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2022-06-05doc: Use new-style command substitution....Follow up of beaf701d65e9f94d0539e705d6f58a65313c5655. * doc/guix.texi: Replace the shell old-style command substitution with the new-style one. Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> zimoun
2022-06-04guix home: Add 'edit' sub-command....* guix/scripts/home/edit.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. * guix/scripts/home.scm (show-help): Add "edit". (process-command): Handle it. (guix-home): Add it. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add 'guix/scripts/home/edit.scm'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix home): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2022-06-04guix system: Add 'edit' sub-command....* guix/scripts/system/edit.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. * guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help): Mention "edit". (actions): Add it. (process-command): Handle it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add guix/scripts/system/edit.scm. Ludovic Courtès
2022-06-04doc: Capitalize and tweak cross-compilation-related node names....* doc/guix.texi (Using cross-compilation): Rename to... (Cross-Compilation): ... this. (Using native builds): Rename to... (Native Builds): ... this. Adjust menus accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2022-05-31gnu: Remove wicd....The last release is from 2017, stuck on Python 2. * gnu/packages/wicd.scm: Delete file. * gnu/packages/patches/wicd-bitrate-none-fix.patch: Delete file. * gnu/packages/patches/wicd-get-selected-profile-fix.patch: Likewise. * gnu/packages/patches/wicd-urwid-1.3.patch: Likewise. * gnu/packages/patches/wicd-wpa2-ttls.patch: Likewise. * gnu/local.mk: De-register them. * gnu/services/networking.scm: Remove wicd service... * doc/guix.texi: ... and its documentation. * gnu/system/linux-container.scm (containerized-operating-system) <services-to-drop>: Remove wicd-service-type. Maxim Cournoyer
2022-05-22doc: Fix typos....* doc/guix.texi (Guix Services): Fix ‘coresponding’ typo. (Using cross-compilation): Fix ‘mecanism’ typo. (Desktop Services): Fix ‘superceeded’ typo. * doc/contributing.texi (Translating Guix): Fix ‘everytime’ typo. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2022-05-25platforms: Remove the s390x platform....Turns out this platform doesn't have a bootstrap tarball and should be considered as not supported for now. * guix/platforms/s390.scm: Remove it. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Adapt it. * doc/guix.texi (Foreign Architectures): Ditto. Mathieu Othacehe
2022-05-25gnu: guix-build-coordinator: Update to 0-53.3de63f1....* gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix-build-coordinator): Update to 0-53.3de63f1. * gnu/services/guix.scm (guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-configuration-guix-data-service-build-server-id): New procedure. (guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-shepherd-services): Use the guix-data-service-build-server-id. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Build Coordinator): Document the new queue builds configuration field. Christopher Baines
2022-05-25doc: Improve the Foreign Architectures section....* doc/guix.texi (Foreign Architectures): Capitalize the chapter title, remove most of "GNU Guix" occurences and other small improvements. Mathieu Othacehe
2022-05-25Move (gnu platform) and (gnu platforms ...) to guix/....* gnu/platform.scm: * gnu/platforms/arm.scm: * gnu/platforms/hurd.scm: * gnu/platforms/mips.scm: * gnu/platforms/powerpc.scm: * gnu/platforms/riscv.scm: * gnu/platforms/s390.scm: * gnu/platforms/x86.scm: Move to guix/. * Makefile.am: * doc/guix.texi (Porting to a New Platform): * etc/release-manifest.scm: * gnu/ci.scm: * gnu/image.scm: * gnu/local.mk: * gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm: * gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm: * gnu/packages/cross-base.scm: * gnu/packages/instrumentation.scm: * gnu/packages/linux.scm: * gnu/system/image.scm: * gnu/system/images/hurd.scm: * gnu/system/images/novena.scm: * gnu/system/images/pine64.scm: * gnu/system/images/pinebook-pro.scm: * gnu/system/images/rock64.scm: * guix/scripts/build.scm: * guix/scripts/system.scm: * guix/self.scm: Update (gnu platform...) to (guix platform...). Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> Josselin Poiret
2022-05-22doc: Add a 'Foreign architectures' chapter....* doc/guix.texi ("Foreign architectures"): New chapter. Mathieu Othacehe
