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2022-03-01initrd: Honor rootfstype and rootflags command-line parameters....* gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (boot-system): Honor rootfstype and rootflags arguments. Update doc. Error out in case there is insufficient information with regard to the root file system. Restore the behavior of inferring the root device from the root file system from the operating system in case the root argument is not provided. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Document the new command-line parameters. Maxim Cournoyer
2022-03-01initrd: Use non-hyphenated kernel command-line parameter names....This is to make it less surprising, given the common convention sets forth by the kernel Linux command-line parameters. * gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (boot-system): Rename '--load', '--repl', '--root' and '--system' to 'gnu.load', 'gnu.repl', 'root' and 'gnu.system', respectively. Adjust doc. (find-long-option): Adjust doc. * gnu/installer/parted.scm (installer-root-partition-path): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/system.scm (bootable-kernel-arguments): Add a VERSION argument and update doc. Use VERSION to conditionally return old style vs new style initrd arguments. (%boot-parameters-version): Increment to 1. (operating-system-boot-parameters): Adjust doc. (operating-system-boot-parameters-file): Likewise. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (raw-initrd, base-initrd): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi: Adjust doc. * gnu/build/activation.scm (boot-time-system): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/build/hurd-boot.scm (boot-hurd-system): Likewise. * gnu/packages/commencement.scm (%final-inputs-riscv64): Adjust comment. Maxim Cournoyer
2022-02-27gnu: glibc-utf8-locales: Hide the package....This package has a long history of confusing users, due to containing only a small, arbitrary subset of UTF-8 locales. * gnu/packages/base.scm (glibc-utf8-locales): Define as a hidden package. * doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Do not mention glibc-utf8-locales. Instead, provide an example for defining a custom locales package. Maxim Cournoyer
2022-02-27pull: '--news' no longer shows package lists....* guix/scripts/pull.scm (display-channel-news): Return #t when news were displayed. (display-news): Add #:profile-news? parameter and honor it. Print something there were no news. (process-query): For 'display-news', call 'display-channel-news' directly. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2022-02-26services: pulseaudio: Add an extra-script-files configuration field....* gnu/services/sound.scm (<pulseaudio-configuration>) [extra-script-files]: Add field. (extra-script-files->file-union): New procedure. (append-include-directive): Likewise. (pulseaudio-etc): Use them. * doc/guix.texi: Document the new 'extra-script-files- configuration field. Maxim Cournoyer
2022-02-25services: agetty: Add shepherd-requirement....* gnu/services/base.scm (<agetty-configuration>): Add shepherd-requirement. * doc/guix.texi (agetty-configuration): Document it. Danny Milosavljevic
2022-02-23doc: Fix 'setuid-program' example....%setuid-programs was previously moved to be in the list sexp instead of just the append one. This causes an "invalid G-expression input" error. Error reported by: Kolev on #guix. * doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): Move %setuid-programs out to the append sexp. Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> John Kehayias
2022-02-23doc: Document virtlogd package variable....* doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document virtlogd package variable. Signed-off-by: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> Simon Streit
2022-02-18doc: Typographical tweaks....* doc/guix.texi (Build Utilities): Remove trailing #t from phases. Use @lisp for 'wrap-program' examples. Ludovic Courtès
2022-02-16doc: Document 'wrap-program' and 'wrap-script'....* doc/guix.texi (Build Utilities)[Wrappers]: New subsection. Ludovic Courtès
2022-02-15doc: Clarify the Swap Space examples, and include an helper example....* doc/guix.texi (Swap Space): The examples referred to variables defined outside of the snippets, and so were not very informative for people without much Guile knowledge. Instead, refer to mapped-devices for the first, and use the new helper file-systme-mount-point-predicate for the second. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Josselin Poiret
