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* doc: Document the 'upstream-name' property.Ludovic Courtès2018-02-05
| | | | | | Reported by Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document 'upstream-name'.
* doc: guix-publish-configuration-ttl is in seconds.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2018-02-04
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document that guix-publish-configuration-ttl takes its value in seconds.
* etc: Add installation script.Ricardo Wurmus2018-01-30
| | | | | | | | * etc/guix-install.sh: New file. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Mention it. Co-authored-by: sharlatan <sharlatanus@gmail.com>
* doc: Unconfuse file systems and partitions.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2018-01-29
| | | | | | | | | | Partitions can have their own labels and UUIDs (e.g. under GPT) that are unrelated to those of the contained file system. Confusing the two ends poorly. * doc/guix.scm (File Systems, Proceeding with the Installation) (Using the Configuration System, Initial RAM Disk): Substitute `file system' for `partition' when talking about labels and UUIDs.
* doc, gnu: Fix spelling of screen-things.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2018-01-29
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Write 'screen locker' and 'screen saver' in prose. * gnu/services/xorg.scm (screen-locker-service): Likewise.
* doc: Fix SCREEN-LOCKER-SERVICE description.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2018-01-29
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Correct the documentation for the SCREEN-LOCKER-SERVICE procedure.
* doc: Replace a stale reference to a code snippet.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2018-01-29
| | | | | | | | The text refers to a snippet which has since been removed, but a suitable replacement is near. Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Substitute bind for tcpdump.
* doc: Mention escpr in CUPS configuration example.Diego Nicola Barbato2018-01-28
| | | | | | | | | Suggested by Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Mention how to add support for Epson printers to CUPS via escpr in the configuration example. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: Improve ‘fix-runpath’ description.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2018-01-21
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Re-write ‘fix-runpath’ documentation entirely. Just fixing the typos didn't do much.
* services: Missing services are automatically instantiated.Ludovic Courtès2018-01-21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This simplifies OS configuration: users no longer need to be aware of what a given service depends on. See the discussion at <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-01/msg00114.html>. * gnu/services.scm (missing-target-error): New procedure. (service-back-edges): Use it. (instantiate-missing-services): New procedure. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-services): Call 'instantiate-missing-services'. * tests/services.scm ("instantiate-missing-services") ("instantiate-missing-services, no default value"): New tests. * gnu/services/version-control.scm (cgit-service-type)[extensions]: Add FCGIWRAP-SERVICE-TYPE. * gnu/tests/version-control.scm (%cgit-os): Remove NGINX-SERVICE-TYPE and FCGIWRAP-SERVICE-TYPE instances. * doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): Remove 'mcron-service-type' in example. (Miscellaneous Services): Remove 'nginx-service-type' and 'fcgiwrap-service-type' in Cgit example.
* gnu: Consistently Write ‘file system(s)’.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2018-01-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It is the GNU way. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems, DNS Services): Write ‘file system(s)’. * gnu/build/vm.scm (create-ext-file-system, create-fat-file-system): Likewise. * gnu/packages/backup.scm (dirvish, rsnapshot)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/check.scm (python-testpath)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/disk.scm (pydf)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/file-systems.scm (disorderfs)[synopsis, description]: Likewise. (glusterfs)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-directory, ghc-system-fileio-bootstrap) (ghc-system-fileio)[synopsis]: Likewise. (ghc-fsnotify)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/linux.scm (proot)[description]: Likewise. (jmtpfs)[synopsis, description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/mate.scm (caja, caja-extensions)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/storage.scm (ceph)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/sync.scm (lsyncd)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/syncthing.scm (syncthing)[synopsis]: Likewise. (go-github-com-zillode-notify)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/services/nfs.scm (pipefs-service-type): Likewise. * guix/scripts/system.scm (perform-action): Likewise.
* docs: Fix typo in qemu-binfmt example.Danny Milosavljevic2018-01-17
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document 'guix-support?' properly.
* gnu: services: web: Add service for httpd.Christopher Baines2018-01-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/web.scm (<httpd-module>, <httpd-config-file>, <httpd-virtualhost> <httpd-configuration>): New record types. (%default-httpd-modules, %httpd-accounts, httpd-service-type): New variables. (httpd-shepherd-services, httpd-activation, httpd-process-extensions): New procedures. * gnu/tests/web.scm (run-httpd-test): New procedure. (%httpd-os, %tests-httpd): New variables. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document the Apache HTTP Server.
* doc: Fix typo.Ludovic Courtès2018-01-16
| | | | | | Reported by Nicolas Goaziou. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix archive): Fix typo.
