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authorMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2019-04-30 23:12:31 +0200
committerMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2019-05-04 16:51:06 +0200
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@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ garbage collection of packages (@pxref{Features}).
@cindex Guix System
Guix comes with a distribution of the GNU system consisting entirely of
free software@footnote{The term ``free'' here refers to the
-@url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html,freedom provided to
+@url{https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html,freedom provided to
users of that software}.}. The
distribution can be installed on its own (@pxref{System Installation}),
but it is also possible to install Guix as a package manager on top of
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ Guix@tie{}System.
The distribution provides core GNU packages such as GNU libc, GCC, and
Binutils, as well as many GNU and non-GNU applications. The complete
list of available packages can be browsed
-@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages,on-line} or by
+@url{https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages,on-line} or by
running @command{guix package} (@pxref{Invoking guix package}):
@example
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ with these commands:
@c files into place.
@c
@c See this thread for more information:
-@c http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-01/msg01199.html
+@c https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-01/msg01199.html
@example
# cp ~root/.config/guix/current/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service \
@@ -725,11 +725,11 @@ GNU Guix is available for download from its website at
GNU Guix depends on the following packages:
@itemize
-@item @url{http://gnu.org/software/guile/, GNU Guile}, version 2.2.x;
+@item @url{https://gnu.org/software/guile/, GNU Guile}, version 2.2.x;
@item @url{https://notabug.org/cwebber/guile-gcrypt, Guile-Gcrypt}, version
0.1.0 or later;
@item
-@uref{http://gnutls.org/, GnuTLS}, specifically its Guile bindings
+@uref{https://gnutls.org/, GnuTLS}, specifically its Guile bindings
(@pxref{Guile Preparations, how to install the GnuTLS bindings for
Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile});
@item
@@ -740,8 +740,8 @@ or later;
@uref{https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git, Guile-Git}, from August
2017 or later;
@item @uref{https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/guile-json/, Guile-JSON};
-@item @url{http://zlib.net, zlib};
-@item @url{http://www.gnu.org/software/make/, GNU Make}.
+@item @url{https://zlib.net, zlib};
+@item @url{https://www.gnu.org/software/make/, GNU Make}.
@end itemize
The following dependencies are optional:
@@ -763,9 +763,9 @@ Unless @code{--disable-daemon} was passed to @command{configure}, the
following packages are also needed:
@itemize
-@item @url{http://gnupg.org/, GNU libgcrypt};
-@item @url{http://sqlite.org, SQLite 3};
-@item @url{http://gcc.gnu.org, GCC's g++}, with support for the
+@item @url{https://gnupg.org/, GNU libgcrypt};
+@item @url{https://sqlite.org, SQLite 3};
+@item @url{https://gcc.gnu.org, GCC's g++}, with support for the
C++11 standard.
@end itemize
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ unintended misconfiguration of @var{localstatedir} so you do not
inadvertently corrupt your store (@pxref{The Store}).
@cindex Nix, compatibility
-When a working installation of @url{http://nixos.org/nix/, the Nix package
+When a working installation of @url{https://nixos.org/nix/, the Nix package
manager} is available, you
can instead configure Guix with @code{--disable-daemon}. In that case,
Nix replaces the three dependencies above.
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ regarded as pure functions (@pxref{Introduction}).
On a GNU/Linux system, a build user pool may be created like this (using
Bash syntax and the @code{shadow} commands):
-@c See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-01/msg00239.html
+@c See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-01/msg00239.html
@c for why `-G' is needed.
@example
# groupadd --system guixbuild
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@ ifconfig -a
ip a
@end example
-@c http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/src/udev/udev-builtin-net_id.c#n20
+@c https://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/src/udev/udev-builtin-net_id.c#n20
Wired interfaces have a name starting with @samp{e}; for example, the
interface corresponding to the first on-board Ethernet controller is
called @samp{eno1}. Wireless interfaces have a name starting with
@@ -2398,7 +2398,7 @@ If you'd like to install Guix System in a virtual machine (VM) or on a
virtual private server (VPS) rather than on your beloved machine, this
section is for you.
-To boot a @uref{http://qemu.org/,QEMU} VM for installing Guix System in a
+To boot a @uref{https://qemu.org/,QEMU} VM for installing Guix System in a
disk image, follow these steps:
@enumerate
@@ -2461,7 +2461,7 @@ about the installation image.
