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2021-07-29services: setuid: More configurable setuid support....New record <setuid-program> with fields for setting the specific user and group, as well as specifically selecting the setuid and setgid bits, for a program within the setuid-program-service. * gnu/services.scm (setuid-program-file-like-deprecated): New function. (setuid-program-service-type): Make use of setuid-program->activation-gexp. Adjust the extend property to handle <setuid-program>. * gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-setuid-programs): Update to expect a <setuid-record> list for each program entry. * gnu/system.scm: (operating-system-setuid-programs): Renamed to %operating-system-setuid-programs and replace it with new procedure. (operating-system-default-essential-services, hurd-default-essential-services): Replace operating-system-setuid-programs with %operating-system-setuid-programs. * gnu/system/setuid.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): Document <setuid-program>. Co-authored-by: Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re> Chris Lemmer-Webber
2021-07-18pack: Allow embedding custom control files in deb packs....* guix/scripts/pack.scm (self-contained-tarball/builder) [extra-options]: New argument. (self-contained-tarball, squashfs-image, docker-image) (debian-archive): Likewise. Remove two TODO comments. Document EXTRA-OPTIONS. Use the custom control files when provided. (%deb-format-options): New variable. (show-deb-format-options, show-deb-format-options/detailed): New procedures. (%options): Register new options. (show-help): Augment with new usage. (guix-pack): Validate and propagate new argument values. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack)[deb]: Document how to list advanced options. Add an example. * tests/pack.scm (deb archive...): Provide extra-options to the debian-archive procedure, and validate that the provided files are embedded in the pack. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-07-17doc: Fix docker-configuration field names....* doc/guix.texi (Docker): Correct filed names "docker" and "docker-cli". Brice Waegeneire
2021-07-15doc: Use Awk in one of the examples....The output of the listing of available packages now contains a mix of tab and space characters, so that its output is more pleasing to read. This preserves most simple uses of 'cut', but the added extra space padding can cause a change in behavior in some scenarios. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Replace 'cut' by 'awk' in one of the examples. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-07-09doc: Build manual translations with 'guile-3.0-latest'....Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/47428>. Reported by Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>. * doc/build.scm (translated-texi-manuals): Explicitly use 'guile-3.0-latest'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-07-09system: Provide mg instead of zile....Since the update to the 2.6.2 release, the closure size of zile has increased. Switch to mg which is lighter. * gnu/system.scm (%base-packages-interactive): Replace zile by mg. * doc/guix.texi (Proceeding with the Installation, Using the Configuration System): Adapt those sections. Mathieu Othacehe
2021-07-08gnu: %guile-3.0-static-stripped: Rename to %guile-static-stripped....* gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm (%guile-3.0-static-stripped): Rename to %guile-static-stripped. (%guile-bootstrap-tarball): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (expression->initrd): Use %guile-static-stripped as default guile. * doc/guix.texi (initial RAM disk)[expression->initrd]: Adjust documentation accordingly. Efraim Flashner
2021-07-07services: Add bitmask-service-type....* gnu/services/vpn.scm (bitmask-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. Co-authored-by: jgart <jgart@dismail.de> Raghav Gururajan
2021-07-07doc: Fix broken reference in guix.texi....This is a follow-up to c2ff06e5e410e615397b9df901af8028a64b3d82, in which a link to the cookbook was added using a different name than the actual section. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Fix broken link to cookbook. Leo Prikler
2021-07-07doc: Add guide showing auto-login on a specific TTY to the cookbook....This is a follow-up to the discussion in <https://bugs.gnu.org/48974>. * doc/guix-cookbook.texi (System Configuration): Add a brief guide that explains auto login a user to one TTY. * doc/guix.texi (System Services): Add an texinfo anchor, so that the cookbook entry "Auto Login a User to a Specific TTY" can refer back to the precise point that the GNU Guix Reference manual. Also add a reference to the cookbook that shows how to auto login a specific user to one TTY. Signed-off-by: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at> Joshua Branson
2021-07-05doc: Change Debbugs usertags user to "guix"....* doc/contributing.texi (Debbugs Usertags): Change the user for usertags from "guix-devel@gnu.org" to "guix". This was discussed on the guix-devel email list: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2021-06/msg00212.html>. Chris Marusich
2021-07-04doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Fix typo. Ludovic Courtès
2021-06-30doc: Add a note and warning regarding the usage of deb packs....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Move to the end of the table, and add a note and warning regarding the usage of deb packs. Hartmut Goebel
2021-06-30guix: gexp: Define gexp->approximate-sexp....It will be used in the 'optional-tests' linter. * guix/gexp.scm (gexp->approximate-sexp): New procedure. * tests/gexp.scm ("no references", "unquoted gexp", "unquoted gexp (native)") ("spliced gexp", "unspliced gexp, approximated") ("unquoted gexp, approximated"): Test it. * doc/gexp.scm ("G-Expressions"): Document it. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> Maxime Devos
