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* doc: Add a tip to better name mcron jobs.Maxim Cournoyer2021-08-08
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Scheduled Job Execution): Specify the 'displayable' argument for the 'updatedb-job' example. Add a tip to better name jobs, referring to the modified example.
* nls: Update translations.Julien Lepiller2021-08-04
| | | | | | | | | | * po/doc/guix-cookbook.ru.po: New file. * po/doc/guix-cookbook.sk.po: New file. * po/*/*.po: Update translations. * doc/local.mk (COOKBOOK_LANGUAGES): Add ru and sk. (info_TEXINFOS): Add Russian and Slovak cookbooks. * po/doc/local.mk (DOC_COOKBOOK_PO_FILES): Add Russian and Slovak po files.
* doc: Fix typo.Maxim Cournoyer2021-08-03
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Telephony Services): Remove the extraneous 'jami' argument when invoking 'list-actions'.
* Reinstate "services: Add a service for Jami."Maxim Cournoyer2021-08-02
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This reverts commit 4673f817938d9d2b1b40a072ab2e0c44a32ccc97, which reverted commit 69dcc24c9f0cdfea674eb690e7755d26a25ced2b with the fix detailed below. Thanks to Christopher Baines for reporting the failure and proposing a fix. * guix/self.scm (compiled-guix) [*system-test-modules*]: Add the test data files via the 'extra-files' argument. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Move the tests/data/jami-dummy-account.dat file to... * gnu/local.mk (MODULES_NOT_COMPILED): ... here.
* Revert "services: Add a service for Jami."Maxim Cournoyer2021-08-02
| | | | | This reverts commit 69dcc24c9f0cdfea674eb690e7755d26a25ced2b. It broke 'guix pull'.
* services: Add a service for Jami.Maxim Cournoyer2021-08-02
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/telephony.scm (string-or-computed-file?) (string-list?, account-fingerprint-list?): New procedures. (maybe-string-list, maybe-account-fingerprint-list) (maybe-boolean, maybe-string, jami-account-list): New configuration field types. (serialize-string-list, serialize-boolean, serialize-string) (jami-account, jami-account->alist, jami-configuration) (jami-account-list?, jami-account-list-maybe): New procedures. (%jami-accounts): New variable. (jami-configuration->command-line-arguments): New procedure. (jami-dbus-session-activation, jami-shepherd-services): New procedures. (jami-service-type): New variable. * gnu/build/jami-service.scm: New file. * gnu/tests/data/jami-dummy-account.dat: Likewise. * gnu/tests/telephony.scm: Likewise. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Register them. * Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): Register the test file. (dist_patch_DATA): Register the new data file. * doc/guix.texi (Telephony Services): Document it.
* services: Migrate to <setuid-program>.Brice Waegeneire2021-07-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/dbus.scm (dbus-setuid-programs, polkit-setuid-programs): Return setuid-programs. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (enlightenment-setuid-programs): Return setuid-programs. (%desktop-services)[mount-setuid-helpers]: Use setuid-programs. * gnu/services/docker.scm (singularity-setuid-programs): Return setuid-programs. * gnu/services/xorg.scm(screen-locker-setuid-programs): Return setuid-programs. * gnu/system.scm (%setuid-programs): Return setuid-programs. * doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs, operating-system Reference): Replace 'list of G-expressions' with 'list of <setuid-program>'.
* services: setuid: More configurable setuid support.Chris Lemmer-Webber2021-07-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New record <setuid-program> with fields for setting the specific user and group, as well as specifically selecting the setuid and setgid bits, for a program within the setuid-program-service. * gnu/services.scm (setuid-program-file-like-deprecated): New function. (setuid-program-service-type): Make use of setuid-program->activation-gexp. Adjust the extend property to handle <setuid-program>. * gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-setuid-programs): Update to expect a <setuid-record> list for each program entry. * gnu/system.scm: (operating-system-setuid-programs): Renamed to %operating-system-setuid-programs and replace it with new procedure. (operating-system-default-essential-services, hurd-default-essential-services): Replace operating-system-setuid-programs with %operating-system-setuid-programs. * gnu/system/setuid.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): Document <setuid-program>. Co-authored-by: Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
* pack: Allow embedding custom control files in deb packs.Maxim Cournoyer2021-07-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/pack.scm (self-contained-tarball/builder) [extra-options]: New argument. (self-contained-tarball, squashfs-image, docker-image) (debian-archive): Likewise. Remove two TODO comments. Document EXTRA-OPTIONS. Use the custom control files when provided. (%deb-format-options): New variable. (show-deb-format-options, show-deb-format-options/detailed): New procedures. (%options): Register new options. (show-help): Augment with new usage. (guix-pack): Validate and propagate new argument values. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack)[deb]: Document how to list advanced options. Add an example. * tests/pack.scm (deb archive...): Provide extra-options to the debian-archive procedure, and validate that the provided files are embedded in the pack.
