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* doc: note how to install git send-emailArne Babenhauserheide2019-07-15
| | | | | | * doc/contributing.texi (git send-email): Add install instructions. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Build a top-level index of the manuals.Ludovic Courtès2019-07-15
| | | | | | | | | | | Suggested by Julien Lepiller. * doc/build.scm (html-manual-indexes)[build]: Add 'with-extensions'. (translate): Actually honor DOMAIN. Add call to 'bindtextdomain' for ISO-CODES. (%iso639-languages): New variable. (language-code->name, top-level-index): New procedures. Add call to 'write-html' for OUTPUT/index.html.
* doc: Generalize build procedures of HTML indexes.Ludovic Courtès2019-07-15
| | | | | | | | | * doc/build.scm (html-manual-indexes)[build](sxml-index): Generalize; add a 'title' and a 'body' parameter and honor them. (language-index): New procedure. (write-index): Remove. (write-html): New procedure. Use 'write-html' and 'language-index'.
* build: Add node-build-system.Jelle Licht2019-07-14
| | | | | | | | | | * guix/build/node-build-system.scm: New file. * guix/build-system/node.scm: New file. * guix/build/json.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. * Makefile.am: Added new files. Co-Authored-By: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
* channels: Add optional directory to channel metadata.Jan Nieuwenhuizen2019-07-14
| | | | | | | * guix/channels.scm (<channel-metadata>): Add directory slot. Update users. (read-channel-metadata-from-source): New function. (standard-module-derivation): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Package Modules in a Subdirectory): New subsection.
* doc: Increase VM memory size.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-07-13
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a VM): Bump ‘-m‘ to 1 GiB to match its @item below, and have a chance of being usable, too.
* doc: Update gpg key fetching instructions.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-07-13
| | | | | | | | | This mirrors the steps performed by etc/guix-install.sh. * doc/guix.texi (KEY-SERVER): Replace moribund SKS key servers with... (OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-URL): ...the TLS PKI of the future. (Binary Installation, USB Stick and DVD Installation): Update the @example gpg command to download the key directly from Savannah.
* scripts: environment: Add --no-cwd.Carl Dong2019-07-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Add --no-cwd. * guix/scripts/environment.scm (show-help, %options): Add --no-cwd. (launch-environment/container): Add 'map-cwd?' param; only add mapping for cwd if #t. Only change to cwd within container if #t, otherwise home. (guix-environment): Error if --no-cwd without --container. Provide '(not no-cwd?)' to launch-environment/container as 'map-cwd?'. * tests/guix-environment.sh: Add test for no-cwd. Co-authored-by: Mike Gerwitz <mtg@gnu.org>
* build: Add 'doc/build.scm' to build on-line copies of the manual.Ludovic Courtès2019-07-07
| | | | | * doc/build.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it.
* doc: Add section for 'guix deploy'.Jakob L. Kreuze2019-07-06
| | | | * doc/guix.texi: Add section "Invoking guix deploy".
* doc: Correct the software behind ci.guix.gnu.org.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-06-29
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): It runs Cuirass.
* doc: Remove references to hydra.gnu.org.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-06-29
| | | | | | | * doc/contributing.texi (Packaging Guidelines, Submitting Patches): Replace hydra URL with @value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER}. * doc/guix.texi (Official Substitute Server): Remove ‘hydra’ @cindex. (Substitute Server Authorization): Remove note about hydra.gnu.org.pub.
* doc: Document use cases for NetworkManager with dnsmasq.Florian Pelz2019-06-24
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Give examples. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Use new upstream nomenclature for NetworkManager’s dnsmasq.Florian Pelz2019-06-24
| | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Replace term 'split DNS' by 'conditional forwarding'. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Recommend '-enable-kvm' for installing in a VM as well.Florian Pelz2019-06-24
| | | | | | * doc (Installing Guix in a VM): Add '-enable-kvm' to example. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Replace invalid uses of @var with @code.Ludovic Courtès2019-06-18
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi: Replace @var with @code in cases where we refer to a Scheme variable and not to a metasyntactic variable.
* doc: Fix typo.Gábor Boskovits2019-06-17
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Base Services)[guix-publish-service-type]: "guix-publish-configuration" instead of "guix-configuration".
* services: Include USB_ModeSwitch in %desktop-services.Florian Pelz2019-06-15
| | | | | | | | | Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/35640>. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (%desktop-services): Add usb-modeswitch-service-type. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* services: Add usb-modeswitch-service-type.Florian Pelz2019-06-15
| | | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/networking.scm (usb-modeswitch-service-type): New variable. (usb-modeswitch-configuration): New variable. (usb-modeswitch-sh): New procedure. (usb-modeswitch-configuration->udev-rules): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Fix typo.Björn Höfling2019-06-14
| | | | * doc/guix.texi: Switch URI and description in @uref for hpcguix-web.
