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2020-09-12doc: Document the use of snippets vs phases.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/contributing.texi (Snippets versus phases): New section.
2020-09-11Revert "services: dovecot: Use modules via symlink to system profile."Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
This reverts commit bcfe0f0c1e9a2b91049d7c6c591c7f0c6a002c14 for now. It breaks most current use(r)s of the Dovecot service and needs to be combined with an extra modules configuration field of some kind. See <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/43347>.
2020-09-11doc: Distinguish the "nar bundle" format from "nar".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix archive): Introduce the term "nar bundle" and clarify what the output of "guix archive --export" really is. * guix/nar.scm (restore-one-item, restore-file-set): Use the term "nar bundle" in docstrings.
2020-09-10services: php-fpm: Add 'php-ini-file' configuration.Jelle Licht
* gnu/services/web.scm: (<php-fpm-configuration>)[php-ini-file]: New record field. (php-fpm-shepherd-service): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document it.
2020-09-09services: dovecot: Use modules via symlink to system profile.Alexey Abramov
* gnu/services/mail.scm (%dovecot-activation): Link the location with multiple plugins (dovecot-pigeonhole, etc), to a place where dovecot can find them. * gnu/services/mail.scm (dovecot-configuration): Use the symlink. Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
2020-09-09doc: cookbook: Adding a section "Running Guix on a Linode Server"Joshua Branson
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Running Guix on a Linode Server): I added a section that explains how to run guix on a linode server. Thanks Chris Webber! Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-09-08doc: Tweak .texi to avoid po4a-translate infinite loop.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Keep @uref on one line as splitting it would lead po4a-translate to enter an infinite loop.
2020-09-08Remove (guix json) and require Guile-JSON 4.3.0+.Ludovic Courtès
This is a followup to 4071879c86d059ee087c8986915ea72b8c742b72. * guix/json.scm: Remove. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Adjust accordingly. * m4/guix.m4 (GUIX_CHECK_GUILE_JSON): Check for 'define-json-mapping'. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Require Guile-JSON 4.3.0+. * guix/ci.scm, guix/cve.scm, guix/import/cpan.scm, guix/import/crate.scm, guix/swh.scm: Remove (guix json) import. * guix/import/gem.scm, guix/import/pypi.scm: Likewise, and import (json). * guix/self.scm (specification->package): Switch to GUILE-JSON-4. * guix/git-download.scm (git-fetch): Likewise.
2020-09-04doc: Document 'file-system-label' and 'uuid'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Document 'file-system-label' and 'uuid'.
2020-09-04doc: Syntax highlighting now handles @var within @lisp.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/build.scm (syntax-highlighted-html)[build](concatenate-pieces): Handle @var{name}.
2020-09-04doc: Balance parens in R Shiny example.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Balance parens in R Shiny example.
2020-09-03doc: Add "Getting Started" section.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Getting Started): New node. (Binary Installation): Refer to it and to "Application Setup". (After System Installation): Refer to "Getting Started". (Features): Add introductory sentence.
2020-09-01services: childhurd: Support installing secrets from the host.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (%hurd-vm-operating-system): Add secret-service. (hurd-vm-shepherd-service): Use it to install secrets. * doc/guix.texi (The Hurd in a Virtual Machine): Document it.
2020-09-01gexp: computed-file: Prevent mistakenly overriding default option values.Maxim Cournoyer
In order to do so, default to an empty options list, and expose options whose default values are sensitive directly as keyword arguments. * guix/gexp.scm (computed-file): Extract the LOCAL-BUILD? parameter from the OPTIONS parameter to make it a stand-alone keyword argument. Introduce an OPTIONS* binding which is obtained by combining the LOCAL-BUILD? keyword and its value with OPTIONS. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Adjust doc. Suggested-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-08-31guix: system: Add `--label' option.Julien Lepiller
* guix/scripts/system.scm (%options): Add `--label'. (system-derivation-for-action): Take a #:label key to set volume ID. (perform-action): Take a #:label key. (%default-options): Add default label value. (process-action): Pass label value from command-line to perform-action. * gnu/system/image.scm (image-with-label): New procedure.
2020-08-28doc: Document the 'description' and 'default-value' of <service-type>.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): Document the 'description' and 'default-value' fields of <service-type>.
2020-08-27doc: Improve the instructions regarding `guix git authenticate`.Joshua Branson
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Instruct the user to fetch the 'keyring' branch. Fix a typo. Signed-off-by: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
2020-08-25offload: Modify the build-machine record to accept multiple systems.Maxim Cournoyer
* guix/scripts/offload.scm (<build-machine>)[systems]: New field. [system]: Accessor changed to %build-machine-system. Default to #f. * guix/scripts/offload.scm (build-machine-system): Wrap %build-machine-system with a deprecation warning. (build-machine-systems): Access the new systems field or fallback to use build-machine-system, for backward compatibility. (machine-matches?): Adjust. * tests/offload.scm: Add tests... * Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): ...and register them. * doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Update doc.