* doc: Fix docker-configuration field names.Brice Waegeneire2021-07-17
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Docker): Correct filed names "docker" and "docker-cli".
* doc: Use Awk in one of the examples.Maxim Cournoyer2021-07-15
| | | | | | | | | | The output of the listing of available packages now contains a mix of tab and space characters, so that its output is more pleasing to read. This preserves most simple uses of 'cut', but the added extra space padding can cause a change in behavior in some scenarios. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Replace 'cut' by 'awk' in one of the examples.
* doc: Build manual translations with 'guile-3.0-latest'.Ludovic Courtès2021-07-09
| | | | | | | Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/47428>. Reported by Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>. * doc/build.scm (translated-texi-manuals): Explicitly use 'guile-3.0-latest'.
* system: Provide mg instead of zile.Mathieu Othacehe2021-07-09
| | | | | | | | | Since the update to the 2.6.2 release, the closure size of zile has increased. Switch to mg which is lighter. * gnu/system.scm (%base-packages-interactive): Replace zile by mg. * doc/guix.texi (Proceeding with the Installation, Using the Configuration System): Adapt those sections.
* gnu: %guile-3.0-static-stripped: Rename to %guile-static-stripped.Efraim Flashner2021-07-08
| | | | | | | | | | * gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm (%guile-3.0-static-stripped): Rename to %guile-static-stripped. (%guile-bootstrap-tarball): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (expression->initrd): Use %guile-static-stripped as default guile. * doc/guix.texi (initial RAM disk)[expression->initrd]: Adjust documentation accordingly.
* services: Add bitmask-service-type.Raghav Gururajan2021-07-07
| | | | | | | * gnu/services/vpn.scm (bitmask-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. Co-authored-by: jgart <jgart@dismail.de>
* doc: Fix broken reference in guix.texi.Leo Prikler2021-07-07
| | | | | | | | This is a follow-up to c2ff06e5e410e615397b9df901af8028a64b3d82, in which a link to the cookbook was added using a different name than the actual section. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Fix broken link to cookbook.
* doc: Add guide showing auto-login on a specific TTY to the cookbook.Joshua Branson2021-07-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is a follow-up to the discussion in <https://bugs.gnu.org/48974>. * doc/guix-cookbook.texi (System Configuration): Add a brief guide that explains auto login a user to one TTY. * doc/guix.texi (System Services): Add an texinfo anchor, so that the cookbook entry "Auto Login a User to a Specific TTY" can refer back to the precise point that the GNU Guix Reference manual. Also add a reference to the cookbook that shows how to auto login a specific user to one TTY. Signed-off-by: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at>
* doc: Change Debbugs usertags user to "guix".Chris Marusich2021-07-05
| | | | | | * doc/contributing.texi (Debbugs Usertags): Change the user for usertags from "guix-devel@gnu.org" to "guix". This was discussed on the guix-devel email list: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2021-06/msg00212.html>.
* doc: Fix typo.Ludovic Courtès2021-07-04
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Fix typo.
* doc: Add a note and warning regarding the usage of deb packs.Hartmut Goebel2021-06-30
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Move to the end of the table, and add a note and warning regarding the usage of deb packs.
