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* doc: Add a 'Upgrading Guix' section to the 'Installation' chapter.Maxim Cournoyer2019-09-29
| | | | | | | | | This follows a discussion regarding issue #36785 (see: https://bugs.gnu.org/36785). * doc/guix.texi (Upgrading Guix): New section. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Don't support a risky mix of Guix & Nix.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-09-28
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Remove instructions for sharing a store and/or a daemon with Nix.
* guix package: Add '--list-profiles'.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-26
| | | | | | * guix/scripts/package.scm (show-help, %options): Add '--list-profiles'. (process-query): Honor it. * tests/guix-package.sh: Add test.
* doc: Do not comment out closing parens in Android examples.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-26
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Arrange so that closin parens are not commented out.
* doc: Add missing paren in CPE example.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-26
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Add missing paren in 'cpe-name' example.
* doc: Add missing parens in inetd example.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-26
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Add missing parens in inetd service example.
* doc: Fix syntax of Varnish example.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-26
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Escape nested string in '%gnu-mirror' variable definition. Adjust indentation.
* doc: Avoid @verbatiminclude for Scheme snippets.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-25
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Use @include instead of @verbatiminclude. (Additional Build Options): Likewise.
* doc: Fix installing Guix in VMBrice Waegeneire2019-09-25
| | | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Installing Guix in a Virtual Machine): Pass "order=d" to '-boot' option. Use "-drive media=cdrom" for the ISO image. Remove paragraph about ordering and the boot menu. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Support paren matching via CSS hover.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-25
| | | | | | * doc/build.scm (syntax-highlighted-html)[build](pair-open/close) (highlights->sxml*): New procedures. (syntax-highlight): Use 'highlights->sxml*'.
* services: Add the Guix Data Service.wip-guix-data-serviceChristopher Baines2019-09-25
| | | | | | | | * gnu/services/guix.scm: New file. * gnu/tests/guix.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add both new files. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Services): New section documenting the Guix Data Service.
* doc: Remove more ‘guixsd’ remnants.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-09-24
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Installing Guix in a VM): Use ‘guix-system.img’ as image file name.
* doc: Fix typo.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-09-23
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Fix/spoil ‘libary’ typo/joke.
* doc: Explain that '--profile' expects a file name.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-23
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Explain that the argument to --profile is a file name.
* pull: Display channel news.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-23
| | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/pull.scm (display-news-entry) (display-channel-specific-news): New procedures. (display-channel-news): Call it. (display-new/upgraded-packages): Adjust hint message. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention it.
* channels: Allow news entries to refer to a tag.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Suggested by Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>. * guix/channels.scm (<channel-news-entry>)[tag]: New field. (sexp->channel-news-entry): Accept either 'commit' or 'tag' in 'entry' forms. (resolve-channel-news-entry-tag): New procedure. (channel-news-for-commit): Move 'with-repository' form one level higher. Call 'resolve-channel-news-entry-tag' on all the news entries. * guix/tests/git.scm (populate-git-repository): Add clause for 'tag'. * tests/channels.scm ("channel-news, one entry"): Create a tag and add an entry with a tag. Check that the tag is resolved and also visible in the <channel-news-entry> record. * doc/guix.texi (Channels): Mention tags in news entries.
* channels: Add support for a news file.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/channels.scm (<channel-metadata>)[news-file]: New field. (read-channel-metadata): Set the 'news-file' field. (read-channel-metadata-from-source): Likewise. (<channel-news>, <channel-news-entry>): New record types. (sexp->channel-news-entry, read-channel-news) (channel-news-for-commit): New procedures. * guix/tests/git.scm (populate-git-repository): For 'add', allow CONTENTS to be a procedure. * tests/channels.scm ("channel-news, no news") ("channel-news, one entry"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Channels): Document it.
* guix package: Add 'guix show' alias.zimoun2019-09-21
| | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/show.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add it. * tests/guix-package-aliases.sh: Add test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Document it and use it in a example. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* scripts: pull: Add options for generation managementKonrad Hinsen2019-09-18
| | | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/pull.scm (%options) Add --roll-back, --switch-generation, --delete-generations (process-generation-change): New function (guix-pull): Execute generation management operations * doc/guix.texi: Document the generation management operations Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Mention the "repository name" for 'guix pack -f docker'.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-18
| | | | | | This is a followup to 0074844366381e3056d09492b8b437836c7adb61. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Mention the repository name.
