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2013-01-20packages: Have `package-derivation' return a <derivation> as a second value....* guix/packages.scm (cache): Change the `drv' argument to `thunk'. Memoize all the return values of THUNK. (cached-derivation): Remove. (cached): New macro. (package-derivation): Use `cached' instead of `(or (cached-derivation) …)'. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Update accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-20doc: Run `useradd -g guix-builder -G guix-builder'....* doc/guix.texi (Setting Up the Daemon): Add `-G guix-builder' when invoking `useradd'. Suggested by Aleix Conchillo Flaqué <aconchillo@gmail.com>. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-18doc: Add a "GNU Distribution" node....* doc/guix.texi (Introduction): Add cross-reference to "GNU Distribution". (Features): Mention reproducibility. (Invoking guix-package): Add cross-reference to "GNU Distribution". (GNU Distribution): New node. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-18doc: Mark binary deployment as not implemented yet....* doc/guix.texi (Features): Add a footnote saying that binary deployment is missing. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-17guix-package: Add `--roll-back'....Based on a patch by Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>. * guix-package.in (profile-regexp): New procedure. (latest-profile-number): Remove `%profile-rx', and use `profile-regexp' instead. (profile-number, roll-back): New procedure. (show-help): Add `--roll-back'. (%options): Likewise. (guix-package)[process-actions]: First check whether `roll-back?' is among OPTS, and call `roll-back' if it is, followed by a recursive call to `process-actions'. Emit the "nothing to be done" message only when INSTALL or REMOVE is non-empty. * tests/guix-package.sh (readlink_base): New function. Add tests for `--roll-back'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-package): Document `--roll-back'. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-16doc: Start documenting derivations....* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Add cross-reference to "Derivations". (The Store): Add `build-derivations'. (Derivations): Populate. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-16doc: Fix typos, and improve daemon documentation....* doc/guix.texi: Fix typos. (Invoking guix-daemon): Add details about `--disable-log-compression' and `--disable-store-optimization'. Reported by Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-16doc: Remove @documentlanguage....* doc/guix.texi: Remove @documentlanguage, which confuses TeX. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-15doc: Start documenting (guix store)....* doc/guix.texi (The Store): Populate. (Introduction): Add cross-reference. Change "package store" to "the store". Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-14guix-package: Create or diagnose missing profile directory....Reported by Andreas Enge. * guix-package.in (%profile-directory): Honor $NIX_STATE_DIR. (guix-package)[ensure-default-profile]: Use it. [process-actions]: Call it when the `profile' option is %CURRENT-PROFILE. * tests/guix-package.sh: Add installation test with $HOME set, using the default profile. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-13doc: Fix typos....* doc/guix.texi (Setting Up the Daemon): Use "useradd -c" for comments. Reported by Andreas Enge. (Invoking guix-gc): Fix typo. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-11doc: Mention store sharing with Nix; update `package' example....* doc/guix.texi: Set @documentlanguage. (Installation): Add reference to `INSTALL' and `README'. (Requirements): Mention store sharing with Nix. (Defining Packages): Update example to include `use-modules' clauses and to use (guix licenses). Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-11Merge branch 'core-updates'...Conflicts: guix/build/union.scm Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-10distro: libsigsegv: Use a single output....* distro/packages/libsigsegv.scm (libsigsegv): Use just a single output, otherwise nothing ends up in `out' as a consequence of commit a06a99f. Reported by Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-09doc: Clarify package version specification example....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-package): Use "guile-1.8.8" as the example, not "guile-1.8" since there is no such version. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-09guix-package: Create ~/.guix-profile when it doesn't exist....* guix-package.in (guix-package): Create the %USER-ENVIRONMENT-DIRECTORY symlink if it doesn't exist yet. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-package): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-09guix-package: Show package outputs in `--list-available'....* guix-package.in (guix-package)[process-query]: For `list-available', show the outputs of each package. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-package): Update accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-09doc: Update copyright years; add visible copyright statement....* doc/guix.texi (YEARS): New variable. Use it for all copyright statements. (Top): Add a copyright statement and license header here. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-09doc: Documentation installation and the daemon....* doc/guix.texi (Installation): New node. Ludovic Courtès
2013-01-06Add `guix-gc'....* guix-gc.in, tests/guix-gc.sh: New files. * configure.ac: Output `guix-gc', and make it executable. * Makefile.am (bin_SCRIPTS): Add `guix-gc'. (TESTS): Add `tests/guix-gc.sh'. * doc/guix.texi (Features): Add xref to "Invoking guix-gc". (Invoking guix-gc): New node. * po/POTFILES.in: Add `guix-gc.in'. Ludovic Courtès
2012-12-15guix-build: Add `--verbosity'....* guix-build.in (%default-options): Add `verbosity'. (%options): Add `--verbosity'. (guix-build): Pass it to `set-build-options'. (show-help): Update accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-build): Document `--verbosity'. Ludovic Courtès
2012-12-12guix-package: Add `--verbose'; silence the environment's build by default....* guix-package.in (%options): Add `--verbose'. (show-help): Update accordingly. (guix-package): Parameterize `current-build-output-port' according to VERBOSE?. By default, silence the environment build's output. Ludovic Courtès
2012-12-12doc: Fix typos....* doc/guix.texi: Fix typos. Reported by Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>. Ludovic Courtès
2012-12-09doc: Correct short name of `--install' option of `guix-package'....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-package): Fix short form of `--install'. Reported by Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>. Ludovic Courtès
2012-11-25doc: Mention the pronunciation of "Guix"....* README: Mention pronunciation of "Guix". * doc/guix.texi (Introduction): Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2012-11-21doc: Document basic package definitions....* doc/guix.texi (Programming Interface): Add introduction. (Defining Packages): Populate. Ludovic Courtès
2012-11-19guix-package: Add `--list-available'....* guix-package.in (show-help, %options): Add `--list-available'. (guix-package)[process-query]: Add support for `--list-available'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-package): Document it. * tests/guix-package.sh: Add test. * guix/ui.scm (location->string): New procedure. * guix/utils.scm: Export <location>. Ludovic Courtès
2012-11-19guix-package: Add `--list-installed'....* guix-package.in (show-help, %options): Add `--list-installed'. (guix-package): Move main body to... [process-actions]: ... here. New internal procedure. [process-query]: New procedure. * tests/guix-package.sh: Add tests for `--list-installed'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-package): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2012-11-18Turn Guix into "GNU Guix"....* configure.ac: Change package name to "GNU Guix", and bug-report address to `gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org'. * doc/guix.texi: Replace "Guix" by "GNU Guix" in some places. (Top, Introduction): Mention "for the GNU system". * HACKING, README: Use "GNU Guix" instead of "Guix" in some places. Ludovic Courtès
2012-11-07doc: Document the features and `guix-package'....* doc/guix.texi: Change the category to "Package management". Add an @direntry for "Invoking guix-package". (Package Management): New chapter. Ludovic Courtès
2012-11-07doc: Document `guix-build'....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-build): Populate. Ludovic Courtès
2012-11-07doc: Remove unnecessary @ifinfo....* doc/guix.texi: Remove @ifinfo around @dir{category,entry}. Suggested by Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>. Ludovic Courtès
2012-10-13doc: Add the stub of a manual....* doc/guix.texi: New file. * doc/fdl-1.3.texi: New file, copied from Gnulib. * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): New variable. (EXTRA_DIST): Add `doc/fdl-1.3.texi'. Ludovic Courtès