* guix: gexp: Define gexp->approximate-sexp.Maxime Devos2021-06-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | It will be used in the 'optional-tests' linter. * guix/gexp.scm (gexp->approximate-sexp): New procedure. * tests/gexp.scm ("no references", "unquoted gexp", "unquoted gexp (native)") ("spliced gexp", "unspliced gexp, approximated") ("unquoted gexp, approximated"): Test it. * doc/gexp.scm ("G-Expressions"): Document it. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
* pack: Add support for the deb format.Maxim Cournoyer2021-06-29
| | | | | | | | | | | * .dir-locals.el (scheme-mode)[gexp->derivation]: Define indentation rule. * guix/scripts/pack.scm (debian-archive): New procedure. (%formats): Register the new deb format. (show-formats): Add it to the usage string. * tests/pack.scm (%ar-bootstrap): New variable. (deb archive with symlinks): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it. * NEWS: Add news entry.
* services: kmscon: Add keyboard-layout fields.luhui2021-06-29
| | | | | | | * gnu/services/base.scm (<kmscon-configuration>): Add keyboard-layout fields. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document them. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
* gnu: Add strongswan service.Domagoj Stolfa2021-06-25
| | | | | | | * gnu/services/vpn.scm (<strongswan-configuration>): New record type. (charon-plugins, strongswan-configuration-file) (strongswan-shepherd-service, strongswan-service-type): New variables. * doc/guix.tex (VPN Services): Document them all.
* services: certbot: Add option to use CSR file.Raghav Gururajan2021-06-24
| | | | | | * gnu/services/certbot.scm (<certificate-configuration>): Add csr field. (certbot-command): Modify. * doc/guix.texi (Certificate Services): Document it.
* doc: Document the use of Debbugs usertags.Chris Marusich2021-06-23
| | | | | | | | * doc/contributing.texi (Contributing): Update the short description of the "Tracking Bugs and Patches" chapter in the menu. (Tracking Bugs and Patches): Split this section into three new subsections, titled "The Issue Tracker", "Debbugs User Interfaces", and "Debbugs Usertags". Of these, only the "Debbugs Usertags" is actually new.
* services: cups: Remove obsolete KeepAliveTimeout directive.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2021-06-23
| | | | | | | https://github.com/apple/cups/commit/461bd4e50142b2928a0d164bd1aae274e4d34da5 * gnu/services/cups.scm (<cups-configuration>): Remove keep-alive-timeout field. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Likewise.
* services: cups: Fix ‘files-config’ typo/left-over.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2021-06-23
| | | | | | * gnu/services/cups.scm (<policy-configuration>): Substitute <files-configuration> for <files-config> in documentation. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Likewise.
* services: openssh: Replace 'without-password' by 'prohibit-password'.Brice Waegeneire2021-06-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For some time, OpenSSH's option 'PermitRootLogin' has deprecated the ambiguous argument 'without-password' with 'prohibit-password'. * doc/guix.texi (Network Services): Replace 'without-password by 'prohibit-password. * gnu/machine/digital-ocean.scm (guix-infect): Change system configuration to use 'prohibit-password. * gnu/services/ssh.scm (openssh-configuration): Change comment to use 'prohibit-password. (openssh-config-file): Add support for 'prohibit-password to 'permit-root-login'. Warn about deprecated 'without-password usage. * gnu/tests/ganeti.scm (%ganeti-os): Replace 'without-password by 'prohibit-password. Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
* doc: Fix a typo.Nicolas Goaziou2021-06-19
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Substitute Server Authorization): Fix typo.
* doc: Clarify Git commit signing; fix typo.Ludovic Courtès2021-06-18
| | | | | | | | Suggested by Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> and Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>. * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Clarify Git commit signing setup and fix typo.
* doc: Explain more reasons for commit revocation.Ludovic Courtès2021-06-18
| | | | * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Revocation): Expound.
* doc: Add "Addressing Issues" section.Ludovic Courtès2021-06-18
| | | | | | * doc/contributing.texi (Addressing Issues): New section. Co-authored-by: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
* doc: Structure the "Commit Access" section.Ludovic Courtès2021-06-18
| | | | | * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add introduction and section heading. Separate OpenPGP setup from commit policy.
* Start enabling substitutes from bordeaux.guix.gnu.org.Christopher Baines2021-06-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | In addition to substitutes from ci.guix.gnu.org. There are more changes that can be made in the future, but these changes seem like a good start. * config-daemon.ac (guix_substitute_urls): Add https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org. * guix/scripts/substitute.scm (%default-substitute-urls): Add http://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org. * guix/store.scm (%default-substitute-urls): Add bordeaux.guix.gnu.org. * doc/guix.texi: Adjust accordingly. * doc/contributing.texi: Adjust accordingly.
