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2021-07-09system: Provide mg instead of zile....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. Mathieu Othacehe
2021-07-08gnu: %guile-3.0-static-stripped: Rename to %guile-static-stripped....* 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. Efraim Flashner
2021-07-07services: Add bitmask-service-type....* gnu/services/vpn.scm (bitmask-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. Co-authored-by: jgart <jgart@dismail.de> Raghav Gururajan
2021-07-07doc: Fix broken reference in guix.texi....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. Leo Prikler
2021-07-07doc: Add guide showing auto-login on a specific TTY to the cookbook....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> Joshua Branson
2021-07-04doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Fix typo. Ludovic Courtès
2021-06-30doc: Add a note and warning regarding the usage of deb packs....* 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. Hartmut Goebel
2021-06-30guix: gexp: Define gexp->approximate-sexp....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> Maxime Devos
2021-06-29pack: Add support for the deb format....* .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. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-06-29services: kmscon: Add keyboard-layout fields....* 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> luhui
2021-06-25gnu: Add strongswan service....* 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. Domagoj Stolfa
2021-06-24services: certbot: Add option to use CSR file....* gnu/services/certbot.scm (<certificate-configuration>): Add csr field. (certbot-command): Modify. * doc/guix.texi (Certificate Services): Document it. Raghav Gururajan
2021-06-23services: cups: Remove obsolete KeepAliveTimeout directive....https://github.com/apple/cups/commit/461bd4e50142b2928a0d164bd1aae274e4d34da5 * gnu/services/cups.scm (<cups-configuration>): Remove keep-alive-timeout field. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Likewise. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-06-23services: cups: Fix ‘files-config’ typo/left-over....* gnu/services/cups.scm (<policy-configuration>): Substitute <files-configuration> for <files-config> in documentation. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Likewise. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-06-20services: openssh: Replace 'without-password' by 'prohibit-password'....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> Brice Waegeneire
2021-06-19doc: Fix a typo....* doc/guix.texi (Substitute Server Authorization): Fix typo. Nicolas Goaziou
2021-06-18Start enabling substitutes from bordeaux.guix.gnu.org....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. Christopher Baines
2021-06-17doc: Update QEMU command line....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Substitute ‘-nic’ for the obsolete ‘-net’. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-06-13doc: Fix reference to the bind package variable name....* 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> Luis Felipe
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