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authorMarius Bakke <marius@gnu.org>2020-11-15 23:45:34 +0100
committerMarius Bakke <marius@gnu.org>2020-11-15 23:45:34 +0100
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@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2020 pinoaffe@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2020 André Batista@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Alexandru-Sergiu Marton@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2020 raingloom@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Daniel Brooks@*
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -405,7 +406,7 @@ using a different distro underneath!}. @xref{GNU Distribution}.
@cindex user interfaces
Guix provides a command-line package management interface
(@pxref{Package Management}), tools to help with software development
-(@pxref{Development}), command-line utilities for more advanced usage,
+(@pxref{Development}), command-line utilities for more advanced usage
(@pxref{Utilities}), as well as Scheme programming interfaces
(@pxref{Programming Interface}).
@cindex build daemon
@@ -1398,6 +1399,11 @@ install and run it, which lifts it into the @code{guix_daemon_t} domain.
At that point SELinux could not prevent it from accessing files that are
allowed for processes in that domain.
+You will need to relabel the store directory after all upgrades to
+@file{guix-daemon}, such as after running @code{guix pull}. Assuming the
+store is in @file{/gnu}, you can do this with @code{restorecon -vR /gnu},
+or by other means provided by your operating system.
+
We could generate a much more restrictive policy at installation time,
so that only the @emph{exact} file name of the currently installed
@code{guix-daemon} executable would be labelled with
@@ -6835,6 +6841,18 @@ commit:
@end lisp
@end deftp
+For Mercurial repositories, the module @code{(guix hg-download)} defines
+the @code{hg-fetch} origin method and @code{hg-reference} data type for
+support of the Mercurial version control system.
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} hg-fetch @var{ref} @var{hash-algo} @var{hash} @
+ [name]
+Return a fixed-output derivation that fetches @var{ref}, a
+@code{<hg-reference>} object. The output is expected to have recursive
+hash @var{hash} of type @var{hash-algo} (a symbol). Use @var{name} as
+the file name, or a generic name if @code{#false}.
+@end deffn
+
@node Defining Package Variants
@section Defining Package Variants
@@ -14525,6 +14543,9 @@ the name of the log-in program.
When set to @code{#t} in conjunction with @var{auto-login}, the user
will have to press a key before the log-in shell is launched.
+@item @code{clear-on-logout?} (default: @code{#t})
+When set to @code{#t}, the screen will be cleared after logout.
+
@item @code{mingetty} (default: @var{mingetty})
The Mingetty package to use.
@@ -29220,18 +29241,18 @@ the password from can also be specified, and this is more secure.
A file containing the password to use when connecting to the
coordinator.
-@item @code{systems} (default: @var{#f})
+@item @code{systems} (default: @code{#f})
The systems for which this agent should fetch builds. The agent process
will use the current system it's running on as the default.
@item @code{max-parallel-builds} (default: @code{1})
The number of builds to perform in parallel.
-@item @code{derivation-substitute-urls} (default: @code{1})
+@item @code{derivation-substitute-urls} (default: @code{#f})
URLs from which to attempt to fetch substitutes for derivations, if the
derivations aren't already available.
-@item @code{non-derivation-substitute-urls} (default: @code{1})
+@item @code{non-derivation-substitute-urls} (default: @code{#f})
URLs from which to attempt to fetch substitutes for build inputs, if the
input store items aren't already available.