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2021-09-21graph: Add '--max-depth'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/graph.scm (export-graph): Add #:max-depth and honor it, adding 'depths' argument to 'loop'. * guix/scripts/graph.scm (%options, show-help): Add '--max-depth'. (%default-options): Add 'max-depth'. (guix-graph): Pass #:max-depth to 'export-graph'. * tests/graph.scm ("package DAG, limited depth"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix graph): Document it.
2021-09-20etc: Add systemd files for running ‘guix gc’ periodicallyThiago Jung Bauermann
* etc/guix-gc.service.in: New file. * etc/guix-gc.timer: Likewise. * .gitignore: Ignore generated ‘guix-gc.service’. * nix/local.mk (nodist_systemdservice_DATA): Add ‘guix-gc.service’ and ‘guix-gc.timer’. (EXTRA_DIST): Add ‘guix-gc.service.in’ and ‘guix-gc.timer’. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Mention the new systemd files. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
2021-09-18import: Add 'generic-git' updater.Xinglu Chen
* guix/git.scm (ls-remote-refs): New procedure. * tests/git.scm ("remote-refs" "remote-refs: only tags"): New tests. * guix/import/git.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document it. * tests/import-git.scm: New test file. * Makefile.am (MODULES, SCM_TESTS): Register the new files. Co-authored-by: Sarah Morgensen <iskarian@mgsn.dev> Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-09-13build/go: Support cross compiling.Efraim Flashner
* guix/build-system/go.scm (go-target): New procedure. (go-build): Add goarch, goos keywords. Adjust bag depending if doing a native or cross compile. (go-cross-build): New procedure. * guix/build/go-build-system.scm (setup-go-environment): Accept goarch, goos keywords. Set go environment variables based on target architecture. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Mention new go-build-system keywords.
2021-09-08transformations: Git tags and 'git describe' style IDs are used as version.Marius Bakke
* guix/transformations.scm (commit->version-string): New procedure. Use git tags and 'git describe' style identifiers directly. (transform-package-source-commit): Adjust accordingly. * tests/transformations.scm ("options->transformation, with-commit, version transformation"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Package Transformation Options): Mention the 'git describe' style.
2021-09-08git: 'resolve-reference' handles 'git describe'-style commit IDs.Marius Bakke
* guix/git.scm (resolve-reference): Rewrite tag-or-commit case to recognize 'git describe' style identifiers and resolve them as commits. * doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): Mention it.
2021-09-08guix: dune-build-system: Put dune into a reproducible release mode.pukkamustard
* guix/build/dune-build-system.scm (build,check): Replace the profile parameter with the appropriate release flags. * guix/build-system/dune.scm: Remove the profile parameter. * doc/guix.texi: Remove paragraph on profile parameter. Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
2021-09-07import: elpa: Support NonGNU ELPA.Xinglu Chen
* guix/import/elpa.scm (elpa-url): Add NonGNU ELPA URL. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-09-02gnu: version-control: Add gitile service.Julien Lepiller
* gnu/services/version-control.scm (gitile-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Version Control Services): Document it. * gnu/tests/version-control.scm (%test-gitile): New variable.
2021-09-02gnu: gitolite: Add unsafe-pattern configuration option.Julien Lepiller
* gnu/services/version-control.scm (gitolite-rc-file): Add unsafe-pattern field. (gitolite-rc-file-compiler): Write it. * doc/guix.texi (Version Control Services): Document it.
2021-08-31doc: Correct name of Minetest importer.Maxime Devos
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Let the item name be 'minetest' instead of 'contentdb'. Signed-off-by: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at>
2021-08-29gnu: bootloader: Support multiple targets.Maxim Cournoyer
Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/40997>. * gnu/bootloader.scm (<bootloader-configuration>): New 'targets' field. (%bootloader-configuration-target): New procedure. (bootloader-configuration-target): Add deprecation warning. (bootloader-configuration-targets): New procedure. * guix/scripts/system.scm (install): Access targets via bootloader-configuration-targets. (perform-action)[bootloader-target]: Remove unused argument and update doc. Access targets via bootloader-configuration-targets and fix indentation. (process-action): Access targets via bootloader-configuration-targets. Do not provide the unused BOOTLOADER-TARGET argument when applying `perform-action'. * guix/scripts/system/reconfigure.scm (install-bootloader-program): Rename DEVICE argument to DEVICES. Adjust doc and comment. Apply `installer' and `disk-installer' for every DEVICES. (install-bootloader): Access targets via bootloader-configuration-targets and rename variable from DEVICE to DEVICES. * gnu/tests/install.scm: Adjust accordingly. * tests/guix-system.sh: Likewise. * gnu/tests/reconfigure.scm (run-install-bootloader-test): Adjust the DEVICES argument so that it is a list. * doc/guix.texi: Update doc.