2021-06-29pack: Add support for the deb format....* .dir-locals.el (scheme-mode)[gexp->derivation]: Define indentation rule. * guix/scripts/pack.scm (debian-archive): New procedure. (%formats): Register the new deb format. (show-formats): Add it to the usage string. * tests/pack.scm (%ar-bootstrap): New variable. (deb archive with symlinks): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it. * NEWS: Add news entry. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-06-29services: kmscon: Add keyboard-layout fields....* gnu/services/base.scm (<kmscon-configuration>): Add keyboard-layout fields. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document them. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> luhui
2021-06-25gnu: Add strongswan service....* gnu/services/vpn.scm (<strongswan-configuration>): New record type. (charon-plugins, strongswan-configuration-file) (strongswan-shepherd-service, strongswan-service-type): New variables. * doc/guix.tex (VPN Services): Document them all. Domagoj Stolfa
2021-06-24services: certbot: Add option to use CSR file....* gnu/services/certbot.scm (<certificate-configuration>): Add csr field. (certbot-command): Modify. * doc/guix.texi (Certificate Services): Document it. Raghav Gururajan
2021-06-23doc: Document the use of Debbugs usertags....* doc/contributing.texi (Contributing): Update the short description of the "Tracking Bugs and Patches" chapter in the menu. (Tracking Bugs and Patches): Split this section into three new subsections, titled "The Issue Tracker", "Debbugs User Interfaces", and "Debbugs Usertags". Of these, only the "Debbugs Usertags" is actually new. Chris Marusich
2021-06-23services: cups: Remove obsolete KeepAliveTimeout directive....https://github.com/apple/cups/commit/461bd4e50142b2928a0d164bd1aae274e4d34da5 * gnu/services/cups.scm (<cups-configuration>): Remove keep-alive-timeout field. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Likewise. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-06-23services: cups: Fix ‘files-config’ typo/left-over....* gnu/services/cups.scm (<policy-configuration>): Substitute <files-configuration> for <files-config> in documentation. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Likewise. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-06-20services: openssh: Replace 'without-password' by 'prohibit-password'....For some time, OpenSSH's option 'PermitRootLogin' has deprecated the ambiguous argument 'without-password' with 'prohibit-password'. * doc/guix.texi (Network Services): Replace 'without-password by 'prohibit-password. * gnu/machine/digital-ocean.scm (guix-infect): Change system configuration to use 'prohibit-password. * gnu/services/ssh.scm (openssh-configuration): Change comment to use 'prohibit-password. (openssh-config-file): Add support for 'prohibit-password to 'permit-root-login'. Warn about deprecated 'without-password usage. * gnu/tests/ganeti.scm (%ganeti-os): Replace 'without-password by 'prohibit-password. Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> Brice Waegeneire
2021-06-19doc: Fix a typo....* doc/guix.texi (Substitute Server Authorization): Fix typo. Nicolas Goaziou
2021-06-18doc: Clarify Git commit signing; fix typo....Suggested by Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> and Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>. * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Clarify Git commit signing setup and fix typo. Ludovic Courtès
2021-06-18doc: Explain more reasons for commit revocation....* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Revocation): Expound. Ludovic Courtès
2021-06-18doc: Add "Addressing Issues" section....* doc/contributing.texi (Addressing Issues): New section. Co-authored-by: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> Ludovic Courtès
2021-06-18doc: Structure the "Commit Access" section....* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add introduction and section heading. Separate OpenPGP setup from commit policy. Ludovic Courtès
2021-06-18Start enabling substitutes from bordeaux.guix.gnu.org....In addition to substitutes from ci.guix.gnu.org. There are more changes that can be made in the future, but these changes seem like a good start. * config-daemon.ac (guix_substitute_urls): Add https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org. * guix/scripts/substitute.scm (%default-substitute-urls): Add http://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org. * guix/store.scm (%default-substitute-urls): Add bordeaux.guix.gnu.org. * doc/guix.texi: Adjust accordingly. * doc/contributing.texi: Adjust accordingly. Christopher Baines
2021-06-17doc: Update QEMU command line....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Substitute ‘-nic’ for the obsolete ‘-net’. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-06-13doc: Fix reference to the bind package variable name....* doc/guix.texi (Globally-Visible Packages): Change "bind" variable name to the actual variable name, "isc-bind". Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> Luis Felipe
2021-06-13doc, gnu, guix: Fix typos....* doc/guix.texi: Fix various typos and reword a sentence. * gnu/packages/cpp.scm (cpplint)[description]: Fix typo. * gnu/packages/dns.scm (ldns): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/games.scm (yamagi-quake2): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/qt.scm (python-pyqtwebengine): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/rails.scm (ruby-autoprefixer-rails): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/syndication.scm (quiterss)[description]: Fix typo. * gnu/packages/terminals.scm (kmscon): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/xml.scm (perl-xml-sax-base)[description]: Fix typo. (python-elementpath)[description]: Fix typo. * guix/build/asdf-build-system.scm (output-translation): Fix typo in docstring. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Paul A. Patience