@section Building the Installation Image for ARM Boards
Many ARM boards require a specific variant of the
-@uref{http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/, U-Boot} bootloader.
+@uref{https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/, U-Boot} bootloader.
If you build a disk image and the bootloader is not available otherwise
(on another boot drive etc), it's advisable to build an image that
@@ -4294,9 +4294,9 @@ same format as the @file{signing-key.pub} file.
The list of authorized keys is kept in the human-editable file
@file{/etc/guix/acl}. The file contains
-@url{http://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/Sexp.txt, ``advanced-format
+@url{https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/Sexp.txt, ``advanced-format
s-expressions''} and is structured as an access-control list in the
-@url{http://theworld.com/~cme/spki.txt, Simple Public-Key Infrastructure
+@url{https://theworld.com/~cme/spki.txt, Simple Public-Key Infrastructure
(SPKI)}.
@item --extract=@var{directory}
@@ -4775,7 +4775,7 @@ guix pack -f squashfs guile emacs geiser
@noindent
The result is a SquashFS file system image that can either be mounted or
directly be used as a file system container image with the
-@uref{http://singularity.lbl.gov, Singularity container execution
+@uref{https://singularity.lbl.gov, Singularity container execution
environment}, using commands like @command{singularity shell} or
@command{singularity exec}.
@@ -5084,7 +5084,7 @@ package looks like this:
(inputs `(("gawk" ,gawk)))
(synopsis "Hello, GNU world: An example GNU package")
(description "Guess what GNU Hello prints!")
- (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/")
+ (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/hello/")
(license gpl3+)))
@end example
@@ -5674,7 +5674,7 @@ executed. Some of these build systems are listed below.
@defvr {Scheme Variable} ant-build-system
This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system ant)}. It
implements the build procedure for Java packages that can be built with
-@url{http://ant.apache.org/, Ant build tool}.
+@url{https://ant.apache.org/, Ant build tool}.
It adds both @code{ant} and the @dfn{Java Development Kit} (JDK) as
provided by the @code{icedtea} package to the set of inputs. Different
@@ -5844,7 +5844,7 @@ directories specified in @code{#:doc-dirs} are installed as well.
@defvr {Scheme Variable} cmake-build-system
This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system cmake)}. It
implements the build procedure for packages using the
-@url{http://www.cmake.org, CMake build tool}.
+@url{https://www.cmake.org, CMake build tool}.
It automatically adds the @code{cmake} package to the set of inputs.
Which package is used can be specified with the @code{#:cmake}
@@ -6060,7 +6060,7 @@ Which Perl package is used can be specified with @code{#:perl}.
@defvr {Scheme Variable} r-build-system
This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system r)}. It
-implements the build procedure used by @uref{http://r-project.org, R}
+implements the build procedure used by @uref{https://r-project.org, R}
packages, which essentially is little more than running @code{R CMD
INSTALL --library=/gnu/store/@dots{}} in an environment where
@code{R_LIBS_SITE} contains the paths to all R package inputs. Tests
@@ -6201,7 +6201,7 @@ locations in the output directory.
@defvr {Scheme Variable} meson-build-system
This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system meson)}. It
implements the build procedure for packages that use
-@url{http://mesonbuild.com, Meson} as their build system.
+@url{https://mesonbuild.com, Meson} as their build system.
It adds both Meson and @uref{https://ninja-build.org/, Ninja} to the set
of inputs, and they can be changed with the parameters @code{#:meson}
@@ -8518,7 +8518,7 @@ guix import cpan Acme::Boolean
@cindex CRAN
@cindex Bioconductor
Import metadata from @uref{https://cran.r-project.org/, CRAN}, the
-central repository for the @uref{http://r-project.org, GNU@tie{}R
+central repository for the @uref{https://r-project.org, GNU@tie{}R
statistical and graphical environment}.
Information is extracted from the @code{DESCRIPTION} file of the package.
@@ -8552,7 +8552,7 @@ guix import cran --archive=bioconductor GenomicRanges
@item texlive
@cindex TeX Live
@cindex CTAN
-Import metadata from @uref{http://www.ctan.org/, CTAN}, the
+Import metadata from @uref{https://www.ctan.org/, CTAN}, the
comprehensive TeX archive network for TeX packages that are part of the
@uref{https://www.tug.org/texlive/, TeX Live distribution}.
