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2020-11-22Merge branch 'master' into stagingMarius Bakke
2020-11-21services: cups: Add Splix by default.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* gnu/services/cups.scm (cups-configuration): Add splix to the default extensions. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Document it.
2020-11-21gnu: Rename escpr to epson-inkjet-printer-escpr.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
‘escpr’ is nice and short, but everyone else calls this package ‘epson-inkjet-printer-escpr’. More importantly, so does upstream. * gnu/packages/cups.scm (escpr, epson-inkjet-printer-escpr,): Rename escpr to epson-inkjet-printer-escpr, redefining escpr as deprecated-package. Adjust all users.
2020-11-19Merge branch 'master' into stagingMarius Bakke
2020-11-18gnu: vpn: Make ca, key and cert optional.Julien Lepiller
* gnu/services/vpn.scm (openvpn-client-configuration) (openvpn-server-configuration): Make ca, key an cert fields optional. * doc/guix.texi (VPN Services): Document the change.
2020-11-18services: cups: Add some extensions by default.Danny Milosavljevic
* gnu/services/cups.scm (cups-configuration): Add some extensions by default. doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Document the default value.
2020-11-17doc: Add a backslash escape to the disk-image example.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Add a backslash escape.
2020-11-17Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/version-1.2.0' into masterMaxim Cournoyer
Conflicts: gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm The python-pysam package fixed in master was kept instead of the update done in the version-1.2.0 branch.
2020-11-17guix: system: Make disk-image root file system non-volatile by default.Maxim Cournoyer
And add a new '--volatile' option to have it volatile otherwise. * guix/scripts/system.scm (%options)[volatile-root?]: New boolean option. (%default-options): Set its default value to #f. (show-help): Add help doc. * guix/scripts/system.scm (perform-action): Propagate option... (system-derivation-for-action): ...here. Use it to set the volatile-root? field of the image object passed to SYSTEM-IMAGE. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
2020-11-17doc: Detail which bootloader get used with disk-image or vm-image.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Extend doc.
2020-11-15Merge branch 'master' into stagingMarius Bakke
2020-11-15doc: Add a note about SELinux relabeling after upgrades to guix-daemon.Daniel Brooks
* doc/guix.texi (SELinux Support): Add note about upgrades. Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org>
2020-11-14doc: Remove superfluous comma.Matthew Kraai
* doc/guix.texi (Managing Software the Guix Way): Remove comma. Signed-off-by: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
2020-11-14doc: Document hg-fetch.Holger Peters
* doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): Add documentation for hg-fetch. Signed-off-by: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
2020-11-14doc: Fix Guix Build Coordinator agent configuration defaults.Christopher Baines
* doc/guix.texi (Guix Build Coordinator): Fix some guix-build-coordinator-agent-configuration defaults.
2020-11-12maint: update-guix-package: Optionally add sources to store.Maxim Cournoyer
Following discussions in <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/43893>, keeping a copy of the updated package source is desirable when generating a release. * build-aux/update-guix-package.scm (version-controlled?): Remove variable. (call-with-temporary-git-worktree): Renamed from 'with-temporary-git-worktree'. Update doc. Do not change directory implicitly. Define as a procedure, not a syntax. (keep-source-in-store): New procedure. (main): Adjust to use with call-with-temporary-git-worktree. Add the sources to the store when GUIX_ALLOW_ME_TO_USE_PRIVATE_COMMIT is set. Exit gracefully when FIND-ORIGIN-REMOTE returns #f. (%savannah-guix-git-repo-push-url-regexp): Adjust match for a potential colon separator. * Makefile.am (GUIX_ALLOW_ME_TO_USE_PRIVATE_COMMIT): Adjust. * .dir-locals.el (scheme-mode): Remove entry for with-temporary-git-worktree. * doc/contributing.texi (Updating the Guix Package): Update doc. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-11-11gnu: mingetty-shepherd-service: Make 'clear-on-logout' configurable.Mark H Weaver
Also change the default configuration to clear on logout, which is the upstream default. * gnu/services/base.scm (<mingetty-configuration>): Add 'clear-on-logout?' field. (mingetty-shepherd-service): Pass the "--noclear" option to mingetty only if 'clear-on-logout?' is #false. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document the 'clear-on-logout?' field.
