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2020-10-15doc: Improve "Build Utilities".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Build Utilities): Fix typos. Provide the correct syntax for 'substitute*'. Add a 'modify-phases' example.
2020-10-15doc: Add "Build Utilities" section.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Build Utilities): New section. (Defining Packages): Refer to it. (Build Systems): Likewise. * doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Extended example): Likewise.
2020-10-15doc: cookbook: Use @code for the identifiers of utility functions.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Utility functions): Use @code instead of @asis.
2020-10-15doc: cookbook: More "#true" and "#false".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Extended example) (Customizing the Kernel, Running Guix on a Linode Server): Use #true and #false.
2020-10-15doc: cookbook: Use @var for meta-syntactic variables.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Extended example): Use @var for meta-syntactic variables in 'modify-phases' description.
2020-10-15doc: cookbook: Fix 'let' form in example.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Extended example): Fix 'let' form in example.
2020-10-15doc: Fix typo.Mathieu Othacehe
* doc/guix.texi (Guix Build Coordinator): Fix typo.
2020-10-14services: nginx: Add lua module.Oleg Pykhalov
* gnu/services/web.scm (<nginx-configuration>) [lua-package-path, lua-package-cpath]: New record types. * gnu/services/web.scm (default-nginx-config): Use them. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document this. * doc/guix-cookbook.texi (System Configuration): Document this.
2020-10-14doc: cookbook: Mention "#true" and "#false".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (A Scheme Crash Course): Mention "#true" and "#false". (Extended example): Likewise.
2020-10-14doc: Mention "i586-gnu" as supported and experimental.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Mention "i586-gnu".
2020-10-14doc: Avoid orphan node.Ludovic Courtès
Commit 4b5a6fbc9b754c0ca70d033dd99f17c4f028733a turned "Transparent Emulation with QEMU" into a node, but that was an orphan node, with no up/next/previous links. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Capitalize subsection title. (Transparent Emulation with QEMU): Remove "@node" and add "@anchor". (Daemon Offload Setup): Adjust cross-reference accordingly.
2020-10-12guix build: Add '--with-c-toolchain'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/build.scm (package-dependents/spec) (package-toolchain-rewriting, transform-package-toolchain): New procedures. (%transformations): Add it. (%transformation-options, show-transformation-options-help): Add '--with-c-toolchain'. * tests/scripts-build.scm (depends-on-toolchain?): New procedure. ("options->transformation, with-c-toolchain") ("options->transformation, with-c-toolchain twice") New test. ("options->transformation, with-c-toolchain, no effect"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Package Transformation Options): Document it.
2020-10-12packages: Add 'package-with-c-toolchain'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/build-system.scm (build-system-with-c-toolchain): New procedure. * guix/packages.scm (package-with-c-toolchain): New procedure. * tests/packages.scm ("package-with-c-toolchain"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Document 'package-with-c-toolchain'. (Build Systems): Mention it.
2020-10-09doc: Sync the client and daemon --rounds options documentation.Maxim Cournoyer
Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/40867>. * doc/guix.texi (Common Build Options): Suggest using '--keep-failed' to keep differing build results in the store rather than 'guix archive'. Reported-by: Jonathan Brielmaier <jonathan.brielmaier@web.de>
2020-10-09doc: Document missing openssh configure option.Efraim Flashner
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document configuration option to specify the openssh package for the openssh-service-type.
2020-10-08offload: Improve load normalization and configurability.Maxim Cournoyer
Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/43773>. The computed normalized load was previously obtained by dividing the load average as found in /proc/loadavg by the number of parallel builds defined for a build machine. This normalized load didn't allow to compare machines with different number of cores, as the load average reported by /proc/loadavg can be as high as the number of cores; thus comparing that value to a fixed threshold of 2.0 would mean machines with multiple cores were more likely to be flagged as overloaded compared to single core machines. This can be fixed by normalizing using the available number of cores instead of the number of parallel jobs. * guix/scripts/offload.scm (<build-machine>)[overload-threshold]: New field. (node-load): Modify to return a normalized load value between 0 and 1, taking into account the number of cores available. (normalized-load): Remove procedure. (report-load): New procedure. (choose-build-machine): Adjust to use the modified 'node-load' and the new 'report-load' and 'build-machine-overload-threshold' procedures. (check-machine-status): Adjust. * doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Document the offload scheduler and the new 'overload-threshold' field.