@@ -8631,9 +8631,9 @@ guix import json hello.json
@item nix
Import metadata from a local copy of the source of the
-@uref{http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/, Nixpkgs distribution}@footnote{This
+@uref{https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/, Nixpkgs distribution}@footnote{This
relies on the @command{nix-instantiate} command of
-@uref{http://nixos.org/nix/, Nix}.}. Package definitions in Nixpkgs are
+@uref{https://nixos.org/nix/, Nix}.}. Package definitions in Nixpkgs are
typically written in a mixture of Nix-language and Bash code. This
command only imports the high-level package structure that is written in
the Nix language. It normally includes all the basic fields of a
@@ -8755,7 +8755,7 @@ information. Currently the supported repositories and their identifiers
are:
@itemize -
@item
-@uref{http://elpa.gnu.org/packages, GNU}, selected by the @code{gnu}
+@uref{https://elpa.gnu.org/packages, GNU}, selected by the @code{gnu}
identifier. This is the default.
Packages from @code{elpa.gnu.org} are signed with one of the keys
@@ -8765,11 +8765,11 @@ contained in the GnuPG keyring at
signatures,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}).
@item
-@uref{http://stable.melpa.org/packages, MELPA-Stable}, selected by the
+@uref{https://stable.melpa.org/packages, MELPA-Stable}, selected by the
@code{melpa-stable} identifier.
@item
-@uref{http://melpa.org/packages, MELPA}, selected by the @code{melpa}
+@uref{https://melpa.org/packages, MELPA}, selected by the @code{melpa}
identifier.
@end itemize
@@ -8935,13 +8935,13 @@ the updater for X.org packages;
@item kernel.org
the updater for packages hosted on kernel.org;
@item elpa
-the updater for @uref{http://elpa.gnu.org/, ELPA} packages;
+the updater for @uref{https://elpa.gnu.org/, ELPA} packages;
@item cran
the updater for @uref{https://cran.r-project.org/, CRAN} packages;
@item bioconductor
the updater for @uref{https://www.bioconductor.org/, Bioconductor} R packages;
@item cpan
-the updater for @uref{http://www.cpan.org/, CPAN} packages;
+the updater for @uref{https://www.cpan.org/, CPAN} packages;
@item pypi
the updater for @uref{https://pypi.python.org, PyPI} packages.
@item gem
@@ -9179,7 +9179,7 @@ that Guix uses, as in this example:
(cpe-version . "2.3")))
@end example
-@c See <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/15/3>.
+@c See <https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/15/3>.
Some entries in the CVE database do not specify which version of a
package they apply to, and would thus ``stick around'' forever. Package
developers who found CVE alerts and verified they can be ignored can
@@ -9337,7 +9337,7 @@ For the example above, the map looks like this:
produced by @command{guix size}}
This option requires that
-@uref{http://wingolog.org/software/guile-charting/, Guile-Charting} be
+@uref{https://wingolog.org/software/guile-charting/, Guile-Charting} be
installed and visible in Guile's module search path. When that is not
the case, @command{guix size} fails as it tries to load it.
@@ -9358,12 +9358,12 @@ directed acyclic graph (DAG). It can quickly become difficult to have a
mental model of the package DAG, so the @command{guix graph} command
provides a visual representation of the DAG. By default,
@command{guix graph} emits a DAG representation in the input format of
-@uref{http://www.graphviz.org/, Graphviz}, so its output can be passed
+@uref{https://www.graphviz.org/, Graphviz}, so its output can be passed
directly to the @command{dot} command of Graphviz. It can also emit an
HTML page with embedded JavaScript code to display a ``chord diagram''
in a Web browser, using the @uref{https://d3js.org/, d3.js} library, or
emit Cypher queries to construct a graph in a graph database supporting
-the @uref{http://www.opencypher.org/, openCypher} query language.
+the @uref{https://www.opencypher.org/, openCypher} query language.
The general syntax is:
@example
@@ -11320,7 +11320,7 @@ The name of the source for that locale. This is typically the
@item @code{charset} (default: @code{"UTF-8"})
The ``character set'' or ``code set'' for that locale,
-@uref{http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets, as defined by
+@uref{https://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets, as defined by
IANA}.