* services: Add nftables-service-type.宋文武2019-09-18
| | | | | | | | * gnu/services/networking.scm (%default-nftables-ruleset): New variable. (<nftables-configuration>): New record type. (nftables-shepherd-service): New procedure. (nftables-service-type): New service type. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
* doc: Add Guix Cookbook.Ricardo Wurmus2019-09-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | * .gitignore: Update ignore list. * Makefile.am (assert-no-store-file-names): Exclude the cookbook. * bootstrap: Generate po files for cookbook translations. * doc/guix-cookbook.texi: New file. * doc/local.mk (info_TEXINFOS): Add it; add a rule to build cookbook translations. * po/doc/local.mk (DOC_COOKBOOK_PO_FILES): New variable. (EXTRA_DIST): Add cookbook pot file and po files. (doc-po-update-cookbook-%): New target. (doc-pot-update): Also update cookbook pot file. (doc-po-update): Also update cookbook po files.
* services: certbot: Add --manual-public-ip-logging-ok for manual challengesCarlo Zancanaro2019-09-16
| | | | | | | | * gnu/services/certbot.scm (certbot-command): Add --manual-public-ip-logging-ok flag to the certbot command when doing a manual challenge. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Actually suggest ‘fc-cache -r’.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-09-11
| | | | | | A follow-up commit to 0cd3e99d64081e958919845ddd01ae8d2fb2d692. * doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Fix my own typo.
* doc: Run fc-cache verbosely and delete existing caches.Joshua Branson2019-09-11
| | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Suggest ‘fc-cache -rv’ instead of ‘fc-cache -f’. Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
* import: crate: Allow imports of a specific version.Martin Becze2019-09-10
| | | | | | | | | | | * guix/import/crate.scm (crate->guix-package): Add optional 'version' argument and honor it. * guix/scripts/import/crate.scm (guix-import-crate): Assume the first argument is a spec and destructure it with 'package-name->name+version'. Pass both to 'crate->guix-package'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* services: ntp: Support different NTP server types and options.Maxim Cournoyer2019-09-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/networking.scm (ntp-server-types): New enum. (<ntp-server>): New record type. (ntp-server->string): New procedure. (%ntp-servers): Define in terms of <htp-server> records. Use the first entrypoint server as a pool instead of a list of static servers. This is more resilient since a new server of the pool can be interrogated on every request. Add the 'iburst' options. (ntp-configuration-servers): Define a custom accessor that warns but honors the now deprecated server format. (<ntp-configuration>): Use it. (%openntpd-servers): New variable, (<openntpd-configuration>): Use it, as a pool ('servers' field) instead of a regular server. * tests/networking.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): Register it. * doc/guix.texi: Update documentation.
* doc: Add index to find 'ntpd'.Maxim Cournoyer2019-09-08
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Add @cindex to find 'ntpd'
* services: ntp: Allow large adjustment by default.Maxim Cournoyer2019-09-08
| | | | | | | | | | This is documented as best practice in `man ntpd', and is required to allow the date to be set correctly when traveling (without having to manually update the hardware clock in the BIOS/UEFI). * gnu/services/networking.scm (<ntp-server>)[allow-large-adjustment?]: Set the default value to #t. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Update documentation.
* doc: Fix verb conjugation.Matthew Kraai2019-09-08
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Change "run" to "ran". Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
* daemon: Invoke 'guix gc --list-busy' instead of 'list-runtime-roots'.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * nix/scripts/list-runtime-roots.in: Remove. * guix/store/roots.scm (%proc-directory): New variable. (proc-file-roots, proc-exe-roots, proc-cwd-roots) (proc-fd-roots, proc-maps-roots, proc-environ-roots) (referenced-files, canonicalize-store-item, busy-store-items): New procedures, taken from 'list-runtime-roots.in'. * nix/libstore/globals.hh (Settings)[guixProgram]: New field. * nix/libstore/globals.cc (Settings::processEnvironment): Initialize 'guixProgram'. * nix/libstore/gc.cc (addAdditionalRoots): Drop code related to 'NIX_ROOT_FINDER'. Run "guix gc --list-busy". * nix/local.mk (nodist_pkglibexec_SCRIPTS): Remove 'scripts/list-runtime-roots'. * config-daemon.ac: Don't output nix/scripts/list-runtime-roots. * build-aux/pre-inst-env.in: Don't set 'NIX_ROOT_FINDER'. Set 'GUIX'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix gc): Document '--list-busy'. * guix/scripts/gc.scm (show-help, %options): Add "--list-busy". (guix-gc)[list-busy]: New procedure. Handle the 'list-busy' action.
* doc: Use @lisp instead of @example for Scheme snippets.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-07
| | | | | | | | This is a followup to f8c143a7131d6f40f387f4cd2ad1fa78b5e2f429, which allows syntax highlighting of @lisp snippets in the HTML output. * doc/guix.texi, doc/contributing.texi: Use @lisp instead of @example for all the Scheme snippets.
* doc: Work around (htmlprag) parser issue.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-07
| | | | | * doc/build.scm (guile-lib/htmlprag-fixed): New variable. (syntax-highlighted-html): Use it instead of GUILE-LIB.
