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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-01-05 17:56:10 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-01-07 23:47:22 +0100
commit06e3a5181efa0ea83bb6608d3cbfba5caa56d7e9 (patch)
tree3ba351b7be242aa6f1ce5925f10886dc47bae8e9
parentf997137d0e2eba27bb1e2b282ee19ea474c41e12 (diff)
doc: Mark zlib as mandatory, libbz2 as optional.
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Move zlib to mandatory and libbz2 to optional. * README: Ditto.
-rw-r--r--README3
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi6
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4192eb4129..d96a43bbef 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ GNU Guix currently depends on the following packages:
- [[https://www.gnu.org/software/make/][GNU Make]]
- [[https://www.gnutls.org][GnuTLS]] compiled with guile support enabled.
- [[https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git][Guile-Git]]
+ - [[http://www.zlib.net/][zlib]]
- optionally [[https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/guile-json/][Guile-JSON]], for the 'guix import pypi' command
Unless `--disable-daemon' was passed, the following packages are needed:
- [[https://sqlite.org/][SQLite 3]]
- - [[http://www.bzip.org][libbz2]]
- [[https://gcc.gnu.org][GCC's g++]]
+ - optionally [[http://www.bzip.org][libbz2]]
When `--disable-daemon' was passed, you instead need the following:
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index ca3f614042..90d6f7665c 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile});
@c FIXME: Specify a version number once a release has been made.
@uref{https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git, Guile-Git}, from August
2017 or later;
+@item @url{http://zlib.net, zlib};
@item @url{http://www.gnu.org/software/make/, GNU Make}.
@end itemize
@@ -626,8 +627,8 @@ Support for build offloading (@pxref{Daemon Offload Setup}) and
version 0.10.2 or later.
@item
-When @url{http://zlib.net, zlib} is available, @command{guix publish}
-can compress build byproducts (@pxref{Invoking guix publish}).
+When @url{http://www.bzip.org, libbz2} is available,
+@command{guix-daemon} can use it to compress build logs.
@end itemize
Unless @code{--disable-daemon} was passed to @command{configure}, the
@@ -635,7 +636,6 @@ following packages are also needed:
@itemize
@item @url{http://sqlite.org, SQLite 3};
-@item @url{http://www.bzip.org, libbz2};
@item @url{http://gcc.gnu.org, GCC's g++}, with support for the
C++11 standard.
@end itemize