2021-08-21doc: Work around po4a doc generation hangup.Sergei Trofimovich
Multiple people are affected by 'guix pull' hangup. The reproducer is: $ po4a-translate -d -M UTF-8 -L UTF-8 -k 0 -f texinfo \ -m "doc/guix.texi" -p "po/doc/guix-manual.de.po" -l "doc/guix.de.texi.tmp" The regression is bisected down to commit fc29c80b9 ("guix: opam: More flexibility in the importer"). The workaround is to avoid multiline @code{...} directive. * doc/guix.texi: Avoid multiline @code{...} directive. Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
2021-08-21guix: opam: More flexibility in the importer.Alice BRENON
* guix/scripts/import/opam.scm: Pass all instances of --repo as a list to the importer. * guix/import/opam.scm (opam-fetch): Stop expecting "expanded" repositories and call get-opam-repository instead to keep values "symbolic" as long as possible and factorize. (get-opam-repository): Use the same repository source as CLI opam does (i.e. HTTP-served index.tar.gz instead of git repositories). (find-latest-version): Be more flexible on the repositories structure instead of expecting packages/PACKAGE-NAME/PACKAGE-NAME.VERSION/. * tests/opam.scm: Update the call to opam->guix-package since repo is now expected to be a list and remove the mocked get-opam-repository deprecated by the support for local folders by the actual implementation. * doc/guix.texi: Document the new semantics and valid arguments for the --repo option. Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
2021-08-20guix: dune-build-system: Add a profile parameter.pukkamustard
* guix/build-system/dune.scm: Add a profile parameter. * guix/build/dune-build-system.scm (build): Use it. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. * gnu/packages/ocaml.scm: Remove profile being set from build flags. Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
2021-08-20guix: Add ContentDB importer.Maxime Devos
* guix/import/contentdb.scm: New file. * guix/scripts/import/contentdb.scm: New file. * tests/contentdb.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES, SCM_TESTS): Register them. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. Signed-off-by: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at>
2021-08-20build-system: Add 'minetest-mod-build-system'.Maxime Devos
* guix/build-system/minetest.scm: New module. * guix/build/minetest-build-system.scm: Likewise. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document 'minetest-mod-build-system'. Signed-off-by: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at>
2021-08-17services: slim: Add pam-gnupg support.Oleg Pykhalov
* gnu/system/pam.scm (unix-pam-service): Add account and session PAM entries for pam-gnupg. Don't pass "#f" to "allow-root?" argument, because "lambda*" already does this by default. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Document this. * gnu/services/xorg.scm (<slim-configuration>)[gnupg?]: New record field. (slim-pam-service): Pass "#:gnupg?" argument to "unix-pam-service".
2021-08-13services: cuirass: Reverse the no-publish logic.Mathieu Othacehe
This is a follow-up of d128c6fd33f46ec4e2d0ef352d20a858c377bf6f. * gnu/services/cuirass.scm (<cuirass-remote-server-configuration>) [no-publish?]: Rename it to ... [publish?]: ... this new field. (cuirass-shepherd-service): Adapt it. * doc/guix.texi (Cuirass remote building): Document it.
2021-08-12services: cuirass: Add a substitute-urls argument.Mathieu Othacehe
* gnu/services/cuirass.scm (<cuirass-remote-worker-configuration>): Add a substitute-urls field. (cuirass-remote-worker-shepherd-service): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Cuirass remote building): Document it.
2021-08-12services: cuirass: Add a no-publish argument.Mathieu Othacehe
* gnu/services/cuirass.scm (<cuirass-remote-server-configuration>): Add a no-publish? field. (cuirass-shepherd-service): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Cuirass remote building): Document it.
2021-08-08doc: Add a tip to better name mcron jobs.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/guix.texi (Scheduled Job Execution): Specify the 'displayable' argument for the 'updatedb-job' example. Add a tip to better name jobs, referring to the modified example.
2021-08-03doc: Fix typo.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/guix.texi (Telephony Services): Remove the extraneous 'jami' argument when invoking 'list-actions'.
2021-08-02Reinstate "services: Add a service for Jami."Maxim Cournoyer
This reverts commit 4673f817938d9d2b1b40a072ab2e0c44a32ccc97, which reverted commit 69dcc24c9f0cdfea674eb690e7755d26a25ced2b with the fix detailed below. Thanks to Christopher Baines for reporting the failure and proposing a fix. * guix/self.scm (compiled-guix) [*system-test-modules*]: Add the test data files via the 'extra-files' argument. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Move the tests/data/jami-dummy-account.dat file to... * gnu/local.mk (MODULES_NOT_COMPILED): ... here.
2021-08-02Revert "services: Add a service for Jami."Maxim Cournoyer
This reverts commit 69dcc24c9f0cdfea674eb690e7755d26a25ced2b. It broke 'guix pull'.