@end table
@@ -12498,7 +12498,7 @@ For example:
The package that provides the DHCP daemon. This package is expected to
provide the daemon at @file{sbin/dhcpd} relative to its output
directory. The default package is the
-@uref{http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP, ISC's DHCP server}.
+@uref{https://www.isc.org/products/DHCP, ISC's DHCP server}.
@item @code{config-file} (default: @code{#f})
The configuration file to use. This is required. It will be passed to
@code{dhcpd} via its @code{-cf} option. This may be any ``file-like''
@@ -13347,7 +13347,7 @@ The @code{(gnu services avahi)} provides the following definition.
@defvr {Scheme Variable} avahi-service-type
This is the service that runs @command{avahi-daemon}, a system-wide
mDNS/DNS-SD responder that allows for service discovery and
-``zero-configuration'' host name lookups (see @uref{http://avahi.org/}).
+``zero-configuration'' host name lookups (see @uref{https://avahi.org/}).
Its value must be a @code{zero-configuration} record---see below.
This service extends the name service cache daemon (nscd) so that it can
@@ -13394,7 +13394,7 @@ This is a list of domains to browse.
@end deftp
@deffn {Scheme Variable} openvswitch-service-type
-This is the type of the @uref{http://www.openvswitch.org, Open vSwitch}
+This is the type of the @uref{https://www.openvswitch.org, Open vSwitch}
service, whose value should be an @code{openvswitch-configuration}
object.
@end deffn
@@ -14728,7 +14728,7 @@ are described below.
Return a service that runs the ``system bus'', using @var{dbus}, with
support for @var{services}.
-@uref{http://dbus.freedesktop.org/, D-Bus} is an inter-process communication
+@uref{https://dbus.freedesktop.org/, D-Bus} is an inter-process communication
facility. Its system bus is used to allow system services to communicate
and to be notified of system-wide events.
@@ -14824,7 +14824,7 @@ package to expose as a service.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} polkit-service @
[#:polkit @var{polkit}]
Return a service that runs the
-@uref{http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/, Polkit privilege
+@uref{https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/, Polkit privilege
management service}, which allows system administrators to grant access to
privileged operations in a structured way. By querying the Polkit service, a
privileged system component can know when it should grant additional
@@ -14833,7 +14833,7 @@ the capability to suspend the system if the user is logged in locally.
@end deffn
@defvr {Scheme Variable} upower-service-type
-Service that runs @uref{http://upower.freedesktop.org/, @command{upowerd}}, a
+Service that runs @uref{https://upower.freedesktop.org/, @command{upowerd}}, a
system-wide monitor for power consumption and battery levels, with the given
configuration settings.
@@ -14907,7 +14907,7 @@ Possible values are:
@end deftp
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} udisks-service [#:udisks @var{udisks}]
-Return a service for @uref{http://udisks.freedesktop.org/docs/latest/,
+Return a service for @uref{https://udisks.freedesktop.org/docs/latest/,
UDisks}, a @dfn{disk management} daemon that provides user interfaces with
notifications and ways to mount/unmount disks. Programs that talk to UDisks
include the @command{udisksctl} command, part of UDisks, and GNOME Disks.
@@ -14917,7 +14917,7 @@ include the @command{udisksctl} command, part of UDisks, and GNOME Disks.
Return a service that runs @command{colord}, a system service with a D-Bus
interface to manage the color profiles of input and output devices such as
screens and scanners. It is notably used by the GNOME Color Manager graphical
-tool. See @uref{http://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/, the colord web
+tool. See @uref{https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/, the colord web
site} for more information.
@end deffn
@@ -17139,11 +17139,11 @@ string, you could instantiate a prosody service like this:
@cindex IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
@cindex IRC gateway
-@url{http://bitlbee.org,BitlBee} is a gateway that provides an IRC
+@url{https://bitlbee.org,BitlBee} is a gateway that provides an IRC
interface to a variety of messaging protocols such as XMPP.
@defvr {Scheme Variable} bitlbee-service-type
-This is the service type for the @url{http://bitlbee.org,BitlBee} IRC
+This is the service type for the @url{https://bitlbee.org,BitlBee} IRC
gateway daemon. Its value is a @code{bitlbee-configuration} (see
below).
@@ -17975,7 +17975,7 @@ specified by clients;
The @code{krb5-realm} and @code{krb5-configuration} types have many fields.