* doc: Highlight Scheme syntax in the HTML output.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-07
| | | | | * doc/build.scm (syntax-highlighted-html): New procedure. (html-manual): Use it.
* build: Add julia-build-system.nixo2019-09-04
| | | | | | | | | * guix/build/julia-build-system.scm: New file. * guix/build-system/julia.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document julia-build-system. Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
* doc: guix deploy: Add missing record field to example.Ricardo Wurmus2019-09-03
| | | | | | Reported by GNUtoo on #guix. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix deploy): Add missing "system" field to example.
* lint: Add 'archival' checker.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-02
| | | | | | | | | | | * guix/lint.scm (check-archival): New procedure. (%network-dependent-checkers): Add 'archival' checker. * tests/lint.scm ("archival: missing content") ("archival: content available") ("archival: missing revision") ("archival: revision available") ("archival: rate limit reached"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Document it.
* doc: Explain that "guix import" and "guix refresh" may need GnuPG.Ludovic Courtès2019-09-02
| | | | | | | | Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/36051>. Reported by Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357@gmail.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import, Invoking guix refresh): Mention that GnuPG must be installed.
* doc: Specify the files rotated by default by the rottlog service.Maxim Cournoyer2019-09-01
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): Replace "a couple of other files" by "/var/log/guix-daemon.log".
* doc: Update the default list of files rotated by rottlog.Maxim Cournoyer2019-09-01
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): Add "/var/log/debug" and "/var/log/maillog" to the default value of %rotated-files.
* services: cups: Rename ‘retry-this-job’ to ‘retry-current-job’.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-08-31
| | | | | | * gnu/services/cups.scm (error-policy, cups-configuration): Substitute RETRY-CURRENT-JOB for the obsolete RETRY-THIS-JOB name of this policy. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Likewise.
* doc: Update GIT-DOWNLOAD @example.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-08-30
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): Use (HTTPS, GNU-hosted) ‘hello’ package repository instead of off-line ‘shadow’ one.
* doc: Prefer https:// over git://.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-08-30
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Continuous Integration): Use https:// in fictitious URLs.
* services: cups: Move SET-ENV to FILES-CONFIGURATION.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-08-30
| | | | | | * gnu/services/cups.scm (cups-configuration): Move SET-ENV from here… (files-configuration): …to here. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Adjust accordingly.
* services: cups: Add BrowseDNSSDSubTypes directive.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-08-30
| | | | | | | * gnu/services/cups.scm (comma-separated-string-list?) (serialize-comma-separated-string-list): New variables. (cups-configuration)[browse-dns-sd-sub-types]: New field. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Document it.
* doc: Do not refer to Bioconductor SVN.Ricardo Wurmus2019-08-29
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Do not mention the now defunct Bioconductor SVN repository.
* import: cran: Add support for git repositories.Ricardo Wurmus2019-08-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/import/cran.scm (vcs-file?): New procedure. (download): Support downloading from git. (fetch-description): Add a clause for the 'git repository type. (files-match-pattern?): New procedure. (tarball-files-match-pattern?): Implement in terms of FILES-MATCH-PATTERN?. (directory-needs-fortran?, directory-needs-zlib?, directory-needs-pkg-config?): New procedures. (needs-fortran?, needs-zlib?, needs-pkg-config?): Rename these procedures... (tarball-needs-fortran?, tarball-needs-zlib?, tarball-needs-pkg-config?): ...to this, and use them. (file-hash): New procedure. (description->package): Handle the 'git repository type. * guix/import/utils.scm (package->definition): Handle package expression inside of a let. * guix/scripts/import.scm (guix-import): Handle let expressions. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it.
* services: cuirass: Log web interface to separate file.Ricardo Wurmus2019-08-29
| | | | | | * gnu/services/cuirass.scm (<cuirass-configuration>): Add web-log-file field. (cuirass-shepherd-service): Read it and use it. * doc/guix.texi (Continuous Integration): Document it.
* build/cargo-build-system: Remove 'update-cargo-lock phase.Efraim Flashner2019-08-28
| | | | | | | | | * guix/build/cargo-build-system.scm (update-cargo-lock): Remove procedure. (configure): Delete Cargo.lock file if it exists. (%standard-phases): Remove 'update-cargo-lock. * doc/guix.texi (Build System)[cargo-build-system]: Remove references to the 'update-cargo-lock phase.
* services: cups: Complete SSL-OPTIONS.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-08-27
| | | | | | | | …except for ‘AllowDH’, which makes no sense on GNU TLS systems. * gnu/services/cups.scm (ssl-options?): Validate ‘DenyCBC’ and ‘DenyTLS1.0’. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Document them both.