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2018-02-26build: Require Guile >= 2.0.13.Ludovic Courtès
* README, configure.ac, doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Increase minimum Guile version from 2.0.9 to 2.0.13. * config-daemon.ac: Remove use of 'GUIX_CHECK_UNBUFFERED_CBIP'. * m4/guix.m4 (GUIX_CHECK_UNBUFFERED_CBIP): Remove. * guix/build/download.scm (current-http-proxy): Remove. * guix/build/syscalls.scm (%libc-errno-pointer, errno): Remove. (syscall->procedure): Use #:return-errno unconditionally. * guix/hash.scm (open-sha256-input-port)[unbuffered]: Remove outdated comment. * guix/http-client.scm (when-guile<=2.0.5-or-otherwise-broken): Remove. <top level>: Remove 'when-guile<=2.0.5-or-otherwise-broken' block. * guix/scripts/substitute.scm (fetch): Remove 'guile-version>?' conditional. * tests/hash.scm (supports-unbuffered-cbip?): Remove. <top level>: Remove 'test-skip' call.
2018-01-07doc: Mark zlib as mandatory, libbz2 as optional.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Move zlib to mandatory and libbz2 to optional. * README: Ditto.
2018-01-01doc: Update requirements in 'README'.Mathieu Lirzin
* README (Requirements): Update.
2017-09-25README: Replace http:// with https:// where applicable.Marius Bakke
2017-03-18build: Require Guile >= 2.0.9.Ludovic Courtès
* configure.ac: Bump requirement to 2.0.9. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Adjust accordingly. * README (Requirements): Likewise. * build-aux/download.scm: Remove workaround for <http://bugs.gnu.org/13095>. * guix/build/download.scm: Likewise. (http-fetch)[post-2.0.7?]: Remove. Remove conditional code for not POST-2.0.7?. * guix/http-client.scm: Remove workaround for <http://bugs.gnu.org/13095>. (http-fetch)[post-2.0.7?]: Remove. Remove conditional code for not POST-2.0.7?. * guix/serialization.scm (read-latin1-string): Remove mention of 2.0.9. * tests/nar.scm: Use (ice-9 control). (let/ec): Remove.
2017-01-30maint: Fix invalid calls to 'info'.Mathieu Lirzin
* HACKING <Contributing>: Remove name of the manual from the item argument. * README <Installation>: Likewise.
2015-10-06build: Automatically determine libgcrypt's file name.Ludovic Courtès
* m4/guix.m4 (GUIX_LIBGCRYPT_LIBDIR): New macro. * configure.ac: Use it when no --with-libgcrypt-* option was passed. * README: Do not recommend --with-libgcrypt-prefix. Co-authored-by: 宋文武 <iyzsong@gmail.com>
2015-06-14doc: Move most 'HACKING' informations into the manual.Mathieu Lirzin
* 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.
2015-06-04Document 'guix environment guix' in README.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Installing Guix from Guix): Replace complicated instructions with 'guix environment guix'.
2015-05-10doc: Mention GNU Make as a requirement.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Requirements): Add GNU Make. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Likewise.
2015-05-10build: Require Guile >= 2.0.7.Ludovic Courtès
* configure.ac: Require guile-2.0 >= 2.0.7. * README: Adjust accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Likewise.
2014-10-27doc: Add a note about optional GnuTLS dependency.Ian Denhardt
* README (Requirements): add a note about 'guix download''s GnuTLS dependency. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Likewise. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2014-10-06doc: Mention optional dependency on Guile-JSON.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Requirements): Add Guile-JSON. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Likewise.
2014-09-02doc: Update "Installing Guix from Guix".Ludovic Courtès
* README: Make 'guix package' command line more readable. Mention --localstatedir.
2014-08-26doc: Replace /nix/store with /gnu/store in README.John Darrington
* README update anachronistic reference to /nix/store
2014-04-10doc: Mention 'gcc-toolchain' in README.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Installing Guix from Guix): Use "gcc-toolchain" instead of "gcc,binutils,ld-wrapper,glibc".
2013-11-16doc: Improve "Installing Guix from Guix" section.Ludovic Courtès
Reported by Mark H. Weaver <mhw@netris.org>. * README (Installing Guix from Guix): Explicitly mention $PATH separately. Mention $ACLOCAL_PATH, not $ACLOCAL. Give the exact command to install the dependencies. Remove mention of $GUIX_LD_WRAPPER_ALLOW_IMPURITIES, which is no longer needed.
2013-07-19doc: Improve build instructions in README and HACKING.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Requirements): Remove Nixpkgs. Remove mentions of building from Git. (Installation): Refer to the manual. * HACKING: List requirements for when building from Git. Remove the `dot: Command not found' error.
2013-07-17doc: Mark 2.0.5 as being the minimum Guile version.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Require Guile 2.0.5+. * README: Ditto.
2013-06-12doc: Describe the build procedure in more detail.Konrad Hinsen
* README (Requirements): Replace "autoreconf" by "bootstrap". (Installing Guix from Guix): Augment and update.
2013-04-25doc: Add note on installing Guix from Guix.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Installing Guix from Guix): New section. Suggested by Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>.
2012-12-14daemon: Build `nix-setuid-helper'.Ludovic Courtès
* daemon.am (libexec_PROGRAMS, nix_setuid_helper_SOURCES, nix_setuid_helper_CPPFLAGS, nix_setuid_helper_LDADD): New variables. * test-env.in: Set and export `NIX_SETUID_HELPER'. * README (Installing Guix as non-root): New section.
2012-12-06doc: Add new dependencies in `README'.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Hacking): Rename to... (Requirements): ... this. Add the daemon's dependencies.
2012-11-25doc: Mention the pronunciation of "Guix".Ludovic Courtès
* README: Mention pronunciation of "Guix". * doc/guix.texi (Introduction): Likewise.
2012-11-24doc: Update `README'.Ludovic Courtès
* README: Update introductory summary. Point to Savannah instead of Gitorious. Mention <bug-guix@gnu.org>. (Guix & Nix): New section.
2012-11-18doc: Add a "Related software" section to `README'.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Related software): New section.
2012-11-18Turn Guix into "GNU Guix".Ludovic Courtès
* configure.ac: Change package name to "GNU Guix", and bug-report address to `gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org'. * doc/guix.texi: Replace "Guix" by "GNU Guix" in some places. (Top, Introduction): Mention "for the GNU system". * HACKING, README: Use "GNU Guix" instead of "Guix" in some places.
2012-11-03build: Require GNU libgcrypt.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/utils.scm (sha256): Remove Coreutils- and libchop-based implementations. * README: Update accordingly. * m4/guix.m4: New file. * configure.ac: Use `GUIX_ASSERT_LIBGCRYPT_USABLE'. Set and substitute `LIBGCRYPT_PREFIX'. * Makefile.am (AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): Pass `--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$(LIBGCRYPT_PREFIX)'.
2012-11-03build: Clearly mark Nixpkgs as optional.Ludovic Courtès
* configure.ac: Always show the result of checking for Nixpkgs. Don't warn when Nixpkgs is not found. * Makefile.am (AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): Remove `--with-nixpkgs' flag. * guix/utils.scm (%nixpkgs-directory): Use either the compile-time or the run-time `NIXPKGS' environment variable. * release.nix (jobs.tarball, jobs.build): Remove `--with-nixpkgs' configure flag. * README: Mark Nixpkgs as optional. * distro/packages/databases.scm, distro/packages/guile.scm, distro/packages/typesetting.scm: Change uses of `nixpkgs-derivation*' to `nixpkgs-derivation', to avoid failing at compile-time.
2012-10-05Augment `README'.Ludovic Courtès
* README (Hacking): Mention `--with-nixpkgs'. List the autotools and Gettext, as suggested by Nikita Karetnikov <nikita.karetnikov@gmail.com>.
2012-07-01Update list of dependencies.Ludovic Courtès
* README: Require libgcrypt or libchop.
2012-06-08Augment `README'.Ludovic Courtès
2012-06-03Add the usual top-level files.Ludovic Courtès
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