* doc: Improve tarball extraction example.Julien Lepiller2019-06-12
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* doc: Update cargo-build-system parameter docs.Ivan Petkov2019-06-11
| | | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi: (Build Systems)[cargo-build-system]: Add references to the #:rust, #:cargo-inputs, and #:cargo-development-inputs parameters. Remove reference to installing crate sources. Signed-off-by: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
* store: 'build-things' accepts derivation/output pairs.Ludovic Courtès2019-06-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This allows callers to request the substitution of a single derivation output. * guix/store.scm (build-things): Accept derivation/output pairs among THINGS. * guix/derivations.scm (build-derivations): Likewise. * tests/store.scm ("substitute + build-things with specific output"): New test. * tests/derivations.scm ("build-derivations with specific output"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (The Store): Adjust accordingly.
* doc: Work around a po4a bug.Julien Lepiller2019-06-10
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi: Work around a po4a bug that prevents `guix pull` from completing.
* services: Add 'nix-service-type'.Oleg Pykhalov2019-06-10
| | | | | | * gnu/services/nix.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk: Add this. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Document this.
* doc: Fix typos.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2019-06-09
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Version Control Services): Fix typos & edit surrounding text.
* pack: Add '--entry-point'.Ludovic Courtès2019-06-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/pack.scm (self-contained-tarball): Add #:entry-point and warn when it's true. (squashfs-image): Add #:entry-point and honor it. (docker-image): Add #:entry-point and honor it. (%options, show-help): Add '--entry-point'. (guix-pack): Honor '--entry-point' and pass #:entry-point to BUILD-IMAGE. * gnu/tests/docker.scm (run-docker-test): Test 'docker run' with the default entry point. (build-tarball&run-docker-test): Pass #:entry-point to 'docker-image'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it. * gnu/tests/singularity.scm (run-singularity-test)["singularity run"]: New test. (build-tarball&run-singularity-test): Pass #:entry-point to 'squashfs-image'.
* services: Add Singularity.Ludovic Courtès2019-06-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/packages/linux.scm (singularity)[source](snippet): Change file name of setuid helpers in libexec/cli/*.exec. [arguments]: Remove "--disable-suid". * gnu/services/docker.scm (%singularity-activation): New variable. (singularity-setuid-programs): New procedure. (singularity-service-type): New variable. * gnu/tests/singularity.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Document it.
* services: Add auditd.Danny Milosavljevic2019-06-06
| | | | | | * gnu/services/auditd.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Document it.
* doc: Fix typo.Diego Nicola Barbato2019-06-05
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix archive): Remove spurious hyphen in example. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* services: guix-publish: Allow for multi-compression.Ludovic Courtès2019-06-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is a followup to b8fa86adfc01205f1d942af8cb57515eb3726c52. * guix/deprecation.scm (warn-about-deprecation): Make public. * gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-publish-configuration>)[compression]: New field. [compression-level]: Default to #f. Add '%' to getter name. (guix-publish-configuration-compression-level): Define as deprecated. (default-compression): New procedure. (guix-publish-shepherd-service)[config->compression-options]: New procedure. Use 'match-record' instead of 'match'. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Remove 'compression-level' and document 'compression'.
* publish: '--compression' can be repeated.Ludovic Courtès2019-06-02
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This allows 'guix publish' to compress and advertise multiple compression methods from which users can choose. * guix/scripts/publish.scm (actual-compression): Rename to... (actual-compressions): ... this. Expect REQUESTED to be a list, and always return a list. (%default-options): Remove 'compression. (store-item->recutils): New procedure. (narinfo-string): Change #:compression to #:compressions (plural). Adjust accordingly. (render-narinfo, render-narinfo/cached): Likewise. (bake-narinfo+nar): Change #:compression to #:compressions. [compressed-nar-size]: New procedure. Call 'compress-nar' for each item returned by 'actual-compressions'. Create a narinfo for each compression. (effective-compression): New procedure. (make-request-handler): Change #:compression to #:compressions. Use 'effective-compression' to determine the applicable compression. (guix-publish): Adjust handling of '--compression'. Print a message for each compression that is enabled. * tests/publish.scm ("/*.narinfo"): Adjust to new narinfo field ordering. ("/*.narinfo with properly encoded '+' sign"): Likewise. ("/*.narinfo with lzip + gzip"): New test. ("with cache, lzip + gzip"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Document it.
* services: Add patchwork.Christopher Baines2019-05-31
| | | | | | | | | * gnu/service/web.scm (<patchwork-database-configuration> <patchwork-settings-module>, <patchwork-configuration>): New record types. (patchwork-virtualhost): New procedure. (patchwork-service-type): New variable. * gnu/tests/web.scm (%test-patchwork): New variable. * doc/guix.text (Web Services): Document it.
