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2016-11-19lint: Add 'mirror-url' checker....* guix/scripts/lint.scm (origin-uris): New procedure. (check-source): Use it. (check-mirror-url): New procedure. (%checkers): Add 'mirror-url' checker. * tests/lint.scm ("mirror-url") ("mirror-url: one suggestion"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-17services: static-networking: Add netmask....Reported by Mathieu Lirzin and Andreas Enge. * gnu/services/networking.scm (<static-networking>)[netmask]: New field. (static-networking-service-type): Honor it. * gnu/services/networking.scm (static-networking-service): Add #:netmask and honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-16guix download: Add '-o' option....* guix/scripts/download.scm (download-to-file, download-to-store*): New procedures. (%default-options): Add 'download-proc'. (show-help): Adjust description and document '-o'. (%options): Add '-o'. (guix-download): Remove 'store' variable. Add 'fetch' and define 'path' to as its result. * tests/guix-download.sh: Add test. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-15services: Add wpa-supplicant-service....* gnu/services/networking.scm (wpa-supplicant-service): New procedure. (wpa-supplicant-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. Tomáš Čech
2016-11-13Merge branch 'core-updates'Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-12doc: Added some index entries....* doc/guix.texi: Added various @cindex tags to assist readers. John Darrington
2016-11-09doc: Mention elpa.gnu.org package signatures....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document elpa.gnu.org signatures. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-08gnu: Add pam-krb5 service....* doc/guix.texi (Kerberos Services): New node. * gnu/services/kerberos.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk: Add it. John Darrington
2016-11-07guix download: Add '--no-check-certificate' option....* guix/download.scm (download-to-store): Add #:verify-certificate? parameter and honor it. * guix/scripts/download.scm (%default-options): Add 'verify-certificate?' key. (show-help, %options): Add '--no-check-certificate'. (guix-download): Pass #:verify-certificate to 'download-to-store'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix download): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-07download: Verify TLS certificates unless asked not to....Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/24466>. Reported by Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>. * guix/build/download.scm (%x509-certificate-directory): New variable. (make-credendials-with-ca-trust-files, peer-certificate) (assert-valid-server-certificate, print-tls-certificate-error): New procedures. Add 'print-tls-certificate-error' as an exception printer for 'tls-certificate-error'. (tls-wrap): Add #:verify-certificate? parameter and honor it. (open-connection-for-uri): Likewise. (http-fetch): Likewise. (url-fetch): Likewise. * guix/download.scm (url-fetch)[builder]: Pass #:verify-certificate? #f. * guix/scripts/lint.scm (probe-uri): Add case for 'tls-certificate-error'. (validate-uri): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix download): Mention 'SSL_CERT_DIR'. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-07Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMark H Weaver
2016-11-06system: Add 'guix system' actions: switch-generation and roll-back....* guix/scripts/system.scm (roll-back-system, switch-to-system-generation): new actions. (reinstall-grub): New procedure, used by switch-to-system-generation. (show-help, process-command, guix-system): Honor the new actions. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system) <switch-generation, roll-back>: Add the new actions. <reconfigure>: In the footnote, mention that the new actions also only work on GuixSD. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Chris Marusich
2016-11-03doc: State that the 'patches' field is unconditional....* doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): State that 'patches' is unconditional. Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-02Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesLeo Famulari
2016-11-01doc: Fix typo....Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/24851>. Reported by saffronsnail@hushmail.com. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Move parenthesis to after "of QEMU". Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-30Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesLeo Famulari