2020-08-25doc: Fix typo.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Fix typo.
2020-08-24services: unattended-upgrade: Add 'operating-system-file' field.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/admin.scm (<unattended-upgrade-configuration>)[operating-system-file]: New field. (unattended-upgrade-mcron-jobs): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Unattended Upgrades): Document it.
2020-08-24Use "guile-zlib" and "guile-lzlib" instead of (guix config).Mathieu Othacehe
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Remove guix/zlib.scm and guix/lzlib.scm, (SCM_TESTS): remove tests/zlib.scm, tests/lzlib.scm. * build-aux/build-self.scm (make-config.scm): Remove unused %libz variable. * configure.ac: Remove LIBZ and LIBLZ variables and check instead for Guile-zlib and Guile-lzlib. * doc/guix.texi ("Requirements"): Remove zlib requirement and add Guile-zlib and Guile-lzlib instead. * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix)[native-inputs]: Add "guile-zlib" and "guile-lzlib", [inputs]: remove "zlib" and "lzlib", [propagated-inputs]: ditto, [arguments]: add "guile-zlib" and "guile-lzlib" to Guile load path. * guix/config.scm.in (%libz, %liblz): Remove them. * guix/lzlib.scm: Remove it. * guix/man-db.scm: Use (zlib) instead of (guix zlib). * guix/profiles.scm (manual-database): Do not stub (guix config) in imported modules list, instead add "guile-zlib" to the extension list. * guix/scripts/publish.scm: Use (zlib) instead of (guix zlib) and (lzlib) instead of (guix lzlib), (string->compression-type, effective-compression): do not check for zlib and lzlib availability. * guix/scripts/substitute.scm (%compression-methods): Do not check for lzlib availability. * guix/self.scm (specification->package): Add "guile-zlib" and "guile-lzlib" and remove "zlib" and "lzlib", (compiled-guix): remove "zlib" and "lzlib" arguments and add guile-zlib and guile-lzlib to the dependencies, also do not pass "zlib" and "lzlib" to "make-config.scm" procedure, (make-config.scm): remove "zlib" and "lzlib" arguments as well as %libz and %liblz variables. * guix/utils.scm (lzip-port): Use (lzlib) instead of (guix lzlib) and do not check for lzlib availability. * guix/zlib.scm: Remove it. * m4/guix.m4 (GUIX_LIBZ_LIBDIR, GUIX_LIBLZ_FILE_NAME): Remove them. * tests/lzlib.scm: Use (zlib) instead of (guix zlib) and (lzlib) instead of (guix lzlib), and do not check for zlib and lzlib availability. * tests/publish.scm: Ditto. * tests/substitute.scm: Do not check for lzlib availability. * tests/utils.scm: Ditto. * tests/zlib.scm: Remove it.
2020-08-23doc: cookbook: Add chapter about Guix environment.Oleg Pykhalov
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Environment management): New chapter.
2020-08-17doc: Fix a typo in the AutoSSH service documentation.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services)[autossh-configuration]: Fix typo.
2020-08-16services: docker: Add 'enable-iptables?' argument.Alexey Abramov
* gnu/services/docker.scm (docker-configuration): Define the argument. * gnu/services/docker.scm (docker-shepherd-service): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Docker Service): Document it. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
2020-08-10doc: Fix a typo.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Fix a typo & sigh. Reported by Jakub Kądziołka <kuba@kadziolka.net>.
2020-08-09doc: Shrink width of deeply-indented code sample.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
This follows up on commit 4cafdce2102e3ebc7b3a6152464a62a454b6be45. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Shorten comments to fit everything on an 80-character punch card.
2020-08-09doc: Explain how to select system package outputs.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document that PACKAGES may contain traces of tuples and give an example.
2020-08-09doc: Fix typo.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Add missing ‘of’.
2020-08-03doc: Document 'mount-may-fail?' field.Ludovic Courtès
This is a followup to 7c27bd115b14afd142da7684cc349369965f9eab. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Document 'mount-may-fail?'.
2020-08-02services: Add zram-device-service.Efraim Flashner
* gnu/services/linux.scm (<zram-device-configuration>): New record. (zram-device-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Linux Services): Document it. * tests/services/linux.scm (zram-swap-device-test): New tests.
2020-08-01doc: Explain how to use psql with peer authentication.Pierre Neidhardt
* doc/guix.texi (Database Services): Add example of shell commands to use psql as system user. Also add troubleshooting tip when service fails to start because of incompatible cluster.
2020-07-29doc: Extend tlp-service-type example.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* doc/guix.texi (Power Management Services): Demonstrate tlp-configuration usage. Suggested by rovanion on #guix.
2020-07-28doc: Warn against using the .scm extension for the channel news file.Pierre Neidhardt
* doc/guix.texi (Writing Channel News): Explain the issue with using the .scm extension and possible workarounds; fix the example to use the .txt extension instead.
