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2016-12-20environment: Add '--root' option....* guix/scripts/environment.scm (show-help, %options): Add --root. (register-gc-root): New procedure. (guix-environment): Call 'register-gc-root' when OPTS has a 'gc-root' option. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Document it. * tests/guix-environment.sh: Add tests. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-20doc: Replace fingerprint of OpenPGP signing key....* doc/guix.texi (OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID): Update to Ricardo's key for the 0.12.0 release. Ricardo Wurmus
2016-12-20services: cuirass: Add 'cuirass' field....* gnu/services/cuirass.scm (<cuirass-configuration>)[cuirass]: New field. (cuirass-shepherd-service): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Continuous Integration): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-19services: guix: Add 'log-file' configuration option....* gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-configuration>)[log-file]: New field. (guix-shepherd-service): Pass #:log-file to 'make-forkexec-constructor'. * gnu/services/admin.scm (simple-rotation-config): Take a list of files and join them with commas. (%default-rotations): Add /var/log/guix-daemon.log. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-19services: guix: Remove dependency on lsh....* gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-configuration>)[lsh]: Remove. (guix-shepherd-service): Remove lsh from 'PATH'. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-19services: cuirass: Cache defaults to /var/cache/cuirass....The previous default value depended on the 'HOME' environment variable, which happened to be unset. Thus, /.cache was being used. * gnu/services/cuirass.scm (<cuirass-configuration>)[cache-directory]: Change default value to "/var/cache/cuirass". (cuirass-shepherd-service): Always pass "--cache-directory". (cuirass-activation): New procedure. (cuirass-service-type): Use it as an extension to ACTIVATION-SERVICE-TYPE. * doc/guix.texi (Continuous Integration): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-19services: cuirass: Add 'log-file' option....* gnu/services/cuirass.scm (<cuirass-configuration>)[log-file]: New field. (cuirass-shepherd-service): Pass it to 'make-forkexec-constructor'. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-19doc: Mention 'grub' field of 'grub-configuration'....* doc/guix.texi (GRUB Configuration): Add 'grub' field. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-19doc: Make 'guix pull' more visible....Suggested by Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>. Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/25139>. * doc/guix.texi (Installation): Mention 'guix pull'. (Proceeding with the Installation): Mention updates with 'guix pull' and 'guix system reconfigure'. (Invoking guix pull): Add "updating" to the concept index. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-19doc: Mention 'swapon'....Suggested by David Braun <Guix-box@snkmail.com> at <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-12/msg00744.html>. * doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Add 'swapon'. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-18doc: Mention the d3.js backend of 'guix graph'....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix graph): Mention the d3.js backend. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-18doc: Document 'cargo-build-system'....* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Add 'cargo-build-system'. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-17import cran: Add "recursive" option....* guix/scripts/import/cran.scm: (%options): Add "recursive" option. (guix-import-cran): Handle "recursive" option. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. Ricardo Wurmus
2016-12-16doc: "Nar" now means "normalized archive"....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix archive): Mention "normalized archive" and add index entries. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-15services: postgresql: Add locale to configuration...* gnu/services/databases.scm (<postgresql-configuration>): Add locale field. (postgresql-shepherd-service): Pass locale to initdb. (postgresql-service): Add locale default. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Christopher Baines
2016-12-15services: postgresql: Add port to configuration...* gnu/services/databases.scm (<postgresql-configuration>): Add port field. (postgresql-shepherd-service): Pass port to postgres. (postgresql-service): Add port default. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Christopher Baines
2016-12-14doc: mention cpan updater....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Mention cpan updater. Eric Bavier
2016-12-14doc: Replace dead Google Code home page for cryptsetup....* doc/guix.texi (Mapped Devices): Update cryptsetup home page. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2016-12-14graph: Add "list-backend" and "backend" options....* guix/graph.scm (%graph-backends): New variable. * guix/scripts/graph.scm (lookup-backend, list-backends): New procedures. (%options): Add options for "backend" and "list-backends". (show-help): Add help texts for "backend" and "list-backend" options. (%default-options): Add "backend" default. (guix-graph): Pass backend argument to "export-graph". * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix graph): Document the new options. Ricardo Wurmus