* doc: Update QEMU command line.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2021-06-17
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Substitute ‘-nic’ for the obsolete ‘-net’.
* doc: Fix reference to the bind package variable name.Luis Felipe2021-06-13
| | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Globally-Visible Packages): Change "bind" variable name to the actual variable name, "isc-bind". Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
* doc, gnu, guix: Fix typos.Paul A. Patience2021-06-13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi: Fix various typos and reword a sentence. * gnu/packages/cpp.scm (cpplint)[description]: Fix typo. * gnu/packages/dns.scm (ldns): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/games.scm (yamagi-quake2): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/qt.scm (python-pyqtwebengine): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/rails.scm (ruby-autoprefixer-rails): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/syndication.scm (quiterss)[description]: Fix typo. * gnu/packages/terminals.scm (kmscon): Fix typo in comment. * gnu/packages/xml.scm (perl-xml-sax-base)[description]: Fix typo. (python-elementpath)[description]: Fix typo. * guix/build/asdf-build-system.scm (output-translation): Fix typo in docstring. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Update minimum Guile-Git version.Ludovic Courtès2021-06-08
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Update Guile-Git version.
* doc: Add reference for ‘git-version’ and ‘hg-version’.Xinglu Chen2021-06-06
| | | | | | | | | * doc/contributing.texi (Version Numbers): Document ‘git-version’ and ‘hg-version’. * doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Reference ‘Version Numbers’ section for version naming guidelines. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Pluralize "package."Matthew James Kraai2021-06-06
| | | | | | * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Pluralize "package." Signed-off-by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
* doc: Mention virtualization module and add missing closing parenthesis.Solene Rapenne2021-06-04
| | | | | | | * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Mention virtualization module and add missing closing parenthesis. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
* doc: Fix example iptables configuration.Eric Brown2021-06-04
| | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Allow established and related incoming connections in example iptables configuration. Signed-off-by: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
* import: Add CHICKEN egg importer.Xinglu Chen2021-06-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/import/egg.scm: New file. * guix/scripts/import/egg.scm: New file. * tests/egg.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES, SCM_TESTS): Register them. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Likewise. * guix/scripts/import.scm (importers): Add egg importer. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import, Invoking guix refresh): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* maint: Require Guile 3.0.Ludovic Courtès2021-06-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | * configure.ac: Require Guile 3.0. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guile2.2-guix): Remove. * guix/lint.scm (exception-with-kind-and-args?): Remove 'cond-expand'. * guix/scripts/deploy.scm (deploy-machine*): Likewise. * guix/store.scm (call-with-store): Likewise. * guix/swh.scm (http-get*, http-post*): Likewise. * guix/ui.scm (without-compiler-optimizations, guard*) (call-with-error-handling): Likewise.
* tests: Fix loadable-kernel-modules-service tests.Brice Waegeneire2021-05-31
| | | | | | | | | | * gnu/tests/linux-modules.scm (run-loadable-kernel-modules-service-test): Actually load the modules with kernel-module-loader-service-type. Use a singleton service instead of defining a custom one. * doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): To give an example of linux-loadable-module-service-type use a singleton instead of defining a new service.
* doc: Add a note about networking requirements for SSH access to VMs.Maxim Cournoyer2021-05-30
| | | | | | | | | | | Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/48739>. It may seem silly, but when not realizing this firsthand, it can be quite surprising and thus not obvious to troubleshoot. Thanks to Eric Brown for their insightful comments on the tracker. * doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a VM): Add a note that networking support must be available in the Guix System operating system declaration used for the VM.
* doc: Fix typos.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2021-05-30
| | | | | | * doc/contributing.texi (Translating Guix): Fix ‘runnig’ typo. Replace ‘target’ with ‘command’ to match the verb. Fix ‘refered’ and ‘formating’ too.
* doc: lxqt-desktop-service: Update lxqt homepage url.Brendan Tildesley2021-05-29
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi: Replace lxqt.github.io with lxqt-project.org. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Spell out the implications of disabling substitutes.Ludovic Courtès2021-05-28
| | | | | | | Suggested by elb on #guix. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add note explaining the implications of disabling substitutes.