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2021-06-13doc, gnu, guix: Fix typos....* doc/guix.texi: Fix various typos and reword a sentence. * gnu/packages/cpp.scm (cpplint)[description]: Fix typo. * gnu/packages/dns.scm (ldns): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/games.scm (yamagi-quake2): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/qt.scm (python-pyqtwebengine): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/rails.scm (ruby-autoprefixer-rails): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/syndication.scm (quiterss)[description]: Fix typo. * gnu/packages/terminals.scm (kmscon): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/xml.scm (perl-xml-sax-base)[description]: Fix typo. (python-elementpath)[description]: Fix typo. * guix/build/asdf-build-system.scm (output-translation): Fix typo in docstring. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Paul A. Patience
2021-06-08doc: Update minimum Guile-Git version....* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Update Guile-Git version. Ludovic Courtès
2021-06-06doc: Add reference for ‘git-version’ and ‘hg-version’....* doc/contributing.texi (Version Numbers): Document ‘git-version’ and ‘hg-version’. * doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Reference ‘Version Numbers’ section for version naming guidelines. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Xinglu Chen
2021-06-04doc: Fix example iptables configuration....* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Allow established and related incoming connections in example iptables configuration. Signed-off-by: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> Eric Brown
2021-06-03import: Add CHICKEN egg importer....* guix/import/egg.scm: New file. * guix/scripts/import/egg.scm: New file. * tests/egg.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES, SCM_TESTS): Register them. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Likewise. * guix/scripts/import.scm (importers): Add egg importer. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import, Invoking guix refresh): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Xinglu Chen
2021-06-01maint: Require Guile 3.0....* configure.ac: Require Guile 3.0. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guile2.2-guix): Remove. * guix/lint.scm (exception-with-kind-and-args?): Remove 'cond-expand'. * guix/scripts/deploy.scm (deploy-machine*): Likewise. * guix/store.scm (call-with-store): Likewise. * guix/swh.scm (http-get*, http-post*): Likewise. * guix/ui.scm (without-compiler-optimizations, guard*) (call-with-error-handling): Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-31tests: Fix loadable-kernel-modules-service tests....* gnu/tests/linux-modules.scm (run-loadable-kernel-modules-service-test): Actually load the modules with kernel-module-loader-service-type. Use a singleton service instead of defining a custom one. * doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): To give an example of linux-loadable-module-service-type use a singleton instead of defining a new service. Brice Waegeneire
2021-05-30doc: Add a note about networking requirements for SSH access to VMs....Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/48739>. It may seem silly, but when not realizing this firsthand, it can be quite surprising and thus not obvious to troubleshoot. Thanks to Eric Brown for their insightful comments on the tracker. * doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a VM): Add a note that networking support must be available in the Guix System operating system declaration used for the VM. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-05-29doc: lxqt-desktop-service: Update lxqt homepage url....* doc/guix.texi: Replace lxqt.github.io with lxqt-project.org. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Brendan Tildesley
2021-05-28doc: Spell out the implications of disabling substitutes....Suggested by elb on #guix. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add note explaining the implications of disabling substitutes. Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-20The #guix channel is hosted by Libera Chat....* README (Contact): Update network name. * ROADMAP: Likewise. * doc/contributing.texi (Contributing): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (After System Installation): Likewise. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-05-19doc: Fix references to the "geiser" package....Reported by munksgaard on #guix. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Replace "geiser" with "emacs-geiser" in examples. (Invoking guix refresh): Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-17services: Add a service for opendht....* gnu/services/networking.scm (maybe-number?, maybe-string?): New procedures. (<opendht-configuration>): New configuration record. (%opendht-accounts): New variable. (opendht-configuration->command-line-arguments): New procedure. (opendht-shepherd-service, opendht-service-type): New variables. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document the new service. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-05-16publish: Add '--negative-ttl'....* guix/scripts/publish.scm (show-help, %options): Add '--negative-ttl'. (render-narinfo, render-narinfo/cached, make-request-handler): Add #:negative-ttl and honor it. (run-publish-server): Add #:narinfo-negative-ttl and honor it. (guix-publish): Honor '--negative-ttl'. * tests/publish.scm ("negative TTL", "no negative TTL"): New tests. Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-12doc: Do not instruct to decompress the VM image....Also replace the obsolete 'guix system vm-image' command mention by the 'guix system image'. * doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a VM): Remove VM image decompression instruction. <guix system vm-image>: Replace by 'guix system image'. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-05-11Merge branch 'version-1.3.0'Maxim Cournoyer
2021-05-11gnu: Allow services to install kernel-loadable modules....* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-directory-base-entries): Remove code to handle generation of "kernel" for linux-libre kernels. (operating-system-default-essential-services): Instantiate linux-builder-service-type. (package-for-kernel): Move ... * gnu/services.scm: ... to here. (linux-builder-service-type): New variable. (linux-builder-configuration): New type. (linux-loadable-module-service-type): New variable. * gnu/tests/linux-modules.scm (run-loadable-kernel-modules-test): Move code to ... (run-loadable-kernel-modules-test-base): ... new procedure here. (run-loadable-kernel-modules-service-test): New procedure. (%test-loadable-kernel-modules-service-0): New variable. (%test-loadable-kernel-modules-service-1): New variable. (%test-loadable-kernel-modules-service-2): New variable. * doc/guix.texi: Document linux-loadable-module-service-type. Signed-off-by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> raid5atemyhomework
2021-05-06services: dovecot: Add ‘managesieve-sieve-capability’ option....* gnu/services/mail.scm (protocol-configuration): Add a ‘managesieve-sieve-capability’ field. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> Alexey Abramov
2021-05-06services: dovecot: Add ‘managesieve-notify-capability’ option....* gnu/services/mail.scm (protocol-configuration): Add a ‘managesieve-notify-capability’ field. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> Alexey Abramov
2021-05-06services: dovecot: Add ‘imap-metadata?’ protocol configuration option....* gnu/services/mail.scm (protocol-configuration): Add an ‘imap-metadata?’ setting to enable IMAP METADATA support in the ‘imap’ protocol. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> Alexey Abramov
2021-05-06services: dovecot: Add ‘mail-attribute-dict’ configuration option....* gnu/services/mail.scm (dovecot-configuration): Define a ‘mail-attribute-dict’ directive for IMAP METADATA storage. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> Alexey Abramov
2021-05-05gnu: rasdaemon: Fix Texinfo syntax of description....Regression introduced in 58805da44dac6b180245edd8a6419343f64d221c. * gnu/packages/linux.scm (rasdaemon)[description]: Avoid @acronym since Guile's Texinfo module doesn't currently support @comma{}. * doc/guix.texi (Linux Services): Use @comma{} within @acronym. Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-05build: Do not compress the (already compressed) VM qcow2 images....The qcow2 format supports compression, and the qcow2 type supported by 'guix system image' produces compressed qcow2 images. * Makefile.am (release): Do not re-compress the qcow2 VM images with xz. * doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a VM): Adjust VM image URL. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-05-05Revert "doc: Update to cover for an additional OpenPGP signing key."...This reverts commit b9fb13b28437a254683273094f189396a6e1421d. Per discussions simply updating OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID and OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-URL will be enough. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-05-05doc: Update the OpenPGP key used to sign the release....It was discussed on guix-devel that the manual only needs to have correct instructions for the latest release. * doc/guix.texi (OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID): Update to my public OpenPGP key. (OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-URL): Adjust URL. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-05-05Revert "doc: Update to cover for an additional OpenPGP signing key."...This reverts commit b9fb13b28437a254683273094f189396a6e1421d. Per discussions simply updating OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID and OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-URL will be enough. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-05-04doc: Fix typo and use @acronym for RAS....