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2019-04-24doc: Refer to the es and zh_CN translations....* doc/guix.texi (Top): Mention Simplified Chinese and Spanish. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-23services: shepherd: Support one-shot services....* gnu/services/shepherd.scm (<shepherd-service>)[one-shot?]: New field. (shepherd-service-file): Pass #:one-shot? to the <service> constructor. * doc/guix.texi (Shepherd Services): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-22system: Change default kernel-arguments to '("quiet")....This improves the readability of the boot process, especially when using full disk encryption where you're required to enter the passphrase at a particular point. * gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[kernel-arguments]: Change the default to '("quiet"). * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document this change. Christopher Baines
2019-04-22pull: Add '--news'....Suggested by Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>. * guix/scripts/pull.scm (%options, show-help): Add '--news'. (display-profile-news): Add #:current-is-newer? and #:concise?. Honor them. (build-and-install): Pass #:concise? #t. (display-new/upgraded-packages)[concise/max-item-count]: New variable. Add call to 'display-hint'. (process-query): Add clause for 'display-news'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Add '--news'. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-19guix build: Accept multiple '-s' options....* guix/scripts/build.scm (%default-options): Remove 'system'. (%options) <--system>: Keep previous occurrences of 'system in RESULT. (options->derivations)[system]: Remove. [systems, things-to-build]: New variables. [compute-derivation]: New procedure. Iterate on all of SYSTEMS to compute the derivations of THINGS-TO-BUILD. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add test for one and multiple '-s' flags. * doc/guix.texi (Additional Build Options): Document this behavior. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-17pull: '--url', '--commit', and '--branch' apply to the 'guix' channel....Suggested by pkill9 <pkill9@runbox.com>. * guix/scripts/pull.scm (channel-list): Apply REF and URL to the 'guix' channel. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-15doc: Replace misuses of @var by @code....* doc/guix.texi (Hardware Considerations, Service Types and Services) (Service Reference, Shepherd Services, Security Updates): Use @code instead of @var for things that are not meta-syntactic variables. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-15doc: Document 'this-package' and 'this-operating-system'....* doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Document 'this-package'. (operating-system Reference): Document 'this-operating-system'. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-15system: Add 'label' field to <operating-system>....* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[label]: New field. (operating-system-default-label): New procedure. (operating-system-boot-parameters): Use it instead of 'kernel->boot-label'. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-14doc: Fix location of fprintd-service-type....* doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Correct module name. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2019-04-14doc: Fix typo....Follow-up to 96ef8565281c511b119e0dd7799337d67f9efab3. * doc/guix.texi (Limitations): Fix typo. Danny Milosavljevic
2019-04-12doc: Strip the "Limitations" section....* doc/guix.texi (Limitations): Strip the paragraph about not being production-ready. Remove the number of packages. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-11Add (guix build-system linux-module)....* guix/build/linux-module-build-system.scm: New file. * guix/build-system/linux-module.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document it. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. Danny Milosavljevic
2019-04-11doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration): Fix ‘fow now’. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2019-04-10guix gc: Add '--delete-generations'....* guix/scripts/gc.scm (show-help, %options): Add '--delete-generations'. Change '--delete' shorthand to '-D'. (delete-old-generations): New procedure. (guix-gc)[delete-generations]: New procedure. Call it when ACTION is 'collect-garbage' and OPTS contains 'delete-generations. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix gc): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-10guix gc: Add '--list-roots'....* guix/scripts/gc.scm (show-help, %options): Add '--list-roots'. (guix-gc)[list-roots]: New procedure. Handle '--list-roots'. * tests/guix-gc.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix gc): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-07doc: Fix syntax of cross-manual references....This is a followup to 412e6396bbb8b398e8a94427db50271e47db610f. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Fix syntax of cross-references to the Mailutils manual. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-07services: Add 'imap4d-service-type'....* gnu/services/mail.scm (<imap4d-configuration>): New record type. (imap4d-shepherd-service): New procedure. (%default-imap4d-config-file, imap4d-service-type): New variables. * gnu/services/mail.scm (Mail Services): Document it. 宋文武
2019-04-05services: console-keymap: Deprecate....* gnu/services/base.scm (console-keymap-service): Mark as deprecated. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Remove its documentation. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-05doc: Explain how to change the keyboard layout at run time....* doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout): Mention GNOME's "Region & Language", setxkbmap, and loadkeys. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-05services: xorg: Add 'set-xorg-configuration'....* gnu/services/xorg.scm (gdm-service-type)[compose, extend]: New fields. (set-xorg-configuration): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout): Use it. (X Window): Document it. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Add 'keyboard-layout' fields. Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-02environment: '-C' creates namespaces where the user is not root....* guix/scripts/environment.scm (launch-environment/container): Add UID and GID. Use them in PASSWD and GROUPS. Pass them as #:guest-uid and #:guest-gid to 'call-with-container'. * tests/guix-environment-container.sh: Test the inner UID. In '--user' test, replace hard-coded 0 with 1000. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-31doc: Document 'gdm-service-type'....* doc/guix.texi (X Window): Document 'gdm-service-type' and 'gdm-configuration'. Take description of '.desktop' files from the 'slim-service-type' description. * gnu/services/xorg.scm (gdm-service): Remove outdated comment. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-30packages: Remove 'self-native-input?' field....This field has become unnecessary with the addition of 'this-package'. * guix/packages.scm (<package>)[self-native-input?]: Remove. (package->bag): Adjust accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Remove 'self-native-input?'. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-29doc: Fix invalid uses of @ref....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Use @xref instead of @ref at the beginning of sentences. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-28services: desktop: Switch to GDM....* gnu/services/desktop.scm (%desktop-services): Replace SLIM-SERVICE-TYPE instance with an instance of GDM-SERVICE-TYPE. * doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout): Change example to mention GDM-SERVICE-TYPE. (X Window): Mention GDM. (Desktop Services): Adjust references to SLiM. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-27services: Deprecate 'xfce-desktop-service'....* gnu/services/desktop.scm (xfce-desktop-service-type)[default-value] [description]: New fields. (xfce-desktop-service): Deprecate. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Use the (service …) form. * gnu/installer/services.scm (%desktop-environments): Add TODO comment. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Adjust accordingly, and fix spelling of "Xfce" throughout. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-27services: Deprecate 'gnome-desktop-service'....* gnu/services/desktop.scm (gnome-desktop-service-type)[default-value]: New field. (gnome-desktop-service): Deprecate. * gnu/installer/services.scm (%desktop-environments): Use the (service …) form for GNOME. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-25system: Add 'essential-services' field to <operating-system>....* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[essential-services]: New field. (operating-system-directory-base-entries): Remove #:container? keyword and keep only the not-container branch. (essential-services): Likewise. (operating-system-services): Likewise, and call 'operating-system-essential-services' instead of 'essential-services'. (operating-system-activation-script): Remove #:container?. (operating-system-boot-script): Likewise. (operating-system-derivation): Likewise. * gnu/system/linux-container.scm (container-essential-services): New procedure. (containerized-operating-system): Use it and set the 'essential-services' field. (container-script): Remove call to 'operating-system-derivation'. * gnu/system/vm.scm (system-docker-image): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document 'essential-services'. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-25accounts: Add default value for the 'home-directory' field of <user-account>....* gnu/system/accounts.scm (<user-account>)[home-directory]: Mark as thunked and add a default value. (default-home-directory): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (User Accounts): Remove 'home-directory' from example. * gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl: Likewise. * gnu/system/examples/beaglebone-black.tmpl: Likewise. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Likewise. * gnu/system/examples/docker-image.tmpl: Likewise. * gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl: Likewise. * gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os): Likewise. * gnu/tests.scm (%simple-os): Likewise. * gnu/tests/install.scm (%minimal-os, %minimal-os-on-vda): (%separate-home-os, %encrypted-root-os, %btrfs-root-os): Likewise. * tests/accounts.scm ("allocate-passwd") ("allocate-passwd with previous state"): Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-24doc: Document keyboard layout....* doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout): New node. (Bootloader Configuration): Remove examples and refer to it. (X Window): Add cross-reference. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-24system: Initialize console keyboard layout in the initrd....Partially fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/25453>. * gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[keyboard-layout]: New field. (operating-system-initrd-file): Pass #:keyboard-layout to MAKE-INITRD. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (raw-initrd): Add #:keyboard-layout. Pass #:keymap-file to 'boot-system'. (base-initrd): Add #:keyboard-layout. [helper-packages]: Add LOADKEYS-STATIC when KEYBOARD-LAYOUT is true. Pass #:keyboard-layout to 'raw-initrd'. * gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (boot-system): Add #:keymap-file and honor it. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document the 'keyboard-layout' field. (Initial RAM Disk): Update 'raw-initrd' and 'base-initrd' documentation. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-24services: xorg: Add a 'keyboard-layout' field in <xorg-configuration>....* gnu/services/xorg.scm (<xorg-configuration>)[keyboard-layout]: New field. (xorg-configuration->file)[input-class-section]: New procedure. Use it. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Document 'keyboard-layout' field. Co-authored-by: nee <nee-git@hidamari.blue> Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-24services: sddm, slim, gdm: Take an <xorg-configuration> record....* gnu/services/sddm.scm (<sddm-configuration>)[xorg-server-path] [xserver-arguments]: Remove. [xorg-configuration]: New field. (sddm-configuration-file): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/services/xorg.scm (<slim-configuration>)[startx]: Remove. [xorg-configuration]: New field. (slim-shepherd-service, slim-service): Adjust accordingly. (<gdm-configuration>)[x-server]: Remove. [xorg-configuration]: New field. (gdm-shepherd-service, gdm-service): Adjust accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Update accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-24services: xorg: Define an <xorg-configuration> record type....* gnu/services/xorg.scm (<xorg-configuration>): New record type. (xorg-configuration-file): Remove. (xorg-wrapper): Remove #:modules, #:configuration-file, and #:xorg-server; add optional 'config' parameter instead. Adjust accordingly. (xorg-start-command): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Document 'xorg-configuration'. Update 'xorg-start-command' documentation. Remove 'xorg-configuration-file' documentation. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-24services: xorg: Remove unused #:guile parameter....* gnu/services/xorg.scm (xorg-wrapper): Remove #:guile, which was unused. (xorg-start-command): Likewise. (xinitrc): Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-24bootloader: Add a 'keyboard-layout' field....* gnu/bootloader/grub.scm (keyboard-layout-file): New procedure. (grub-configuration-file)[keyboard-layout-file]: New variable. [builder]: Use it. * gnu/bootloader.scm (<bootloader-configuration>)[keyboard-layout]: New field. * doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration): Document it. Co-authored-by: nee <nee-git@hidamari.blue> Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-24doc: Remove instances of powerpc-linux being a supported Guix architecture....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remove powerpc-linux examples. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Replace powerpc-linux example with mips64el-linux. Efraim Flashner
2019-03-23guix: dune-build-system: Add a package parameter....* guix/build-system/dune.scm: Add a package parameter. * guix/build/dune.scm (build, test, install): Use it. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. Julien Lepiller
2019-03-23build: Add rakudo-build-system....* guix/build-system/rakudo.scm, guix/build/rakudo-build-system.scm: New files. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Build System): Document it. Efraim Flashner
2019-03-23graph: Add the 'reverse-bag' graph....Suggested by Julien Lepiller. * guix/scripts/graph.scm (%reverse-bag-node-type): New variable. (%node-types): Add it. * tests/graph.scm ("reverse bag DAG"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix graph): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-20services: Add nslcd-service-type....* gnu/services/authentication.scm (nslcd-service-type, nslcd-configuration, %nslcd-accounts): New variables. (uglify-field-name, value->string, serialize-field, serialize-list, ssl-option?, tls-reqcert-option?, deref-option?, comma-separated-list-of-strings?, serialize-ignore-users-option, log-option?, serialize-log-option, valid-map?, scope-option?, serialize-scope-option, map-entry?, list-of-map-entries?, filter-entry?, list-of-filter-entries?, serialize-filter-entry, serialize-list-of-filter-entries, serialize-map-entry, serialize-list-of-map-entries, nslcd-config-file, nslcd-etc-service, nslcd-shepherd-service, pam-ldap-pam-services, pam-ldap-pam-service, generate-nslcd-documentation): New procedures. * gnu/tests/ldap.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (LDAP Services): Document it. Ricardo Wurmus
2019-03-18import: Add Launchpad updater....* guix/import/launchpad.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Register it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Mention the Launchpad updater. Arun Isaac
2019-03-18Correct name and email address for ng0....* .mailmap, Makefile.am, doc/guix.de.texi, doc/guix.fr.texi, 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/gnuzilla.scm, gnu/packages/gtk.scm, gnu/packages/guile-wm.scm,gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm, gnu/packages/haskell-crypto.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.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: Correct name and email address for ng0. Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> ng0
2019-03-18doc: Expound on inputattach service....* doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Expound documentation of inputattach service. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-18gnu: Add inputattach service....Add a service that runs inputattach as a daemon to translate events from serial ports. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (<inputattach-configuration>): New record type. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (inputattach-service-type): New service type. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Add inputattach Service subsubheading. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Tim Gesthuizen
2019-03-17guix build: Transformation options match packages by spec....This allows us to combine several transformations on a given package, in particular '--with-git-url' and '--with-branch'. Previously transformations would ignore each other since they would all take (specification->package SOURCE) as their replacement source, compare it by identity, which doesn't work if a previous transformation has already changed SOURCE. * guix/scripts/build.scm (evaluate-replacement-specs): Adjust to produce an alist as expected by 'package-input-rewriting/spec', with a package spec as the first element of each pair. (evaluate-git-replacement-specs): Likewise. (transform-package-inputs): Adjust accordingly and use 'package-input-rewriting/spec'. (transform-package-inputs/graft): Likewise. (transform-package-source-branch, transform-package-source-commit): Use 'package-input-rewriting/spec'. (transform-package-source-git-url): Likewise, and adjust the REPLACEMENTS alist accordingly. (options->transformation): Iterate over OPTS instead of over %TRANSFORMATIONS. Invoke transformations one by one. * tests/scripts-build.scm ("options->transformation, with-input"): Adjust test to compare packages by name rather than by identity. ("options->transformation, with-git-url + with-branch"): New test. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-17packages: Add 'package-input-rewriting/spec'....* guix/packages.scm (package-input-rewriting/spec): New procedure. * tests/packages.scm ("package-input-rewriting/spec") ("package-input-rewriting/spec, partial match"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-17guix build: Add '--with-git-url'....* guix/scripts/build.scm (%not-equal): New variable. (evaluate-git-replacement-specs): Use it instead of local variable 'not-equal'. (transform-package-source-git-url): New procedure. (%transformations): Add 'with-git-url'. (%transformation-options, show-transformation-options-help): Add '--with-git-url'. * tests/scripts-build.scm ("options->transformation, with-git-url"): New test. Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-15services: mpd: add more configuration options...* gnu/services/audio.scm (<mpd-configuration>): Add 'db-file', 'state-file' and 'sticker-file' fields. * doc/guix.texi (Music Player Daemon): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> nixo