Only the most commonly used ones are described here.
For a full list, and more detailed explanation of each, see the MIT
-@uref{http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-devel/doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.html,,krb5.conf}
+@uref{https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-devel/doc/admin/conf_files/krb5_conf.html,,krb5.conf}
documentation.
@@ -20717,7 +20717,7 @@ TLP enables various powersaving modes in userspace and kernel.
Contrary to @code{upower-service}, it is not a passive,
monitoring tool, as it will apply custom settings each time a new power
source is detected. More information can be found at
-@uref{http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html, TLP home page}.
+@uref{https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html, TLP home page}.
@deffn {Scheme Variable} tlp-service-type
The service type for the TLP tool. Its value should be a valid
@@ -23186,7 +23186,7 @@ could instantiate a cgit service like this:
@cindex Gitolite service
@cindex Git, hosting
-@uref{http://gitolite.com/gitolite/, Gitolite} is a tool for hosting Git
+@uref{https://gitolite.com/gitolite/, Gitolite} is a tool for hosting Git
repositories on a central server.
Gitolite can handle multiple repositories and users, and supports flexible
@@ -23412,7 +23412,7 @@ passed to @command{lircd}.
The @code{(gnu services spice)} module provides the following service.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} spice-vdagent-service [#:spice-vdagent]
-Returns a service that runs @url{http://www.spice-space.org,VDAGENT}, a daemon
+Returns a service that runs @url{https://www.spice-space.org,VDAGENT}, a daemon
that enables sharing the clipboard with a vm and setting the guest display
resolution when the graphical console window resizes.
@end deffn
@@ -23550,7 +23550,7 @@ The @code{(gnu services docker)} module provides the following service.
@defvr {Scheme Variable} docker-service-type
-This is the type of the service that runs @url{http://www.docker.com,Docker},
+This is the type of the service that runs @url{https://www.docker.com,Docker},
a daemon that can execute application bundles (sometimes referred to as
``containers'') in isolated environments.
@@ -24036,7 +24036,7 @@ in ``legacy'' BIOS mode.
Available bootloaders are described in @code{(gnu bootloader @dots{})}
modules. In particular, @code{(gnu bootloader u-boot)} contains definitions
of bootloaders for a wide range of ARM and AArch64 systems, using the
-@uref{http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/, U-Boot bootloader}.
+@uref{https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/, U-Boot bootloader}.
@item @code{target}
This is a string denoting the target onto which to install the
@@ -24267,7 +24267,7 @@ an older system generation at boot time should you need it.
@quotation Note
@c The paragraph below refers to the problem discussed at
-@c <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-08/msg00057.html>.
+@c <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-08/msg00057.html>.
It is highly recommended to run @command{guix pull} once before you run
@command{guix system reconfigure} for the first time (@pxref{Invoking
guix pull}). Failing to do that you would see an older version of Guix
@@ -24663,7 +24663,7 @@ as @file{/etc/config.scm} (@pxref{Using the Configuration System}).
Instead of using this pre-built image, one can also build their own virtual
machine image using @command{guix system vm-image} (@pxref{Invoking guix
system}). The returned image is in qcow2 format, which the
-@uref{http://qemu.org/, QEMU emulator} can efficiently use.
+@uref{https://qemu.org/, QEMU emulator} can efficiently use.
@cindex QEMU
If you built your own image, you must copy it out of the store
@@ -25717,7 +25717,7 @@ approximation, we will consider it final.}, depicted below.
@image{images/bootstrap-packages,6in,,Dependency graph of the early packages}
-@c See <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-system-discuss/2012-10/msg00000.html>.
+@c See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-system-discuss/2012-10/msg00000.html>.
The first tool that gets built with the bootstrap binaries is
GNU@tie{}Make---noted @code{make-boot0} above---which is a prerequisite
for all the following packages. From there Findutils and Diffutils get
@@ -25840,7 +25840,7 @@ reason.
@node Acknowledgments
@chapter Acknowledgments
-Guix is based on the @uref{http://nixos.org/nix/, Nix package manager},
+Guix is based on the @uref{https://nixos.org/nix/, Nix package manager},
which was designed and
implemented by Eelco Dolstra, with contributions from other people (see
the @file{nix/AUTHORS} file in Guix.) Nix pioneered functional package