2022-05-22linux: Remove system->linux-architecture procedure....* gnu/packages/linux.scm (system->linux-architecture): Remove it. (make-linux-libre-headers*, make-linux-libre*): Adapt them. * guix/build-system/linux-module.scm (system->arch): Adapt it. * gnu/packages/instrumentation.scm (uftrace): Ditto. * gnu/packages/cross-base.scm (cross-kernel-headers): Ditto. * gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (ncbi-vdb): Ditto. * doc/guix.texi (Porting to a new platform): Update it. Mathieu Othacehe
2022-05-22scripts: Add --list-systems and --list-targets options....Also factorize the --system and --target build options. Check that the passed system and target arguments are known platforms. * doc/guix.texi (Additional Build Options): Document the new --list-systems and --list-targets options. * guix/scripts/build.scm (show-cross-build-options-help, show-emulated-build-options-help, list-systems, list-targets): New procedures. (%standard-cross-build-options, %standard-emulated-build-options): New variables. (show-help): Remove --system and --target entries and use show-cross-build-options-help and show-emulated-build-options-help procedures instead. (%options): Remove --system and --target entries and use %standard-cross-build-options and %standard-emulated-build-options variables instead. * guix/scripts/archive.scm (show-help, %options): Adapt them. * guix/scripts/environment.scm: Ditto. * guix/scripts/graph.scm: Ditto. * guix/scripts/pack.scm: Ditto. * guix/scripts/pull.scm: Ditto. * guix/scripts/size.scm: Ditto. * guix/scripts/weather.scm: Ditto. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> Mathieu Othacehe
2022-05-22gnu: Add elm-todomvc....* gnu/packages/elm.scm (elm-todomvc): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems)[elm-build-system]: Mention it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Philip McGrath
2022-05-22gnu: elm: Support 'elm reactor'....* gnu/packages/elm.scm (elm): Rename to ... (elm-sans-reactor): ... this new variable. [synopsis, description]: Tweak. (elm): New variable. * guix/build-system/elm.scm (default-elm): Use elm-sans-reactor. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems)[elm-build-system]: Update accordingly. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Philip McGrath
2022-05-22import: Add Elm importer....* guix/import/elm.scm, guix/scripts/import/elm.scm: New files. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * guix/scripts/import.scm (importers): Add "elm". * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document Elm importer. * doc/contributing.texi (Elm Packages): Mention it. * tests/elm.scm ("(guix import elm)"): New test group. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Philip McGrath
2022-05-22guix: Add elm-build-system....* gnu/packages/patches/elm-offline-package-registry.patch: New file. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. * gnu/packages/elm.scm (elm): Use it. * guix/build-system/elm.scm, guix/build/elm-build-system.scm, tests/elm.scm: New files. * Makefile.scm (MODULES, SCM_TESTS): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document 'elm-build-system'. * doc/contributing.texi (Elm Packages): New section. Document naming conventions and utilities. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Philip McGrath
2022-05-15doc: Remove duplicate sddm-configuration....* doc/guix.texi (X Window): Remove duplicate sddm-configuration @deftp, after merging the better parts into the remaining one. Reported by dgcampea in #guix. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2022-05-17doc: Clarify guix shell's DWIM behaviour....* doc/guix.texi ("Invoking guix shell"): Document the exact behaviour, that is which flags go together with which file names. Liliana Marie Prikler
2022-05-16doc: Fix typos in the "Channels" chapter....* doc/guix.texi (Using a Custom Guix Channel) (Replicating Guix): Fix typos. Ludovic Courtès
2022-05-13search-paths: Define $SSL_CERT_DIR and $SSL_CERT_FILE....For the ‘why’, see the docstring next to $SSL_CERT_DIR. In later commits, packages will be changed to use these variables and the variables will be added to more packages. * guix/search-paths.scm ($SSL_CERT_DIR, $SSL_CERT_FILE): New variables. * doc/guix.texi (Search Paths): Document them. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Maxime Devos
2022-05-13doc: Add "Writing Manifests" node....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Remove explanation of 'specifications->manifest' and 'package->development-manifest'. Link to "Writing Manifests". (Inferiors): Likewise. (Invoking guix shell): Add anchor and link to 'package->development-manifest'. (Invoking guix pack): Likewise. (Writing Manifests): New section. (Using TeX and LaTeX): Link to "Writing Manifests". Ludovic Courtès