2020-10-08doc: Clarify that guix-daemon doesn't have to be launched from the checkout.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Emmanuel Agullo. * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Move the "./pre-inst-env guix-daemon" snippet at the bottom. Make it clear that it's necessary only when hacking on guix-daemon or when guix-daemon is not already running.
2020-10-08doc: Developers don't need to run "make install" in Guix.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Emmanuel Agullo. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Mention that running "make install" is unnecessary.
2020-10-08doc: Improve choice of options in service examples.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): In example, set 'substitute-urls' rather than 'use-substitutes?', and set 'auto-login' for 'mingetty-configuration'. (Service Types and Services): In example, show 'extra-options' rather than 'use-substitutes?'.
2020-10-06services: dnsmasq: Add TFTP configuration fields.Danny Milosavljevic
* gnu/services/dns.scm (<dnsmasq-configuration>): Add TFTP configuration fields. (dnsmasq-shepherd-service): Use them. * doc/guix.texi (DNS Services): Document them.
2020-10-05services: guix: Add guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-service-type.Christopher Baines
* gnu/services/guix.scm (<guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-configuration>): New record type. (guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-configuration, guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-configuration?, guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-configuration-package, guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-configuration-user, guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-coordinator, guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-configuration-systems, guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-configuration-system-and-targets, guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-configuration-guix-data-service, guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-configuration-processed-commits-file, guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-shepherd-services, guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-activation, guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-account): New procedures. (guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Services): Document it.
2020-10-05services: guix: Add guix-build-coordinator-agent-service-type.Christopher Baines
* gnu/services/guix.scm (<guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration>): New record type. (guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration, guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration?, guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration-package, guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration-user, guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration-coordinator, guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration-uuid), guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration-password, guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration-password-file, guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration-systems, guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration-max-parallel-builds, guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration-derivation-substitute-urls, guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration-non-derivation-substitute-urls, guix-build-coordinator-agent-shepherd-services, guix-build-coordinator-agent-activation, guix-build-coordinator-agent-account): New procedures. (guix-build-coordinator-agent-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Services): Document it.
2020-10-05services: guix: Add guix-build-coordinator-service-type.Christopher Baines
* gnu/services/guix.scm (<guix-build-coordinator-configuration>): New record type. (guix-build-coordinator-configuration, guix-build-coordinator-configuration?, guix-build-coordinator-configuration-package, guix-build-coordinator-configuration-user, guix-build-coordinator-configuration-group, guix-build-coordinator-configuration-datastore-uri-string, guix-build-coordinator-configuration-agent-communication-uri-string, guix-build-coordinator-configuration-client-communication-uri-string, guix-build-coordinator-configuration-allocation-strategy, guix-build-coordinator-configuration-hooks, guix-build-coordinator-configuration-guile, make-guix-build-coordinator-start-script, guix-build-coordinator-shepherd-services, guix-build-coordinator-activation, guix-build-coordinator-account): New procedures. (guix-build-coordinator-service-type): New variable. * gnu/tests/guix.scm (%test-guix-build-coordinator): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Services): Document it.
2020-10-02guix package: Re-apply package transformation when upgrading.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/package.scm (transaction-upgrade-entry)[upgrade]: Add 'transform' parameter. Pass PKG through it. Use 'manifest-entry-with-transformations'. Call 'options->transformation' to get the transformation procedure. * tests/guix-package.sh: Add 'guix package -u' test. * tests/packages.scm ("transaction-upgrade-entry, transformation options preserved"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Mention that transformations are preserved across upgrades. (Package Transformation Options): Likewise.
2020-10-02doc: Explain why '--without-tests' may fail with modified 'check' phase.Florian Pelz
* doc/guix.texi (Package Transformation Options): Explain.
2020-10-01gnu: Add webssh service.Oleg Pykhalov
* gnu/services/ssh.scm: (<webssh-configuration>): New record type. (%webssh-configuration-nginx, webssh-service-type): New variables. (webssh-account, webssh-activation, webssh-shepherd-service): New procedures. * doc/guix.texi: Document this.