2021-06-08doc: Update minimum Guile-Git version....* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Update Guile-Git version. Ludovic Courtès
2021-06-06doc: Add reference for ‘git-version’ and ‘hg-version’....* doc/contributing.texi (Version Numbers): Document ‘git-version’ and ‘hg-version’. * doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Reference ‘Version Numbers’ section for version naming guidelines. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Xinglu Chen
2021-06-06doc: Pluralize "package."...* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Pluralize "package." Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> Matthew James Kraai
2021-06-04doc: Mention virtualization module and add missing closing parenthesis....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Mention virtualization module and add missing closing parenthesis. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> Solene Rapenne
2021-06-04doc: Fix example iptables configuration....* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Allow established and related incoming connections in example iptables configuration. Signed-off-by: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> Eric Brown
2021-06-03import: Add CHICKEN egg importer....* guix/import/egg.scm: New file. * guix/scripts/import/egg.scm: New file. * tests/egg.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES, SCM_TESTS): Register them. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Likewise. * guix/scripts/import.scm (importers): Add egg importer. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import, Invoking guix refresh): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Xinglu Chen
2021-06-01maint: Require Guile 3.0....* configure.ac: Require Guile 3.0. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guile2.2-guix): Remove. * guix/lint.scm (exception-with-kind-and-args?): Remove 'cond-expand'. * guix/scripts/deploy.scm (deploy-machine*): Likewise. * guix/store.scm (call-with-store): Likewise. * guix/swh.scm (http-get*, http-post*): Likewise. * guix/ui.scm (without-compiler-optimizations, guard*) (call-with-error-handling): Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-31tests: Fix loadable-kernel-modules-service tests....* gnu/tests/linux-modules.scm (run-loadable-kernel-modules-service-test): Actually load the modules with kernel-module-loader-service-type. Use a singleton service instead of defining a custom one. * doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): To give an example of linux-loadable-module-service-type use a singleton instead of defining a new service. Brice Waegeneire
2021-05-30doc: Add a note about networking requirements for SSH access to VMs....Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/48739>. It may seem silly, but when not realizing this firsthand, it can be quite surprising and thus not obvious to troubleshoot. Thanks to Eric Brown for their insightful comments on the tracker. * doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a VM): Add a note that networking support must be available in the Guix System operating system declaration used for the VM. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-05-30doc: Fix typos....* doc/contributing.texi (Translating Guix): Fix ‘runnig’ typo. Replace ‘target’ with ‘command’ to match the verb. Fix ‘refered’ and ‘formating’ too. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-05-29doc: lxqt-desktop-service: Update lxqt homepage url....* doc/guix.texi: Replace lxqt.github.io with lxqt-project.org. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Brendan Tildesley
2021-05-28doc: Spell out the implications of disabling substitutes....Suggested by elb on #guix. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add note explaining the implications of disabling substitutes. Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-25doc: Remove reference to mips64....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Don't suggest building packages for mips64. Efraim Flashner
2021-05-23doc: Correct spelling...* doc/contributing.tex (Submitting Patches): Correct spelling of "acknowledgement" Co-authored-by: Piotr Kaznowski <piotr@kazno.dev> Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org> Filip Lajszczak
2021-05-22doc: Add information about first patch....* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add information about first patch acnowledgement delay. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Filip Lajszczak
2021-05-20The #guix channel is hosted by Libera Chat....* README (Contact): Update network name. * ROADMAP: Likewise. * doc/contributing.texi (Contributing): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (After System Installation): Likewise. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-05-19doc: Fix references to the "geiser" package....Reported by munksgaard on #guix. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Replace "geiser" with "emacs-geiser" in examples. (Invoking guix refresh): Likewise. Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-17services: Add a service for opendht....* gnu/services/networking.scm (maybe-number?, maybe-string?): New procedures. (<opendht-configuration>): New configuration record. (%opendht-accounts): New variable. (opendht-configuration->command-line-arguments): New procedure. (opendht-shepherd-service, opendht-service-type): New variables. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document the new service. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-05-16publish: Add '--negative-ttl'....* guix/scripts/publish.scm (show-help, %options): Add '--negative-ttl'. (render-narinfo, render-narinfo/cached, make-request-handler): Add #:negative-ttl and honor it. (run-publish-server): Add #:narinfo-negative-ttl and honor it. (guix-publish): Honor '--negative-ttl'. * tests/publish.scm ("negative TTL", "no negative TTL"): New tests. Ludovic Courtès