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2018-01-29doc: Unconfuse file systems and partitions....Partitions can have their own labels and UUIDs (e.g. under GPT) that are unrelated to those of the contained file system. Confusing the two ends poorly. * doc/guix.scm (File Systems, Proceeding with the Installation) (Using the Configuration System, Initial RAM Disk): Substitute `file system' for `partition' when talking about labels and UUIDs. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-29doc, gnu: Fix spelling of screen-things....* doc/guix.texi (X Window): Write 'screen locker' and 'screen saver' in prose. * gnu/services/xorg.scm (screen-locker-service): Likewise. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-29doc: Fix SCREEN-LOCKER-SERVICE description....* doc/guix.texi (X Window): Correct the documentation for the SCREEN-LOCKER-SERVICE procedure. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-29doc: Replace a stale reference to a code snippet....The text refers to a snippet which has since been removed, but a suitable replacement is near. Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Substitute bind for tcpdump. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-28doc: Mention escpr in CUPS configuration example....Suggested by Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Mention how to add support for Epson printers to CUPS via escpr in the configuration example. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Diego Nicola Barbato
2018-01-21doc: Improve ‘fix-runpath’ description....* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Re-write ‘fix-runpath’ documentation entirely. Just fixing the typos didn't do much. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-21services: Missing services are automatically instantiated....This simplifies OS configuration: users no longer need to be aware of what a given service depends on. See the discussion at <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-01/msg00114.html>. * gnu/services.scm (missing-target-error): New procedure. (service-back-edges): Use it. (instantiate-missing-services): New procedure. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-services): Call 'instantiate-missing-services'. * tests/services.scm ("instantiate-missing-services") ("instantiate-missing-services, no default value"): New tests. * gnu/services/version-control.scm (cgit-service-type)[extensions]: Add FCGIWRAP-SERVICE-TYPE. * gnu/tests/version-control.scm (%cgit-os): Remove NGINX-SERVICE-TYPE and FCGIWRAP-SERVICE-TYPE instances. * doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): Remove 'mcron-service-type' in example. (Miscellaneous Services): Remove 'nginx-service-type' and 'fcgiwrap-service-type' in Cgit example. Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-20build: Declare “doc/guix.texi“ dependencies....Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/29727>. * doc/local.mk (%C%_guix_TEXINFOS): New variable containing files included by “doc/guix.texi”. (EXTRA_DIST): Remove ‘.texi’ files. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Mathieu Lirzin
2018-01-19gnu: Consistently Write ‘file system(s)’....It is the GNU way. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems, DNS Services): Write ‘file system(s)’. * gnu/build/vm.scm (create-ext-file-system, create-fat-file-system): Likewise. * gnu/packages/backup.scm (dirvish, rsnapshot)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/check.scm (python-testpath)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/disk.scm (pydf)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/file-systems.scm (disorderfs)[synopsis, description]: Likewise. (glusterfs)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-directory, ghc-system-fileio-bootstrap) (ghc-system-fileio)[synopsis]: Likewise. (ghc-fsnotify)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/linux.scm (proot)[description]: Likewise. (jmtpfs)[synopsis, description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/mate.scm (caja, caja-extensions)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/storage.scm (ceph)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/sync.scm (lsyncd)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/syncthing.scm (syncthing)[synopsis]: Likewise. (go-github-com-zillode-notify)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/services/nfs.scm (pipefs-service-type): Likewise. * guix/scripts/system.scm (perform-action): Likewise. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-17doc: 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
2018-01-17docs: Fix typo in qemu-binfmt example....* doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document 'guix-support?' properly. Danny Milosavljevic
2018-01-17gnu: services: web: Add service for httpd....* gnu/services/web.scm (<httpd-module>, <httpd-config-file>, <httpd-virtualhost> <httpd-configuration>): New record types. (%default-httpd-modules, %httpd-accounts, httpd-service-type): New variables. (httpd-shepherd-services, httpd-activation, httpd-process-extensions): New procedures. * gnu/tests/web.scm (run-httpd-test): New procedure. (%httpd-os, %tests-httpd): New variables. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document the Apache HTTP Server. Christopher Baines