2021-08-02services: Add a service for Jami.Maxim Cournoyer
* gnu/services/telephony.scm (string-or-computed-file?) (string-list?, account-fingerprint-list?): New procedures. (maybe-string-list, maybe-account-fingerprint-list) (maybe-boolean, maybe-string, jami-account-list): New configuration field types. (serialize-string-list, serialize-boolean, serialize-string) (jami-account, jami-account->alist, jami-configuration) (jami-account-list?, jami-account-list-maybe): New procedures. (%jami-accounts): New variable. (jami-configuration->command-line-arguments): New procedure. (jami-dbus-session-activation, jami-shepherd-services): New procedures. (jami-service-type): New variable. * gnu/build/jami-service.scm: New file. * gnu/tests/data/jami-dummy-account.dat: Likewise. * gnu/tests/telephony.scm: Likewise. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Register them. * Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): Register the test file. (dist_patch_DATA): Register the new data file. * doc/guix.texi (Telephony Services): Document it.
2021-07-29services: Migrate to <setuid-program>.Brice Waegeneire
* gnu/services/dbus.scm (dbus-setuid-programs, polkit-setuid-programs): Return setuid-programs. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (enlightenment-setuid-programs): Return setuid-programs. (%desktop-services)[mount-setuid-helpers]: Use setuid-programs. * gnu/services/docker.scm (singularity-setuid-programs): Return setuid-programs. * gnu/services/xorg.scm(screen-locker-setuid-programs): Return setuid-programs. * gnu/system.scm (%setuid-programs): Return setuid-programs. * doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs, operating-system Reference): Replace 'list of G-expressions' with 'list of <setuid-program>'.
2021-07-29services: setuid: More configurable setuid support.Chris Lemmer-Webber
New record <setuid-program> with fields for setting the specific user and group, as well as specifically selecting the setuid and setgid bits, for a program within the setuid-program-service. * gnu/services.scm (setuid-program-file-like-deprecated): New function. (setuid-program-service-type): Make use of setuid-program->activation-gexp. Adjust the extend property to handle <setuid-program>. * gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-setuid-programs): Update to expect a <setuid-record> list for each program entry. * gnu/system.scm: (operating-system-setuid-programs): Renamed to %operating-system-setuid-programs and replace it with new procedure. (operating-system-default-essential-services, hurd-default-essential-services): Replace operating-system-setuid-programs with %operating-system-setuid-programs. * gnu/system/setuid.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): Document <setuid-program>. Co-authored-by: Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
2021-07-18pack: Allow embedding custom control files in deb packs.Maxim Cournoyer
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (self-contained-tarball/builder) [extra-options]: New argument. (self-contained-tarball, squashfs-image, docker-image) (debian-archive): Likewise. Remove two TODO comments. Document EXTRA-OPTIONS. Use the custom control files when provided. (%deb-format-options): New variable. (show-deb-format-options, show-deb-format-options/detailed): New procedures. (%options): Register new options. (show-help): Augment with new usage. (guix-pack): Validate and propagate new argument values. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack)[deb]: Document how to list advanced options. Add an example. * tests/pack.scm (deb archive...): Provide extra-options to the debian-archive procedure, and validate that the provided files are embedded in the pack.
2021-07-17doc: Fix docker-configuration field names.Brice Waegeneire
* doc/guix.texi (Docker): Correct filed names "docker" and "docker-cli".
2021-07-15doc: Use Awk in one of the examples.Maxim Cournoyer
The output of the listing of available packages now contains a mix of tab and space characters, so that its output is more pleasing to read. This preserves most simple uses of 'cut', but the added extra space padding can cause a change in behavior in some scenarios. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Replace 'cut' by 'awk' in one of the examples.
2021-07-09system: Provide mg instead of zile.Mathieu Othacehe
Since the update to the 2.6.2 release, the closure size of zile has increased. Switch to mg which is lighter. * gnu/system.scm (%base-packages-interactive): Replace zile by mg. * doc/guix.texi (Proceeding with the Installation, Using the Configuration System): Adapt those sections.
2021-07-08gnu: %guile-3.0-static-stripped: Rename to %guile-static-stripped.Efraim Flashner
* gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm (%guile-3.0-static-stripped): Rename to %guile-static-stripped. (%guile-bootstrap-tarball): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (expression->initrd): Use %guile-static-stripped as default guile. * doc/guix.texi (initial RAM disk)[expression->initrd]: Adjust documentation accordingly.
2021-07-07services: Add bitmask-service-type.Raghav Gururajan
* gnu/services/vpn.scm (bitmask-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. Co-authored-by: jgart <jgart@dismail.de>
2021-07-07doc: Fix broken reference in guix.texi.Leo Prikler
This is a follow-up to c2ff06e5e410e615397b9df901af8028a64b3d82, in which a link to the cookbook was added using a different name than the actual section. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Fix broken link to cookbook.