2020-09-30scripts: system: Add support for image-type.Mathieu Othacehe
* guix/scripts/system.scm (list-image-types): New procedure, (%options): add "image-type" and "list-image-types" options, remove "file-system-type" option, (show-help): adapt accordingly, (%default-options): also adapt, and set the default "image-type" to "raw", (perform-action): add image-type argument and remove file-system-type argument, (process-action): adapt perform-action call, (system-derivation-for-action): remove base-image argument, add image-type argument, and use it to create the image passed to "system-image". * tests/guix-system.sh: Adapt accordingly and add a test for "--list-image-types" command. * doc/guix.texi (Building the Installation Image, Invoking guix system): Adapt accordingly. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
2020-09-29services: hurd-vm: Initialize the guest's SSH/Guix keys at activation time.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (initialize-hurd-vm-substitutes) (hurd-vm-activation): New procedures. (hurd-vm-service-type)[extensions]: Add ACTIVATION-SERVICE-TYPE extension. * doc/guix.texi (Transparent Emulation with QEMU): Mention GNU/Hurd. (The Hurd in a Virtual Machine): Explain which files are automatically installed and mention offloading.
2020-09-29services: guix: Generate key pair if needed during activation.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/base.scm (guix-activation): Invoke "guix archive --generate-key". * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix archive) (Invoking guix deploy): Mention that 'guix-service-type' takes care of generating the key pair.
2020-09-28services: Add elogind ‘handle-lid-switch-external-power’.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* gnu/services/desktop.scm <elogind-configuration>: Add an handle-lid-switch-external-power field, mapping to the HandleLidSwitchExternalPower logind.conf setting. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): ‘Document’ it.
2020-09-28doc: Clarify how to choose a user account shell.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (User Accounts): Add example with custom shell and custom home directory. Add examples of shell gexps.
2020-09-27doc: Move channel @cindex within their nodes.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Channels): Move @cindex at the beginning of the node they refer to from the end of the previous node.
2020-09-27doc: Move "Primary URL" after "Specifying Channel Authorizations".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Primary URL): Move after "Specifying Channel Authorizations" since the audience is channel authors who've already taken care of authorizations.
2020-09-27doc: Promote "Channels" as chapter and reorder.zimoun
The sectioning becomes: 1. Specifying Additional Channels (was 3.) 2. Using a Custom Guix Channel (was 2.) 3. Replicating Guix (was 9.) 4. Channel Authentication (was 1.) 5. Primary URL (was 7.) 6. Creating a Channel (reworded) 7. Package Modules in a Sub-directory (was 5.) 8. Declaring Channel Dependencies (was 4.) 9. Specifying Channel Authorizations (was 6.) 10. Writing Channel News (was 8.) * doc/guix.texi (Channels): Move section to chapter. Reorder the chapter. Minor tweaks to keep uniformity. Update the master menu. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-09-27doc: Update the master menu.zimoun
* doc/guix.texi: Update the master menu. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-09-27packages: 'package-input-rewriting' has a #:deep? parameter.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/packages.scm (package-input-rewriting): Add #:deep? and pass it to 'package-mapping'. [replacement-property]: New variable. [rewrite]: Check it. [cut?]: New procedure. * tests/packages.scm ("package-input-rewriting"): Pass #:deep? #f and ensure implicit inputs were not rewritten. Avoid 'eq?' comparisons. ("package-input-rewriting, deep"): New test. * gnu/packages/guile.scm (package-for-guile-2.0, package-for-guile-3.0): Pass #:deep? #f.
2020-09-27packages: 'package-input-rewriting/spec' can rewrite implicit dependencies.Ludovic Courtès
With this change, '--with-input', '--with-graft', etc. also apply to implicit dependencies. Thus, it's now possible to do: guix build python-itsdangerous --with-input=python-wrapper=python@2 or: guix build hello --with-graft=glibc=glibc@2.29 Additionally, before, implicit inputs were not rewritten, which could lead to duplicates in the output of 'bag-transitive-inputs' (packages that are not 'eq?' but lead to the same derivation). This in turn would lead to unnecessary rebuilds when using '--with-input' & co. This change fixes it by ensuring even implicit inputs are rewritten. Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/42156>. * guix/packages.scm (package-input-rewriting/spec): Add #:deep? defaulting to #true, and pass it to 'package-mapping'. [replacement-property]: New variable. [rewrite]: Check that property and set it on the result of PROC. [cut?]: New procedure. * tests/packages.scm ("package-input-rewriting/spec"): Ensure implicit inputs were unchanged. ("package-input-rewriting/spec, partial match"): Pass #:deep? #f. ("package-input-rewriting/spec, deep") ("package-input-rewriting/spec, no duplicates"): New tests. (package/inherit): Move before use. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests. * tests/scripts-build.scm ("options->transformation, with-graft"): Compare dependencies by package name or derivation file name. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Adjust accordingly.
