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* doc: Fix typos in "Setuid Programs".Ludovic Courtès2015-07-23
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): Fix typos.
* doc: Suggest unpacking with --warning=no-timestamp.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-22
| | | | | | Suggested by Malcolm Cook <MEC@stowers.org>. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Suggest --warning=no-timestamp.
* doc: Mention zeroed mtimes in the binary tarball.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-22
| | | | | | | | Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/21111>. Reported by Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add paragraph about "implausibly old time stamps" warning from tar.
* size: Add '--substitute-urls' option.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-22
| | | | | | | * guix/scripts/size.scm (show-help, %options): Add --substitute-urls. (%default-options): Add 'substitute-urls'. (guix-size): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix size): Document it.
* doc: Mention initial passwords in "System Installation".Ludovic Courtès2015-07-22
| | | | | | | | Suggested by remo_ on IRC. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Explicitly mention user account passwords. (User Accounts): Add 'user-account-password' anchor.
* Merge branch 'core-updates'Mark H Weaver2015-07-19
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| * | | gnu: Require NEON on armhf.Mark H Weaver2015-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/packages/gcc.scm (gcc-configure-flags-for-triplet): On armhf, include --with-fpu=neon. * doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Document that our armhf port requires NEON.
* | | | doc: Update the "Limitations" section.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-19
| |_|/ |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Use the new package list URL. (Limitations): Mention Enlightenment and improve wording. Update the package count.
* | | build-system/ruby: Add #:gem-flags parameter.pjotrp2015-07-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/build-system/ruby.scm (build): add 'gem-flags' key * guix/build/ruby-build-system.scm (build): use 'gem-flags' key * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Mention #:gem-flags. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* | | file-systems: Add a 'dependencies' field to <file-system>.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (<file-system>)[dependencies]: New field. * gnu/system.scm (other-file-system-services)[requirements]: Honor 'file-system-dependencies'. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Document it.
* | | system: Add 'kernel-arguments' field.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[kernel-arguments]: New field. (operating-system-grub.cfg): Honor it. (operating-system-parameters-file): Add 'kernel-arguments' to the parameters file. * guix/scripts/system.scm (previous-grub-entries)[system->grub-entry]: Read the 'kernel-arguments' field of the parameters file, when available. * gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store-script): Use (operating-system-kernel-arguments os) in '-append'. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document it.
* | | Add 'guix-daemon.service' file for systemd.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * etc/guix-daemon.service.in: New file, provided by Ricardo Wurmus. * daemon.am (CLEANFILES): Add etc/guix-daemon.service. (systemdservicedir, nodist_systemdservice_DATA): New variables. (EXTRA_DIST): Add etc/guix-daemon.service.in. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation, Build Environment Setup): Mention 'guix-daemon.service'.
* | | doc: Reinstate bit about creating build accounts.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-15
| |/ |/| | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Reinstate bit about creating group and user accounts, which was inadvertently removed in 01dbc7e0.
* | file-systems: Allow users to specify file system UUIDs as strings.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/19778>. Reported by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%uuid-rx): New variable. (string->uuid): New procedure. (uuid): New macro. * tests/file-systems.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Give an example of UUID.
* | guix build: Add '--substitute-urls' client option.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-13
|/ | | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/build.scm (%standard-build-options, show-build-options-help): Add --substitute-urls=URLS. (set-build-options-from-command-line): Honor it. * guix/store.scm (%default-substitute-urls): Make public. * doc/guix.texi (Substitutes): Add xref to the client --substitute-urls option. (Invoking guix build): Document it. (Invoking guix-daemon): Add 'daemon-substitute-urls' anchor.
* doc: Augment offloading documentation.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-09
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Mention that we're using lsh. Mention GUILE_LOAD_PATH settings on the target machine. Explain that machines must authorize each other.
* doc: Remove extra quotes around URLs.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-08
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Remove extraneous quotes around URLs.
* build: Add 'emacs-build-system'.Federico Beffa2015-07-08
| | | | | | | | * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add 'guix/build-system/emacs.scm' and 'guix/build/emacs-build-system.scm'. * guix/build-system/emacs.scm: New file. * guix/build/emacs-build-system.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document it.
* import: Add 'elpa' importer.Federico Beffa2015-07-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/import/elpa.scm: New file. * guix/scripts/import.scm: Add "elpa" to 'importers'. * guix/scripts/import/elpa.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add 'guix/import/elpa.scm' and 'guix/scripts/import/elpa.scm'. (SCM_TESTS): Add 'tests/elpa.scm'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. * tests/elpa.scm: New file. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add 'guix/scripts/import/elpa.scm'.
