults. * gnu/services/getmail.scm (getmail-options-configuration): Change defaults for message-log-syslog and message-log-verbose * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Update the Getmail documentation accordingly.
2020-01-20services: getmail: Fix some configuration documentation strings.Christopher Baines
* gnu/services/getmail.scm (getmail-retriever-configuration): Specify proper documentation strings for some of the fields. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Update the documentation accordingly.
2020-01-19repl: Add "-q".Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/repl.scm (%options, show-help): Add "-q". (guix-repl): Add 'user-config' and use it. Honor 'ignore-dot-guile?'.
2020-01-19Use HTTPS for www.emacswiki.org.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Use HTTPS for ParEdit wiki page. * gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm (emacs-wget, emacs-iedit)[home-page]: Use HTTPS. (emacs-transpose-frame)[source]: Likewise.
2020-01-17doc: Add booting instructions for Libreboot.Wiktor Żelazny
* doc/guix.texi (Booting): Mention the relevant command for USB. Instructions for DVD and for Coreboot are missing. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-01-17build: Allow builds with Guile 3.0.Ludovic Courtès
* configure.ac: Add "3.0" in 'GUILE_PKG' invocation. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Mention 3.0.x.
2020-01-17doc: Replace some invalid uses of @var with @code.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Replace invalid uses of @var with @code.
2020-01-17doc: cookbook: Avoid URL reference to the manual.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Other build systems): Use @xref instead of @uref, and remove section number.
2020-01-16repl: Add '--load-path' option.zimoun
* guix/scripts/repl.scm (%option): Add '--load-path' option. * doc/guix.texi: Document it.
2020-01-16edit: Add '--load-path' option.zimoun
* guix/scripts/edit.scm (%option): Add '--load-path' option. * doc/guix.texi: Document it.
2020-01-16refresh: Add '--load-path' option.zimoun
* guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%option): Add '--load-path' option. * doc/guix.texi: Document it.
2020-01-16size: Add '--load-path' option.zimoun
* guix/scripts/size.scm (%option): Add '--load-path' option. * doc/guix.texi: Document it.
2020-01-16graph: Add '--load-path' option.Pierre Neidhardt
* guix/scripts/graph.scm (%option): Add '--load-path' option. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. * tests/guix-graph.sh: Test it.
2020-01-12doc: Make sure 'htmlxref.cnf' is honored.Ludovic Courtès
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/39060>. Reported by Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>. * doc/build.scm (html-manual)[build]: Copy 'htmlxref.cnf' to the current directory so that 'makeinfo' honors it.
2020-01-12doc: Update htmlxref.cnf.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/htmlxref.cnf: Update from Texinfo. Add entries for "mes", "guix.ru", and "guix.zh_CN".
2020-01-11doc: Add pulseaudio documentation.Leo Prikler
* doc/guile.texi: Add documentation for pulseaudio-service-type and pulseaudio-configuration. Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
2020-01-11services: Split ladspa-service-type from pulseaudio-service-type.Leo Prikler
* gnu/services/sound.scm (ladspa-configuration): New record. (ladspa-environment): New procedure. (ladspa-service-type): New service type. (pulseaudio-environment): Remove LADSPA_PATH. * doc/guix.texi: Adjust documentation. Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
2020-01-10doc: Clarify description of the PageKite service.Florian Pelz
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Make clear PageKite is not necessary with port forwarding.
2020-01-09doc: Add a cooptation policy for commit access.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Draft a cooptation policy.
2020-01-09doc: Encourage patch review.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add note about patch review.
2020-01-09doc: Move "Commit Access" section from 'HACKING' to the manual.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Commit Access): Remove. (Contributing): Update URL of the manual. * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): New section. (Submitting Patches): Add cross reference.
2020-01-09doc: Add "Tracking Bugs and Patches" section.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Tracking Bugs and Patches): New section. (Submitting Patches): Refer to it. * doc/guix.texi: Update copyright line. * HACKING (Using emacs-debbugs): Remove.
2020-01-08services: nfs: Add nfs-service-type.Ricardo Wurmus
* gnu/services/nfs.scm (<nfs-configuration>): New record. (nfs-configuration, nfs-configuration?, nfs-configuration-nfs-utils, nfs-configuration-nfs-version, nfs-configuration-exports, nfs-configuration-rpcmountd-port, nfs-configuration-rpcstatd-port, nfs-configuration-rpcbind, nfs-configuration-idmap-domain, nfs-configuration-nfsd-port, nfs-configuration-nfsd-threads, nfs-configuration-pipefs-directory, nfs-configuration-debug, nfs-shepherd-services): New procedures. (nfs-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Network File System): Document it. * gnu/tests/nfs.scm (%test-nfs-server): New variable. (%base-os): Use default value of rpcbind-service-type.
2020-01-08services: nfs: Add verbosity control to idmap-service-type.Ricardo Wurmus
* gnu/services/nfs.scm (<idmap-configuration>)[verbosity]: New field. (idmap-configuration-verbosity): New procedure. (idmap-service-type): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Network File System): Document it.
2020-01-08services: Add pulseaudio service.Oleg Pykhalov
* gnu/services/sound.scm (pulseaudio-environment): New procedure. (pulseaudio-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Sound Services): Document it.
2020-01-07Revert "bootloader: grub: Add gfxmode (resolution) override."Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
This reverts commit a23091880d4dc6115acbfa3b7ef09d731fc5abb0. It causes ‘guix pull’ to fail: <https://paste.debian.net/plain/1125061>.
