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2020-07-22services: nix: Fix sandbox....* 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. Oleg Pykhalov
2020-07-21doc: Mention the 'savannah' updater....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Mention 'savannah' updater. Ludovic Courtès
2020-07-20ssh: Speed up RPCs by using #:nodelay....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> Lars-Dominik Braun
2020-07-19doc: Fix Ganeti blog post URL....* doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Adjust Ganeti blog post URL. Marius Bakke
2020-07-19services: ganeti: Use TLS on the remote API by default....* 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. Marius Bakke
2020-07-17build-system/maven: Make default-maven-plugins a procedure....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. Christopher Baines
2020-07-17guix: Add maven-build-system....* 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. Julien Lepiller
2020-07-17doc: Small fixups for the Ganeti documentation....* doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Fix various inaccuracies and add markup the procedure parameters. Marius Bakke
2020-07-16services: Add ganeti....* gnu/services/ganeti.scm, gnu/tests/ganeti.scm: New files. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document the Ganeti services. Marius Bakke
2020-07-11Add 'guix git authenticate'....* guix/scripts/git.scm, guix/scripts/git/authenticate.scm, tests/guix-git-authenticate.sh: New files. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add the *.scm files. (SH_TESTS): Add 'tests/guix-git-authenticate.sh'. * doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Specifying Channel Authorizations]: Mention 'guix git authenticate'. (Invoking guix git authenticate): New node. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add 'guix/scripts/git.scm' and 'guix/scripts/git/authenticate.scm'. Ludovic Courtès
2020-07-09doc: Fix typo....* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Fix spelling & placement of ‘additionally’. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2020-07-09doc: cookbook: Fix ‘file system’ spelling....* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Getting help, Customizing the Kernel): Fix ‘file system’ spelling. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2020-07-06doc: Fix texinfo identifiers in Version Control Services....* doc/guix.texi (Version Control Services): Use @code, @command, @file, @indicateurl, @samp texinfo identifiers correctly. Arun Isaac
2020-07-05doc: Fix minor typo in X Window....* doc/guix.texi (X Window): Replace "not" with "no". Arun Isaac
2020-07-05doc: Fix minor typo in Programming Interface....* doc/guix.texi (Programming Interface): Replace "under a specific build users" with "under specific build users". Arun Isaac
2020-07-02services: wpa-supplicant: Support specifying additional service dependencies....* gnu/services/networking.scm (<wpa-supplicant-configuration>)[requirement]: New parameter. (wpa-supplicant-shepherd-service): Use it instead of hard-coded list. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document accordingly. Marius Bakke
2020-07-01channels: Dependencies listed in '.guix-channel' can have an introduction....Suggested by Ricardo Wurmus and Simon Tournier. * guix/channels.scm (sexp->channel-introduction): New procedure. (read-channel-metadata): Use it. (profile-channels)[sexp->channel-introduction]: Remove. * tests/channels.scm ("latest-channel-instances, authenticate dependency"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Declaring Channel Dependencies]: Augment example. Ludovic Courtès
2020-07-01guix describe: Display channel introductions and add 'channels-sans-intro'....* guix/scripts/describe.scm (%available-formats): Add "channels-sans-intro". (channel->sexp): Add #:include-introduction?. Emit CHANNEL's intro if INCLUDE-INTRODUCTION? is true and CHANNEL has an introduction. (channel->json): Include CHANNEL's introduction, if any. (channel->recutils): Likewise. (display-profile-info): Add 'channels-sans-intro' case. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix describe): Add introduction in example. Add 'channels-sans-intro' case. Ludovic Courtès
2020-07-01channels: Make channel introductions public....* guix/channels.scm (<channel-introduction>): Rename constructor to '%make-channel-introduction'. (make-channel-introduction): New procedure. * tests/channels.scm ("authenticate-channel, wrong first commit signer") ("authenticate-channel, .guix-authorizations"): Use 'make-channel-introduction' without '@@' and without third argument. * doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Channel Authentication, Specifying Channel Authorizations]: New subsections. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-28doc: cookbook: Fix encoding of "André"....This is a followup to f8945734a5abff69644284231cc47fb67456657b. * doc/guix-cookbook.texi: Encode "André" as UTF-8, not ISO-8859-1. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-28doc: Add progress display in 'dd' command lines....* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Adjust 'dd' command line to display progress … (System Configuration): … same here. Brice Waegeneire
2020-06-28doc: cookbook: Update entry about getting substitutes through Tor....* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Getting substitutes from Tor): Update section warning to mention the use of torsocks when pulling. André Batista
2020-06-28services: Add rshiny service....* gnu/services/science.scm: New file. (<rshiny-configuration>): New record. (rshiny-shepherd-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Document it. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. Efraim Flashner
2020-06-26doc: 'guix hash' is not SHA256-only....This is a followup to 18ae1ec3ecfe22d55d6cdf595a442afebbc5595a. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Remove "SHA256" from the first paragraph. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-23doc: cookbook: Fix typos....* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Extended example): Fix typos. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-23doc: cookbook: Tweak intro to the REPL....* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (A Scheme Crash Course): Reword first paragraph. Remove extra paren. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-23doc: cookbook: Mention "guix hash -rx" for Git checkouts....* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Extended example): Mention "guix hash -rx ." Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-23doc: cookbook: Clarify 'git-fetch' conventions....* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Extended example): Clarify use of 'git-file-name' and 'git-version'. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-21services: childhurd: Support more than one instance....* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<hurd-vm-configuration>)[options]: Remove "--hda" option. [id,net-options]: New fields. (hurd-vm-net-options): New procedure. Parameterize port forwarding with ID. * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (hurd-vm-shepherd-service): Use them. Parameterize provision with ID, if set. Hardcode "--hda" option for image. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document new fields. Update for hardcoding of "--hda". Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