2018-01-16doc: Fix typo....Reported by Nicolas Goaziou. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix archive): Fix typo. Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-15doc: Deprecate 'bitlbee-service' procedure....* gnu/services/messaging.scm (bitlbee-service): Mark as deprecated. * doc/guix.texi (Messaging Services): Document 'bitlbee-service-type' and 'bitlbee-configuration'. Remove 'bitlbee-service'. Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-15services: bitlbee: Move to (gnu services messaging)....* gnu/services/networking.scm (<bitlbee-configuration>) (bitlbee-shepherd-service, %bitlbee-accounts, %bitlbee-activation) (bitlbee-service-type, bitlbee-service): Move to... * gnu/services/messaging.scm: ... here. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Move 'bitlbee-service' doc to... (Messaging Services): ... here. Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-15doc: Connect "guix archive", "guix pack", and co....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Add xrefs to "guix publish", "guix copy", and "guix archive". (Invoking guix archive): Add xref to "guix pack". Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-14doc: Correct documentation of NGINX-LOCATION-CONFIGURATION....* doc/guix.texi (Web Services): The body of an NGINX-LOCATION-CONFIGURATION is a list of strings and not a string. Andreas Enge
2018-01-11services: qemu-binfmt: Extend guix-daemon with extra chroot directories....Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/20239>. * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<qemu-binfmt-configuration>)[guix-support?]: New field. (qemu-binfmt-guix-chroot): New procedure. (qemu-binfmt-service-type)[extensions]: Add GUIX-SERVICE-TYPE. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document 'guix-support?'. (Additional Build Options): Mention binfmt_misc and offloading under '--system'. Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-11services: Add qemu-binfmt....* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<qemu-platform>): New record type. (bv): New macro. (%i386, %i486, %alpha, %arm, %armeb, %sparc, %sparc32plus) (%ppc, %ppc64, %ppc64le, %m68k, %mips, %mipsel, %mipsn32el) (%mips64, %mips64el, %sh4, %sh4eb, %s390x, %aarch64, %hppa) (%qemu-platforms): New variables. (lookup-qemu-platforms): New procedure. (<qemu-binfmt-configuration>): New record type. (qemu-platform->binfmt): New procedures. (%binfmt-mount-point, %binfmt-register-file, %binfmt-file-system) (qemu-binfmt-service-type): New variables. (qemu-binfmt-shepherd-services): New procedures. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Add "Transparent Emulation with QEMU" heading. binfmt fixlet Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-11doc: Fix typo in 'guix environment' example....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Add missing @ in example. Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-08gnu: services: Add darkstat service....* gnu/services/monitoring.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Monitoring Services): Document it. 宋文武
2018-01-08services: guix: Add 'log-compression' option....* gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-configuration>)[log-compression]: New field. (guix-shepherd-service): Use 'match-record' instead of 'match'. Honor 'log-compression'. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document 'log-compression'. Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-07publish: Publish build logs....* guix/scripts/publish.scm (render-log-file): New procedure. (make-request-handler): Add "log" case. * tests/publish.scm ("/log/NAME") ("/log/NAME not found"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Document /log URLs. Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-07doc: Mark zlib as mandatory, libbz2 as optional....* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Move zlib to mandatory and libbz2 to optional. * README: Ditto. Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-07daemon: Add gzip log compression....* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (GUIX_OPT_LOG_COMPRESSION): New macro. (options): Mark "disable-log-compression" as hidden and add "log-compression". (parse_opt): Handle GUIX_OPT_LOG_COMPRESSION. * nix/libstore/build.cc (DerivationGoal): Add 'gzLogFile'. (openLogFile): Initialize it when 'logCompression' is COMPRESSION_GZIP. (closeLogFile, handleChildOutput): Honor 'gzLogFile'. * nix/libstore/globals.hh (Settings)[compressLog]: Remove. [logCompression]: New field. (CompressionType): New enum. * nix/libstore/globals.cc (Settings::Settings): Initialize it. (update): Remove '_get' call for 'compressLog'. * nix/local.mk (guix_daemon_LDADD, guix_register_LDADD): Add -lz. * guix/store.scm (log-file): Handle '.gz' log files. * tests/guix-daemon.sh: Add test with '--log-compression=gzip'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Adjust accordingly. * config-daemon.ac: Check for libz and zlib.h. Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-06doc: Describe Wayland status....* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Add a paragraph about the current status of Wayland in Guix. Rutger Helling
2017-12-30doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): "orMATE" --> "or MATE". Mark H Weaver
2017-12-30gnu: services: Add MATE desktop service....* gnu/services/desktop.scm (<mate-desktop-configuration>, mate-desktop-service-type): New variable. (mate-desktop-service): New public variable. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Document the service. Signed-off-by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> ng0
2017-12-29services: networking: Add a dependency override mechanism to <static-networki......* gnu/services/networking.scm (<static-networking>)[requirement]: New field. (static-networking-shepherd-service): Don't override requirement for loopback. (static-networking-service): Expose 'requirement' parameter. Default to UDEV. * gnu/services/base.scm (%base-services): Add (requirement '()) for loopback service. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. Marius Bakke
2017-12-26doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Transpose words. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2017-12-24gnu, doc: Use HTTPS for cran.r-project.org home pages....* gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (r-sparql, r-acsnminer, r-gkmsvm) (r-maldiquant, r-gprofiler)[home-page]: Use HTTPS. * gnu/packages/cran.scm (r-colorspace, r-auc, r-calibrate, r-shape) (r-compare, r-proxy, r-sp, r-rmtstat, r-lmtest, r-inline, r-bbmle) (r-lpsolve, r-energy, r-suppdists, r-ksamples, r-cvst, r-drr, r-prodlim) (r-ddalpha, r-rcpproll, r-ipred, r-psych, r-truncnorm, r-rsolnp, r-laeken) (r-vcd, r-ica, r-scatterplot3d)[home-page]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm (r-adaptivesparsity, r-kernlab) [home-page]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/maths.scm (r-quadprog, r-pracma)[home-page]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/statistics.scm (r-boot, r-cluster, r-codetools, r-foreign) (r-kernsmooth, r-nlme, r-mgcv, r-rpart, r-dichromat, r-estimability) (r-pheatmap, r-labeling, r-magrittr, r-munsell, r-rcolorbrewer, r-sendmailr) (r-gdtools, r-acepack, r-formula, r-locfit, r-chron, r-coda, r-backports) (r-brew, r-commonmark, r-rstudioapi, r-plotrix, r-gridbase, r-bitops) (r-catools, r-xnomial, r-lambda-r, r-whoreadsthis, r-futile-options) (r-futile-logger, r-segmented, r-snow, r-iterators, r-foreach, r-doparallel) (r-domc, r-irlba, r-registry, r-e1071, r-bigmemory-sri, r-r-methodss3) (r-tidyselect, r-base64, r-runit, r-sfsmisc, r-gtools, r-gdata, r-gplots) (r-ztable, r-vipor, r-sourcetools, r-statmod, r-compquadform, r-mixtools) (r-fastica, r-diptest, r-modeltools, r-flexmix, r-deoptimr, r-pcapp) (r-rrcov, r-fit-models, r-robust, r-trimcluster, r-fpc, r-fnn) (r-modelmetrics, r-nloptr, r-lme4, r-tclust, r-lubridate)[home-page]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/web.scm (r-htmltools, r-hwriter, r-rjson, r-rook)[home-page]: Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import, Invoking guix refresh): Likewise. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2017-12-24services: messaging: Use HTTPS for prosody.im URLs....* gnu/services/messaging.scm (prosody-configuration): Use HTTPS whenever referring to prosody.im URLs in documentation. * doc/guix.texi (Messaging Services): Likewise. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2017-12-23doc: Properly escape brackets....This fixes a build failure reported by Catonano <catonano@gmail.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Escape ‘{’ and ‘}’ everywhere. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2017-12-23gnu: dovecot: Update to 2.3.0....* gnu/packages/mail.scm (dovecot): Update to 2.3.0. * gnu/services/mail.scm (dovecot-configuration)[director-doveadm-port] [ssl-parameters-regenerate]: Delete fields. [ssl-protocols]: Rename to... [ssl-min-protocol]: ...this. [mail-log-prefix, mdbox-rotate-size, ssl-cipher-list, imap-logout-format]: Update default values. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Reflect the above changes to the service. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2017-12-23doc: Add "/guix" after LOCALSTATEDIR....Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/29813>. Reported by Martin Castillo <castilma@uni-bremen.de>. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon, Invoking guix package): Add missing "/guix" after LOCALSTATEDIR. Ludovic Courtès
2017-12-23guix build: Support '--with-source=PACKAGE@VERSION=URI'....* guix/scripts/build.scm (numeric-extension?, tarball-base-name): New procedures, formerly in 'package-with-source'. (transform-package-source)[new-sources]: Look for '=' in URI. Each element of the list of now a (PKG VERSION SOURCE) tuple. Pass VERSION to 'package-with-source'. (package-with-source): Add 'version' parameter and honor it. * tests/scripts-build.scm ("options->transformation, with-source, PKG=URI") ("options->transformation, with-source, PKG@VER=URI"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Package Transformation Options): Document the new forms. Ludovic Courtès
2017-12-22services: urandom-seed: Deprecate the 'urandom-seed-service' procedure....* gnu/services/base.scm (urandom-seed-service-type)[default-value]: New field. (urandom-seed-service): Mark as deprecated. (%base-services): Use URANDOM-SEED-SERVICE-TYPE directly. * gnu/services/base.scm (%base-services): * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document 'urandom-seed-service-type' instead of 'urandom-seed-service'. Ludovic Courtès
2017-12-22doc: Document fixed-output derivations....* doc/guix.texi (Derivations): Add paragraph on fixed-output derivations. Ludovic Courtès
2017-12-19services: urandom-seed: Try using a HWRNG to seed the Linux CRNG at boot....* gnu/services/base.scm (urandom-seed-shepherd-service): Try to read from '/dev/hwrng' at boot, as a supplement to any saved random seed. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document the new feature. Leo Famulari
2017-12-18doc: Clarify treatment of the root account....* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Clarify the situation of UID 0. Ludovic Courtès
2017-12-18services: nginx: Allow to add raw content to the server blocks....* doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document 'raw-content'. * gnu/services/web.scm (<nginx-server-configuration>)[raw-content]: New field. (emit-nginx-server-config): Add it. Clément Lassieur
2017-12-18services: nginx: Replace 'http-port' and 'https-port' with 'listen'....* doc/guix.texi (Web Services, Version Control Services): Update accordingly. * gnu/services/certbot.scm (certbot-nginx-server-configurations): Likewise. * gnu/services/version-control.scm (%cgit-configuration-nginx): Likewise. * gnu/services/web.scm (<nginx-server-configuration>, emit-nginx-server-config): Likewise. * gnu/tests/version-control.scm (%cgit-configuration-nginx, %git-nginx-configuration): Likewise. * gnu/tests/web.scm (%nginx-servers, %php-fpm-nginx-server-blocks): Likewise. Clément Lassieur
2017-12-18doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi: remove double occurence of generations. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Martin Castillo
2017-12-16guix: offload: Add "status" sub-command....* guix/scripts/offload.scm (check-machine-status): New procedure. (guix-offload): Call it when the argument is "status". * doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Document it. Ricardo Wurmus
2017-12-15etc: Add snippets....* etc/snippets/scheme-mode/guix-cvs-reference, etc/snippets/scheme-mode/guix-git-reference, etc/snippets/scheme-mode/guix-hg-reference, etc/snippets/scheme-mode/guix-origin, etc/snippets/scheme-mode/guix-package, etc/snippets/scheme-mode/guix-svn-reference, etc/snippets/text-mode/guix-commit-message-add-package, etc/snippets/text-mode/guix-commit-message-update-package: New files. * doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): Document snippets. Ricardo Wurmus
2017-12-15scripts: system: Add --expression option....* guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help): Add expression option. (%options): Ditto. (guix-system): Allow commands taking a file as an argument to use an expression instead. (process-action): Read operating-system from expression or file. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Introduce the expression option. Mathieu Othacehe
2017-12-15doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (DNS Services): Fix knot-configuration. Oleg Pykhalov
2017-12-12doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi: Add missing ‘@*’ to copyright headers. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2017-12-12gnu: services: Add php-fpm....* gnu/services/web.scm (<php-fpm-configuration>, <php-fpm-process-manager-configuration>): New record types. (php-fpm-configuration?, php-fpm-process-manager-configuration?, php-fpm-service-type, nginx-php-location): New procedures. * doc/guix.texi (Web-Services): Document php-fpm service. * gnu/tests/web.scm: Add php-fpm system test. Signed-off-by: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> nee
2017-12-11services: web: Add support for configuring the nginx server names hash....The nginx service can fail to start if the server names hash bucket size is too small, which can happen on some systems, and when using QEMU, depending on the CPU. * gnu/services/web.scm (<nginx-configuration>): Add server-names-hash-bucket-size and server-names-hash-bucket-max-size. (default-nginx-config): Add support for the new hash bucket size parameters. (nginx-service, nginx-activation): Pass the new hash bucket size parameters through to the default-nginx-config procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document the new hash bucket size parameters. Christopher Baines