2016-12-14import: Add updater for rust crates....* guix/import/crate.scm (crate-package?, latest-release, %crate-updater): New variables. * guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%updaters): Add crate updater. * doc/guix.texi: Add crate updater to table. David Craven
2016-12-14import: Add importer for rust crates....* guix/import/crate.scm: New file. * guix/scripts/import/crate.scm: New file. * guix/scripts/import.scm (importers): Add crate importer. * tests/crate.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi: Add crate importer to table. * Makefile.am (MODULES, SCM_TESTS): Add files. David Craven
2016-12-14services: mysql: Add port to configuration...* gnu/services/databases.scm (<mysql-configuration>): Add port field. (mysql-configuration-file): Use the port field when creating the configuration file. * doc/guix.texi (Database Services): Document it. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Christopher Baines
2016-12-09offload: Allow testing machines that match a regexp....* guix/scripts/offload.scm (check-machine-availability): Add 'pred' parameter and honor it. (guix-offload): for the "test" sub-command, accept an extra 'regexp' parameter. Pass a second argument to 'check-machine-availability'. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-07doc: Correct example for 'wpa-supplicant-service-type'....* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Change example to use 'wpa-supplicant-service-type'. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Alex ter Weele
2016-12-05offload: Make the compression methods configurable....* guix/scripts/offload.scm (<build-machine>)[compression] [compression-level]: New fields. (open-ssh-session): Honor them. * doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Document them. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-05guix system: If the new system generation already exists, overwrite it....Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/25100>. Before that, 'guix system reconfigure' would fail if the next generation already existed. * guix/scripts/system.scm (switch-to-system): Use 'switch-symlink' instead of 'symlink'. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System, Invoking guix system): Document the behavior. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Chris Marusich
2016-12-05offload: Add "test" sub-command....* guix/scripts/offload.scm (assert-node-repl, assert-node-has-guix) (nonce, assert-node-can-import, assert-node-can-export) (check-machine-availability): New procedures. (%random-state): New variable. (guix-offload): Add case for "test". * doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Document it. Remove obsolete bit about remote invocation of 'guix build'. Ludovic Courtès
2016-12-03doc: Use @file to mark file names....* doc/guix.texi: Use @file where appropriate. John Darrington
2016-12-03gnu: Add Kerberos client service....* doc/guix.texi (Kerberos Services)[Krb5 Service]: New subsubheading. * gnu/services/kerberos.scm (krb5-service-type): New variable. * gnu/services/configuration.scm (configuration-field-serializer, configuration-field-getter): Export variables. John Darrington
2016-12-03doc: Remove obsolete bit about networking in VMs....* doc/guix.texi (Running GuixSD in a VM): Remove "the boot will fail" wording since that is no longer true since commit 6129dd8b5989f77b2976c68ecdf1f7dbfa63ec46. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-30refresh: '--list-updaters' shows updater coverage....* guix/scripts/refresh.scm (list-updaters-and-exit): Compute the coverage ratio of each updater and print it. Print the coverage ratio for all the updaters. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-30gnu-maintenance: Add kernel.org updater....* guix/gnu-maintenance.scm (latest-kernel.org-release): New procedure. (%kernel.org-updater): New variable. * guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%updaters): Add it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-29services: Add 'cuirass-service'....* gnu/services/cuirass.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Continuous integration): New node. Mathieu Lirzin
2016-11-29Merge branch 'master' into python-build-systemHartmut Goebel
2016-11-29refresh: Warn about packages that lack an updater....* guix/upstream.scm (package-update-path): Rename to... (package-latest-release): ... this. Remove 'version>?' check. (package-latest-release*): New procedure. (package-update): Use it. * guix/scripts/refresh.scm (lookup-updater): Rename to... (lookup-updater-by-name): ... this. (warn-no-updater): New procedure. (update-package): Add #:warn? parameter and honor it. (check-for-package-update): New procedure. (guix-refresh)[warn?]: New variable. Replace inline code when UPDATE? is false with a call to 'check-for-package-update'. Pass WARN? to 'check-for-package-update' and 'update-package'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document it. Fix a couple of typos. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-28doc: Document NSS incompatibility issues on foreign distros....* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup)[Name Service Switch]: New subsection. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-26doc: mysql-configuration: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (Database Services): Fix typo of 'mysql-configuration'. 宋文武
2016-11-26services: Add opensmtpd service....* gnu/services/mail.scm (<opensmtpd-configuration>): New record type. (%default-opensmtpd-config-file, %opensmtpd-accounts): New variables. (opensmtpd-shepherd-service, opensmtpd-activation): New procedures. (opensmtpd-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Document it. 宋文武
2016-11-25offload: Rewrite to make direct RPCs to the remote daemon....* guix/scripts/offload.scm (<build-machine>)[daemon-socket]: New field. (connect-to-remote-daemon): New procedure. (%gc-root-file, register-gc-root, remove-gc-roots, offload): Remove. (transfer-and-offload): Rewrite using 'connect-to-remote-daemon' and RPCs over SSH. (store-import-channel, store-export-channel): New procedures. (send-files, retrieve-files): Rewrite using these. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-25offload: Use Guile-SSH instead of GNU lsh....* guix/scripts/offload.scm (<build-machine>)[ssh-options]: Remove. [host-key, host-key-type]: New fields. (%lsh-command, %lshg-command, user-lsh-private-key): Remove. (user-openssh-private-key, private-key-from-file*): New procedures. (host-key->type+key, open-ssh-session): New procedures. (remote-pipe): Remove 'mode' parameter. Rewrite in terms of 'open-ssh-session' etc. Update users. (send-files)[missing-files]: Rewrite using the bidirectional channel port. Remove call to 'call-with-compressed-output-port'. (retrieve-files): Remove call to 'call-with-decompressed-port'. (machine-load): Remove exit status logic. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Mention Guile-SSH. (Daemon Offload Setup): Document 'host-key' and 'private-key'. Show the default value on each @item line. * m4/guix.m4 (GUIX_CHECK_GUILE_SSH): New macro. * config-daemon.ac: Use 'GUIX_CHECK_GUILE_SSH'. Set 'HAVE_DAEMON_OFFLOAD_HOOK' as a function of that. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-25Merge branch 'master' into python-build-systemLeo Famulari
2016-11-24doc: Fix typos in "Kerberos Services"....* doc/guix.texi (Kerberos Services): Fix typos. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-24doc: Document encrypted root partitions....This is a followup to f7f292d359e0eb77617f4ecf6b3164f868ec1784. * doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Give commands for encrypted root installation. (Proceeding with the Installation): Add item about mapped devices. (File Systems): Mention that 'dependencies' can list <mapped-device> objects. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl (mapped-devices): New field. (file-systems): Add 'dependencies' field. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-24doc: Document 'wpa-supplicant-service-type'....Reported by Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Remove 'wpa-supplicant-service' procedure, which doesn't exist, and document 'wpa-supplicant-service-type'. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-24Add system start-up files for "guix publish"....* .gitignore: add etc/guix-publish.conf and /etc/guix-publish.service. * etc/guix-publish.conf.in: New file. * etc/guix-publish.service.in: New file. * nix/local.mk (etc/guix-%.service, etc/guix-%.conf): Generalized former build-rules for by using patterns. (nodist_systemdservice_DATA): Add etc/guix-publish.service, update comment. (nodist_upstartjob_DATA): Add etc/guix-publish.conf, update comment. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Add description for enabling "guix publish" on host distros using the new files. Hartmut Goebel
2016-11-24doc: Symlink daemon start-up files....This patch ensures that always the current profile's daemon will be used. The .service file contains the path to the guix-daemon within the store. Thus when copying the file, it will point to the very version of guix-daemon used at the time of copying – even after system upgrade or when this version has been garbage collected from the store. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Change example code for installing the systemd and Upstart files to use symbolic links instead of copying the files. Hartmut Goebel
2016-11-22gnu: system: Add openfwwf-firmware to %base-firmware....* gnu/system.scm (%base-firmware): Add openfwwf-firmware. * doc/guix.texi (Hardware Considerations): Mention b43-open support. (operating-system Reference)[firmware]: Likewise. Eric Bavier
2016-11-21gnu: services: Add git-service....* gnu/services/version-control.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Misellaneous Services)[Version Control]: New section. Co-authored-by: 宋文武 <iyzsong@member.fsf.org> ng0
2016-11-19lint: Add 'mirror-url' checker....* guix/scripts/lint.scm (origin-uris): New procedure. (check-source): Use it. (check-mirror-url): New procedure. (%checkers): Add 'mirror-url' checker. * tests/lint.scm ("mirror-url") ("mirror-url: one suggestion"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-17services: static-networking: Add netmask....Reported by Mathieu Lirzin and Andreas Enge. * gnu/services/networking.scm (<static-networking>)[netmask]: New field. (static-networking-service-type): Honor it. * gnu/services/networking.scm (static-networking-service): Add #:netmask and honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès