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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
2022-01-09nls: Update translations....* po/doc/guix-cookbook.fi.po: New file. * po/doc/guix-manual.fi.po: New file. * po/doc/local.mk: Add them. * doc/local.mk: Add them. * po/guix/fi.po: New file. * po/guix/LINGUAS: Add it. Julien Lepiller
2022-01-07doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (Essential Home Services): Fix typo. Jelle Licht
2022-01-07doc: Use a better setuid example....nmtui does not benefit from being setuid. Oops. * doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): Replace network-manager's /bin/nmtui with nfs-utils' /sbin/mount.nfs. Change a @code{} to a @command{}. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2022-01-06doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (Build Utilities): Fix typo. Reported by Mortimer Cladwell <mbcladwell@gmail.com> Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2022-01-03doc: Try to clarify the setuid programs examples....Based on user feedback, the shadow / passwd example was too obscure for those who aren't familiar with the shadow collection of tools. And it was also considered confusing for the two examples to use different packages. * doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): Use 'nmtui' in the examples. Leo Famulari
2022-01-03doc: Avoid (getenv "HOME") in 'machines.scm' example....Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/52517>. Reported by zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Avoid misleading (getenv "HOME") in example. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-03doc: Document clauses of 'modify-inputs'....Suggested by Alexander Asteroth <alexander.asteroth@h-brs.de>. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Package Variants): Document all the supported clauses of 'modify-inputs'. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-02services: guix-build-coordinator: Fix variable name in agent config....* gnu/services/guix.scm (<guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration>): Fix variable name. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Services): Update accordingly. Christopher Baines
2022-01-02gnu: Add guix-build-coordinator/agent-only....This avoids issues where the coordinator component dependencies (like sqitch and guile-fibers) make it harder to use the agent. * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix-build-coordinator/agent-only): New variable. * gnu/services/guix.scm (<guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration>): Use the guix-build-coordinator/agent-only package by default. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Services): Update accordingly. Christopher Baines
2022-01-01transformations: Add '--tune'....* guix/transformations.scm (tuning-compiler) (tuned-package, tunable-package?, package-tuning) (transform-package-tuning) (build-system-with-tuning-compiler): New procedures. (%transformations): Add 'tune'. (%transformation-options): Add "--tune". * tests/transformations.scm ("options->transformation, tune") ("options->transformations, tune, wrong micro-architecture"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Package Transformation Options): Document '--tune'. Ludovic Courtès
2022-01-01system: Allow 'chfn' to change the user's full name....Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/52539>. Reported by Jacob First <jacob.first@member.fsf.org>. * gnu/build/accounts.scm (allocate-passwd): Add comment as to why 'real-name' is taken from PREVIOUS. Add (not system?) to the condition. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-etc-service) <login.defs>: Add "CHFN_RESTRICT". * gnu/system.scm (%setuid-programs): Add "chfn". * gnu/system/pam.scm (base-pam-services): Add "chfn". * doc/guix.texi (User Accounts): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-30doc: cookbook: Update custom kernel guide....* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Customizing the Kernel): Adjust to new interface. Leo Famulari
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