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2020-05-20bootloader: grub: Allow booting from a Btrfs subvolume....* gnu/bootloader/grub.scm (strip-mount-point): Remove procedure. (normalize-file): Add procedure. (grub-configuration-file): New BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME parameter. When defined, prepend its value to the kernel and initrd file names, using the NORMALIZE-FILE procedure. Adjust the call to EYE-CANDY to pass the BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME argument. Normalize the KEYMAP file as well. (eye-candy): Add a BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME parameter, and use it, along with the NORMALIZE-FILE procedure, to normalize the FONT-FILE and IMAGE nested variables. Adjust doc. * gnu/bootloader/depthcharge.scm (depthcharge-configuration-file): Adapt. * gnu/bootloader/extlinux.scm (extlinux-configuration-file): Likewise. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (btrfs-subvolume?) (btrfs-store-subvolume-file-name): New procedures. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-bootcfg): Specify the Btrfs subvolume file name the store resides on to the `operating-system-bootcfg' procedure, using the new BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME argument. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add a Btrfs subsection to document the use of subvolumes. * gnu/tests/install.scm (%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os) (%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os-source) (%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-installation-script) (%test-btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os): New variables. Maxim Cournoyer
2020-05-20file-systems: Add helpers for parsing the options string into an alist....* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (file-system-options->alist) (alist->file-system-options): New procedures. * tests/file-systems.scm: New tests. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add note about the newly added procedures. Maxim Cournoyer
2020-05-20linux-boot: Refactor boot-system....The --root option can now be omitted, and inferred from the root file system declaration instead. * gnu/build/file-systems.scm (canonicalize-device-spec): Extend to support NFS directly, and... * gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (boot-system): ...remove NFS special casing from here. Remove nested definitions for root-fs-type, root-fs-flags and root-fs-options, and bind those inside the let* instead. Make "--root" take precedence over the device field string representation of the root file system. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Document that "--root" can be left unspecified. Maxim Cournoyer
2020-05-18guix describe: Add '--list-formats'...* guix/scripts/describe.scm (%available-formats): New variable. (list-formats): New procedure. (%options, show-help): Add --list-formats * doc/guix.texi: Add --list-formats Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Ekaitz Zarraga
2020-05-17doc: meson-build-system: Fix build type documentation....* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Fix meson build system description. Julien Lepiller
2020-05-16doc: Reword "The GCC toolchain"....Fix commit 1f14e25c1969a93908288cb302a572f3cbbaa478 as discussed in <https://bugs.gnu.org/41038>. * doc/guix.texi (Packages for C Development): Rename to... (The GCC toolchain): ...this. Add gfortran-toolchain. (Invoking guix package): Add guix-search anchor. (Application Setup)[The GCC toolchain]: Remove. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> zimoun
2020-05-16etc: Add a systemd unit to bind-mount @storedir@ read-only....* etc/gnu-store.mount.in: New file. * nix/local.mk (nodist_systemdservice_DATA): Add it. (etc/%.mount): New rule for it. * etc/guix-install.sh (sys_enable_guix_daemon): Install it. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Document it. * .gitignore: Ignore changes to it. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2020-05-16gexp: Add 'let-system'....* guix/gexp.scm (<system-binding>): New record type. (let-system): New macro. (system-binding-compiler): New procedure. (default-expander): Add 'self-quoting?' case. (self-quoting?): New procedure. (lower-inputs): Add 'filterm'. Pass the result of 'mapm/accumulate-builds' through FILTERM. (gexp->sexp)[self-quoting?]: Remove. * tests/gexp.scm ("let-system", "let-system, target") ("let-system, ungexp-native, target") ("let-system, nested"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-14pack: Add relocation via ld.so and fakechroot....* gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c (HAVE_EXEC_WITH_LOADER): New macro. (bind_mount): Rename to... (mirror_directory): ... this. Add 'firmlink' argument and use it instead of calling mkdir/open/close/mount directly. (bind_mount, make_symlink): New functions. (exec_in_user_namespace): Adjust accordingly. (exec_with_loader) [HAVE_EXEC_WITH_LOADER]: New function. (exec_performance): New function. (engines): Add them. * guix/scripts/pack.scm (wrapped-package)[fakechroot-library] [audit-module]: New procedures. [audit-source]: New variable. [build](elf-interpreter, elf-loader-compile-flags): New procedures. (build-wrapper): Use them. * tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh: Test with 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE=fakechroot'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document the 'performance' and 'fakechroot' engines. * gnu/packages/aux-files/pack-audit.c: New file. * Makefile.am (AUX_FILES): Add it. Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-14pack: Wrapper honors 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE' environment variable....* gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c (struct engine): New type. (exec_default): New function. (engines): New variable. (execution_engine): New function. (main): Use it instead of calling 'exec_in_user_namespace' and 'exec_with_proot' directly. * tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh: Add test with 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE'. Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-13doc: Mention guix-daemon's 'https_proxy' environment variable....* doc/guix.texi (Proxy Settings, Derivations): Mention 'https_proxy'. Brice Waegeneire
2020-05-13mailmap: Update entries for Nikita....* .mailmap: change email and name for Nikita. * Makefile.am, doc/guix.texi, etc/completion/fish/guix.fish, gnu/packages/accessibility.scm, gnu/packages/admin.scm, gnu/packages/audio.scm, gnu/packages/autotools.scm, gnu/packages/cdrom.scm, gnu/packages/check.scm, gnu/packages/cinnamon.scm, gnu/packages/compression.scm, gnu/packages/crypto.scm, gnu/packages/databases.scm, gnu/packages/django.scm, gnu/packages/dns.scm, gnu/packages/elixir.scm, gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/emacs.scm, gnu/packages/enlightenment.scm, gnu/packages/erlang.scm, gnu/packages/fonts.scm, gnu/packages/fontutils.scm, gnu/packages/forth.scm, gnu/packages/fvwm.scm, gnu/packages/games.scm, gnu/packages/gl.scm, gnu/packages/gnome.scm, gnu/packages/gnunet.scm, gnu/packages/gnupg.scm, gnu/packages/gtk.scm, gnu/packages/guile-wm.scm, gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/haskell-apps.scm, gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm, gnu/packages/haskell-crypto.scm, gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/haskell.scm, gnu/packages/image-viewers.scm, gnu/packages/image.scm, gnu/packages/irc.scm, gnu/packages/language.scm, gnu/packages/libcanberra.scm, gnu/packages/linux.scm, gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/lisp.scm, gnu/packages/lolcode.scm, gnu/packages/lxde.scm, gnu/packages/lxqt.scm, gnu/packages/mail.scm, gnu/packages/markup.scm, gnu/packages/mate.scm, gnu/packages/maths.scm, gnu/packages/mc.scm, gnu/packages/messaging.scm, gnu/packages/music.scm, gnu/packages/ncurses.scm, gnu/packages/networking.scm, gnu/packages/nickle.scm, gnu/packages/openbox.scm, gnu/packages/pdf.scm, gnu/packages/perl-check.scm, gnu/packages/perl.scm, gnu/packages/python-compression.scm, gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm, gnu/packages/python-web.scm, gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/python.scm, gnu/packages/qt.scm, gnu/packages/ruby.scm, gnu/packages/rust.scm, gnu/packages/scheme.scm, gnu/packages/serialization.scm, gnu/packages/shells.scm, gnu/packages/ssh.scm, gnu/packages/suckless.scm, gnu/packages/tbb.scm, gnu/packages/telephony.scm, gnu/packages/text-editors.scm, gnu/packages/textutils.scm, gnu/packages/time.scm, gnu/packages/tls.scm, gnu/packages/tor.scm, gnu/packages/version-control.scm, gnu/packages/video.scm, gnu/packages/vim.scm, gnu/packages/web.scm, gnu/packages/wm.scm, gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm, gnu/packages/xfce.scm, gnu/packages/xml.scm, gnu/packages/xorg.scm, gnu/services/certbot.scm, gnu/services/desktop.scm, gnu/services/version-control.scm, gnu/services/web.scm, guix/import/hackage.scm, guix/licenses.scm: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> nikita
2020-05-11guix graph: Add '--path'....* guix/scripts/graph.scm (display-path): New procedure. (%options, show-help): Add '--path'. (guix-graph): Handle it. * tests/guix-graph.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix graph): Document it. (Invoking guix size): Mention it. Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-11doc: Mention xdot....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix graph): Mention xdot. Remove a couple of "| dot -Tpdf" in examples and add "| xdot". (Invoking guix system): Likewise. (Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries): Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-08Merge branch 'core-updates'Marius Bakke