* derivations: Add #:substitutable?, distinguished from #:local-build?.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18747>. * guix/derivations.scm (substitutable-derivation?): Rewrite to check for "allowSubstitutes". (derivation): Add #:substitutable? parameter. [user+system-env-vars]: Honor it. (build-expression->derivation): Add #:substitutable? and honor it. * guix/gexp.scm (gexp->derivation): Likewise. * tests/derivations.scm ("derivation-prerequisites-to-build and substitutes, non-substitutable build"): Use #:substitutable? instead of #:local-build?. ("substitutable-derivation?", "derivation-prerequisites-to-build and substitutes, local build"): New tests. * guix/download.scm (url-fetch): Adjust comment. * guix/git-download.scm (git-fetch): Likewise. * guix/build-system/gnu.scm (gnu-build, gnu-cross-build): Use #:substitutable? instead of #:local-build?. * doc/guix.texi (Derivations, G-Expressions): Adjust accordingly.
* environment: Define 'GUIX_ENVIRONMENT'.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-01
| | | | | | | * guix/scripts/environment.scm (create-environment): Define 'GUIX_ENVIRONMENT'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Document it. * gnu/system/shadow.scm (default-skeletons): Adjust 'PS1' depending on whether 'GUIX_ENVIRONMENT' is defined.
* doc: Mention .bashrc vs. .bash_profile for 'guix environment'.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-01
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Add footnote about .bashrc vs. .bash_profile.
* environment: For --ad-hoc, allow users to specify an output.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/environment.scm (package+propagated-inputs): Add 'output' parameter. Use it in return value. (options/resolve-packages): Use 'append-map' instead of 'map'. For 'load' and 'expression', return all the outputs of the resulting package. For 'package', use 'specification->package+output' instead of 'specification->package'. (guix-environment): Adjust uses of PACKAGES accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Document it. * tests/guix-environment.sh: Add test for --ad-hoc guile-bootstrap:out.
* environment: Add --system.Ludovic Courtès2015-07-01
| | | | | | | * guix/scripts/environment.scm (show-help, %options): Add -s/--system. (%default-options): Add 'system' pair. (guix-environment): Pass 'system' value from OPTS to 'lower-inputs'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Document it.
* doc: Add 'guix environment' examples.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-29
| | | | | | | | * doc/environment-gdb.scm: New file. * doc.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Clarify wording of the first example. Add a --ad-hoc example upfront. Add an example for '-e', and one for '-l'.
* doc: Add quote about running a monadic value.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-29
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (The Store Monad): Add funny quote about "running" a monadic value.
* doc: Add "Application Setup" section.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-22
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): New node.
* emacs: Add "edit" command to a list of packages.Alex Kost2015-06-22
| | | | | | | | | * emacs/guix-base.el (guix-edit-package): New function. * emacs/guix-list.el (guix-list-edit-package): New command. Bind it to "e" key. * emacs/guix-main.scm (package-location-string): New procedure. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs List buffer): Document "e" key binding. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix edit): Mention "package list" buffer.
* size: Add '--map-file' option.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-21
| | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/size.scm (profile->page-map): New procedures. (show-help, %options): Add --map-file. (guix-size): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix size): Document it. * doc/images/coreutils-size-map.png: New file. * doc.am (dist_infoimage_DATA): Add it.
* Add 'guix size'.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/size.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. (SCM_TESTS): Add tests/size.scm. * doc.am (SUBCOMMANDS): Add 'size'. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add guix/scripts/size.scm. * tests/size.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Packages with Multiple Outputs): Add xref to "Invoking guix size". (Invoking guix size): New node. (Invoking guix gc): Add index for "closure" and xref to the above. * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Use @enumerate for the check list. Add item about 'guix size'.
* Add 'guix edit'.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-18
| | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/edit.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. * doc.am (SUBCOMMANDS): Add 'edit'. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Add xref to "Invoking guix edit". (Invoking guix edit): New node. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add it.
* system: Rename 'sudoers' into 'sudoers-file'.Alex Kost2015-06-16
| | | | | | | * gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>): Rename record field. (etc-directory): Rename argument. (operating-system-etc-directory): Adjust accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Likewise.
* services: Remove lsh service from %DESKTOP-SERVICES.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-15
| | | | | | | | Suggested by Mark H Weaver and others at <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-06/msg00227.html>. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (%desktop-services): Remove call to 'lsh-service'. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Adjust accordingly.