2020-01-07bootloader: grub: Add gfxmode (resolution) override.Jan Nieuwenhuizen
* gnu/bootloader/grub.scm (<grub-theme>): Add `gfxmode' entry. (eye-candy): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration): Document it.
2020-01-05doc: Add JFS to Guix System-supported file systems.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning): Note JFS support.
2019-12-30services: console-font: Update example with HDPI font suggestion.Jan Nieuwenhuizen
This solution was kindly provided by Bernard M. Wiedemann. * gnu/services/base.scm (console-font-service-type): Add ter132n (terminus 132 nomal) font example, for HDPI displays. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Update to `guix system search console' example output.
2019-12-27doc: Mention "make authenticate".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add instructions to run 'git verify-commit' and 'make authenticate'.
2019-12-21services: Add Mumi service.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/web.scm (%mumi-activation, %mumi-accounts): New variables. (mumi-shepherd-services): New procedure. (mumi-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document it.
2019-12-18gnu: Remove uses of deprecated Qemu network configuration.Marius Bakke
* gnu/build/vm.scm (load-in-linux-vm): Move Qemu network configuration from ARCH-SPECIFIC-FLAGS to the Qemu command line. Use the "-nic" option of Qemu instead of "-device" and "-net". * gnu/system/vm.scm (common-qemu-options): Do not add a '-net' command. (virtual-machine-compiler): Use "-nic user,..." instead of "-net". * doc/guix.texi (Installing Guix in a VM, Invoking guix system, Running Guix in a VM): Do the same for examples.
2019-12-13doc: Link to "Building from Git" instead of quoting command to build Guix.Pierre Neidhardt
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remove example. Add link to "Building from Git" section.
2019-12-12challenge: Support "--diff=diffoscope".Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/challenge.scm (call-with-nar): New procedure. (narinfo-contents): Express in terms of 'call-with-nar'. (call-with-mismatches, report-differing-files/external): New procedures. (%diffoscope-command): New variable. (%options): Support "diffoscope" and a string starting with "/". * tests/challenge.scm (call-mismatch-test): New procedure. ("differing-files"): Rewrite in terms of 'call-mismatch-test'. ("call-with-mismatches"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix challenge): Document it.
2019-12-12challenge: Add "--diff".Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/challenge.scm (dump-port*): New variable. (archive-contents, store-item-contents, narinfo-contents) (differing-files, report-differing-files): New procedures. (summarize-report): Add #:report-differences and call it. (show-help, %options): Add "--diff". (%default-options): Add 'difference-report' key. (report-differing-files): Parameterize CURRENT-TERMINAL-COLUMNS and pass #:report-differences to 'summarize-report'. * guix/tests/http.scm (%local-url): Add optional argument. (call-with-http-server): Fix docstring typo. * tests/challenge.scm (query-path-size, make-narinfo): New procedures. ("differing-files"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix challenge): Document "--diff".
2019-12-12guix archive: Add '--list'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/archive.scm (show-help, %options): Add '--list'. (list-contents): New procedure. (guix-archive): Honor the '--list' option. * tests/guix-archive.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix archive): Document it.
2019-12-12doc: Add missing MKDIR call.Clément Lassieur
* doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Add missing MKDIR call.
2019-12-10pack: Clarify the /bin/sh requirement for Singularity.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (squashfs-image)[symlinks*]: New variable. [build]: Use it instead of SYMLINKS. (guix-pack): Emit a warning and a hint when "bash" and "bash-minimal" are missing and PACK-FORMAT is 'squashfs. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document the /bin/sh requirement for Singularity.
2019-12-09doc: Fix typo.Jelle Licht
* doc/guix.texi (bitlbee-configuration): The field that refers to the bitlbee package is called "bitlbee", not "package".
2019-12-08lint: Add '--load-path' option.zimoun
* guix/scripts/lint.scm (%options): Add '--load-path' option. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. * tests/guix-lint.sh: Test it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2019-12-08doc: Mention how to simulate a `guix pull' before submitting patches.Pierre Neidhardt
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Mention the dummy guix pull command in the check list.
2019-12-08doc: Mention how to rebuild guix before submitting patches.Pierre Neidhardt
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Mention rebuild command in the check list.
2019-12-07file-systems: Add support for 'strict-atime' and 'lazy-time' flags.Guillaume Le Vaillant
* guix/build/syscalls.scm (MS_LAZYTIME): New variable. * gnu/build/file-systems.scm (mount-flags->bit-mask): Add match rules for 'strict-atime' and 'lazy-time'. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add 'strict-atime' and 'lazy-time' to the list of supported flags. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2019-12-07guix system: Add "describe" action.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help): Add "describe". (process-command): Handle it. (guix-system): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
2019-12-07machine: Add provenance tracking to each machine operating system.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/machine.scm (<machine>): Rename accessor to '%machine-operating-system'. (machine-operating-system): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): Mention it.
2019-12-07guix system: Use 'provenance-service-type', add "--save-provenance".Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help, %options): Add "--save-provenance". (process-action): Define 'save-provenance?' and 'transform'; call 'transform' on the OS. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it under 'reconfigure'. (Service Reference): Mention that 'provenance-service-type' is automatically added by 'reconfigure' & 'init'.
2019-12-07services: Add 'provenance-service-type'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services.scm (object->pretty-string) (channel->code, channel->sexp, provenance-file) (provenance-entry): New procedures. (provenance-service-type): New variable. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-with-provenance): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): Document 'provenance-service-type'.