2020-09-27packages: 'package-mapping' can recurse on implicit inputs.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/packages.scm (build-system-with-package-mapping): New procedure. (package-mapping): Add #:deep? and honor it. * tests/packages.scm ("package-mapping"): Compare the direct inputs of the bag of P0 and that of P1. ("package-mapping, deep"): New test.
2020-09-27guix build: Add '--without-tests'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/build.scm (transform-package-tests): New procedure. (%transformations, %transformation-options) show-transformation-options-help): Add it. * tests/scripts-build.scm ("options->transformation, without-tests"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Package Transformation Options): Document it.
2020-09-27doc: Document new bootloader grub-efi-netboot-bootloader.Stefan
* doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration)[bootloader]: Add grub-efi-netboot-bootloader. [target]: Document TFTP root directory for grub-efi-netboot-bootloader. Signed-off-by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>
2020-09-25doc: Use @var for meta-syntactic variables.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Transparent Emulation with QEMU): Use @var instead of angle brackets for meta-syntactic variables.
2020-09-25doc: Remove "--hda" from non-volatile childhurd example.Ludovic Courtès
Reported by Andreas Enge. * doc/guix.texi (Transparent Emulation with QEMU): Remove "--hda" in 'image' example.
2020-09-25doc: Explain how to connect to a childhurd.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (The Hurd in a Virtual Machine): Add instructions for VNC and SSH access. Mention childhurd secrets and /etc/childhurd.
2020-09-25doc: Fix outdated info and add missing space.André Batista
* doc/guix.texi (Messaging Services): Fix outdated info and add missing space. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
2020-09-24services: WPA Supplicant: Conditionally depend on D-Bus.Marius Bakke
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/43567>. Reported by calcium <calcium@disroot.org>. * gnu/services/networking.scm (<wpa-supplicant-configuration>)[requirement]: Remove 'dbus-system. (wpa-supplicant-shepherd-service)[requirement]: Add 'dbus-system when DBUS? is true. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services)[wpa-supplicant-service-type]: Adjust accordingly.
2020-09-24services: cuirass: Add web SQL queries logging support.Mathieu Othacehe
* gnu/services/cuirass.scm (<cuirass-configuration>)[web-queries-log-file]: New field. (cuirass-shepherd-service): Honor it. (cuirass-log-rotations): If defined, add the web queries log file to the log rotation.
2020-09-24services: cuirass: Add SQL queries logging support.Mathieu Othacehe
* gnu/services/cuirass.scm (<cuirass-configuration>)[queries-log-file]: New field. (cuirass-shepherd-service): Honor it. (cuirass-log-rotations): If defined, add the queries log file to the log rotation.
2020-09-21environment: '--link-profile' uses ~/.guix-profile for environment variables.Ludovic Courtès
Before this patch, we had: $ guix environment -CP --ad-hoc coreutils [env]$ echo $PATH /gnu/store/…-profile/bin [env]$ echo $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT /gnu/store/…-profile After this patch: $ guix environment -CP --ad-hoc coreutils [env]$ echo $PATH /home/ludo/.guix-profile/bin [env]$ echo $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT /home/ludo/.guix-profile * guix/scripts/environment.scm (launch-environment/container): When LINK-PROFILE? is true, pass ~/.guix-profile as the second argument to 'launch-environment'. * tests/guix-environment-container.sh: Adjust test accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Update accordingly.
2020-09-18doc: Fix broken hyperlinks in the contribution instructions.Greg Hogan
* doc/contributing.texi (Packaging Guidelines, Submitting Patches): Change URLs from relative to absolute links.
2020-09-18doc: Clarify what propagated inputs are.Florian Pelz
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/26170>. * doc/guix.texi (package Reference)[package-propagated-inputs]: Clarify.