* doc: Move most 'HACKING' informations into the manual.Mathieu Lirzin2015-06-14
| | | | | | | | | | | * HACKING (Contributing): New section. (Building from Git, The Perfect Setup, Coding Style, Submitting Patches): Move to ... * doc/guix.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Likewise. * doc/contributing.texi: ... here. New file. * doc.am (EXTRA_DIST): Use it. * README (Installation): Adapt to it. * configure.ac (DOT): Likewise.
* guix build: Allow directories to be passed to --with-source.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-11
| | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/build.scm (package-with-source)[tarball-base-name]: Gracefully handle file names that lack an extension. Pass #:recursive? #t to 'download-to-store'. * guix/download.scm (download-to-store): Add #:recursive? parameter and pass it to 'add-to-store'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Add an example of --with-source with a directory.
* import: hackage: Refactor parsing code and add new options.Federico Beffa2015-06-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/import/cabal.scm: New file. * guix/import/hackage.scm: Update to use the new Cabal parsing module. * tests/hackage.scm: Update tests. * guix/scripts/import/hackage.scm: Add new '--cabal-environment' and '--stdin' options. * doc/guix.texi: ... and document them. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add 'guix/import/cabal.scm', 'guix/import/hackage.scm' and 'guix/scripts/import/hackage.scm'. (SCM_TESTS): Add 'tests/hackage.scm'.
* doc: Suggest unpacking the binary tarball in /tmp.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-08
| | | | | | Suggested by Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> and others. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Suggest unpacking in /tmp rather than /.
* install: Omit /root from the binary tarball.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-08
| | | | | | | | | Suggested by Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>. * gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Remove "/root/.guix-profile" from the 'tar' arguments. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add a step to create ~root/.guix-profile.
* monads: Allow n-ary '>>=' expressions.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-08
| | | | | | | | | | Suggested by Federico Beffa <beffa@fbengineering.ch>. * guix/monads.scm (bind-syntax): New macro. (with-monad): Use it instead of 'identifier-syntax'. * tests/monads.scm (">>= with more than two arguments"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (The Store Monad): Explain that there can be several MPROC. Add an example.
* doc: Explain where the number of build users comes from.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-07
| | | | | | | Suggested by Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup): Explain where the number of build users comes from.
* guix gc: Add '--verify'.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-06
| | | | | | | * guix/scripts/gc.scm (show-help, %options): Add --verify. (guix-gc): Handle it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix gc): Document --verify, and move --optimize description right below it.
* system: 'hosts-file' is now a file-like object.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-05
| | | | | | | | | | | Partly fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/20720>. Reported by Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>. * gnu/system.scm (default-/etc/hosts): Change 'text-file' to 'plain-file'. (maybe-file->monadic): New procedure. (operating-system-etc-directory): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference, Networking Services): Adjust accordingly.
* system: 'sudoers' is now a file-like object.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | Partly fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/20720> Reported by Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>. * gnu/system.scm (etc-directory): Change default #:sudoers value to a 'plain-file'. Don't bind it. Remove #~#$. (maybe-string->file): New procedure. (operating-system-etc-directory): Use it. (%sudoers-specification): Use 'plain-file'. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Adjust accordingly.
* doc: Explain "file-like objects".Ludovic Courtès2015-06-05
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Mention "file-like objects" and explain more.
* gexp: Add 'plain-file'.Ludovic Courtès2015-06-03
| | | | | | | * guix/gexp.scm (<plain-file>): New type. (plain-file, plain-file-compiler): New procedures. * tests/gexp.scm ("one plain file"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Document 'plain-file'.
* guix environment: Add --ad-hoc option.David Thompson2015-05-28
| | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/environment.scm (%options): Add "ad-hoc" option. (show-help): Display help for "--ad-hoc". (packages+propagated-inputs): New procedure. (guix-environment): Create ad hoc environment when asked. * doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix environment"): Document it.
* doc: Clarify that --disable-chroot is needed for non-root users.Ludovic Courtès2015-05-27
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup, Invoking guix-daemon): Mention --disable-chroot as needed for non-root users.
* guix system: Add '--on-error'.Ludovic Courtès2015-05-25
| | | | | | | | | | * guix/ui.scm (load*): Add #:on-error parameter. [tag, error-string]: New variables. Wrap 'load' call in 'call-with-prompt'. Pass TAG to 'make-stack'. Honor ON-ERROR after 'report-load-error' call. (report-load-error): Change to not exit on error. Make private. * guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help, %options): Add --on-error. (guix-system): Use 'load*' and pass it #:on-error.
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