* services: Add getmail.Christopher Baines2019-05-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Getmail is a mail retriever written in Python, this commit adds a service-type to run getmail. I'm looking at this, as it's a convinient way of getting mailing list messages in to Patchwork. I initially tried putting this in the (gnu services mail) module, but due to also trying to use the define-configuration pattern, it conflicted with the dovecot service. * gnu/services/getmail.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk: Add it. * gnu/tests/mail.scm (%getmail-os, %test-getmail): New variables. (run-getmail-test): New procedure.
* publish: Add support for lzip.Ludovic Courtès2019-05-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/publish.scm (show-help, %options): Support '-C METHOD' and '-C METHOD:LEVEL'. (default-compression): New procedure. (bake-narinfo+nar): Add lzip. (nar-response-port): Likewise. (string->compression-type): New procedure. (make-request-handler): Generalize /nar/gzip handler to handle /nar/lzip as well. * tests/publish.scm ("/nar/lzip/*"): New test. ("/*.narinfo with lzip compression"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Document it. (Requirements): Mention lzlib.
* doc: Update default value of terminal-outputs.Jakob L. Kreuze2019-05-27
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi: (terminal-outputs) Update default value. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* services: sddm: Fix root login failure issue.Reza Alizadeh Majd2019-05-26
| | | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/sddm.scm (sdm-pam-service): Set uid from CONFIG. (sdm-autologin-pam-service): Set uid from CONFIG. (sdm-pam-services): Pass CONFIG to 'sddm-pam-service' and 'sddm-autologin-pam-service'. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Adjust 'minimum-uid' documentation. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Murmur: Fix typo "authentication".Vagrant Cascadian2019-05-22
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Murmur): Fix typo.
* weather: Accept package specs on the command line.Ludovic Courtès2019-05-22
| | | | | | | | | Previously, non-option arguments would be ignored. Now it puts them to good use. * guix/scripts/weather.scm (guix-weather)[package-list]: New procedure. Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix weather): Adjust accordingly.
* pack: Add '--root'.Ludovic Courtès2019-05-22
| | | | | | | * guix/scripts/pack.scm (%options, show-help): Add "--root". (guix-pack): Honor it. * tests/guix-pack.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it.
* doc: use pure environment when building from gitGiovanni Biscuolo2019-05-20
| | | | | | | * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add --pure to "guix environment" invocations Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* vm: 'system-docker-image' provides an entry point.Ludovic Courtès2019-05-15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This simplifies use of images created with 'guix system docker-image'. * gnu/system/vm.scm (system-docker-image)[boot-program]: New variable. [os]: Add it to the GC roots. [build]: Pass #:entry-point to 'build-docker-image'. * gnu/tests/docker.scm (run-docker-system-test): New procedure. (%test-docker-system): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Remove GUIX_NEW_SYSTEM hack and '--entrypoint' from the example. Mention 'docker create', 'docker start', and 'docker exec'.
* doc: Mention ModemManager.Florian Pelz2019-05-15
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Mention ModemManager here. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* linux-container: Support container network sharing.Arun Isaac2019-05-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/system/linux-container.scm (container-essential-services): If network is to be shared with the host, remove network configuration files from etc service. (containerized-operating-system): If network is to be shared with the host, remove nscd service and map host's /var/run/nscd if it exists. (container-script): If network is to be shared with the host, do not create network namespace. * guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Add #:container-shared-network? argument. (perform-action): Add #:container-shared-network? argument. (show-help): Add "-N, --network" help information. (%options): Add network option. (process-action): Call perform-action with #container-shared-network? argument. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document the "-N, --network" option. Co-authored-by: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
* doc: Mention the Russian translation.Ludovic Courtès2019-05-13
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Top): Mention the Russian translation.
* doc: Add Russian translation.Ludovic Courtès2019-05-13
| | | | | | | * doc/local.mk (info_TEXINFOS): Add guix.ru.texi. (TRANSLATED_INFO): Add {guix,contributing}.ru.texi. * po/doc/local.mk (DOC_PO_FILES): Add guix-manual.ru.po. * po/doc/guix-manual.ru.po: New file.
* doc: Update list of supported architectures.Ludovic Courtès2019-05-13
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Remove "experimental" bit for AArch64. Mark "mips64el-linux" as "no longer fully supported."
* doc: Document 'auto-start?' field of 'shepherd-service'.Diego Nicola Barbato2019-05-12
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (shepherd-service): Document 'auto-start?' field. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Fix typo.Diego Nicola Barbato2019-05-11
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (shepherd-service): Replace 'requirements' with 'requirement'. Signed-off-by: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
* doc: Fix typo.Josh Holland2019-05-09
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (cargo-build-system): Correct Carto.toml. Signed-off-by: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>