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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7cda06de5c..f46f462063 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ garbage collection of packages (@pxref{Features}). @cindex Guix System Guix comes with a distribution of the GNU system consisting entirely of free software@footnote{The term ``free'' here refers to the -@url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html,freedom provided to +@url{https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html,freedom provided to users of that software}.}. The distribution can be installed on its own (@pxref{System Installation}), but it is also possible to install Guix as a package manager on top of @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ Guix@tie{}System. The distribution provides core GNU packages such as GNU libc, GCC, and Binutils, as well as many GNU and non-GNU applications. The complete list of available packages can be browsed -@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages,on-line} or by +@url{https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages,on-line} or by running @command{guix package} (@pxref{Invoking guix package}): @example @@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ with these commands: @c files into place. @c @c See this thread for more information: -@c http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-01/msg01199.html +@c https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-01/msg01199.html @example # cp ~root/.config/guix/current/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service \ @@ -725,11 +725,11 @@ GNU Guix is available for download from its website at GNU Guix depends on the following packages: @itemize -@item @url{http://gnu.org/software/guile/, GNU Guile}, version 2.2.x; +@item @url{https://gnu.org/software/guile/, GNU Guile}, version 2.2.x; @item @url{https://notabug.org/cwebber/guile-gcrypt, Guile-Gcrypt}, version 0.1.0 or later; @item -@uref{http://gnutls.org/, GnuTLS}, specifically its Guile bindings +@uref{https://gnutls.org/, GnuTLS}, specifically its Guile bindings (@pxref{Guile Preparations, how to install the GnuTLS bindings for Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile}); @item @@ -740,8 +740,8 @@ or later; @uref{https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git, Guile-Git}, from August 2017 or later; @item @uref{https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/guile-json/, Guile-JSON}; -@item @url{http://zlib.net, zlib}; -@item @url{http://www.gnu.org/software/make/, GNU Make}. +@item @url{https://zlib.net, zlib}; +@item @url{https://www.gnu.org/software/make/, GNU Make}. @end itemize The following dependencies are optional: @@ -763,9 +763,9 @@ Unless @code{--disable-daemon} was passed to @command{configure}, the following packages are also needed: @itemize -@item @url{http://gnupg.org/, GNU libgcrypt}; -@item @url{http://sqlite.org, SQLite 3}; -@item @url{http://gcc.gnu.org, GCC's g++}, with support for the +@item @url{https://gnupg.org/, GNU libgcrypt}; +@item @url{https://sqlite.org, SQLite 3}; +@item @url{https://gcc.gnu.org, GCC's g++}, with support for the C++11 standard. @end itemize @@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ unintended misconfiguration of @var{localstatedir} so you do not inadvertently corrupt your store (@pxref{The Store}). @cindex Nix, compatibility -When a working installation of @url{http://nixos.org/nix/, the Nix package +When a working installation of @url{https://nixos.org/nix/, the Nix package manager} is available, you can instead configure Guix with @code{--disable-daemon}. In that case, Nix replaces the three dependencies above. @@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ regarded as pure functions (@pxref{Introduction}). On a GNU/Linux system, a build user pool may be created like this (using Bash syntax and the @code{shadow} commands): -@c See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-01/msg00239.html +@c See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-01/msg00239.html @c for why `-G' is needed. @example # groupadd --system guixbuild @@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@ ifconfig -a ip a @end example -@c http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/src/udev/udev-builtin-net_id.c#n20 +@c https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/src/udev/udev-builtin-net_id.c#n20 Wired interfaces have a name starting with @samp{e}; for example, the interface corresponding to the first on-board Ethernet controller is called @samp{eno1}. Wireless interfaces have a name starting with @@ -2398,7 +2398,7 @@ If you'd like to install Guix System in a virtual machine (VM) or on a virtual private server (VPS) rather than on your beloved machine, this section is for you. -To boot a @uref{http://qemu.org/,QEMU} VM for installing Guix System in a +To boot a @uref{https://qemu.org/,QEMU} VM for installing Guix System in a disk image, follow these steps: @enumerate @@ -2461,7 +2461,7 @@ about the installation image. @section Building the Installation Image for ARM Boards Many ARM boards require a specific variant of the -@uref{http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/, U-Boot} bootloader. +@uref{https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/, U-Boot} bootloader. If you build a disk image and the bootloader is not available otherwise (on another boot drive etc), it's advisable to build an image that @@ -4294,9 +4294,9 @@ same format as the @file{signing-key.pub} file. The list of authorized keys is kept in the human-editable file @file{/etc/guix/acl}. The file contains -@url{http://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/Sexp.txt, ``advanced-format +@url{https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/Sexp.txt, ``advanced-format s-expressions''} and is structured as an access-control list in the -@url{http://theworld.com/~cme/spki.txt, Simple Public-Key Infrastructure +@url{https://theworld.com/~cme/spki.txt, Simple Public-Key Infrastructure (SPKI)}. @item --extract=@var{directory} @@ -4775,7 +4775,7 @@ guix pack -f squashfs guile emacs geiser @noindent The result is a SquashFS file system image that can either be mounted or directly be used as a file system container image with the -@uref{http://singularity.lbl.gov, Singularity container execution +@uref{https://singularity.lbl.gov, Singularity container execution environment}, using commands like @command{singularity shell} or @command{singularity exec}. @@ -5084,7 +5084,7 @@ package looks like this: (inputs `(("gawk" ,gawk))) (synopsis "Hello, GNU world: An example GNU package") (description "Guess what GNU Hello prints!") - (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/") + (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/hello/") (license gpl3+))) @end example @@ -5674,7 +5674,7 @@ executed. Some of these build systems are listed below. @defvr {Scheme Variable} ant-build-system This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system ant)}. It implements the build procedure for Java packages that can be built with -@url{http://ant.apache.org/, Ant build tool}. +@url{https://ant.apache.org/, Ant build tool}. It adds both @code{ant} and the @dfn{Java Development Kit} (JDK) as provided by the @code{icedtea} package to the set of inputs. Different @@ -5844,7 +5844,7 @@ directories specified in @code{#:doc-dirs} are installed as well. @defvr {Scheme Variable} cmake-build-system This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system cmake)}. It implements the build procedure for packages using the -@url{http://www.cmake.org, CMake build tool}. +@url{https://www.cmake.org, CMake build tool}. It automatically adds the @code{cmake} package to the set of inputs. Which package is used can be specified with the @code{#:cmake} @@ -6060,7 +6060,7 @@ Which Perl package is used can be specified with @code{#:perl}. @defvr {Scheme Variable} r-build-system This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system r)}. It -implements the build procedure used by @uref{http://r-project.org, R} +implements the build procedure used by @uref{https://r-project.org, R} packages, which essentially is little more than running @code{R CMD INSTALL --library=/gnu/store/@dots{}} in an environment where @code{R_LIBS_SITE} contains the paths to all R package inputs. Tests @@ -6201,7 +6201,7 @@ locations in the output directory. @defvr {Scheme Variable} meson-build-system This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system meson)}. It implements the build procedure for packages that use -@url{http://mesonbuild.com, Meson} as their build system. +@url{https://mesonbuild.com, Meson} as their build system. It adds both Meson and @uref{https://ninja-build.org/, Ninja} to the set of inputs, and they can be changed with the parameters @code{#:meson} @@ -8518,7 +8518,7 @@ guix import cpan Acme::Boolean @cindex CRAN @cindex Bioconductor Import metadata from @uref{https://cran.r-project.org/, CRAN}, the -central repository for the @uref{http://r-project.org, GNU@tie{}R +central repository for the @uref{https://r-project.org, GNU@tie{}R statistical and graphical environment}. Information is extracted from the @code{DESCRIPTION} file of the package. @@ -8552,7 +8552,7 @@ guix import cran --archive=bioconductor GenomicRanges @item texlive @cindex TeX Live @cindex CTAN -Import metadata from @uref{http://www.ctan.org/, CTAN}, the +Import metadata from @uref{https://www.ctan.org/, CTAN}, the comprehensive TeX archive network for TeX packages that are part of the @uref{https://www.tug.org/texlive/, TeX Live distribution}. @@ -8631,9 +8631,9 @@ guix import json hello.json @item nix Import metadata from a local copy of the source of the -@uref{http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/, Nixpkgs distribution}@footnote{This +@uref{https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/, Nixpkgs distribution}@footnote{This relies on the @command{nix-instantiate} command of -@uref{http://nixos.org/nix/, Nix}.}. Package definitions in Nixpkgs are +@uref{https://nixos.org/nix/, Nix}.}. Package definitions in Nixpkgs are typically written in a mixture of Nix-language and Bash code. This command only imports the high-level package structure that is written in the Nix language. It normally includes all the basic fields of a @@ -8755,7 +8755,7 @@ information. Currently the supported repositories and their identifiers are: @itemize - @item -@uref{http://elpa.gnu.org/packages, GNU}, selected by the @code{gnu} +@uref{https://elpa.gnu.org/packages, GNU}, selected by the @code{gnu} identifier. This is the default. Packages from @code{elpa.gnu.org} are signed with one of the keys @@ -8765,11 +8765,11 @@ contained in the GnuPG keyring at signatures,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). @item -@uref{http://stable.melpa.org/packages, MELPA-Stable}, selected by the +@uref{https://stable.melpa.org/packages, MELPA-Stable}, selected by the @code{melpa-stable} identifier. @item -@uref{http://melpa.org/packages, MELPA}, selected by the @code{melpa} +@uref{https://melpa.org/packages, MELPA}, selected by the @code{melpa} identifier. @end itemize @@ -8935,13 +8935,13 @@ the updater for X.org packages; @item kernel.org the updater for packages hosted on kernel.org; @item elpa -the updater for @uref{http://elpa.gnu.org/, ELPA} packages; +the updater for @uref{https://elpa.gnu.org/, ELPA} packages; @item cran the updater for @uref{https://cran.r-project.org/, CRAN} packages; @item bioconductor the updater for @uref{https://www.bioconductor.org/, Bioconductor} R packages; @item cpan -the updater for @uref{http://www.cpan.org/, CPAN} packages; +the updater for @uref{https://www.cpan.org/, CPAN} packages; @item pypi the updater for @uref{https://pypi.python.org, PyPI} packages. @item gem @@ -9179,7 +9179,7 @@ that Guix uses, as in this example: (cpe-version . "2.3"))) @end example -@c See <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/15/3>. +@c See <https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/15/3>. Some entries in the CVE database do not specify which version of a package they apply to, and would thus ``stick around'' forever. Package developers who found CVE alerts and verified they can be ignored can @@ -9337,7 +9337,7 @@ For the example above, the map looks like this: produced by @command{guix size}} This option requires that -@uref{http://wingolog.org/software/guile-charting/, Guile-Charting} be +@uref{https://wingolog.org/software/guile-charting/, Guile-Charting} be installed and visible in Guile's module search path. When that is not the case, @command{guix size} fails as it tries to load it. @@ -9358,12 +9358,12 @@ directed acyclic graph (DAG). It can quickly become difficult to have a mental model of the package DAG, so the @command{guix graph} command provides a visual representation of the DAG. By default, @command{guix graph} emits a DAG representation in the input format of -@uref{http://www.graphviz.org/, Graphviz}, so its output can be passed +@uref{https://www.graphviz.org/, Graphviz}, so its output can be passed directly to the @command{dot} command of Graphviz. It can also emit an HTML page with embedded JavaScript code to display a ``chord diagram'' in a Web browser, using the @uref{https://d3js.org/, d3.js} library, or emit Cypher queries to construct a graph in a graph database supporting -the @uref{http://www.opencypher.org/, openCypher} query language. +the @uref{https://www.opencypher.org/, openCypher} query language. The general syntax is: @example @@ -11320,7 +11320,7 @@ The name of the source for that locale. This is typically the @item @code{charset} (default: @code{"UTF-8"}) The ``character set'' or ``code set'' for that locale, -@uref{http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets, as defined by +@uref{https://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets, as defined by IANA}. @end table @@ -12498,7 +12498,7 @@ For example: The package that provides the DHCP daemon. This package is expected to provide the daemon at @file{sbin/dhcpd} relative to its output directory. The default package is the -@uref{http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP, ISC's DHCP server}. +@uref{https://www.isc.org/products/DHCP, ISC's DHCP server}. @item @code{config-file} (default: @code{#f}) The configuration file to use. This is required. It will be passed to @code{dhcpd} via its @code{-cf} option. This may be any ``file-like'' @@ -13347,7 +13347,7 @@ The @code{(gnu services avahi)} provides the following definition. @defvr {Scheme Variable} avahi-service-type This is the service that runs @command{avahi-daemon}, a system-wide mDNS/DNS-SD responder that allows for service discovery and -``zero-configuration'' host name lookups (see @uref{http://avahi.org/}). +``zero-configuration'' host name lookups (see @uref{https://avahi.org/}). Its value must be a @code{zero-configuration} record---see below. This service extends the name service cache daemon (nscd) so that it can @@ -13394,7 +13394,7 @@ This is a list of domains to browse. @end deftp @deffn {Scheme Variable} openvswitch-service-type -This is the type of the @uref{http://www.openvswitch.org, Open vSwitch} +This is the type of the @uref{https://www.openvswitch.org, Open vSwitch} service, whose value should be an @code{openvswitch-configuration} object. @end deffn @@ -14728,7 +14728,7 @@ are described below. Return a service that runs the ``system bus'', using @var{dbus}, with support for @var{services}. -@uref{http://dbus.freedesktop.org/, D-Bus} is an inter-process communication +@uref{https://dbus.freedesktop.org/, D-Bus} is an inter-process communication facility. Its system bus is used to allow system services to communicate and to be notified of system-wide events. @@ -14824,7 +14824,7 @@ package to expose as a service. @deffn {Scheme Procedure} polkit-service @ [#:polkit @var{polkit}] Return a service that runs the -@uref{http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/, Polkit privilege +@uref{https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/, Polkit privilege management service}, which allows system administrators to grant access to privileged operations in a structured way. By querying the Polkit service, a privileged system component can know when it should grant additional @@ -14833,7 +14833,7 @@ the capability to suspend the system if the user is logged in locally. @end deffn @defvr {Scheme Variable} upower-service-type -Service that runs @uref{http://upower.freedesktop.org/, @command{upowerd}}, a +Service that runs @uref{https://upower.freedesktop.org/, @command{upowerd}}, a system-wide monitor for power consumption and battery levels, with the given configuration settings. @@ -14907,7 +14907,7 @@ Possible values are: @end deftp @deffn {Scheme Procedure} udisks-service [#:udisks @var{udisks}] -Return a service for @uref{http://udisks.freedesktop.org/docs/latest/, +Return a service for @uref{https://udisks.freedesktop.org/docs/latest/, UDisks}, a @dfn{disk management} daemon that provides user interfaces with notifications and ways to mount/unmount disks. Programs that talk to UDisks include the @command{udisksctl} command, part of UDisks, and GNOME Disks. @@ -14917,7 +14917,7 @@ include the @command{udisksctl} command, part of UDisks, and GNOME Disks. Return a service that runs @command{colord}, a system service with a D-Bus interface to manage the color profiles of input and output devices such as screens and scanners. It is notably used by the GNOME Color Manager graphical -tool. See @uref{http://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/, the colord web +tool. See @uref{https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/, the colord web site} for more information. @end deffn @@ -17139,11 +17139,11 @@ string, you could instantiate a prosody service like this: @cindex IRC (Internet Relay Chat) @cindex IRC gateway -@url{http://bitlbee.org,BitlBee} is a gateway that provides an IRC +@url{https://bitlbee.org,BitlBee} is a gateway that provides an IRC interface to a variety of messaging protocols such as XMPP. @defvr {Scheme Variable} bitlbee-service-type -This is the service type for the @url{http://bitlbee.org,BitlBee} IRC +This is the service type for the @url{https://bitlbee.org,BitlBee} IRC gateway daemon. Its value is a @code{bitlbee-configuration} (see below). @@ -17975,7 +17975,7 @@ specified by clients; The @code{krb5-realm} and @code{krb5-configuration} types have many fields. Only the most commonly used ones are described here. For a full list, and more detailed explanation of each, see