2020-06-20doc: Make issues.guix.gnu.org more visible....* doc/contributing.texi (Tracking Bugs and Patches): Make issues.guix.gnu.org more visible, update issue URL. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-18doc: Delete description of a nonexistent option....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Delete a paragraph about the --verbose option, which was removed in 1edcfda81ba5c20ca715473d45315662c60dd81e. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Timotej Lazar
2020-06-17channels: Warn when pulling from a mirror....* guix/channels.scm (<channel-metadata>)[url]: New field. (read-channel-metadata): Initialize it. (read-channel-metadata-from-source): Likewise. (channel-instance-primary-url): New procedure. (latest-channel-instances): Compare CHANNEL's URL against it. * doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Primary URL]: New subsection. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-16pull: Add '--disable-authentication'....* guix/channels.scm (latest-channel-instance): Add #:authenticate? and honor it. (latest-channel-instances): Likewise. * guix/scripts/pull.scm (%default-options): Add 'authenticate-channels?'. (show-help, %options): Add '--disable-authentication'. (guix-pull): Pass #:authenticate? to 'latest-channel-instances'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-16channels: 'latest-channel-instance' authenticates Git checkouts....Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/22883>. * guix/channels.scm (<channel>)[introduction]: New field. (<channel-introduction>): New record type. (%guix-channel-introduction): New variable. (%default-channels): Use it. (<channel-metadata>)[keyring-reference]: New field. (%default-keyring-reference): New variable. (read-channel-metadata, read-channel-metadata-from-source): Initialize the 'keyring-reference' field. (commit-short-id, verify-introductory-commit) (authenticate-channel): New procedures. (latest-channel-instance): Call 'authenticate-channel' when CHANNEL has an introduction. * tests/channels.scm (gpg+git-available?, commit-id-string): New procedures. ("authenticate-channel, wrong first commit signer"): ("authenticate-channel, .guix-authorizations"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention authentication. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-16doc: Recommend "make authenticate" after ./bootstrap....* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Move "make authenticate" instructions below. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-16pack: Add zstd compressor....* guix/scripts/pack.scm (%compressors): Add zstd. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2020-06-15doc: Clarify 'hurd-vm' and 'childhurd' names....Suggested by Maxim Cournoyer via IRC. * doc/guix.texi (The Hurd in a Virtual Machine): Explicitly mention that hurd-vm and childhurd are two names for this service. Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
2020-06-14doc: Adjust branching and rebuilding strategy to match reality....The amount of packages has more than tripled since this section was written. Adjust the rebuild limits and cycle lengths based on current practices. * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Increase 'staging' rebuild limit to 1800 packages, and adjust the cycle to six weeks. Increase 'core-updates' cycle to six months. Marius Bakke
2020-06-14guix repl: Add script execution....* guix/scripts/repl.scm: Add filename options for script execution. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix repl): Document it. * tests/guix-repl.sh: Test it. * Makefile.am: (SH_TESTS): Add it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Konrad Hinsen
2020-06-14services: Add 'hurd-vm service-type'....* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (hurd-vm-shepherd-service, hurd-vm-disk-image): New procedures. (%hurd-vm-operating-system, hurd-vm-service-type): New variables. (<hurd-vm-configuration>): New record type. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document it. * gnu/services/shepherd.scm (scm->go): Use let-system, remove FIXME. Fixes fixes cross-building of shepherd modules for the Hurd image. Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
2020-06-14lint: Add 'check-for-collisions' checker....Suggested by Edouard Klein <edk@beaver-labs.com>. * guix/profiles.scm (check-for-collisions): Export. * guix/lint.scm (check-profile-collisions): New procedure. (%local-checkers): Add 'profile-collisions' checker. * tests/lint.scm ("profile-collisions: no warnings") ("profile-collisions: propagated inputs collide") ("profile-collisions: propagated inputs collide, store items"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-14doc: Mention 'guix lint -c derivation'....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Mention the 'derivation' checker. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-09doc: Add note to 'udisks-service'....* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Specify how to add file-systems utilities to 'udisks-service'. Brice Waegeneire
2020-06-08services: Add `hurd-getty-service-type'....* gnu/services/hurd.scm (<hurd-gettty-configuration>): New record. (hurd-ttys-shepherd-service): New procedure. (hurd-getty-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Hurd Services): Document it. Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
2020-06-08services: Add `hurd-console-service-type'....* gnu/services/hurd.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Hurd Services): Document it. Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
2020-06-08bootloader: Extend `<menu-entry>' for multiboot....* gnu/bootloader.scm (<menu-entry>)[multiboot-kernel,multiboot-arguments, multiboot-modules]: New fields. [linux,initrd]: Add default value '#f'. (menu-entry->sexp, sexp->menu-entry): Support multiboot entry. * doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration): Document them. Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
2020-06-08system: Add 'hurd' field to <operating-system>....* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[hurd]: New field. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document 'hurd'. Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
2020-06-04doc: cookbook: Add entry about getting substitutes through Tor....* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Getting substitutes from Tor): New section. Brice Waegeneire
2020-06-03doc: Mention Btrfs compression....Suggested by Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>. * doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning): Mention Btrfs compression. Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-03gnu: services: docker: Add a debug? parameter....* gnu/services/docker.scm (docker-configuration): Add a debug? field. (containerd-shepherd-service): Pass the "--log-level=debug" argument when DEBUG? is true. (docker-shepherd-service): Pass the "--debug" and "--log-level=debug" arguments when DEBUG? is true. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Update doc. Maxim Cournoyer