* doc/guix.texi (Linux Services): Fix typo and use @acronym for RAS. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-05-03doc: Update to cover for an additional OpenPGP signing key....The upcoming 1.3.0 release will be signed with my OpenPGP key; subsequent releases may also be. * doc/guix.texi (OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID, OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-URL): Rename to... (OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID-1, OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-URL-1): ... these, respectively. (OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID-2, OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-URL-2): New variables. (Binary Installation): Adjust to cover for the new key. (USB Stick and DVD Installation): Likewise. (Invoking guix refresh): Adjust accordingly. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-05-03maint: Do not xz-compress ISO images....The xz-compressed image is 23% smaller than the original ISO image (with built-in zlib compression), but the extra decompression step is unconventional and often a hindrance for users. See discussion at <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2021-04/msg00497.html>. * Makefile.am (release): Do not compress ISO images. * doc/guix.texi (USB Stick and DVD Installation): Remove ".xz" suffix from URL and file name. (Copying to a USB Stick, Burning on a DVD): Remove introductory words, @enumerate, and first item. Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-03doc: Update to cover for an additional OpenPGP signing key....The upcoming 1.3.0 release will be signed with my OpenPGP key; subsequent releases may also be. * doc/guix.texi (OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID, OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-URL): Rename to... (OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID-1, OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-URL-1): ... these, respectively. (OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID-2, OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-URL-2): New variables. (Binary Installation): Adjust to cover for the new key. (USB Stick and DVD Installation): Likewise. (Invoking guix refresh): Adjust accordingly. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-05-03doc: Update the URL of the system VM image....This is a follow up to commit ebf5d77eab, which added the qcow2 file extension to the VM image file name. * doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a VM): Update URL. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-04-27services: mysql: Add extra-environment as configuration option....* gnu/services/databases.scm (mysql-configuration): Add extra-environment (mysql-service): Use #:log-file and #:environment-variables * doc/guix.texi: Document it. Signed-off-by: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at> methuselah-0
2021-04-26doc: Remove extraneous spaces from the net-options default value snippet....Adapting the snippet corresponding to the default value of the net-options field of the hurd-vm-configuration record shown in the manual would easily lead to a broken childhurd service, due to the presence of extraneous spaces in the option string. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services)[hurd-vm-configuration] <net-options>: Use string-append to properly form the option string. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-04-25doc: Document translation process....doc/contributing.texi (Translating Guix): New section. doc/guix.texi (Top): Add a reference to the new section. Julien Lepiller
2021-04-25import: Remove Nix importer....This importer has suffered from bitrot and no longer works with current Nix and Nixpkgs. See <https://bugs.gnu.org/32339> and <https://bugs.gnu.org/36255>. * guix/import/snix.scm, guix/scripts/import/nix.scm, tests/snix.scm: Remove. * Makefile.am (MODULES, SCM_TESTS): Remove them. * guix/scripts/import.scm (importers): Remove "nix". * build-aux/test-env.in: Remove NIXPKGS variable. * configure.ac: Remove '--with-nixpkgs' option. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Remove bit about "guix import nix". * etc/completion/fish/guix.fish: Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2021-04-24services: Add a service for rasdaemon....* gnu/services/linux.scm (rasdaemon-configuration, rasdaemon-configuration?, rasdaemon-configuration-record?, rasdaemon-service-type): New variables. * doc/guix.texi (Linux Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> B. Wilson
2021-04-23services: guix-build-coordinator: Fix queue builds default config....Use the default client port rather than the default agent communication port for the queue builds script. * gnu/services/guix.scm (<guix-build-coordinator-queue-builds-configuration>): Change coordinator default. Christopher Baines
