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2021-12-17doc: Format 'guix hash -S' values as a table....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Format serializer types as a table. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-17guix hash: Add git serializer....* guix/scripts/hash.scm (git-hash): New procedure. (%options): Use it. * tests/guix-hash.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi: Update. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> zimoun
2021-12-17guix hash: Add 'serializer' option....* guix/scripts/hash.scm (%options): Deprecate 'recursive', add 'serializer'. (%default-options): Add 'serializer'. (nar-hash): New procedure. (default-hash): New procedure. (guix-hash)[file-hash]: Use them. (show-help): Adjust. * tests/guix-hash.scm: Adjust. * doc/guix.texi: Update. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> zimoun
2021-12-17guix hash: Support several files....* guix/scripts/hash.scm (guix-hash): Allow several files. [file-hash]: Catch system-error. [formatted-hash]: New procedure. * tests/guix-hash.sh: Add test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Mention "one or more files". Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> zimoun
2021-12-15doc: Do not explain quote/quasiquote in the context of inputs....* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Move reference to quote/quasiquote from 'inputs' to 'arguments'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-15doc: Use @lisp for 'static-networking-service-type' example....* doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Use @lisp for 'static-networking-service-type' example. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-14doc: Mention powerpc-linux support....This was missing with the addition of powerpc-linux support in commit cbdb7d4fea928febc105985c03b8fb5d6eda3d27. * doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Add powerpc-linux. Efraim Flashner
2021-12-14doc: Mark mips64el-linux as unsupported....* doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Change mips64el-linux from deprecated to unsupported. Efraim Flashner
2021-12-13Merge branch 'master' into core-updates-frozenLudovic Courtès
2021-12-13doc: Add missing closing paren....* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Add missing closing paren in example. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-12services: Define '%loopback-static-networking'....* gnu/services/base.scm (%loopback-static-networking): New variable. (%base-services): Use it. * gnu/system/hurd.scm (%base-services/hurd): Use it. * gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-12services: Define '%qemu-static-networking'....* gnu/services/base.scm (%qemu-static-networking): New variable. * gnu/system/hurd.scm (%base-services/hurd): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-12services: static-networking: Change interface to mimic netlink....* gnu/services/base.scm (<static-networking>)[interface, ip, netmask] [gateway]: Remove. [addresses, links, routes]: New fields. [requirement]: Default to '(udev). (<network-address>, <network-link>, <network-route>): New record types. (ensure-no-separate-netmask, %ensure-no-separate-netmask): Remove. (ipv6-address?, cidr->netmask, ip+netmask->cidr) (network-set-up/hurd, network-tear-down/hurd) (network-set-up/linux, network-tear-down/linux) (static-networking->hurd-pfinet-options): New procedures. (static-networking-shepherd-service): New procedure. (static-networking-shepherd-services): Rewrite in terms of the above. (static-networking-service): Deprecate. Adjust to new 'static-networking' API. (%base-services): Likewise. * gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Likewise. * gnu/system/hurd.scm (%base-services/hurd): Likewise, and separate 'loopback' from 'networking'. * gnu/build/hurd-boot.scm (set-hurd-device-translators): Remove "servers/socket/2". * gnu/tests/networking.scm (run-openvswitch-test)["networking has started on ovs0"]: Check for 'networking instead of 'networking-ovs0, which is no longer provided. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Document the new interface. Remove documentation of 'static-networking-service'. (Virtualization Services): Change Ganeti example to use the new interface. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-12doc: Add new "Networking Setup" node for the main setup options....This should make it easier to find how to get started setting up networking. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): New section. (Networking Services): Remove 'static-networking-service', 'dhcp-client-service-type', 'network-manager-service-type', 'connman-service-type', 'wicd-service', 'modem-manager-service-type', 'usb-modeswitch-service-type', and 'wpa-supplicant-service-type'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-05Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into core-updates-frozenRicardo Wurmus
2021-12-03guix system vm: Add --no-graphic CLI argument....It configures QEMU to use the tty it was started in for IO (as opposed to opening a separate graphical window). This enables copy-pasting and scrollback. Exit QEMU with C-a x. * gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store-script): Also add the '-nographic' QEMU argument when called with #:graphic? #false. * guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Propagate the #:graphic? keyword arg. (perform-action): Add and propagate the #:graphic? keyword arg. (show-help): Add --no-graphic CLI arg. (%options): Process the new --no-graphic CLI arg. (process-action): Feed in the CLI arg through the #:graphic? keyword arg. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Add example to combine guix system and invoking the vm start script into one command. Split the description of the various options into separate paragraphs. Add a paragraph to describe --no-graphic. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> Attila Lendvai