2020-07-27services: auditd: Provide default configuration directory.Robin Green
* gnu/services/auditd.scm (auditd.conf) (%default-auditd-configuration-directory): New variables. (<auditd-configuration>): Switch to 'define-record-type*'. [configuration-directory]: New field. (auditd-shepherd-service): Honor 'configuration-directory'. Pass #:pid-file. (auditd-service-type)[description]: Tweak. [default-value]: Provide 'configuration-directory'. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Update docs to reflect changes. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-07-27services: Add 'unattended-upgrade-service-type'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/admin.scm (<unattended-upgrade-configuration>): New record type. (%unattended-upgrade-log-file): New variable. (unattended-upgrade-mcron-jobs, unattended-upgrade-log-rotations): New procedures. (unattended-upgrade-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): Add 'provenance-service-type' anchor. (Unattended Upgrades): New section.
2020-07-27machine: ssh: Check for potential system downgrades.Ludovic Courtès
This is a followup to 8e31736b0a60919cc1bfc5dc22c395b09243484a. * guix/scripts/system/reconfigure.scm (check-forward-update): Add #:current-channels. Use it instead of OLD. * gnu/services.scm (sexp->system-provenance): New procedure. (system-provenance): Use it. * gnu/machine/ssh.scm (<machine-ssh-configuration>)[allow-downgrades?]: New field. (machine-check-forward-update): New procedure. (check-deployment-sanity)[assertions]: Call it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix deploy): Document 'allow-downgrades?' field.
2020-07-25services: nix: Add extra-options.Oleg Pykhalov
* gnu/services/nix.scm (<nix-configuration>)[extra-options]: New field. (nix-shepherd-service): Add this. (nix-activation): Add new line to the end of /etc/nix/nix.conf file. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services)[Nix service]: Document this.
2020-07-24doc: Mention the channel keyring branch.Ludovic Courtès
Reported by Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>. * doc/guix.texi (Channels): Mention the keyring branch and the 'keyring-reference' bit in '.guix-channel'.
2020-07-24doc: Use an existing commit in channel example.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Channels): Use the commit for 'v1.0.0' instead of a non-existing commit in example.
2020-07-23guix system: 'reconfigure' disallows downgrades by default.Ludovic Courtès
This is similar to what 9744cc7b4636fafb772c94adb8f05961b5b39f16 did for 'guix pull'. * guix/scripts/system/reconfigure.scm (ensure-forward-reconfigure) (warn-about-backward-reconfigure, channel-relations) (check-forward-update): New procedures. * guix/scripts/system.scm (perform-action): Add #:validate-reconfigure. Call 'check-forward-update' when ACTION is 'reconfigure. (%options, show-help): Add "--allow-downgrades". (%default-options): Add 'validate-reconfigure' key. (process-action): Pass #:validate-reconfigure to 'perform-action'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document 'guix system describe' more prominently, and document '--allow-downgrades'.
2020-07-23doc: Tweak mcron example.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Scheduled Job Execution): In example, move '%min-level' definition after 'use-modules'.
2020-07-23doc: Recommend running 'guix git authenticate' when cloning the repo.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Adjust instruction and recommend 'guix git authenticate'.
2020-07-22services: nix: Fix sandbox.Oleg Pykhalov
* gnu/tests/package-management.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk: Add this. * gnu/services/nix.scm (<nix-configuration>): New record. (nix-activation): Generate Nix config file which fixes sandbox. (nix-service-type): Add default value. (nix-shepherd-service): Allow provide Nix package. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services)[Nix service]<nix-configuration>: Document record.
2020-07-21doc: Mention the 'savannah' updater.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Mention 'savannah' updater.
2020-07-20ssh: Speed up RPCs by using #:nodelay.Lars-Dominik Braun
Partly fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/41702>. * guix/ssh.scm (open-ssh-session): Enable #:nodelay. * m4/guix.m4 (GUIX_CHECK_GUILE_SSH): Add feature check for this new parameter. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Adjust. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-07-19doc: Fix Ganeti blog post URL.Marius Bakke
* doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Adjust Ganeti blog post URL.
2020-07-19services: ganeti: Use TLS on the remote API by default.Marius Bakke
* gnu/services/ganeti.scm (<ganeti-rapi-configuration>): Set SSL? to #t. * gnu/tests/ganeti.scm (%ganeti-os): Set SSL? to #f. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Adjust accordingly.
2020-07-17build-system/maven: Make default-maven-plugins a procedure.Christopher Baines
This allows compiling the module without the (gnu packages maven) module being available. * guix/build-system/maven.scm (%default-maven-plugins): Rename to default-maven-plugins, and convert to a procedure. * doc/guix.texi (maven-build-system): Update.
2020-07-17guix: Add maven-build-system.Julien Lepiller
* guix/build-system/maven.scm: New file. * guix/build/maven-build-system.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document the maven build system.
2020-07-17doc: Small fixups for the Ganeti documentation.Marius Bakke
* doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Fix various inaccuracies and add markup the procedure parameters.
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