2021-04-23services: guix-build-coordinator: Add max-1min-load-average option....To the agent configuration. * gnu/services/guix.scm (<guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration>): New field, max-1min-load-average. (guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration-max-1min-load-average): New procedure. (guix-build-coordinator-agent-shepherd-services): If set, include the max-1min-load-average in the agent arguments. Christopher Baines
2021-04-20services: wireguard: Add keep-alive support....* gnu/services/vpn.scm (<wireguard-peer>): Add 'keep-alive' field. (wireguard-configuration-file): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (VPN Services): Document it. Guillaume Le Vaillant
2021-04-20import: Remove Nix importer....This importer has suffered from bitrot and no longer works with current Nix and Nixpkgs. See <https://bugs.gnu.org/32339> and <https://bugs.gnu.org/36255>. * guix/import/snix.scm, guix/scripts/import/nix.scm, tests/snix.scm: Remove. * Makefile.am (MODULES, SCM_TESTS): Remove them. * guix/scripts/import.scm (importers): Remove "nix". * build-aux/test-env.in: Remove NIXPKGS variable. * configure.ac: Remove '--with-nixpkgs' option. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Remove bit about "guix import nix". * etc/completion/fish/guix.fish: Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2021-04-14git: Honor proxy settings when fetching submodules....Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/44593>. * guix/git.scm (update-submodules): Add #:fetch-options and honor it. (update-cached-checkout): Pass #:fetch-options to 'update-submodules'. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Adjust comment about Guile-Git. Ludovic Courtès
2021-04-14Revert "services: mysql: Add extra-environment as configuration option."...This reverts commit f3626119d738f30b5ab59e76c105fd7b4c077ddc. This commit inadvertently broke a string freeze. Let's be nice to our translators and not do that. Leo Prikler
2021-04-13services: mysql: Add extra-environment as configuration option....* gnu/services/databases.scm (mysql-configuration): Add extra-environment (mysql-service): Use #:log-file and #:environment-variables * doc/guix.texi: Document it. Signed-off-by: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at> methuselah-0
2021-04-12services: postgresql: Change service default socket directory....Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/46737>. PostgreSQL running with a different socket directory to the default one in the package itself breaks some services, this commit restores the previous behaviour where PostgreSQL by default will run with a socket directory that matches the default used by PostgreSQL packaged for Guix. Switching to a different default value can happen, but only alongside changing the PostgreSQL package. * gnu/services/databases.scm (<postgresql-config-file>)[socket-directory]: Change default to #false. * doc/guix.texi (Database Services): Update documentation, and specify a different value for disabling connections via sockets. * gnu/tests/guix.scm (%guix-data-service-os): Use default PostgreSQL behaviour. * gnu/tests/monitoring.scm (%zabbix-os): Likewise. * gnu/tests/web.scm (patchwork-os): Likewise. Signed-off-by: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> Christopher Baines
2021-04-12doc: Document 'gnu-build-system' keyword parameters....* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document keyword parameters of 'gnu-build-system'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-04-12doc: Move list of build phases to "Build Phases"....Before this change, the 'gnu-build-system' phases were listed in the "Build Systems" section, and then summarized in the "Build Phases" section. This moves everything to "Build Phases". * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Move phase table to... (Build Phases): ... here. Rearrange surrounding text. Ludovic Courtès
2021-04-12services: Add ipfs-service-type...* gnu/services/networking.scm (ipfs-service-type) (%ipfs-home-mapping, %ipfs-environment) (%ipfs-accounts, %ipfs-home): New variables. (ipfs-configuration, ipfs-configuration?) (ipfs-configuration-package, ipfs-configuration-gateway) (ipfs-configuration-api, ipfs-shepherd-service) (ipfs-binary, %ipfs-activation): New procedures. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Maxime Devos
2021-04-12services: Support DELETE in MODIFY-SERVICES macro....* gnu/services.scm (%modify-service): Add clause for DELETE syntax. (modify-services): Use FILTER-MAP; adjust docstring. * doc/guix.texi (System Services): Mention alternative syntax. (X Window): Use MODIFY-SERVICES syntax. Ricardo Wurmus
2021-04-11doc: Fix connect to the VM over SSH example....* doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a VM): Add host which connect to in SSH connection example. Oleg Pykhalov
2021-04-10doc: Fix typos....* doc/guix.texi (SELinux Support): Fix typo. (Build Systems): Likewise. (DNS Services): Likewise. (Networking Services): Likewise. (Guix Services): Likewise. (Reduced Binary Seed Bootstrap): Likewise. (Documentation): Likewise. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice