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#+TITLE: Hacking GNU Guix and Its Incredible Distro

Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Copyright © 2015, 2017 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
Copyright © 2017 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
Copyright © 2017 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>

  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
  are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
  notice and this notice are preserved.

* Contributing

See the manual for useful hacking information, either by running

  info -f doc/guix.info "Contributing"

or by checking the [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Contributing.html][web copy of the manual]].
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79e96e231a Florian Pelz 2024-11-11installer: Add static-networking template....* gnu/installer/services.scm (%system-services): Add static-networking-service-type. Change-Id: Iec6336f8d1f49e8b801e978d5c9eeb4f83a6e748 Janneke Nieuwenhuizen 2024-11-11installer: Add "Kernel" page to select the Hurd....This adds a "Kernel" page to the installer with the option to (cross-) install the Hurd, if applicable (only available on x86 machines for now). * gnu/installer/newt.scm (kernel-page): New procedure. (newt-installer)[kernel-page]: New field. * gnu/installer/kernel.scm, gnu/installer/newt/kernel.scm: New files. * gnu/local.mk (INSTALLER_MODULES): Add them. * gnu/installer.scm (installer-steps): Use them to select kernel if applicable. * gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm (run-label-page): Default to "msdos" when instaling the Hurd. (run-fs-type-page): Add ext2 for the hurd. (run-partitioning-page-partition): Remove `entire-encrypted' option when installing the Hurd. * gnu/installer/services.scm (system-services->configuration): Cater for the Hurd with %base-services/hurd, and with %base-packages/hurd that must always be set. (%system-services): Change to procedure. When installing the the Hurd, do not recommend `ntp-service-type' and USE `openssh-sans-x' package for `openssh-service-type'. (system-service-none): New variable. * gnu/installer/newt/services.scm (run-network-management-page): Include it when installing the Hurd. (run-desktop-environments-cbt-page): When installing the Hurd, recommend to not select any desktop enviroment. Update users. * gnu/installer/parted.scm (efi-installation?): Return #f when installing for the Hurd. (create-ext2-file-system): New procedure. (user-fs-type-name, user-fs-type->mount-type, partition-filesystem-user-type, format-user-partitions): Support `ext2'. (<user-partition> partition->user-partition): Use `ext2' when installing the Hurd. (auto-partition!): Likewise. No swap partition when installing the Hurd. * gnu/installer/final.scm (install-system): Cater for cross installation of the Hurd. (bootloader-configuration): Use `grub-minimal-bootloader' when installing the Hurd. (user-partition-missing-modules): Cater for empty user-partitions. (initrd-configuration, user-partitions->configuration): Cater for the Hurd. * gnu/installer/steps.scm (format-configuration, configuration->file): Cater for the Hurd. * gnu/system/hurd.scm (%desktop-services/hurd): New variable. * gnu/installer/tests.scm (choose-kernel): New procedure. * gnu/tests/install.scm (gui-test-program): Use it. Change-Id: Ifafb27b8a2f933944c77223a27ec151757237e36 Janneke Nieuwenhuizen 2024-11-11installer: Add dry-run?...This allows running the installer without root privileges. Do something like ./pre-inst-env guix repl ,use (guix) ,use (gnu installer) (installer-program #:dry-run? #t) ,build $1 => "/gnu/store/...-installer-program" and run /gnu/store/...-installer-program * gnu/installer/newt.scm (locale-page): Add #:dry-run? parameter. (keymap-page): Likewise. * gnu/installer/newt/keymap.scm (run-keymap-page): Likewise. * gnu/installer/steps.scm (run-installer-steps): Likewise. Use it to skip writing to socket. * gnu/installer/newt/final.scm (run-final-page): Rename to... (run-final-page-install): ...this. (dry-run-final-page, run-final-page): New procedures. * gnu/installer/parted.scm (bootloader-configuration): Cater for empty user partitions. * gnu/installer/utils.scm (dry-run-command): New procedure. * gnu/installer.scm (compute-locale-step): Add #:dry-run? parameter. Use it to avoid actually applying locale. (compute-keymap-step): Add dry-run? parameter. Pass it to keymap-page. (installer-program): Add #:dry-run? parameter. If #:true avoid writing to /proc, use dry-run-command, skip sync and reboot, and pass dry-run? to... (installer-steps): ...here. Add #:dry-run? parameter. Use it to disable skip network, substitutes, partitioning pages, and pass it to... compute-locale-step, compute-keymap-step, and final-page. Change-Id: I0ff4c3b0a0c69539af617c27ba37654beed44619 Janneke Nieuwenhuizen 2024-11-11installer: Use `%' for parameter %run-command-in-installer....* gnu/installer/utils.scm (run-command-in-installer): Rename to... (%run-command-in-installer): ...this. * gnu/installer.scm (installer-program): Update accordingly. * gnu/installer/parted.scm (remove-logical-devices, create-btrfs-file-system, create-ext4-file-system, create-fat16-file-system, create-fat32-file-system, create-jfs-file-system, create-ntfs-file-system, create-xfs-file-system, create-swap-partition, luks-format-and-open, luks-ensure-open, luks-close): Update accordingly. Change-Id: I96ebc59ebc85fd8ebccb0cc57130b4e7532d287f Janneke Nieuwenhuizen 2024-11-11installer: Fix file-name typos....* gnu/installer/newt/page.scm (run-dump-page): Typo file-name. * gnu/installer/utils.scm (open-new-log-port): Likewise. Change-Id: I837991a0ee5054b3afa8328205e23ac6f9fbae8d Janneke Nieuwenhuizen 2024-11-11installer: Use "partitioning-page" consistently....Having `partition-page' function call `RUN-partititionING-page' where all other proxy functions call `RUN-<name>' hurts my brain while refactoring. * gnu/installer/record.scm (<installer>)[partition-page]: Rename to... [partitioning-page]: ...this. * gnu/installer/newt.scm (partitioning-page, newt-installer): Update accordingly. * gnu/installer.scm (installer-steps): Update accordingly. Change-Id: I6b2f3459a3d0a7a89260224b7d8438676e3411ba Janneke Nieuwenhuizen 2024-11-11installer: Remove unused (newt) imports....* gnu/installer/newt/ethernet.scm, gnu/installer/newt/keymap.scm, gnu/installer/newt/locale.scm, gnu/installer/newt/parameters.scm, gnu/installer/newt/services.scm: Remove (newt). Change-Id: Ia6624aaf73491024da54b8ffee7358941b187fdf Janneke Nieuwenhuizen 2024-08-31installer: Create ext4 file systems with ‘-O large_dir’....* gnu/installer/parted.scm (create-ext4-file-system): Pass ‘-O large_dir’ to ‘mkfs.ext4’. Change-Id: Ie34039ed03f273505e7f7fb5c3241120e3395ba2 Ludovic Courtès