2021-07-07doc: Add guide showing auto-login on a specific TTY to the cookbook.Joshua Branson
This is a follow-up to the discussion in <https://bugs.gnu.org/48974>. * doc/guix-cookbook.texi (System Configuration): Add a brief guide that explains auto login a user to one TTY. * doc/guix.texi (System Services): Add an texinfo anchor, so that the cookbook entry "Auto Login a User to a Specific TTY" can refer back to the precise point that the GNU Guix Reference manual. Also add a reference to the cookbook that shows how to auto login a specific user to one TTY. Signed-off-by: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at>
2021-07-04doc: Fix typo.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Fix typo.
2021-06-30doc: Add a note and warning regarding the usage of deb packs.Hartmut Goebel
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Move to the end of the table, and add a note and warning regarding the usage of deb packs.
2021-06-30guix: gexp: Define gexp->approximate-sexp.Maxime Devos
It will be used in the 'optional-tests' linter. * guix/gexp.scm (gexp->approximate-sexp): New procedure. * tests/gexp.scm ("no references", "unquoted gexp", "unquoted gexp (native)") ("spliced gexp", "unspliced gexp, approximated") ("unquoted gexp, approximated"): Test it. * doc/gexp.scm ("G-Expressions"): Document it. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
2021-06-29pack: Add support for the deb format.Maxim Cournoyer
* .dir-locals.el (scheme-mode)[gexp->derivation]: Define indentation rule. * guix/scripts/pack.scm (debian-archive): New procedure. (%formats): Register the new deb format. (show-formats): Add it to the usage string. * tests/pack.scm (%ar-bootstrap): New variable. (deb archive with symlinks): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it. * NEWS: Add news entry.
2021-06-29services: kmscon: Add keyboard-layout fields.luhui
* gnu/services/base.scm (<kmscon-configuration>): Add keyboard-layout fields. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document them. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
2021-06-25gnu: Add strongswan service.Domagoj Stolfa
* gnu/services/vpn.scm (<strongswan-configuration>): New record type. (charon-plugins, strongswan-configuration-file) (strongswan-shepherd-service, strongswan-service-type): New variables. * doc/guix.tex (VPN Services): Document them all.
2021-06-24services: certbot: Add option to use CSR file.Raghav Gururajan
* gnu/services/certbot.scm (<certificate-configuration>): Add csr field. (certbot-command): Modify. * doc/guix.texi (Certificate Services): Document it.
2021-06-23services: cups: Remove obsolete KeepAliveTimeout directive.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
https://github.com/apple/cups/commit/461bd4e50142b2928a0d164bd1aae274e4d34da5 * gnu/services/cups.scm (<cups-configuration>): Remove keep-alive-timeout field. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Likewise.
2021-06-23services: cups: Fix ‘files-config’ typo/left-over.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* gnu/services/cups.scm (<policy-configuration>): Substitute <files-configuration> for <files-config> in documentation. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Likewise.
2021-06-20services: openssh: Replace 'without-password' by 'prohibit-password'.Brice Waegeneire
For some time, OpenSSH's option 'PermitRootLogin' has deprecated the ambiguous argument 'without-password' with 'prohibit-password'. * doc/guix.texi (Network Services): Replace 'without-password by 'prohibit-password. * gnu/machine/digital-ocean.scm (guix-infect): Change system configuration to use 'prohibit-password. * gnu/services/ssh.scm (openssh-configuration): Change comment to use 'prohibit-password. (openssh-config-file): Add support for 'prohibit-password to 'permit-root-login'. Warn about deprecated 'without-password usage. * gnu/tests/ganeti.scm (%ganeti-os): Replace 'without-password by 'prohibit-password. Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
2021-06-19doc: Fix a typo.Nicolas Goaziou
* doc/guix.texi (Substitute Server Authorization): Fix typo.
2021-06-18Start enabling substitutes from bordeaux.guix.gnu.org.Christopher Baines
In addition to substitutes from ci.guix.gnu.org. There are more changes that can be made in the future, but these changes seem like a good start. * config-daemon.ac (guix_substitute_urls): Add https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org. * guix/scripts/substitute.scm (%default-substitute-urls): Add http://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org. * guix/store.scm (%default-substitute-urls): Add bordeaux.guix.gnu.org. * doc/guix.texi: Adjust accordingly. * doc/contributing.texi: Adjust accordingly.
2021-06-17doc: Update QEMU command line.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Substitute ‘-nic’ for the obsolete ‘-net’.
2021-06-13doc: Fix reference to the bind package variable name.Luis Felipe
* doc/guix.texi (Globally-Visible Packages): Change "bind" variable name to the actual variable name, "isc-bind". Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>