2022-05-08doc: Avoid leading ‘But’....* doc/guix.texi (Manual Installation): End sentence later. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2022-04-22services: nar-herder: Allow specifying the log level....* gnu/services/guix.scm (nar-herder-configuration-log-level): New procedure. (nar-herder-shepherd-services): Pass the log-level to the nar-herder process. * doc/guix.texi (Nar Herder): Document configuring the log-level. Christopher Baines
2022-04-14daemon: Support systemd-style socket activation....* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (SD_LISTEN_FDS_START): New macro. (systemd_activation_sockets): New function. (main): Use it. Remove obsolete 'printMsg' call. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Document socket activation. Ludovic Courtès
2022-04-14publish: Support systemd-style socket activation....* guix/scripts/publish.scm (systemd-socket): New procedure. (guix-publish): Add 'style' variable. Adjust startup message depending on whether STYLE is 'systemd. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Mention socket activation. Ludovic Courtès
2022-04-12services: Replace murmur-service-type with mumble-server-service-type....* gnu/services/telephony.scm (murmur-configuration, make-murmur-configuration) (murmur-configuration?, murmur-configuration-package) (murmur-configuration-user, murmur-configuration-group) (murmur-configuration-port, murmur-configuration-welcome-text) (murmur-configuration-server-password) (murmur-configuration-max-users) (murmur-configuration-max-user-bandwidth) (murmur-configuration-database-file) (murmur-configuration-log-file, murmur-configuration-pid-file) (murmur-configuration-autoban-attempts) (murmur-configuration-autoban-timeframe) (murmur-configuration-autoban-time) (murmur-configuration-opus-threshold) (murmur-configuration-channel-nesting-limit) (murmur-configuration-channelname-regex) (murmur-configuration-username-regex) (murmur-configuration-test-message-length) (murmur-configuration-image-message-length) (murmur-configuration-cert-required?) (murmur-configuration-remember-channel?) (murmur-configuration-allow-html?) (murmur-configuration-allow-ping?) (murmur-configuration-bonjour?) (murmur-configuration-send-version?) (murmur-configuration-log-days) (murmur-configuration-obfuscate-ips?) (murmur-configuration-ssl-cert murmur-configuration-ssl-key) (murmur-configuration-ssl-dh-params murmur-configuration-ssl-ciphers) (murmur-configuration-public-registration) (murmur-configuration-file) (murmur-public-registration-configuration) (make-murmur-public-registration-configuration) (murmur-public-registration-configuration?) (murmur-public-registration-configuration-name) (murmur-public-registration-configuration-url) (murmur-public-registration-configuration-password) (murmur-public-registration-configuration-hostname) (murmur-service-type): Add deprecation alias and rename to ... (mumble-server-configuration, make-mumble-server-configuration) (mumble-server-configuration?, mumble-server-configuration-package) (mumble-server-configuration-user, mumble-server-configuration-group) (mumble-server-configuration-port, mumble-server-configuration-welcome-text) (mumble-server-configuration-server-password) (mumble-server-configuration-max-users) (mumble-server-configuration-max-user-bandwidth) (mumble-server-configuration-database-file) (mumble-server-configuration-log-file, mumble-server-configuration-pid-file) (mumble-server-configuration-autoban-attempts) (mumble-server-configuration-autoban-timeframe) (mumble-server-configuration-autoban-time) (mumble-server-configuration-opus-threshold) (mumble-server-configuration-channel-nesting-limit) (mumble-server-configuration-channelname-regex) (mumble-server-configuration-username-regex) (mumble-server-configuration-test-message-length) (mumble-server-configuration-image-message-length) (mumble-server-configuration-cert-required?) (mumble-server-configuration-remember-channel?) (mumble-server-configuration-allow-html?) (mumble-server-configuration-allow-ping?) (mumble-server-configuration-bonjour?) (mumble-server-configuration-send-version?) (mumble-server-configuration-log-days) (mumble-server-configuration-obfuscate-ips?) (mumble-server-configuration-ssl-cert mumble-server-configuration-ssl-key) (mumble-server-configuration-ssl-dh-params) (mumble-server-configuration-ssl-ciphers) (mumble-server-configuration-public-registration) (mumble-server-configuration-file) (mumble-server-public-registration-configuration) (make-mumble-server-public-registration-configuration) (mumble-server-public-registration-configuration?) (mumble-server-public-registration-configuration-name) (mumble-server-public-registration-configuration-url) (mumble-server-public-registration-configuration-password) (mumble-server-public-registration-configuration-hostname) (mumble-server-service-type): ... these. * doc/guix.texi ("Murmur (VoIP server)"): Rename to ... ("Mumble server"): ... this. Adjust documentation accordingly. Liliana Marie Prikler