* doc: Deprecate 'bitlbee-service' procedure.Ludovic Courtès2018-01-15
| | | | | | * gnu/services/messaging.scm (bitlbee-service): Mark as deprecated. * doc/guix.texi (Messaging Services): Document 'bitlbee-service-type' and 'bitlbee-configuration'. Remove 'bitlbee-service'.
* services: bitlbee: Move to (gnu services messaging).Ludovic Courtès2018-01-15
| | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/networking.scm (<bitlbee-configuration>) (bitlbee-shepherd-service, %bitlbee-accounts, %bitlbee-activation) (bitlbee-service-type, bitlbee-service): Move to... * gnu/services/messaging.scm: ... here. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Move 'bitlbee-service' doc to... (Messaging Services): ... here.
* doc: Connect "guix archive", "guix pack", and co.Ludovic Courtès2018-01-15
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Add xrefs to "guix publish", "guix copy", and "guix archive". (Invoking guix archive): Add xref to "guix pack".
* doc: Correct documentation of NGINX-LOCATION-CONFIGURATION.Andreas Enge2018-01-14
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): The body of an NGINX-LOCATION-CONFIGURATION is a list of strings and not a string.
* services: qemu-binfmt: Extend guix-daemon with extra chroot directories.Ludovic Courtès2018-01-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/20239>. * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<qemu-binfmt-configuration>)[guix-support?]: New field. (qemu-binfmt-guix-chroot): New procedure. (qemu-binfmt-service-type)[extensions]: Add GUIX-SERVICE-TYPE. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document 'guix-support?'. (Additional Build Options): Mention binfmt_misc and offloading under '--system'.
* services: Add qemu-binfmt.Ludovic Courtès2018-01-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<qemu-platform>): New record type. (bv): New macro. (%i386, %i486, %alpha, %arm, %armeb, %sparc, %sparc32plus) (%ppc, %ppc64, %ppc64le, %m68k, %mips, %mipsel, %mipsn32el) (%mips64, %mips64el, %sh4, %sh4eb, %s390x, %aarch64, %hppa) (%qemu-platforms): New variables. (lookup-qemu-platforms): New procedure. (<qemu-binfmt-configuration>): New record type. (qemu-platform->binfmt): New procedures. (%binfmt-mount-point, %binfmt-register-file, %binfmt-file-system) (qemu-binfmt-service-type): New variables. (qemu-binfmt-shepherd-services): New procedures. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Add "Transparent Emulation with QEMU" heading. binfmt fixlet
* doc: Fix typo in 'guix environment' example.Ludovic Courtès2018-01-11
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Add missing @ in example.
* gnu: services: Add darkstat service.宋文武2018-01-08
| | | | | | * gnu/services/monitoring.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Monitoring Services): Document it.
* services: guix: Add 'log-compression' option.Ludovic Courtès2018-01-08
| | | | | | | | * gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-configuration>)[log-compression]: New field. (guix-shepherd-service): Use 'match-record' instead of 'match'. Honor 'log-compression'. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document 'log-compression'.
* publish: Publish build logs.Ludovic Courtès2018-01-07
| | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/publish.scm (render-log-file): New procedure. (make-request-handler): Add "log" case. * tests/publish.scm ("/log/NAME") ("/log/NAME not found"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Document /log URLs.
* doc: Mark zlib as mandatory, libbz2 as optional.Ludovic Courtès2018-01-07
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Move zlib to mandatory and libbz2 to optional. * README: Ditto.
* daemon: Add gzip log compression.Ludovic Courtès2018-01-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (GUIX_OPT_LOG_COMPRESSION): New macro. (options): Mark "disable-log-compression" as hidden and add "log-compression". (parse_opt): Handle GUIX_OPT_LOG_COMPRESSION. * nix/libstore/build.cc (DerivationGoal): Add 'gzLogFile'. (openLogFile): Initialize it when 'logCompression' is COMPRESSION_GZIP. (closeLogFile, handleChildOutput): Honor 'gzLogFile'. * nix/libstore/globals.hh (Settings)[compressLog]: Remove. [logCompression]: New field. (CompressionType): New enum. * nix/libstore/globals.cc (Settings::Settings): Initialize it. (update): Remove '_get' call for 'compressLog'. * nix/local.mk (guix_daemon_LDADD, guix_register_LDADD): Add -lz. * guix/store.scm (log-file): Handle '.gz' log files. * tests/guix-daemon.sh: Add test with '--log-compression=gzip'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Adjust accordingly. * config-daemon.ac: Check for libz and zlib.h.
* doc: Describe Wayland status.Rutger Helling2018-01-06
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Add a paragraph about the current status of Wayland in Guix.
* doc: Fix typo.Mark H Weaver2017-12-30
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): "orMATE" --> "or MATE".
* gnu: services: Add MATE desktop service.ng02017-12-30
| | | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/desktop.scm (<mate-desktop-configuration>, mate-desktop-service-type): New variable. (mate-desktop-service): New public variable. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Document the service. Signed-off-by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>
* services: networking: Add a dependency override mechanism to ↵Marius Bakke2017-12-29
| | | | | | | | | | <static-networking>. * gnu/services/networking.scm (<static-networking>)[requirement]: New field. (static-networking-shepherd-service): Don't override requirement for loopback. (static-networking-service): Expose 'requirement' parameter. Default to UDEV. * gnu/services/base.scm (%base-services): Add (requirement '()) for loopback service. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
* doc: Fix typo.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2017-12-26
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Transpose words.
* gnu, doc: Use HTTPS for cran.r-project.org home pages.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2017-12-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (r-sparql, r-acsnminer, r-gkmsvm) (r-maldiquant, r-gprofiler)[home-page]: Use HTTPS. * gnu/packages/cran.scm (r-colorspace, r-auc, r-calibrate, r-shape) (r-compare, r-proxy, r-sp, r-rmtstat, r-lmtest, r-inline, r-bbmle) (r-lpsolve, r-energy, r-suppdists, r-ksamples, r-cvst, r-drr, r-prodlim) (r-ddalpha, r-rcpproll, r-ipred, r-psych, r-truncnorm, r-rsolnp, r-laeken) (r-vcd, r-ica, r-scatterplot3d)[home-page]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm (r-adaptivesparsity, r-kernlab) [home-page]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/maths.scm (r-quadprog, r-pracma)[home-page]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/statistics.scm (r-boot, r-cluster, r-codetools, r-foreign) (r-kernsmooth, r-nlme, r-mgcv, r-rpart, r-dichromat, r-estimability) (r-pheatmap, r-labeling, r-magrittr, r-munsell, r-rcolorbrewer, r-sendmailr) (r-gdtools, r-acepack, r-formula, r-locfit, r-chron, r-coda, r-backports) (r-brew, r-commonmark, r-rstudioapi, r-plotrix, r-gridbase, r-bitops) (r-catools, r-xnomial, r-lambda-r, r-whoreadsthis, r-futile-options) (r-futile-logger, r-segmented, r-snow, r-iterators, r-foreach, r-doparallel) (r-domc, r-irlba, r-registry, r-e1071, r-bigmemory-sri, r-r-methodss3) (r-tidyselect, r-base64, r-runit, r-sfsmisc, r-gtools, r-gdata, r-gplots) (r-ztable, r-vipor, r-sourcetools, r-statmod, r-compquadform, r-mixtools) (r-fastica, r-diptest, r-modeltools, r-flexmix, r-deoptimr, r-pcapp) (r-rrcov, r-fit-models, r-robust, r-trimcluster, r-fpc, r-fnn) (r-modelmetrics, r-nloptr, r-lme4, r-tclust, r-lubridate)[home-page]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/web.scm (r-htmltools, r-hwriter, r-rjson, r-rook)[home-page]: Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import, Invoking guix refresh): Likewise.
* services: messaging: Use HTTPS for prosody.im URLs.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2017-12-24
| | | | | | * gnu/services/messaging.scm (prosody-configuration): Use HTTPS whenever referring to prosody.im URLs in documentation. * doc/guix.texi (Messaging Services): Likewise.
* doc: Properly escape brackets.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2017-12-23
| | | | | | This fixes a build failure reported by Catonano <catonano@gmail.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Escape ‘{’ and ‘}’ everywhere.
* gnu: dovecot: Update to 2.3.0.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2017-12-23
| | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/packages/mail.scm (dovecot): Update to 2.3.0. * gnu/services/mail.scm (dovecot-configuration)[director-doveadm-port] [ssl-parameters-regenerate]: Delete fields. [ssl-protocols]: Rename to... [ssl-min-protocol]: ...this. [mail-log-prefix, mdbox-rotate-size, ssl-cipher-list, imap-logout-format]: Update default values. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Reflect the above changes to the service.
* doc: Add "/guix" after LOCALSTATEDIR.Ludovic Courtès2017-12-23
| | | | | | | | Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/29813>. Reported by Martin Castillo <castilma@uni-bremen.de>. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon, Invoking guix package): Add missing "/guix" after LOCALSTATEDIR.
* guix build: Support '--with-source=PACKAGE@VERSION=URI'.Ludovic Courtès2017-12-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/build.scm (numeric-extension?, tarball-base-name): New procedures, formerly in 'package-with-source'. (transform-package-source)[new-sources]: Look for '=' in URI. Each element of the list of now a (PKG VERSION SOURCE) tuple. Pass VERSION to 'package-with-source'. (package-with-source): Add 'version' parameter and honor it. * tests/scripts-build.scm ("options->transformation, with-source, PKG=URI") ("options->transformation, with-source, PKG@VER=URI"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Package Transformation Options): Document the new forms.
* services: urandom-seed: Deprecate the 'urandom-seed-service' procedure.Ludovic Courtès2017-12-22
| | | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/base.scm (urandom-seed-service-type)[default-value]: New field. (urandom-seed-service): Mark as deprecated. (%base-services): Use URANDOM-SEED-SERVICE-TYPE directly. * gnu/services/base.scm (%base-services): * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document 'urandom-seed-service-type' instead of 'urandom-seed-service'.
* doc: Document fixed-output derivations.Ludovic Courtès2017-12-22
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Derivations): Add paragraph on fixed-output derivations.
* services: urandom-seed: Try using a HWRNG to seed the Linux CRNG at boot.Leo Famulari2017-12-19
| | | | | | * gnu/services/base.scm (urandom-seed-shepherd-service): Try to read from '/dev/hwrng' at boot, as a supplement to any saved random seed. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document the new feature.
* doc: Clarify treatment of the root account.Ludovic Courtès2017-12-18
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Clarify the situation of UID 0.
* services: nginx: Allow to add raw content to the server blocks.Clément Lassieur2017-12-18
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document 'raw-content'. * gnu/services/web.scm (<nginx-server-configuration>)[raw-content]: New field. (emit-nginx-server-config): Add it.
* services: nginx: Replace 'http-port' and 'https-port' with 'listen'.Clément Lassieur2017-12-18
| | | | | | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Web Services, Version Control Services): Update accordingly. * gnu/services/certbot.scm (certbot-nginx-server-configurations): Likewise. * gnu/services/version-control.scm (%cgit-configuration-nginx): Likewise. * gnu/services/web.scm (<nginx-server-configuration>, emit-nginx-server-config): Likewise. * gnu/tests/version-control.scm (%cgit-configuration-nginx, %git-nginx-configuration): Likewise. * gnu/tests/web.scm (%nginx-servers, %php-fpm-nginx-server-blocks): Likewise.
* doc: Fix typo.Martin Castillo2017-12-18
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi: remove double occurence of generations. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* guix: offload: Add "status" sub-command.Ricardo Wurmus2017-12-16
| | | | | | * guix/scripts/offload.scm (check-machine-status): New procedure. (guix-offload): Call it when the argument is "status". * doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Document it.
* scripts: system: Add --expression option.Mathieu Othacehe2017-12-15
| | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help): Add expression option. (%options): Ditto. (guix-system): Allow commands taking a file as an argument to use an expression instead. (process-action): Read operating-system from expression or file. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Introduce the expression option.
* doc: Fix typo.Oleg Pykhalov2017-12-15
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (DNS Services): Fix knot-configuration.
* doc: Fix typo.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2017-12-12
| | | | * doc/guix.texi: Add missing ‘@*’ to copyright headers.
* gnu: services: Add php-fpm.nee2017-12-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/web.scm (<php-fpm-configuration>, <php-fpm-process-manager-configuration>): New record types. (php-fpm-configuration?, php-fpm-process-manager-configuration?, php-fpm-service-type, nginx-php-location): New procedures. * doc/guix.texi (Web-Services): Document php-fpm service. * gnu/tests/web.scm: Add php-fpm system test. Signed-off-by: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
* services: web: Add support for configuring the nginx server names hash.Christopher Baines2017-12-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The nginx service can fail to start if the server names hash bucket size is too small, which can happen on some systems, and when using QEMU, depending on the CPU. * gnu/services/web.scm (<nginx-configuration>): Add server-names-hash-bucket-size and server-names-hash-bucket-max-size. (default-nginx-config): Add support for the new hash bucket size parameters. (nginx-service, nginx-activation): Pass the new hash bucket size parameters through to the default-nginx-config procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document the new hash bucket size parameters.