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2021-12-26doc: Give a complete example of adding setuid programs....* doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): Give a complete example of how to use SETUID-PROGRAM. Leo Famulari
2021-12-23scripts: system: Deprecate the docker-image command....* guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Use the image API to generate the docker images and deprecate the docker-image command. (process-action): Ditto. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Adapt it. Mathieu Othacehe
2021-12-23Remove VM generation dead-code....This code duplicates the (gnu system image) and (gnu build image) code. Using VM for image generation is not needed, not portable and really slow. Remove all the VM image generation code to make sure that only the image API is used. * gnu/build/vm.scm: Remove it. Move the qemu-command procedure to ... * gnu/build/marionette.scm: ... here. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Adapt it. * tests/modules.scm: Ditto. * gnu/tests/install.scm: Ditto. * gnu/system/vm.scm: Adapt it and remove expression->derivation-in-linux-vm, qemu-img, system-qemu-image/shared-store and system-docker-image procedures. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Adapt it. Mathieu Othacehe
2021-12-22doc: Document (gnu services configuration)....* guix.texi (Complex Configurations): New node. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Xinglu Chen
2021-12-22services: wireguard: Add DNS config field....* gnu/services/vpn.scm (wireguard-configuration)[dns]: New field. (wireguard-configuration-file): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> Nathan Dehnel
2021-12-21services: rsync: Allow configuring several rsync "modules"....Until now the rsync service would export a single module, named "files". This allows users to specify as many modules as they want, in line with rsyncd.conf(5). * gnu/services/rsync.scm (warn-share-field-deprecation): New procedure. (<rsync-configuration>)[modules]: New field. [share-path, share-comment, read-only?, timeout]: Mark as deprecated. (<rsync-module>): New record type. (%default-modules): New variable. (rsync-configuration-modules): New procedure. (rsync-activation): Create the directory of each module. (rsync-config-file): Generate configuration for each module. (rsync-service-type)[description]: New field. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Adjust documentation. Augment example. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-20doc: Remove extra closing paren....* doc/contributing.texi (Emacs Packages): Remove extra paren in example. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-20doc: Fix wrong home-shepherd-configuration data type....* doc/guix.texi (Managing User's Daemons): Rename shepherd-configuration for home-shepherd-configuration. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Olivier Dion
2021-12-20doc: cookbook: Simplify inputs in examples....* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Recursive importers, Inheritance): Use the simplified input style. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-17doc: Format 'guix hash -S' values as a table....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Format serializer types as a table. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-17guix hash: Add git serializer....* guix/scripts/hash.scm (git-hash): New procedure. (%options): Use it. * tests/guix-hash.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi: Update. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> zimoun
2021-12-17guix hash: Add 'serializer' option....* guix/scripts/hash.scm (%options): Deprecate 'recursive', add 'serializer'. (%default-options): Add 'serializer'. (nar-hash): New procedure. (default-hash): New procedure. (guix-hash)[file-hash]: Use them. (show-help): Adjust. * tests/guix-hash.scm: Adjust. * doc/guix.texi: Update. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> zimoun
2021-12-17guix hash: Support several files....* guix/scripts/hash.scm (guix-hash): Allow several files. [file-hash]: Catch system-error. [formatted-hash]: New procedure. * tests/guix-hash.sh: Add test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Mention "one or more files". Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> zimoun
2021-12-15doc: Do not explain quote/quasiquote in the context of inputs....* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Move reference to quote/quasiquote from 'inputs' to 'arguments'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-15doc: Use @lisp for 'static-networking-service-type' example....* doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Use @lisp for 'static-networking-service-type' example. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-14doc: Mention powerpc-linux support....This was missing with the addition of powerpc-linux support in commit cbdb7d4fea928febc105985c03b8fb5d6eda3d27. * doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Add powerpc-linux. Efraim Flashner
2021-12-14doc: Mark mips64el-linux as unsupported....* doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Change mips64el-linux from deprecated to unsupported. Efraim Flashner
2021-12-13Merge branch 'master' into core-updates-frozenLudovic Courtès
2021-12-13doc: Add missing closing paren....* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Add missing closing paren in example. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-13doc: Handle '&nbsp' when syntax-highlighting HTML....* doc/build.scm (syntax-highlighted-html)[build](entity->string): Handle "&nbsp". Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-12services: Define '%loopback-static-networking'....* gnu/services/base.scm (%loopback-static-networking): New variable. (%base-services): Use it. * gnu/system/hurd.scm (%base-services/hurd): Use it. * gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-12services: Define '%qemu-static-networking'....* gnu/services/base.scm (%qemu-static-networking): New variable. * gnu/system/hurd.scm (%base-services/hurd): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-12services: static-networking: Change interface to mimic netlink....* gnu/services/base.scm (<static-networking>)[interface, ip, netmask] [gateway]: Remove. [addresses, links, routes]: New fields. [requirement]: Default to '(udev). (<network-address>, <network-link>, <network-route>): New record types. (ensure-no-separate-netmask, %ensure-no-separate-netmask): Remove. (ipv6-address?, cidr->netmask, ip+netmask->cidr) (network-set-up/hurd, network-tear-down/hurd) (network-set-up/linux, network-tear-down/linux) (static-networking->hurd-pfinet-options): New procedures. (static-networking-shepherd-service): New procedure. (static-networking-shepherd-services): Rewrite in terms of the above. (static-networking-service): Deprecate. Adjust to new 'static-networking' API. (%base-services): Likewise. * gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Likewise. * gnu/system/hurd.scm (%base-services/hurd): Likewise, and separate 'loopback' from 'networking'. * gnu/build/hurd-boot.scm (set-hurd-device-translators): Remove "servers/socket/2". * gnu/tests/networking.scm (run-openvswitch-test)["networking has started on ovs0"]: Check for 'networking instead of 'networking-ovs0, which is no longer provided. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Document the new interface. Remove documentation of 'static-networking-service'. (Virtualization Services): Change Ganeti example to use the new interface. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-12doc: Add new "Networking Setup" node for the main setup options....This should make it easier to find how to get started setting up networking. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): New section. (Networking Services): Remove 'static-networking-service', 'dhcp-client-service-type', 'network-manager-service-type', 'connman-service-type', 'wicd-service', 'modem-manager-service-type', 'usb-modeswitch-service-type', and 'wpa-supplicant-service-type'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-05Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into core-updates-frozenRicardo Wurmus
2021-12-03guix system vm: Add --no-graphic CLI argument....It configures QEMU to use the tty it was started in for IO (as opposed to opening a separate graphical window). This enables copy-pasting and scrollback. Exit QEMU with C-a x. * gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store-script): Also add the '-nographic' QEMU argument when called with #:graphic? #false. * guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Propagate the #:graphic? keyword arg. (perform-action): Add and propagate the #:graphic? keyword arg. (show-help): Add --no-graphic CLI arg. (%options): Process the new --no-graphic CLI arg. (process-action): Feed in the CLI arg through the #:graphic? keyword arg. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Add example to combine guix system and invoking the vm start script into one command. Split the description of the various options into separate paragraphs. Add a paragraph to describe --no-graphic. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> Attila Lendvai
2021-12-02doc: Give more details about generating patches with base commit information....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Talk more about '--base'. Leo Famulari
2021-12-01doc: Document LUKS2 GRUB support and shortcomings...* doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout, Networking, and Partitioning)[Disk Partitioning]: Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Josselin Poiret
2021-11-29gnu: guix-build-coordinator: Update to 0-40.226ec0f....* gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix-build-coordinator): Update to 0-40.226ec0f. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Build Coordinator): Remove note about the service being considered experimental, it's been stable for a while now. Christopher Baines
2021-11-27services: Document the 'delete' clause of 'modify-services'....* doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): Mention the 'delete' clause of 'modify-services'. * gnu/services.scm (modify-services): Likewise in docstring. Ludovic Courtès
2021-11-23style: Add '--dry-run'....* guix/scripts/style.scm (edit-expression/dry-run): New procedure. (simplify-package-inputs): Add #:edit-expression parameter. (%options, show-help): Add '--dry-run'. (guix-style): Honor '--dry-run'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-11-23Merge branch 'master' into core-updates-frozenLudovic Courtès
2021-11-23doc: Add new Swap Space section....* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Update swap-devices. * doc/guix.texi (Swap Space): Add it. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Add swap-devices example. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Josselin Poiret
2021-11-23doc: Fix the example of "Using virt-viewer with Spice"....* doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a Virtual Machine): add missing line continuation char '\'. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Rostislav Svoboda
2021-11-17Merge branch 'master' into core-updates-frozenLudovic Courtès
2021-11-17doc: Improve wording for param spec of `./configure`....* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Writing "Do <this>. But it won't work unless ..." is a bad practice. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Rostislav Svoboda
2021-11-17scripts: home: Make ‘guix home import’ write home-configuration.scm....* guix/scripts/home.scm (process-command): Populate ‘home-configuration.scm’ in the destination directory instead of printing to stdout. * doc/guix.texi (Declaring the Home Environment): Adjust accordingly. (Invoking guix home): Likewise. Suggested-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Xinglu Chen
2021-11-17services: docker: Add 'environment-variables' configuration field....* gnu/services/docker.scm (docker-configuration): Add the field (docker-shepherd-service): Pass the list of defined variables to make-forkexec-constructor. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Update doc. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Alexey Abramov
2021-11-17import: Replace texlive importer....* guix/import/texlive.scm (fetch-sxml, sxml->package): Remove procedures. (tlpdb-file, tlpdb, files->directories, tlpdb->package): New procedures. (string->license): Add case for lpplgpl license combination. (guix-name): Remove COMPONENT argument. (texlive->guix-package): Use new procedures. (texlive-recursive-import): New procedure. * guix/scripts/import/texlive.scm (show-help, %options): Remove --archive option. (guix-import-texlive): Adjust call of texlive->guix-package. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Update documentation. Ricardo Wurmus
2021-11-16services: cups: Update default timeouts....Upstream raised these back in 2019 with CUPS 2.3.0. * gnu/services/cups.scm (<cups-configuration>): Raise default ‘multiple-operation-timeout’ and ‘timeout’ from 300 to 900 seconds. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Adjust accordingly. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-11-16doc: Remove obsolete example module import....This follows up on commit a247f5c7537df7e0c09051ba22d5c95eb08f48b9. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Remove unused (srfi srfi-1) from the modify-services example. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-11-15gnu: hpcguix-web: Update to 0.2.0....* gnu/packages/web.scm (hpcguix-web): Update to 0.2.0. [arguments]: In 'wrap-program' phase, add guile-zlib to DEPS. [native-inputs]: Add GUILE. [inputs]: Add GUILE-ZLIB, GUILE-COMMONMARK, and GUILE-JSON. [propagated-inputs]: Remove. These were pointless. * gnu/services/web.scm (<hpcguix-web-configuration>)[address, port]: New fields. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document them. * gnu/tests/web.scm (%hpcguix-web-os): Add 'address'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-11-14doc: Add a note about elogind and XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for Guix Home....* doc/guix.texi (Declaring the Home Environment): Add a note about elogind and XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Andrew Tropin
2021-11-14doc: Add example to dist target....* doc/local.mk (OS_CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TEXI): Add he-config-bare-bones.scm. Julien Lepiller
2021-11-14doc: Fix guix shell -C example....The meaning changed by accident when guix environment was replaced by guix shell in 80edb7df6586464aa40e84e103f0045452de95db. * doc/guix.texi (Debugging Build Failures): Add missing -D option. Florian Pelz
2021-11-12services: Add qemu-guest-agent service....* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<qemu-guest-agent-configuration>): New record. (qemu-guest-agent-shepherd-service): New procedure. (qemu-guest-agent-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Timotej Lazar
2021-11-11build: meson: Replace the 'test-target' argument by 'test-options'....This change is motivated by the need to disable the default 30 seconds timeout that Meson uses (see: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2522), and also by desire to specify extra options to run the check phase without having to override it. * guix/build-system/meson.scm (meson-build) <test-target>: Replace argument with... <test-options>: ... this one. * guix/build/meson-build-system.scm (check): Invoke 'meson test' instead of 'ninja test-target', as the former is configurable via options. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems) <meson-build-system>: Update doc. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-11-11import: cran: Allow imports of a specific version....* guix/import/cran.scm (download): Handle the case where URL is a list. (fetch-description-from-tarball): New procedure. (fetch-description): Add #:version parameter. Honor it when REPOSITORY is 'cran. Use 'fetch-description-from-tarball' when REPOSITORY is 'bioconductor. (description->package): SOURCE-URL may now be a list. (cran->guix-package): Pass VERSION to 'fetch-description'. (cran-recursive-import): Add #:version parameter. * guix/scripts/import/cran.scm (guix-import-cran): Expect a spec rather than a mere package name. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2021-11-11import: pypi: Allow imports of a specific version....* guix/import/pypi.scm (latest-version): New procedure. (latest-source-release): Rename to... (source-release): ... this. Add 'version' parameter. (latest-wheel-release): Rename to... (wheel-release): ... this. Add 'version' parameter. (pypi->guix-package): Honor 'version' parameter. (pypi-recursive-import): Add 'version' parameter and honor it. * guix/scripts/import/pypi.scm (guix-import-pypi): Expect a spec. Pass it to 'package-name->name+version'. Pass the 'version' parameter. * tests/pypi.scm ("pypi->guix-package, no wheel"): Exercise the #:version parameter. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2021-11-09doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): Fix a typo. Nicolas Goaziou