2022-04-10doc: package Reference: Mention syntax of package-description....* doc/guix.texi (package Reference) <description>: Mention that the string is in Texinfo syntax. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Luis Felipe
2022-04-10doc: guix: Add missing article "a"....* doc/guix.texi (Essential Home Services): Add missing article "a". Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> jgart
2022-04-07services: openssh: Start as an inetd service....* gnu/services/ssh.scm (openssh-shepherd-service): Use 'make-inetd-constructor' when it is defined. (<openssh-configuration>)[max-connections]: New field. * gnu/tests/ssh.scm (run-ssh-test)["sshd PID"]: Adjust to cope with PID-FILE being #f. * gnu/tests/ssh.scm (%test-openssh): Pass #f as the 'pid-file' argument. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document 'max-connections'. Ludovic Courtès
2022-04-05doc: Update the sample yggdrasil-private.conf....* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Update the sample yggdrasil-private.conf. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Aleksandr Vityazev
2022-04-04shell: Add '--export-manifest'....* guix/scripts/shell.scm (show-help, %options): Add '--export-manifest'. (manifest-entry-version-prefix, manifest->code*) (export-manifest): New procedures. (guix-shell): Honor '--export-manifest'. * tests/guix-shell-export-manifest.sh: New file. * Makefile.am (SH_TESTS): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): Document '--export-manifest'. (Invoking guix environment): Link to it. (Invoking guix pack): Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2022-04-04services: Add 'log-cleanup' service to '%base-services' for build logs....* gnu/services/base.scm (%base-services): Add 'log-cleanup-service-type' instance. * doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): Add example and mention '%base-services'. Ludovic Courtès
2022-04-04services: Add 'log-cleanup-service-type'....* gnu/services/admin.scm (<log-cleanup-configuration>): New record type. (log-cleanup-program, log-cleanup-mcron-jobs): New procedures. (log-cleanup-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-24services: dnsmasq: Add more options....* gnu/services/dns.scm (<dnsmasq-configuration>): Add forward-private-reverse-lookup?, strict-order? and cpe-id options. (dnsmasq-shepherd-service): Pass added options to dnsmasq and use match-record instead of match-lambda. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Services): Document options added to dnsmasq. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Remco van 't Veer
2022-03-20services: thermald: Add 'adaptive?' field....* gnu/services/pm.scm (<thermald-configuration>): Add 'adaptive?' field. (thermald-shepherd-service): Use it to pass --adaptive to thermald. * doc/guix.texi (Power Management Services): Document the 'adaptive?' field of 'thermald-configuration'. Jelle Licht
2022-03-19guix home: Add 'container' command....* guix/scripts/home.scm (show-help, %options): Add '--network', '--share', and '--expose'. (not-config?, user-shell, spawn-home-container): New procedures. (%default-system-profile): New variable. (perform-action): Add #:file-system-mappings, #:container-command, and #:network?; honor them. (process-action): Adjust accordingly. (guix-home)[parse-sub-command]: Add "container". [parse-args]: New procedure. Use it instead of 'parse-command-line'. * tests/guix-home.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi (Declaring the Home Environment): Mention 'guix home container' as a way to test configuration. (Invoking guix home): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-18doc: Fix wrong variable name....* doc/guix.texi (Mail services): use correct variable name. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> EuAndreh
2022-03-18home: services: Fix bash aliases without guix-defaults....* gnu/home/services/shells.scm: Fix bash aliases not being added if guix-defaults? was #f. Also fix inaccuracy in documentation about placement of defaults. * doc/guix.texi (Shells Home Services): Adjust accordingly. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> angryrectangle
2022-03-18guix home: Implement the 'extension-graph' and 'shepherd-graph' actions....Until now these two actions were silently ignored. * guix/scripts/home.scm (show-help, %options): Add "--graph-backend". (%default-options): Add 'graph-backend' key. (export-extension-graph, export-shepherd-graph): New procedures. (perform-action): Add #:graph-backend parameter. Add cases for the 'extension-graph' and 'shepherd-graph' actions. (process-action): Pass #:graph-backend to 'perform-action'. * guix/scripts/system.scm (service-node-type) (shepherd-service-node-type): Export * tests/guix-home.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix home): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-13doc: Fix inappropriate escapes....* doc/guix.texi (Shells Home Services): Change \" to ". Florian Pelz
2022-03-10services: openssh: Add 'generate-host-keys?' field....* gnu/services/ssh.scm (<openssh-configuration>)[generate-host-keys?]: New field. (openssh-activation): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-10services: guix: Add 'generate-substitute-key?' field....* gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-configuration>)[generate-substitute-key?]: New field. (guix-activation): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-09services: bluetooth: Add missing config parameters....* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Document 'bluetooth-service-type' and 'bluetooth-configuration'. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (<bluetooth-configuration>): Add many fields. (bluetooth-configuration-file): Handle them. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Demis Balbach
2022-03-02doc: Add "Using TeX and LaTeX" chapter....* doc/guix.texi (Using TeX and LaTeX): New node. Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-01initrd: Honor rootfstype and rootflags command-line parameters....* gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (boot-system): Honor rootfstype and rootflags arguments. Update doc. Error out in case there is insufficient information with regard to the root file system. Restore the behavior of inferring the root device from the root file system from the operating system in case the root argument is not provided. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Document the new command-line parameters. Maxim Cournoyer
2022-03-01initrd: Use non-hyphenated kernel command-line parameter names....This is to make it less surprising, given the common convention sets forth by the kernel Linux command-line parameters. * gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (boot-system): Rename '--load', '--repl', '--root' and '--system' to 'gnu.load', 'gnu.repl', 'root' and 'gnu.system', respectively. Adjust doc. (find-long-option): Adjust doc. * gnu/installer/parted.scm (installer-root-partition-path): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/system.scm (bootable-kernel-arguments): Add a VERSION argument and update doc. Use VERSION to conditionally return old style vs new style initrd arguments. (%boot-parameters-version): Increment to 1. (operating-system-boot-parameters): Adjust doc. (operating-system-boot-parameters-file): Likewise. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (raw-initrd, base-initrd): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi: Adjust doc. * gnu/build/activation.scm (boot-time-system): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/build/hurd-boot.scm (boot-hurd-system): Likewise. * gnu/packages/commencement.scm (%final-inputs-riscv64): Adjust comment. Maxim Cournoyer
2022-02-27gnu: glibc-utf8-locales: Hide the package....This package has a long history of confusing users, due to containing only a small, arbitrary subset of UTF-8 locales. * gnu/packages/base.scm (glibc-utf8-locales): Define as a hidden package. * doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Do not mention glibc-utf8-locales. Instead, provide an example for defining a custom locales package. Maxim Cournoyer
2022-02-27pull: '--news' no longer shows package lists....* guix/scripts/pull.scm (display-channel-news): Return #t when news were displayed. (display-news): Add #:profile-news? parameter and honor it. Print something there were no news. (process-query): For 'display-news', call 'display-channel-news' directly. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2022-02-26services: pulseaudio: Add an extra-script-files configuration field....* gnu/services/sound.scm (<pulseaudio-configuration>) [extra-script-files]: Add field. (extra-script-files->file-union): New procedure. (append-include-directive): Likewise. (pulseaudio-etc): Use them. * doc/guix.texi: Document the new 'extra-script-files- configuration field. Maxim Cournoyer