2021-12-01doc: Document LUKS2 GRUB support and shortcomings...* doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout, Networking, and Partitioning)[Disk Partitioning]: Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Josselin Poiret
2021-11-29gnu: guix-build-coordinator: Update to 0-40.226ec0f....* gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix-build-coordinator): Update to 0-40.226ec0f. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Build Coordinator): Remove note about the service being considered experimental, it's been stable for a while now. Christopher Baines
2021-11-27services: Document the 'delete' clause of 'modify-services'....* doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): Mention the 'delete' clause of 'modify-services'. * gnu/services.scm (modify-services): Likewise in docstring. Ludovic Courtès
2021-11-23style: Add '--dry-run'....* guix/scripts/style.scm (edit-expression/dry-run): New procedure. (simplify-package-inputs): Add #:edit-expression parameter. (%options, show-help): Add '--dry-run'. (guix-style): Honor '--dry-run'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-11-23Merge branch 'master' into core-updates-frozenLudovic Courtès
2021-11-23doc: Add new Swap Space section....* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Update swap-devices. * doc/guix.texi (Swap Space): Add it. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Add swap-devices example. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Josselin Poiret
2021-11-23doc: Fix the example of "Using virt-viewer with Spice"....* doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a Virtual Machine): add missing line continuation char '\'. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Rostislav Svoboda
2021-11-17Merge branch 'master' into core-updates-frozenLudovic Courtès
2021-11-17scripts: home: Make ‘guix home import’ write home-configuration.scm....* guix/scripts/home.scm (process-command): Populate ‘home-configuration.scm’ in the destination directory instead of printing to stdout. * doc/guix.texi (Declaring the Home Environment): Adjust accordingly. (Invoking guix home): Likewise. Suggested-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Xinglu Chen
2021-11-17services: docker: Add 'environment-variables' configuration field....* gnu/services/docker.scm (docker-configuration): Add the field (docker-shepherd-service): Pass the list of defined variables to make-forkexec-constructor. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Update doc. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Alexey Abramov
2021-11-17import: Replace texlive importer....* guix/import/texlive.scm (fetch-sxml, sxml->package): Remove procedures. (tlpdb-file, tlpdb, files->directories, tlpdb->package): New procedures. (string->license): Add case for lpplgpl license combination. (guix-name): Remove COMPONENT argument. (texlive->guix-package): Use new procedures. (texlive-recursive-import): New procedure. * guix/scripts/import/texlive.scm (show-help, %options): Remove --archive option. (guix-import-texlive): Adjust call of texlive->guix-package. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Update documentation. Ricardo Wurmus
2021-11-16services: cups: Update default timeouts....Upstream raised these back in 2019 with CUPS 2.3.0. * gnu/services/cups.scm (<cups-configuration>): Raise default ‘multiple-operation-timeout’ and ‘timeout’ from 300 to 900 seconds. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Adjust accordingly. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-11-16doc: Remove obsolete example module import....This follows up on commit a247f5c7537df7e0c09051ba22d5c95eb08f48b9. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Remove unused (srfi srfi-1) from the modify-services example. Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-11-15gnu: hpcguix-web: Update to 0.2.0....* gnu/packages/web.scm (hpcguix-web): Update to 0.2.0. [arguments]: In 'wrap-program' phase, add guile-zlib to DEPS. [native-inputs]: Add GUILE. [inputs]: Add GUILE-ZLIB, GUILE-COMMONMARK, and GUILE-JSON. [propagated-inputs]: Remove. These were pointless. * gnu/services/web.scm (<hpcguix-web-configuration>)[address, port]: New fields. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document them. * gnu/tests/web.scm (%hpcguix-web-os): Add 'address'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-11-14doc: Add a note about elogind and XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for Guix Home....* doc/guix.texi (Declaring the Home Environment): Add a note about elogind and XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Andrew Tropin
2021-11-14doc: Fix guix shell -C example....The meaning changed by accident when guix environment was replaced by guix shell in 80edb7df6586464aa40e84e103f0045452de95db. * doc/guix.texi (Debugging Build Failures): Add missing -D option. Florian Pelz
2021-11-12services: Add qemu-guest-agent service....* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<qemu-guest-agent-configuration>): New record. (qemu-guest-agent-shepherd-service): New procedure. (qemu-guest-agent-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Timotej Lazar
2021-11-11build: meson: Replace the 'test-target' argument by 'test-options'....This change is motivated by the need to disable the default 30 seconds timeout that Meson uses (see: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2522), and also by desire to specify extra options to run the check phase without having to override it. * guix/build-system/meson.scm (meson-build) <test-target>: Replace argument with... <test-options>: ... this one. * guix/build/meson-build-system.scm (check): Invoke 'meson test' instead of 'ninja test-target', as the former is configurable via options. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems) <meson-build-system>: Update doc. Maxim Cournoyer
2021-11-11import: cran: Allow imports of a specific version....* guix/import/cran.scm (download): Handle the case where URL is a list. (fetch-description-from-tarball): New procedure. (fetch-description): Add #:version parameter. Honor it when REPOSITORY is 'cran. Use 'fetch-description-from-tarball' when REPOSITORY is 'bioconductor. (description->package): SOURCE-URL may now be a list. (cran->guix-package): Pass VERSION to 'fetch-description'. (cran-recursive-import): Add #:version parameter. * guix/scripts/import/cran.scm (guix-import-cran): Expect a spec rather than a mere package name. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2021-11-11import: pypi: Allow imports of a specific version....* guix/import/pypi.scm (latest-version): New procedure. (latest-source-release): Rename to... (source-release): ... this. Add 'version' parameter. (latest-wheel-release): Rename to... (wheel-release): ... this. Add 'version' parameter. (pypi->guix-package): Honor 'version' parameter. (pypi-recursive-import): Add 'version' parameter and honor it. * guix/scripts/import/pypi.scm (guix-import-pypi): Expect a spec. Pass it to 'package-name->name+version'. Pass the 'version' parameter. * tests/pypi.scm ("pypi->guix-package, no wheel"): Exercise the #:version parameter. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2021-11-09doc: Fix typo....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): Fix a typo. Nicolas Goaziou
2021-11-08Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into core-updates-frozenEfraim Flashner
2021-11-07import: egg: Allow imports of a specific version....* guix/import/egg.scm (eggs-repository): Change URL. (egg-metadata): Accept optional #:version keyword argument. (egg->guix-package): Accept ‘version’ argument. (egg-recursive-import): Add ‘version’ argument and honor it. * guix/scripts/import/egg.scm (guix-import-egg): Parse a specification instead of just a package name. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Xinglu Chen
2021-11-07doc: Improve documentation of the Bash home service...* doc/guix.texi (Shells Home Services): Document ‘home-bash-extension’ configuration record. * gnu/home/services/shells.scm (generate-home-bash-documentation): Extract docstrings from ‘home-bash-extension’. (home-bash-configuration): Expound on docstrings. (home-bash-extension): Likewise. Fixes: <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/50991> Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Xinglu Chen
2021-11-07home: services: bash: Add ‘aliases’ field....* doc/guix.texi (Shells Home Services): Document it. * gnu/home/services/shells.scm (bash-serialize-aliases): New procedure. (home-bash-configuration, home-bash-extension): Add ‘aliases’ field. (home-bash-extensions): Adjust accordingly. * guix/scripts/home/import.scm (generate-bash-configuration+modules): Populate the ‘alias’ field. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Xinglu Chen
2021-11-06profiles: Build the man database only if 'man-db' is in the profile....This allows us to skip the expensive man-db profile hook in most cases. Suggested by Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com>. * guix/profiles.scm (manual-database/optional): New procedure. (%default-profile-hooks): Use it instead of 'manual-database'. * doc/guix.texi (Documentation): Add footnote about 'man -k' database creation. Ludovic Courtès
2021-10-31Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into core-updates-frozenEfraim Flashner
2021-10-31doc: Mention 'guix home reconfigure' upfront....* doc/guix.texi (Declaring the Home Environment): Mention 'guix home reconfigure'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-10-31doc: Avoid misuse of @ref....* doc/guix.texi (Declaring the Home Environment): Avoid @ref in the middle of a sentence. Ludovic Courtès
2021-10-31doc: Mention "guix home import" upfront....* doc/guix.texi (Declaring the Home Environment): Mention "guix home import". Ludovic Courtès
2021-10-31doc: Document the ‘guix home import’ subcommand....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix home): Document ‘guix home import’. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Xinglu Chen
2021-10-26environment: Add '--check'....* guix/scripts/environment.scm (show-environment-options-help) (%options): Add '--check'. * guix/scripts/environment.scm (child-shell-environment) (validate-child-shell-environment): New procedures. (guix-environment*): Call 'validate-child-shell-environment' when 'check?' key is in OPTS. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): Shorten footnote about Bash startup files. Document '--check' and mention startup files. (Invoking guix environment): Document '--check'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-10-25shell: Maintain a profile cache....shell: Maintain a profile cache. With this change, running "guix shell" (no arguments) is equivalent to: guix environment -r ~/.cache/guix/profiles/some-root -l guix.scm This is the cache miss. On cache hit, it's equivalent to: guix environment -p ~/.cache/guix/profiles/some-root ... which can run in 0.1s. * guix/scripts/shell.scm (options-with-caching): New procedure. (parse-args): Use it. (%profile-cache-directory): New variable. (profile-cache-key, profile-cached-gc-root): New procedures. (show-help, %options): Add '--rebuild-cache'. (guix-shell)[cache-entries, entry-expiration]: New procedures. Add call to 'maybe-remove-expired-cache-entries'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): Document '--rebuild-cache'. Ludovic Courtès
2021-10-25shell: By default load the local 'manifest.scm' or 'guix.scm' file....* guix/scripts/shell.scm (parse-args): Add call to 'auto-detect-manifest'. (authorized-directory-file, authorized-shell-directory?) (find-file-in-parent-directories, auto-detect-manifest): New procedures. * tests/guix-shell.sh: Add test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): Document it. Ludovic Courtès