2020-11-07Merge branch 'master' into stagingMarius Bakke
Conflicts: gnu/local.mk gnu/packages/gdb.scm gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm
2020-11-07doc: Fix Zabbix ‘db-secret-file’ documentation.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
* doc/guix.texi (Monitoring Services): Clarify ‘db-secret-file’'s (lack of) structure and gexp support.
2020-11-05services: Add yggdrasil-service-type.raingloom
* gnu/services/networking.scm (yggdrasil-configuration) (yggdrasil-configuration?, yggdrasil-configuration-package) (yggdrasil-configuration-auto-conf, yggdrasil-configuration-log-level) (yggdrasil-configuration-log-to): New procedures. (yggdrasil-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. * gnu/system/examples/yggdrasil.tmpl: Provide example. Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
2020-11-03doc: Illustrate procedures that return packages.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Defining Package Variants): Illustrate procedures that return packages.
2020-11-03doc: Use '@lisp' for 'options->transformation' example.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Defining Package Variants): Use @lisp for 'options->transformation' example.
2020-11-02doc: Fix typo.Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish)<cache-bypass-threshold>: The unit suffixes the numeric value.
2020-11-02doc: Complete sentence in earlyoom-configuration doc.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/guix.texi (Linux Services): Complete sentence in earlyoom-configuration doc. Reported-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
2020-11-01doc: Fix typo.Julien Lepiller
* doc/guix.texi (DNS Services): Fix typo.
2020-11-01doc: Fix typo.Julien Lepiller
* doc/guix.texi (Sound Services): Fix typo.
2020-11-01doc: Add missing period at the end of the sentence.Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas
2020-10-31doc: Add "Defining Package Variants" section.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Move documentation of 'package-input-rewriting' & co. to... (Defining Package Variants): ... here. New node. Also document 'inherit' and 'options->transformation'.
2020-10-30services: guix-publish: Add 'cache-bypass-threshold' field.Ludovic Courtès
This is a followup to ecaa102a58ad3ab0b42e04a3d10d7c761c05ec98. * gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-publish-configuration>)[cache-bypass-threshold]: New field. (guix-publish-shepherd-service): Honor it.
2020-10-30services: swap: Allow for UUIDs and file system labels.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/base.scm (swap-service-type)[device-lookup, device-name]: New variables. Add 'modules' field to 'shepherd-service'. In 'start' and 'stop', use 'device-lookup' to resolve UUIDs and labels. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Adjust accordingly.
2020-10-30scripts: lint: Add '--exclude' option.zimoun
* guix/scripts/lint.scm (%options, parse-options): Add '--exclude' option. (option-checker): New helper function. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-10-30scripts: lint: Fix '--no-network' option.zimoun
* guix/scripts/lint.scm: (show-help): Add '--no-network' option message. (%options, parse-options): Fix argument order. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-10-28doc: Fix claimed archive timestamps.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Reported by Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Use a correct timestamp of 1 instead of an incorrect one of 0.
2020-10-28publish: Add '--cache-bypass-threshold'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/publish.scm (show-help, %options): Add '--cache-bypass-threshold'. (low-compression): New procedure. (cache-bypass-threshold): New parameter. (bypass-cache?): New procedure. (render-narinfo/cached): Call 'render-narinfo' when 'bypass-cache?' returns true. (render-nar/cached): Call 'render-nar' when 'bypass-cache?' returns true. (guix-publish): Parameterize 'cache-bypass-threshold'. * tests/publish.scm ("with cache", "with cache, lzip + gzip") ("with cache, uncompressed"): Pass '--cache-bypass-threshold=0'. ("with cache, vanishing item"): Expect 200 for RESPONSE. ("with cache, cache bypass"): New test.
2020-10-28doc: Update the PostgreSQL extension packages example.Christopher Baines
* doc/guix.texi (PostgreSQL): Update the extension packages example.
2020-10-28doc: Use @code rather than @var for data type items.Christopher Baines
In the couple of cases where it's inconsistent. * doc/guix.texi (PostgreSQL, Sound Services): Replace @var with @code within data type sections.
2020-10-27doc: Fix various minor typos.Lulu
* doc/guix.texi (Top): Add end of line period to menu entry in the node listing. (Invoking guix time-machine): Remove duplicate word. (Invoking guix environment): As above. (PAM Mount Service): As above. (Running Guix in a Virtual Machine): Remove erroneous hyphen and duplicate word. Signed-off-by: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
2020-10-27services: Add gmnisrv web service.Alexandru-Sergiu Marton
* gnu/services/web.scm (<gmnisrv-configuration>): New record type. (%default-gmnisrv-config-file): New variable. (%gmnisrv-accounts, %gmnisrv-activation): New variables. (gmnisrv-shepherd-service): New procedure. (gmnisrv-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-10-27doc: Fix xref translation macro.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/local.mk (xref_command): Wrap loop body in 'if [ -n "$$e" ]'. This avoids shell syntax errors when producing doc/guix-cookbook.de.texi, which for some reason gets an empty 'e' at one point. Quote the first argument to 'head'.
2020-10-25doc: Document the postgresql-config-file.Christopher Baines
* doc/guix.texi (PostgreSQL): Document the postgresql-config-file record.
2020-10-25doc: Add "Getting Substitutes from Other Servers" section.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Getting Substitutes from Other Servers): New node. (Invoking guix-daemon): Add cross-reference. (Substitute Server Authorization): Clarify that this is unnecessary on Guix System. (Invoking guix publish): Add cross-reference.
2020-10-25services: guix: Make /etc/guix/acl really declarative by default.Ludovic Courtès
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/39819>. Reported by Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>. * gnu/services/base.scm (substitute-key-authorization): Symlink DEFAULT-ACL to /etc/guix/acl unconditionally. Add code to optionally back up /etc/guix/acl if it was possibly modified by hand. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Clarify the effect of setting 'authorize-keys?' to true. Mention the backup. Give an example showing how to authorize substitutes from another server.
2020-10-24build: Add GUIX_GIT_KEYRING variable for make authenticate.Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas
* Makefile.am (GUIX_GIT_KEYRING): New variable. (authenticate): Use GUIX_GIT_KEYRING to select the keyring branch reference. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add an example about the use of GUIX_GIT_KEYRING.
2020-10-22git: Require Guile-Git 0.3.0 or later.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/git.scm (auth-supported?): Remove. (clone*): Inline code that was dependent on AUTH-SUPPORTED?. (update-cached-checkout): Likewise. (resolve-reference): Remove check for 'object-lookup-prefix' and use it unconditionally. (load-git-submodules): Remove. (update-submodules): Use 'repository-submodules', 'submodule-lookup', etc. unconditionally. (update-cached-checkout): Use 'repository-close!' unconditionally. * m4/guix.m4 (GUIX_CHECK_GUILE_GIT): New macro. * configure.ac: Use it and error out when it fails. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Bump to Guile-Git 0.3.0.
2020-10-21doc: Move documentation of singularity-service-type.Ricardo Wurmus
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/44126>. * doc/guix.texi: Move documentation of singularity-service-type from "Auditd Service" heading to "Docker Service" heading.
2020-10-21doc: Capitalize "Hurd" in 'operating-system' reference.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Capitalize "Hurd".
2020-10-21doc: Add an entry for the 'keyboard-layout' procedure.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout): Add @deffn entry for 'keyboard-layout'.
2020-10-21doc: Fix typo in 'avahi-service-type' description.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Change "zero-configuration" to "avahi-configuration".
2020-10-21doc: Fix typo in 'git-fetch' description.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): Replace "git-download" with "git-fetch" in one sentence.
2020-10-21doc: Cookbook links to /manual/devel, not /manual.Ludovic Courtès
Since the Cookbook is built from the 'master' branch, it should point to the manual from that same branch. * doc/build.scm (guix-mono-node-indexes, guix-split-node-indexes): Link to /manual/devel when %MANUAL is not "guix".