2020-05-07doc: Use @option for command-line options...* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Use @option instead of @code. Nicolas Goaziou
2020-05-07guix system: 'docker-image' honors '--network'....* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-docker-image): Add #:shared-network? and pass it to 'containerized-operating-system'. (qemu-image): * guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Pass #:shared-network? to 'system-docker-image'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-07doc: Tiny markup fix....* doc/guix.texi (Substitute Authentication): Use @samp instead of @code for pseudo-code. Nicolas Goaziou
2020-05-07doc: Remove markup for external package names....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Remove markup, which is not warranted here. Nicolas Goaziou
2020-05-07doc: Use @file instead of @code also for file extensions....* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): (Build Systems): (Derivations): (Invoking guix import): (Printing Services): (Installing Debugging Files): (Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries): Use @file instead of @code. Nicolas Goaziou
2020-05-07doc: Use @env for environment variables....* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): (Build Environment Setup): (Invoking guix-daemon): (Application Setup): (After System Installation): (Invoking guix package): (Proxy Settings): (Invoking guix environment): (Packages for C Development): (Package Modules): (Build Systems): (The Store): (Common Build Options): (Invoking guix download): (Invoking guix refresh): (Using the Configuration System): (Locales): (Base Services): (Networking Services): (Sound Services): (Continuous Integration): (PAM Mount Service): (X.509 Certificates): Use @env instead of @code for environment variables. Nicolas Goaziou
2020-05-07doc: Use @option instead of @code....* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): (Requirements): (Build Environment Setup): (Invoking guix-daemon): (Application Setup): (Invoking guix package): (Substitute Server Authorization): (Substitution Failure): (Invoking guix gc): (Invoking guix pull): (Invoking guix archive): (Invoking guix environment): (Invoking guix pack): (Defining Packages): (Build Systems): (The Store): (Invoking guix build): (Common Build Options): (Package Transformation Options): (Additional Build Options): (Debugging Build Failures): (Invoking guix edit): (Invoking guix import): (Invoking guix refresh): (Invoking guix lint): (Invoking guix publish): (Invoking guix challenge): (Base Services): (Virtualization Services): (Initial RAM Disk): (Invoking guix system): (Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries): (Porting): Use @option instead of @code for command-line options. Nicolas Goaziou
2020-05-07doc: Fix typo in container example....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking `guix environment'): Fix sll -> ssl typo. Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-07doc: Add container example to run a web browser....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking `guix environment'): Add paragraph and example to run Eolie in a guix environment container. Add `container' cindex for the first container example, and the `certificates' cindex for the web browser example. Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-06Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMarius Bakke
2020-05-06doc: Clarify 'git-http-configuration' description....Fix <https://issues.guix.info/31780>. * doc/guix.texi (Version Control Service): Extend 'git-http-configuration' description. Brice Waegeneire
2020-05-05Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMarius Bakke
2020-05-05doc: Typographic improvements....* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Use @var, @option, and @command when appropriate. Add two spaces after sentences. Nicolas Goaziou
2020-05-05gnu: Add AutoSSH service....* gnu/services/ssh.scm (<autossh-configuration>): New record type. (autossh-service-type): New variable. (autossh-service-activation, autossh-file-name): New procedures. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document this. Signed-off-by: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com> pinoaffe
2020-05-04doc: Remove prompt from X.509 examples....* doc/guix.texi (X.509 Certificates): Remove leading "$". Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-04doc: Add "Packages for C Development" section....Suggested by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> in <https://bugs.gnu.org/41038>. * doc/guix.texi (Packages for C Development): New node. (Application Setup)[The GCC toolchain]: Empty and refer to it. Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-02Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMarius Bakke
2020-05-02services: dnsmasq: Support the --address flag....Introduce a new `addresses' field that translates to passing `--address=' multiple times to dnsmasq. * gnu/services/dns.scm (<dnsmasq-configuration>): Add an addresses field. (dnsmasq-shepherd-service): Match the addresses field and translate it to multiple '--address=' flags. * doc/guix.texi (DNS Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: 宋文武 <iyzsong@member.fsf.org> Pierre Langlois
2020-05-01doc: Update initrd section to refer to the right Guile variable....This is a follow-up to commit 57833803b446484b6f413fb883b2156933c38639. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Refer to "%guile-3.0-static-stripped" instead of "%guile-static-stripped". Marius Bakke
2020-05-01doc: Move 'Dictionary Service' under 'Miscellaneous Services'....* doc/guix.texi (Dictionary Service): Renamed to singular and changed from 'subsubsection' to 'subheading'. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com> Brice Waegeneire
2020-05-01doc: Replace section 'Early OOM service' by 'Linux Services'....* doc/guix.texi (Linux Services): Changed from 'subsubheading' to 'subsection'. (Early OOM Service, Kernel Module Loader Service): Moved under 'Linux Services'. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com> Brice Waegeneire
2020-05-01system: Blacklist usbmouse kernel module in default kernel-arguments....This avoids a race with the bcm5974 kernel module. Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/35574>. * gnu/system.scm (%default-modprobe-blacklist): New variable. (<operating-system>)[kernel-arguments]: Default to ... (%default-kernel-arguments): ... this new variable. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document the change. Florian Pelz
2020-04-30doc: Bootloader Configuration: Fix an obsolete example....Reported by rawmat on #guix. * doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration): Replace 'grub-configuration' with 'bootloader-configuration'. Leo Famulari
2020-04-28doc: Mention that PulseAudio service overrides user configuration....* doc/guix.texi (Sound Services): Add a warning that 'pulseaudio-service-type' overrides per-user configuration files in '~/.config/pulse'. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Diego Nicola Barbato
2020-04-27doc: Update url to singularity before link rot occurs....* doc/guix.texi: Update url to singularity before link rot occurs. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> operator.name
2020-04-27doc: guix: Fix grammar in "Debugging Build Failures"...* doc/guix.texi (Debugging Build Failures): Fix grammar. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kądziołka <kuba@kadziolka.net> TomZ
2020-04-25doc: guix: Fix some markup....* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): (Base Services): (X Window): (Printing Services): (Mail Services): (Messaging Services): (LDAP Services): (Virtualization Services): (Version Control Services): Use @samp, @code and double quotes where appropriate. Nicolas Goaziou
2020-04-22gnu: font-gnu-freefont: Add otf and woff font types....* gnu/packages/fonts.scm (font-gnu-freefont): Add otf and woff font types. * gnu/packages/genealogy.scm (gramps)[inputs]: Replace font-gnu-freefont-tff with font-gnu-freefont. * doc/guix.texi: Adjust a reference to the package. Signed-off-by: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> Raghav Gururajan
2020-04-22doc: Adjust @var vs. @code....* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Adjust @var vs. @code. Use 'cons' instead of 'cons*' in example. Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-22services: Add udev-rules-service helper....* doc/guix.texi (Base services): Add documentation for 'udev-rules-service'. Replace examples of 'udev-service-type' extension with 'udev-rules-service'. * gnu/services/base.scm (udev-rules-service): New procedure. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Brice Waegeneire
2020-04-22gexp: Add 'load-path?' field to <scheme-file>....* guix/gexp.scm (<scheme-file>)[load-path?]: New field. (scheme-file): Add #:set-load-path? and honor it. (scheme-file-compiler): Pass #:set-load-path? to 'gexp->file'. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-21packages: Recommend against the use of 'package-file'....* guix/packages.scm (package-file): Recommend against its use in the docstring. * doc/guix.texi (The Store Monad): Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-19services: Add 'simulated-wifi-service-type'....* gnu/services/networking.scm (simulated-wifi-shepherd-services): New procedure. (simulated-wifi-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-19services: Add 'hostapd-service-type'....* gnu/services/networking.scm (<hostapd-configuration>): New record type. (hostapd-configuration-file, hostapd-shepherd-services): New procedures. (hostapd-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-19doc: Make install script more prominent....Suggested by Steven vanZyl <rushsteve1@rushsteve1.us>. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add @example showing how to download the script. Use "systemctl enable --now". Ludovic Courtès