2016-10-30system: Record store file system info in each generation....* gnu/system.scm (<boot-parameters>)[store-device, store-mount-point]: New fields. (read-boot-parameters): Initialize them. (operating-system-grub.cfg): Likewise. Remove STORE-FS argument from call to 'grub-configuration-file'. (operating-system-parameters-file): Add 'store' element in 'boot-parameters'. * gnu/system/grub.scm (strip-mount-point): Replace 'store-fs' parameter by 'mount-point'; adjust accordingly. Adjust callers. (<menu-entry>)[device, device-mount-point]: New fields. (eye-candy): Replace 'root-fs' parameter by 'store-device'; add 'store-mount-point'. Use keyword arguments for 'system' and 'port'. (grub-root-search): Remove 'root-fs' by 'device' and adjust accordingly. (grub-configuration-file): Remove 'store-fs' parameter. Adjust accordingly. * guix/scripts/system.scm (previous-grub-entries): Initialize 'device' and 'device-mount-point' fields from PARAMS. * doc/guix.texi (GRUB Configuration): Document 'device' and 'device-mount-point'. Explain that 'linux' can be prefixed by a GRUB device name. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Chris Marusich
2016-10-29Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesLeo Famulari
2016-10-30doc: Add information related to network connectivity with qemu....* doc/guix.text: Add it. David Craven
2016-10-28guix hash: Interpret '-' as standard input....* guix/scripts/hash.scm (guix-hash)[file-hash]: Special-case "-". * tests/guix-hash.sh: Add test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-26Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesLeo Famulari
2016-10-24services: nginx: Virtual hosts are first-class configuration items....* gnu/services/web.scm (<nginx-vhost-configuration>): New record type. (config-domain-strings): New procedure. (config-index-strings): New procedure. (default-nginx-vhost-config): New procedure. (default-nginx-config): Add vhost support and temporary directories (nginx-activation): Create temporary directories (nginx-service): Add vhost-list key. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document 'nginx-vhost-configuration'. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Julien Lepiller
2016-10-23Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMark H Weaver
2016-10-20services: ntpd: Add 'allow-large-adjustment?' knob....Suggested by Leo Famulari. * gnu/services/networking.scm (<ntp-configuration>)[allow-large-adjustment?]: New field. (ntp-shepherd-service): Honor it. (ntp-service): Add #:allow-large-adjustment? and honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-19Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMark H Weaver
2016-10-17guix build: Add '--with-graft'....* guix/scripts/build.scm (transform-package-inputs/graft): New procedure. (%transformations): Add 'with-graft'. (%transformation-options): Likewise. (show-transformation-options-help): Document it. * tests/scripts-build.scm ("options->transformation, with-graft"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Package Transformation Options): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-17Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMark H Weaver
2016-10-15graph: Add '%referrer-node-type'....* guix/scripts/graph.scm (ensure-store-items): New procedure. (%reference-node-type)[convert]: Use it. (non-derivation-referrers): New procedure. (%referrer-node-type): New variable. (%node-types): Add it. * tests/graph.scm ("referrer DAG"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix graph): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-13Merge branch 'master' into core-updatesMark H Weaver
2016-10-13gnu: Add CUPS service....* gnu/services/cups.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add gnu/services/cups.scm. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): New section. Andy Wingo
2016-10-12doc: Add guide on how to specify dependencies for Python packages....* doc/guix.texi (Python Modules): New sub-subsection "Specifying Dependencies". Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Hartmut Goebel
2016-10-12gnu: Add NFS related services....* gnu/services/nfs.scm (pipefs-service-type): New variable, (gss-service-type): New variable, (idmap-service-type) New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Network File System): New node. John Darrington
2016-10-08build-system: Add asdf-build-system....* guix/build-system/asdf.scm: New file. * guix/build/asdf-build-system.scm: New file. * guix/build/lisp-utils.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document 'asdf-build-system'. Signed-off-by: 宋文武 <iyzsong@gmail.com> Andy Patterson
2016-10-08doc: Remove GHC from examples for propagation....* doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Remove GHC from the list of languages for which library run-time dependencies must be propagated. Ricardo Wurmus
2016-10-03grafts: Allow the replacement to have a different name....* guix/build/graft.scm (replace-store-references): REPLACEMENT is now the full string, not just the hash. (rewrite-directory)[hash-mapping](valid-suffix?): Remove. (hash+suffix): Rename to... (hash+rest): ... this. Change to return the whole string as the second element of the list. Adjust 'match-lambda' expression accordingly; check whether the string length of the origin and replacement match. * tests/grafts.scm ("graft-derivation, grafted item uses a different name"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Security Updates): Update sentence on the name/version restriction. Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-03services: openssh-service-type: Expose 'openssh-configuration'....* gnu/services/ssh.scm (<openssh-configuration>): Add default values. [pubkey-authentication?]: Rename to... [public-key-authentication?]: ... this. (openssh-service): Remove. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-03services: Add rottlog....* gnu/services/admin.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): New node. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2016-09-29services: Add 'openssh-service'....* gnu/packages/ssh.scm (openssh)[arguments]: Set sysconfdir to /etc/ssh. * gnu/services/ssh.scm (<openssh-configuration>): New record type. (%openssh-accounts): New variable. (openssh-activation, openssh-config-file, openssh-shepherd-service) (openssh-service): New procedures. (openssh-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document 'openssh-services'. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Julien Lepiller
2016-09-28doc: Give the full key fingerprint instead of the long key ID....* doc/guix.texi (OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID): Use fingerprint instead of long key ID. Leo Famulari
2016-09-27gnu: New default Dovecot service postmaster_address...* gnu/services/mail.scm (dovecot-configuration): Change default for postmaster-address, as dovecot is now requiring a non-empty value and will fail to start up otherwise. * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): Update. Andy Wingo
2016-09-19services: Add 'simple-service'....* gnu/services.scm (simple-service): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-16doc: "filesystem" -> "file system"...* doc/guix.texi: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/admin.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/cdrom.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/compression.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/disk.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/gnome.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/irc.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/linux.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/mail.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/mpd.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/ocaml.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/perl.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/python.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/search.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/packages/tls.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" * gnu/services/mail.scm: "filesystem" -> "file system" John Darrington
2016-09-14doc: #:target takes a GNU triplet, not a system type....* doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): In cross-compilation example, pass a GNU triplet to #:target. Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-14doc: "Various Services" -> "Miscellaneous Services"...* doc/guix.texi (Services): "Various" -> "Miscellaneous" John Darrington
2016-09-11services: Add kmscon service....* gnu/services/base.scm (<kmscon-configuration>, kmscon-service-type): New variables. * doc/guix.texi (@deffn kmscon-service-type, @deftp kmscon-configuration): Add documentation. David Craven
2016-09-11services: Add login-service....* gnu/services/base.scm (%default-motd, <login-configuration>, login-pam-service, login-serivce-type, login-service): New variables. (<mingetty-configuration>, mingetty-shepherd-service, mingetty-serivce-type): Remove motd. Remove allow-empty-passwords?. Remove mingetty-pam-service. (%base-services): Add login-service. Remove motd. David Craven
2016-09-09system: grub: Allow arbitrary kernel file names in 'menu-entry'....Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/20067>. Reported by Tomáš Čech <sleep_walker@suse.cz>. * gnu/system.scm (system-linux-image-file-name) (operating-system-kernel-file): New procedures. (operating-system-grub.cfg): Use 'operating-system-kernel-file' for the 'kernel' field of 'menu-entry'. (operating-system-parameters-file): Likewise for the 'kernel' entry. (read-boot-parameters): Adjust 'kernel' field so that it contains the absolute file name of the image. * gnu/system/grub.scm (grub-configuration-file)[linux-image-name]: Remove. [entry->gexp]: Assume LINUX is the absolute file name of the kernel image. * doc/guix.texi (GRUB Configuration): Add an example, and adjust 'kernel' field documentation accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-09gexp: Add 'file-append'....* guix/gexp.scm (<file-append>): New record type. (file-append): New procedure. (file-append-compiler): New gexp compiler. * tests/gexp.scm ("file-append", "file-append, output") ("file-append, nested", "gexp->file + file-append"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Use it in 'nscd' and 'list-files' examples. Document 'file-append'. Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-07doc: Update package count....* doc/guix.texi (Limitations): Update package count. Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-07gnu: Add rpc-daemon service...* gnu/services/nfs.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. John Darrington