the MIT -@uref{http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-devel/doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.html,,krb5.conf} +@uref{https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-devel/doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.html,,krb5.conf} documentation. @@ -20717,7 +20717,7 @@ TLP enables various powersaving modes in userspace and kernel. Contrary to @code{upower-service}, it is not a passive, monitoring tool, as it will apply custom settings each time a new power source is detected. More information can be found at -@uref{http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html, TLP home page}. +@uref{https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html, TLP home page}. @deffn {Scheme Variable} tlp-service-type The service type for the TLP tool. Its value should be a valid @@ -23186,7 +23186,7 @@ could instantiate a cgit service like this: @cindex Gitolite service @cindex Git, hosting -@uref{http://gitolite.com/gitolite/, Gitolite} is a tool for hosting Git +@uref{https://gitolite.com/gitolite/, Gitolite} is a tool for hosting Git repositories on a central server. Gitolite can handle multiple repositories and users, and supports flexible @@ -23412,7 +23412,7 @@ passed to @command{lircd}. The @code{(gnu services spice)} module provides the following service. @deffn {Scheme Procedure} spice-vdagent-service [#:spice-vdagent] -Returns a service that runs @url{http://www.spice-space.org,VDAGENT}, a daemon +Returns a service that runs @url{https://www.spice-space.org,VDAGENT}, a daemon that enables sharing the clipboard with a vm and setting the guest display resolution when the graphical console window resizes. @end deffn @@ -23550,7 +23550,7 @@ The @code{(gnu services docker)} module provides the following service. @defvr {Scheme Variable} docker-service-type -This is the type of the service that runs @url{http://www.docker.com,Docker}, +This is the type of the service that runs @url{https://www.docker.com,Docker}, a daemon that can execute application bundles (sometimes referred to as ``containers'') in isolated environments. @@ -24036,7 +24036,7 @@ in ``legacy'' BIOS mode. Available bootloaders are described in @code{(gnu bootloader @dots{})} modules. In particular, @code{(gnu bootloader u-boot)} contains definitions of bootloaders for a wide range of ARM and AArch64 systems, using the -@uref{http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/, U-Boot bootloader}. +@uref{https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/, U-Boot bootloader}. @item @code{target} This is a string denoting the target onto which to install the @@ -24267,7 +24267,7 @@ an older system generation at boot time should you need it. @quotation Note @c The paragraph below refers to the problem discussed at -@c <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-08/msg00057.html>. +@c <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-08/msg00057.html>. It is highly recommended to run @command{guix pull} once before you run @command{guix system reconfigure} for the first time (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}). Failing to do that you would see an older version of Guix @@ -24663,7 +24663,7 @@ as @file{/etc/config.scm} (@pxref{Using the Configuration System}). Instead of using this pre-built image, one can also build their own virtual machine image using @command{guix system vm-image} (@pxref{Invoking guix system}). The returned image is in qcow2 format, which the -@uref{http://qemu.org/, QEMU emulator} can efficiently use. +@uref{https://qemu.org/, QEMU emulator} can efficiently use. @cindex QEMU If you built your own image, you must copy it out of the store @@ -25717,7 +25717,7 @@ approximation, we will consider it final.}, depicted below. @image{images/bootstrap-packages,6in,,Dependency graph of the early packages} -@c See <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-system-discuss/2012-10/msg00000.html>. +@c See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-system-discuss/2012-10/msg00000.html>. The first tool that gets built with the bootstrap binaries is GNU@tie{}Make---noted @code{make-boot0} above---which is a prerequisite for all the following packages. From there Findutils and Diffutils get @@ -25840,7 +25840,7 @@ reason. @node Acknowledgments @chapter Acknowledgments -Guix is based on the @uref{http://nixos.org/nix/, Nix package manager}, +Guix is based on the @uref{https://nixos.org/nix/, Nix package manager}, which was designed and implemented by Eelco Dolstra, with contributions from other people (see the @file{nix/AUTHORS} file in Guix.) Nix pioneered functional package |