2022-02-14pull: '--list-generations' lists packages only with '--details'....* guix/scripts/pull.scm (show-help, %options): Add "--details". (process-query): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2022-02-14git-authenticate: Ensure the target is a descendant of the introductory commit....Fixes a bug whereby authentication of a commit *not* descending from the introductory commit could succeed, provided the commit verifies the authorization invariant. In the example below, A is a common ancestor of the introductory commit I and of commit X. Authentication of X would succeed, even though it is not a descendant of I, as long as X is authorized according to the '.guix-authorizations' in A: X I \ / A This is because, 'authenticate-repository' would not check whether X descends from I, and the call (commit-difference X I) would return X. In practice that only affects forks because it means that ancestors of the introductory commit already contain a '.guix-authorizations' file. * guix/git-authenticate.scm (authenticate-repository): Add call to 'commit-descendant?'. * tests/channels.scm ("authenticate-channel, not a descendant of introductory commit"): New test. * tests/git-authenticate.scm ("authenticate-repository, target not a descendant of intro"): New test. * tests/guix-git-authenticate.sh: Expect earlier test to fail since 9549f0283a78fe36f2d4ff2a04ef8ad6b0c02604 is not a descendant of $intro_commit. Add new test targeting an ancestor of the introductory commit, and another test targeting the v1.2.0 commit. * doc/guix.texi (Specifying Channel Authorizations): Add a sentence. Ludovic Courtès
2022-02-13doc: Zabbix: Improvide description....* doc/guix.texi (Monitoring Services): Document the various 'zabbix-*' service types, and expand description of all Zabbix services. Use less marketing terms. (Web Services): Add subsubheading for PHP-FPM, and anchors for cross-referencing. * gnu/services/monitoring.scm (zabbix-front-end-configuration): Use @ref instead of @pxref for cross-referencing. Marius Bakke
2022-02-07doc: Regenerate Zabbix server and agent configuration.......to make them in line with the newly generated front-end documentation. * doc/guix.texi (Monitoring Services): Regenerate zabbix-server-configuration and zabbix-agent-configuration. Marius Bakke
2022-02-07services: zabbix-front-end: Restore backwards compatibility....Commit e301f1a8ed11f9eacb2b7f525a7446dc00621a8b removed the NGINX argument entirely, but users may rely on and override it. Reported by rekado on #guix. * gnu/services/monitoring.scm (%zabbix-front-end-nginx-configuration): Restore exported variable. (zabbix-front-end-nginx-extension): New procedure. (zabbix-front-end-configuration): Remove FASTCGI-PARAMS field. Restore NGINX field, but default to the empty list. (zabbix-front-end-service-type): Extend NGINX-SERVICE-TYPE by ZABBIX-FRONT-END-NGINX-EXTENSION. * doc/guix.texi (Monitoring Services): Regenerate documentation. Marius Bakke
2022-02-07home: Add redshift service....* gnu/home/services/desktop.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Home Services): New node. Ludovic Courtès
2022-02-04services: nar-herder: Support ttl and negative-ttl options....* gnu/services/guix.scm (<nar-herder-configuration>): Add ttl and negative-ttl fields. (nar-herder-shepherd-services): Pass the ttl and negative-ttl values to the service. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Services): Document this. Christopher Baines
2022-02-02deploy: Add '--execute'....* guix/scripts/deploy.scm (show-help, %options): Add '--execute'. (invoke-command): New procedure. (guix-deploy): Break arguments at "--" and handle '-x' and associated command. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix deploy): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2022-02-02guix system: 'describe' shows the running system, not the current one....* guix/profiles.scm (generation-number): Add optional 'base-profile' parameter and use it. * guix/scripts/system.scm (process-command): Add "/run/current-system" as first argument to 'generation-number'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Clarify that 'guix system describe' shows the running system. Ludovic Courtès
2022-02-02services: tlp: Add config variables for battery charging....* gnu/services/pm.scm (tlp-configuration): Add start-charge-thresh-bat0, stop-charge-thresh-bat0, start-charge-thresh-bat1, stop-charge-thresh-bat1. * doc/guix.texi (Power Management Services): Document them. Signed-off-by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> Attila Lendvai
2022-02-01services: zabbix-frontend: Support custom server package....* gnu/services/monitoring.scm (%zabbix-front-end-configuration-nginx): Rename to ... (zabbix-front-end-nginx-configuration): ... this. Take server package and FastCGI parameters from ... (zabbix-front-end-configuration): ... here. Add PACKAGE and FASTCGI-PARAMS fields, remove NGINX. (zabbix-front-end-service-type): Adjust for renamed procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Monitoring Services)[Zabbix front-end]: Regenerate documentation. Marius Bakke
2022-02-01doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (Sound Services): Fix typo. Maxim Cournoyer
2022-02-01doc: Document --profile option to "guix environment"...* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): New paragraph. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Konrad Hinsen
2022-02-01doc: Document --profile option to "guix shell"...* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): New paragraph. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Konrad Hinsen
2022-01-31services: guix: Add nar-herder-service-type....* gnu/services/guix.scm (<nar-herder-configuration>): New record type. (nar-herder-configuration, nar-herder-configuration?, nar-herder-configuration-package, nar-herder-configuration-user, nar-herder-configuration-group, nar-herder-configuration-mirror nar-herder-configuration-database nar-herder-configuration-database-dump nar-herder-configuration-host nar-herder-configuration-port nar-herder-configuration-storage nar-herder-configuration-storage-limit nar-herder-configuration-storage-nar-removal-criteria nar-herder-shepherd-services, nar-herder-activation, nar-herder-account): New procedures. (nar-herder-service-type): New variable. * gnu/tests/guix.scm (%test-nar-herder): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Services): Document the new service. Christopher Baines
2022-01-28home: 'reconfigure' checks for potential downgrades....* guix/scripts/home.scm (show-help, %options): Add "--allow-downgrades". (%default-options): Remove 'build-mode'; add 'validate-reconfigure'. (perform-action): Add #:validate-reconfigure. Call 'check-forward-update' when ACTION is 'reconfigure. (process-action): Pass #:validate-reconfigure to 'perform-action'. * gnu/home/services.scm (home-provenance): Export. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix home): Document '--allow-downgrades'. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-25doc: Document 'invoke' & co....* doc/guix.texi (Build Utilities)[Program Invocation]: New subsection. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-25build: Require Guile >= 3.0.3....Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/53157>. Reported by Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>. * configure.ac: Require Guile >= 3.0.3. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Update accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-24doc: Clarify search path bits....Suggested by Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> and Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>. * doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Clarify 'native-search-paths' vs. 'search-paths'. (Search Paths): Link to it. Remove unnecessarily "define libxml2". Reword 'file-pattern' description that said "When true". Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-23doc: Tweak Guix Home bits....* doc/guix.texi (Shepherd Home Service): Tweak section name. Add intro. (Invoking guix home): Refer to "guix search". Use @var where appropriate. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-23doc: Document search paths....* doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Link to "Search Paths". (Invoking guix package): Likewise. (Build Phases): Mention 'set-paths' phase. (Search Paths): New node. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-20services: guix-publish: Add negative-ttl parameter....* gnu/services/base.scm (guix-publish-configuration): Add 'negative-ttl' field. (guix-publish-sheperd-service): Process it. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services)[guix-publish-service-type]: Add item for negative-ttl. Guillaume Le Vaillant
2022-01-18daemon: Always default to gzip for log compression....* nix/libstore/globals.cc (Settings::Settings): Have 'logCompression' default to COMPRESSION_GZIP unconditionally. * gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-configuration>)[log-compression]: Default to 'gzip. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon, Base Services): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-16machine: ssh: Add 'safety-checks?' field....Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/52766>. Reported by Michael Rohleder <mike@rohleder.de>. * gnu/machine/ssh.scm (<machine-ssh-configuration>)[safety-checks?]: New field. (machine-check-file-system-availability): Return the empty list when 'safety-checks?' is false. (machine-check-initrd-modules): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix deploy): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-16doc: Fix typo....Groan. * doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup): Fix typo. Leo Famulari
2022-01-16doc: Document the dummy $HOME in the build chroot....This missing documentation reported by Matt <matt@excalamus.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup): Document '/homeless-shelter'. Leo Famulari
2022-01-14scripts: system: Rationalize persistency....Make sure that the images are created with a non volatile root by default and the vm are created with a volatile root by default. Break the --volatile option into --volatile-image and --persistent-vm options. * guix/scripts/system.scm (perform-action): Turn volatile? argument into volatile-vm-root?. (show-help): Introduce --volatile-image and --persistent-vm options instead of --volatile. (%default-options): Adapt it. (%options): Handle those options. (process-action): Honor them. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Adapt it accordingly. Mathieu Othacehe
2022-01-14gnu: bootstrap: Add support for riscv64-linux....On 7d93b21ab1c132990054372a9677c1639d54e631 gnu: glibc-for-bootstrap: Update patch. Run ./pre-inst-env guix build --target=riscv64-linux-gnu bootstrap-tarballs Producing /gnu/store/4hdzva9i0wyyfbgj1lmqc1wkk644pv07-bootstrap-tarballs-0 With guix hash -rx 1nj0fdgj08bbmfny01mp2blv7c3p2iciqh31zmf04ap5s7ygsqlp * gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm (%bootstrap-executables): Add entries for riscv64-linux. (%bootstrap-guile-hash, %bootstrap-coreutils&co, %bootstrap-binutils, %bootstrap-glibc, %bootstrap-gcc): Add entry for riscv64-linux. (raw-build-guile3): New procedure. (make-raw-bag): Use raw-build-guile3 for riscv64-linux. * guix/packages.scm (%supported-systems): Add riscv64-linux. (%cuirass-supported-systems): Remove riscv64-linux. * guix/utils.scm (target-64bit?): Add riscv64-linux. * m4/guix.m4: Add riscv64-linux as a supported system. * doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Add riscv64-linux. Efraim Flashner
2022-01-13services: Adjust the jami service for the upgraded jami....* gnu/services/telephony.scm (jami-configuration)[jamid]: Rename libring to libjami. * gnu/services/telephony.scm (jami-configuration->command-line-arguments): Adjust daemon file name. * gnu/services/telephony.scm (jami-service-type): Adjust doc. * gnu/tests/telephony.scm (run-jami-test): Check for 'jamid' process, not 'dring'. * doc/guix.texi (Telephony Services): Adjust doc for the jami-qt to jami and libring to libjami packages renaming. Maxim Cournoyer
2022-01-11shell: Cache profiles even when using package specs....This enables profile caching not just when '-m' or '-f' is used, but also when package specs are passed on the command line, as in: guix shell -D guix git It also changes profile cache keys to include the system type, which was previously ignored. * guix/scripts/shell.scm (options-with-caching)[single-file-for-caching]: Remove. Call 'profile-cached-gc-root' instead; adjust to accept two values. (profile-cache-primary-key): New procedure. (profile-cache-key): Remove. (profile-file-cache-key, profile-spec-cache-key): New procedures. (profile-cached-gc-root): Rewrite to include functionality formally in 'single-file-for-caching', but extend to handle package specs. * gnu/packages.scm (cache-is-authoritative?): Export. * guix/transformations.scm (transformation-option-key?): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): Move '--rebuild-cache' documentation to the bottom, just above '--root'. Explain caching and how these two options relate to that. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-11doc: Fix typo in 'setuid-program' example....* doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): Fix typo in example. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-09doc: Update ‘guix home search’ output sample....The old output differs greatly from the current one and contains a typo. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix home): Update ‘guix home search’ output sample. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2022-01-09doc: Fix typos....* doc/guix.texi (Home Services, Essential Home Services) (Shells Home Services): Fix ‘avaliable’ typo, & grammar. (Using the Configuration System): Fix another typo. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2022-01-10doc: Use @lisp and clarify 'setuid-program' examples....* doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): Use @lisp instead of @example. Add scope for the 'setuid-programs' field snippet. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-10guix hash: Allow '-r' as a non-deprecated alias....This is a followup to 05c962594c346da21f201be72caadfa19060cc9d. Discussed at <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/51307#24>. * guix/scripts/hash.scm (%options): Warn about deprecation for "--recursive", but not for '-r' as it's a convenient shorthand. Mention '--serializer=nar' in the deprecation message. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-10doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix style): Fix typo. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-10style: Add '--styling' option....* guix/scripts/style.scm (format-package-definition): New procedure. (%options, show-help): Add "--styling". (%default-options): Add 'styling-procedure'. (guix-style): Honor it. * tests/style.scm (with-test-package) ("input labels, 'safe' policy") ("input labels, 'safe' policy, nothing changed") ("input labels, margin comment") ("input labels, margin comment on long list") ("input labels, line comment") ("input labels, modify-inputs and margin comment"): Pass "-S inputs". * etc/indent-code.el: Remove. * doc/contributing.texi (Formatting Code): Mention "guix style" instead of "etc/indent-code.el". (Submitting Patches): Add item for "guix style". * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix style): Document "-S" and update. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-10build: julia-build-system: Create 'Project.toml' file when missing....* guix/build/julia-build-system.scm (link-depot): Create 'Project.toml' file when missing using data provided by the user. (julia-create-package-toml): Remove from export. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Update julia-build-system section. Signed-off-by: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> zimoun
2022-01-10doc: Fix some typos....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Fix a few typos today. Reported by KarlJoad on #guix, and then we found more. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice