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2017-08-07Revert "doc: Suggest running guix-daemon with 'sudo -E'."...This change might not correct, so we revert it for now: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-08/msg00057.html This reverts commit 6a4364335c967f841b53ed35c22f90445437e4b0. Leo Famulari
2017-08-06doc: Suggest running guix-daemon with 'sudo -E'....Suggested by Martin H. <maze@strahlungsfrei.de>. * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Suggest 'sudo -E'. Ludovic Courtès
2017-08-04build: Add minify build system....* guix/build-system/minify.scm: New file. * guix/build/minify-build-system: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add new files. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document minify-build-system. Ricardo Wurmus
2017-08-03doc: 'patches' field of <origin> can list file-like objects....Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/27165>. Reported by sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com>. * doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): 'patches' can contain file-like objects. Ludovic Courtès
2017-08-02pull: Fetch source code from Git....* guix/scripts/pull.scm (%snapshot-url, with-environment-variable) (with-PATH): Remove. (ensure-guile-git!): New procedure. (%repository-url): New variable. (%default-options): Add 'repository-url' and 'ref'. (show-help, %options): Add '--commit' and '--url'. (temporary-directory, first-directory, interned-then-deleted) (unpack): Remove. (build-from-source): Rename 'tarball' to 'source'. Remove call to 'unpack'. (build-and-install): Rename 'tarball' to 'source'. (honor-lets-encrypt-certificates!, report-git-error): New procedures. (with-git-error-handling): New macro. (guix-pull)[fetch-tarball]: Remove. Wrap body in 'with-git-error-handling'. Rewrite to use 'latest-repository-commit'. * build-aux/build-self.scm (build): Print an error message and exit when GUILE-GIT is #f. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention Git. Document '--commit' and '--branch'. Ludovic Courtès
2017-08-02build: Make Guile-Git a hard requirement....* configure.ac: Error out when (git) is missing. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Mention Guile-Git. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add guix/git.scm unconditionally. Ludovic Courtès
2017-07-30services: openssh: Extensions provide extra authorized keys....* gnu/services/ssh.scm (extend-openssh-authorized-keys): New procedure. (openssh-service-type)[compose, extend]: New fields. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document the extension. Ludovic Courtès
2017-07-30services: openssh: Add 'authorized-keys' field....* gnu/services/ssh.scm (<openssh-configuration>)[authorized-keys]: New field. (authorized-key-directory): New procedure. (openssh-config-file): Honor 'authorized-keys'. (openssh-activation): Use 'with-imported-modules'. Make /etc/ssh 755. Create /etc/ssh/authorized_keys.d. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2017-07-30doc: Give an example of arguments for the 'run-vm.sh' script....Suggested by Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Give an example of passing arguments to the 'run-vm.sh' script. Ludovic Courtès
2017-07-30services: Add memcached....* gnu/services/databases.scm (memcached-service-type, %memcached-accounts): New variables. (<memcached-configuration>): New record type. (memcached-service-type): New procedures. * gnu/tests/databases.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Database Services): Document the new memcached service. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add entry for tests/databases.scm. Christopher Baines
2017-07-29gnu: services: admin: Add tailon....* gnu/services/admin.scm (<tailon-configuration>, <tailon-configuration-file>): New record types. (tailon-configuration-files-string, tailon-shepherd-service): New procedures. (%tailon-accounts, tailon-service-type: New variables. * doc/guix.texi (Monitoring Services: Document the Tailon service. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add gnu/tests/admin.scm. * gnu/tests/admin.scm: New file. Christopher Baines
2017-07-26gnu: Add fcgiwrap service....* doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Add documentation. * gnu/services/web.scm (<fcgiwrap-configuration>): New record type. (fcgiwrap-accounts, fcgiwrap-shepherd-service): New service extensions. (fcgiwrap-service-type): New service type. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Andy Wingo
2017-07-25Add 'guix weather'....* guix/scripts/weather.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Substitutes, Invoking guix publish): Mention "guix weather". (Invoking guix weather): New node. Co-authored-by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> Ludovic Courtès
2017-07-21services: cuirass: Add fallback parameter....* gnu/services/cuirass.scm (<cuirass-configuration>)[fallback?]: New field. (cuirass-shepherd-service): Take it into account. * doc/guix.texi (Continuous Integration): Document it. Mathieu Othacehe
2017-07-21publish: Make the cache eviction policy less aggressive....Suggested by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>. * guix/scripts/publish.scm (nar-expiration-time): New procedure. (render-narinfo/cached): Use it as the #:entry-expiration passed to 'maybe-remove-expired-cache-entries'. Ludovic Courtès
2017-07-20doc: Show the "git clone" command....Suggested by Joshua Branson <jbranso91@gmail.com>. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add "git clone" command. Ludovic Courtès
2017-07-20doc: Discuss when to run a GC....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix gc): Add a paragraph on when to run a GC. Ludovic Courtès
2017-07-15bootloader: Add u-boot....* gnu/bootloader/u-boot.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. Danny Milosavljevic
2017-07-12size: Add '--sort=KEY'....* guix/scripts/size.scm (profile-closure<?, profile-self<?): New procedures. (display-profile): Add #:profile<? parameter and honor it. (show-help, %options): Add '--sort'. (%default-options): Add 'profile<?'. (guix-size): Pass PROFILE<? to 'display-profile*'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix size): Document '--sort'. Ludovic Courtès
2017-07-09doc: Recommend rebuilding the font cache....* doc/guix.texi (X11 Fonts): Recommend rebuilding the font cache with fc-cache when fonts are not found. Ricardo Wurmus
2017-07-08doc: Add note about private-key during offload....* doc/guix.texi (Using the Offload Facility): Add note about private-key. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Oleg Pykhalov
2017-07-04services: Add 'sysctl-service-type'....* gnu/services/sysctl.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Document it. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. 宋文武
2017-07-03doc: Update formatting....* doc/guix.texi (disk-image): Update formatting of "ext4". Follow-up to 3f4d8a7f66060e93a247797a9bbd2fcbee6922a3. Danny Milosavljevic
2017-07-03guix system: Add "--file-system-type" option....* guix/scripts/system.scm (process-action): Pass file-system-type to ... (perform-action): ... here. Add new keyword argument. Pass new value to ... (system-derivation-for-action): ... here. Add new keyword argument. Pass new value to system-disk-image. * doc/guix.texi (disk-image): Document new option. Danny Milosavljevic
2017-06-30vm: Estimate the disk size by default....* gnu/build/vm.scm (estimated-partition-size): New procedure. * gnu/system/vm.scm (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Change #:disk-image-size default to 'guess. [builder]: When DISK-IMAGE-SIZE is 'guess, use 'estimated-partition-size' and compute and estimate of the image size. (qemu-image): Likewise. * guix/build/store-copy.scm (file-size, closure-size): New procedures. * guix/scripts/system.scm (%default-options): Change 'image-size' to 'guess. * doc/guix.texi (Building the Installation Image): Remove '--image-size' flag from example. (Invoking guix system): Document the image size estimate. Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-25doc: Encourage signature verification....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remind contributors to verify cryptographic signatures. Ricardo Wurmus
2017-06-22daemon: '--listen' can be passed several times, can specify TCP endpoints....* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (DEFAULT_GUIX_PORT): New macro. (listen_options): New variable. (parse_opt): Push back '--listen' options to LISTEN_OPTIONS. (open_unix_domain_socket, open_inet_socket) (listening_sockets): New functions. (main): Use it. Pass SOCKETS to 'run'. * nix/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc (matchUser): Remove. (SD_LISTEN_FDS_START): Remove. (acceptConnection): New function. (daemonLoop): Rewrite to take a vector of file descriptors, to select(2) on them, and to call 'acceptConnection'. (run): Change to take a vector of file descriptors. * tests/guix-daemon.sh: Add test. Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-22store: Define a default port for TCP connections....* guix/store.scm (%default-guix-port): New variable. (connect-to-daemon)[connect]: Use it when (uri-port uri) is #f. * doc/guix.texi (The Store): Mention the default port number. Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-21gnu: services: use seconds instead of duration strings....* gnu/services/dns.scm (zone-file, knot-policy-configuration): Use numbers instead of duration strings. (verify-knot-policy-configuration): Fix typo. * doc/guix.texi (DNS Services): Update documentation. Julien Lepiller
2017-06-17doc: Suggest a QEMU image size large enough for the system examples....* doc/guix.texi (Installing GuixSD in a Virtual Machine): Increase suggested image size from 5 GB to 50 GB. Leo Famulari
2017-06-17doc: Clarify comment about QEMU qcow2 file sizes....* doc/guix.texi (Installing GuixSD in a Virtual Machine): Clarify comment about QEMU's qcow2 virtualized block device file format. Leo Famulari
2017-06-16doc: Explain how to use the GCC toolchain....* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Add subsection "The GCC toolchain". Ricardo Wurmus
2017-06-15guix: Add texlive importer....* guix/import/texlive.scm: New file. * guix/scripts/import/texlive.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * tests/texlive.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): Add it. * guix/scripts/import.scm (importers): Add texlive importer. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. Ricardo Wurmus
2017-06-15build-system: Add 'texlive-build-system'....* guix/build-system/texlive.scm: New file. * guix/build/texlive-build-system.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document it. * gnu/packages/tex.scm (%texlive-tag, %texlive-revision): Remove variables. (texlife-ref): Remove procedure. Ricardo Wurmus
2017-06-13guix package: '--search' sorts by relevance....* guix/scripts/package.scm (find-packages-by-description): Rewrite to compute a score based on the number of regexps matched and the number of matches for each regexp. Sort according to this score and return it as a second value. (process-query) <'search>: Capture the two return values of 'find-packages-by-description'. Pass #:extra-fields to 'package->recutils'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Mention relevance, give an example. Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-12services: rottlog: Make extensible....* gnu/services/admin.scm (rottlog-service-type)[compose, extend]: New fields. * doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): Mention extension. Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-12services: rottlog: Define <log-rotation> objects....* gnu/services/admin.scm (<log-rotation>): New record type. (syslog-rotation-config, simple-rotation-config): Remove. (%default-rotations): Define as a list of <log-rotation> objects. (log-rotation->config, log-rotations->/etc-entries): New procedures. (<rottlog-configuration>)[periodic-rotations]: Remove. [rotations]: New field. (rottlog-etc): Use 'log-rotations->/etc-entries'. * doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): Update accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-11packages: Add 'specifications->manifest'....* gnu/packages.scm (specifications->manifest): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Change example from using '(compose list specification->package+output)' to using 'specifications->manifest'. Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-08doc: Add Hartmut to the @copying section....* doc/guix.texi: Add a copyright line for Hartmut. Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-08doc: Add missing node in master menu....* doc/guix.texi (Top): Add missing ref to "Debugging Build Failures". Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-08doc: Adapt to multiple bootloader support....* doc/guix.texi (GRUB configuration): Rename to "Bootloader configuration". Remove device-mount-point field from menu-entry description. Adapt occurences of "GRUB" in other sections. Mathieu Othacehe
2017-06-07doc: Use 'guix environment --no-grafts' to debug build failures....* doc/guix.texi (Debugging Build Failures): Pass --no-grafts to 'guix environment' and explain. Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-05services: guix: Add 'max-silent-time' and 'timeout'....* gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-configuration>)[max-silent-time] [timeout]: New fields. (guix-shepherd-service): Honor them. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document them. Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-04scripts: refresh: Add -m manifest option....* guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%options): Add -m option, (show-help): document it, (packages-from-manifest): new procedure, (guix-refresh): use packages from manifest if specified, otherwise keep the previous behaviour. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): document new option. Mathieu Othacehe
2017-06-04daemon: Add '--timeout' and '--max-silent-time'....* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (GUIX_OPT_TIMEOUT) (GUIX_OPT_MAX_SILENT_TIME): New macros. * nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (options): Add '--timeout' and '--max-silent-time'. (parse_opt): Honor them. * tests/guix-daemon.sh: Add test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Document the options. (Common Build Options): Properly describe default timeout/max-silent-time value. Add cross-ref to "Invoking guix-daemon". Ludovic Courtès
2017-05-31doc: Fix qemu-system-x86_64 example....Reported by Fox <firefox@firemail.cc>. Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/27052>. * doc/guix.texi (Running GuixSD in a VM): Fix qemu-system-x86_64 example. Danny Milosavljevic
2017-05-30doc: Move the NGinx service configuration documentation together....* doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Add documentation for nginx-upstream-configuration and nginx-location-configuration. (VPN Services): Remove documentation for nginx-upstream-configuration and nginx-location-configuration. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Christopher Baines
2017-05-30doc: htmlxref: Fix link to Emacs-Guix manual....Reported-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> This fixes a regression introduced by commit 8ca0c88a894c685b624757e38ee7663534f03460. * doc/htmlxref.cnf (EMACS_GUIX): Fix the link to 'html_node'. Alex Kost
2017-05-28doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (USB Stick Installation): Fix typo. Leo Famulari
2017-05-28build-system: Add 'font-build-system'....* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add 'guix/build-system/font.scm' and 'guix/build/font-build-system.scm'. * guix/build-system/font.scm: New file. * guix/build/font-build-system.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Add 'font-build-system'. Arun Isaac