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2014-11-29doc: Improve porting instructions.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Porting): Move 'glibc-dynamic-linker' paragraph above. Clarify what is meant by updating (gnu packages bootstrap). Mention 'gnu-system.am'.
2014-11-29system: Add a 'needed-for-boot?' field to 'mapped-device'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (<mapped-device>)[needed-for-boot?]: New field. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-user-mapped-devices, operating-system-boot-mapped-devices): Use it instead of trying to guess. Guessing doesn't work when one refers to a partition using its label, for instance. * doc/guix.texi (Mapped Devices): Document 'needed-for-boot?'.
2014-11-28doc: Update stale references in "Bootstrapping".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Bootstrapping): Final definitions are in (gnu packages commencement). Change gnu-build-system xref to "Build Systems".
2014-11-27system: Build system-wide locale definitions.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system/locale.scm: New file. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[locale]: Change the default to "en_US.utf8". (operating-system-locale-directory): New procecure. (operating-system-derivation): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Change example locale to "fr_FR.utf8". (operating-system Reference): Add xref to "Locales". Document 'locale-definitions'. (Locales): New section. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add gnu/system.scm.
2014-11-25guix build: Add '--max-jobs' option.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Deck Pickard <deck.r.pickard@gmail.com>. * guix/scripts/build.scm (show-build-options-help): Document --max-jobs. (set-build-options-from-command-line): Pass #:max-build-jobs. (%standard-build-options): Add --max-jobs. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Document the meaning of '--max-jobs 0'. (Invoking guix build): Document --max-jobs, with a reference to "Invoking guix-daemon'.
2014-11-25doc: Fix syntax errors.Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
* doc/guix.texi (Package Naming): (Fonts): Remove space between '@foo' and '{'. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2014-11-24doc: Add detailed node listing.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Top): Add @detailmenu.
2014-11-24doc: Add xrefs to the lsh manual.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Adam Pribyl <pribyl@lowlevel.cz>. * gnu/services/ssh.scm (lsh-service): Update docstring with xrefs to the lsh manual. Fix typos. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Synchronize.
2014-11-24doc: Fix typos.Alex Kost
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Fix 'lsh-service' name. (Networking Services): Fix (gnu services networking) module name.
2014-11-23install: Add Cryptsetup to the image.Ludovic Courtès
Reported by Nikita Karetnikov. * gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os)[packages]: Add CRYPTSETUP. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Mention it.
2014-11-23doc: Fix erroneous cross-manual references.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (User Accounts): Fix cross-references to libc and guile.
2014-11-23doc: Add a section on naming conventions for font packages.Andreas Enge
* doc/guix.texi (Fonts): New section. (Package naming): Reference the new section.
2014-11-21doc: Fix typos regarding 'lsh-service'.Ludovic Courtès
Reported by Adam Pribyl <pribyl@lowlevel.cz>. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Use #:root-login?, not #:allow-root-login?, in example. (Networking Services): Fix module name for ssh.
2014-11-21guix system: Add '--share' and '--expose' options for 'vm'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Add #:mappings parameter. Pass it to 'system-qemu-image/shared-store-script'. (perform-action): Likewise. (show-help): Document --share and --expose. (specification->file-system-mapping): New procedure. (%options): Add --share and --expose. (guix-system): Pass #:mapping to 'perform-action'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
2014-11-17doc: Fix misuses of @ref.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon, Features, Invoking guix download, Invoking guix refresh, GNU Distribution, Package Modules, Packaging Guidelines, Package Naming): Replace misuses of @ref with @xref or @pxref.
2014-11-17doc: Suggest using 'guix pull' before 'guix system reconfigure'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Suggest running 'guix pull' before the first use of 'guix system reconfigure'.
2014-11-16doc: Document --key-download option of 'guix refresh'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document --key-download.
2014-11-16doc: Document "guix import".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Add xref to "Invoking guix import". (Defining Packages): Likewise. Remove footnote about Nixpkgs imports. (Invoking guix import): New section.
2014-11-15doc: Fix Hydra URL.Ludovic Courtès
Reported by John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>. * doc/guix.texi (Packaging Guidelines): Fix hydra.gnu.org URL.
2014-11-14doc: Clarify use of the 'password' field for user accounts.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Remove 'password' field in the example. (User Accounts): Clarify use of the 'password' field, with links to the libc and Guile manuals.
2014-11-13doc: Improve acknowledgments.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Acknowledgments): Expound a bit. * THANKS: Mention artwork; thank Felipe & Nikita.
2014-11-12gnu: xorg: Add SLiM theme based on work by Felipe López.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (%artwork-repository, %default-slim-theme, %default-slim-theme-name): New variables. (slim-service): Add #:theme and #:theme-name parameters. [slim.cfg]: Honor #:theme-name. Honor #:theme by setting the "SLIM_THEMESDIR" environment variable. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Adjust 'slim-service' documentation accordingly. Document '%default-slim-theme' and '%default-slim-theme-name'.
2014-11-11activation: Set the firmware search path.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-firmware): New procedure. * gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[firmware]: New field. (directory-union): New procedure. (%base-firmware): New variable. (operating-system-activation-script): Use 'directory-union', and call 'activate-firmware'. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document 'firmware'.
2014-11-10doc: Mention 'guix environment' in "Features"; add index entries.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Features): Add paragraph about 'guix environment'. (Build Systems): Add @cindex. (Invoking guix environment): Ditto.
2014-11-10doc: Add "GRUB Configuration".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Add xref to "GRUB Configuration". (GRUB Configuration): New node.
2014-11-10doc: Avoid @indentedblock, which is not supported by Texinfo 4.Ludovic Courtès
Reported by Mark H Weaver. * doc/guix.texi (Security Updates): Use @quotation instead of @indentedblock; the latter is not supported by Texinfo 4.
2014-11-10emacs: Add "c" key binding to copy a button link.Alex Kost
* emacs/guix-info.el (guix-info-button-map): New variable. (guix-info-button-copy-label): New procedure. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Info buffer): Mention a "c" key binding. (Emacs Keymaps): Add 'guix-info-button-map'.
2014-11-09gexp: Add #:module-path parameter to 'gexp->derivation'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/gexp.scm (gexp->derivation): Add #:module-path parameter, and pass it to 'imported-modules' and 'compiled-modules'. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Adjust accordingly.
2014-11-08vm: The 'run-vm' scripts now passes its arguments to QEMU.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store-script): Add "$@" at the end of the script. (common-qemu-options): Remove trailing newline. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
2014-11-08vm: Fix 'vm --full-boot' to produce a sufficient disk image.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store): Add #:disk-image-size and #:full-boot? parameters and honor them. Pass '#:copy-inputs? full-boot?', and change #:inputs argument. * guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Pass #:disk-image-size to 'system-qemu-image/shared-store'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Mention use of '--image-size' in conjunction with '--full-boot'.
2014-11-08vm: Support 'guix system vm --full-boot'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store-script): Add #:full-boot? parameter and honor it. * guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Likewise. (perform-action): Likewise. (show-help): Document '--full-boot'. (%options): Add '--full-boot'. (guix-system): Add #:full-boot? argument in call to 'perform-action'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
2014-11-08doc: Emphasize the availability of two user interfaces.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Package Management): Add a word about the two user interfaces.
2014-11-07emacs: Add 'guix-prettify'.Alex Kost
* emacs/guix-prettify.el: New file. * emacs.am (ELFILES): Add it. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Prettify): New node. * doc/guix.texi (Features): Mention it.
2014-11-07services: xorg: Allow users to specify a list of resolutions.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (xorg-start-command): Add #:resolutions parameter and 'screen-section' procedure. Use it. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Adjust accordingly.
2014-11-07services: xorg: Allow users to specify the drivers to use.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (xorg-start-command): Add #:drivers parameter. Add 'device-section' procedure, and use it in 'xserver.conf'. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Document it.
2014-11-05services: Add NTP service.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/networking.scm (ntp-service): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
2014-11-04doc: emacs: Fix titles of the printed manuals.Alex Kost
* doc/emacs.texi: Use the proper names of the printed manuals in the cross references.
2014-11-04emacs: Add interface for comparing generations.Alex Kost
Suggested by Ludovic Courtès. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs List buffer): Document new key bindings. * emacs/guix-base.el (guix-generation-packages-buffer-name-function, guix-generation-packages-update-buffer, guix-output-name-width): New variables. (guix-generation-file, guix-manifest-file, guix-generation-packages, guix-generation-packages-buffer-name-default, guix-generation-packages-buffer-name-long, guix-generation-packages-buffer-name, guix-generation-packages-buffer, guix-generation-insert-package, guix-generation-insert-packages, guix-profile-generation-manifest-file, guix-profile-generation-packages-buffer): New procedures. * emacs/guix-list.el: Add key bindings for comparing generations. (guix-generation-list-generations-to-compare, guix-generation-list-show-added-packages, guix-generation-list-show-removed-packages, guix-generation-list-compare, guix-generation-list-ediff-manifests, guix-generation-list-diff-manifests, guix-generation-list-ediff-packages, guix-generation-list-diff-packages, guix-generation-list-ediff, guix-generation-list-diff): New procedures. * emacs/guix-messages.el (guix-messages): Add 'generation-diff' search type. (guix-message-outputs-by-diff): New procedure. * emacs/guix-utils.el (guix-diff-switches): New variable. (guix-diff): New procedure. * emacs/guix-main.scm (package/output-sexps): Handle 'generation-diff' search type. (manifest-entry->package-specification, manifest-entries->package-specifications, generation-package-specifications, generation-package-specifications+paths, generation-difference): New procedures.
2014-11-02packages: Implement grafts.Ludovic Courtès
Thanks to Mark H. Weaver <mhw@netris.org> for insightful discussions and suggestions. * guix/packages.scm (<package>)[graft]: New field. (patch-and-repack): Invoke 'package-derivation' with #:graft? #f. (package-source-derivation): Likewise. Do not use (%guile-for-build) in call to 'patch-and-repack', and we could end up using a grafted Guile. (expand-input): Likewise, also for 'package-cross-derivation' call. (package->bag): Add #:graft? parameter. Honor it. Use 'strip-append' instead of 'package-full-name'. (input-graft, input-cross-graft, bag-grafts, package-grafts): New procedures. (package-derivation, package-cross-derivation): Add #:graft? parameter and honor it. * gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm (package-with-bootstrap-guile): Add recursive call on 'graft'. * guix/build-system/gnu.scm (package-with-explicit-inputs, package-with-extra-configure-variable, static-package): Likewise. (gnu-build): Use the ungrafted Guile to avoid full rebuilds. (gnu-cross-build): Likewise. * guix/build-system/cmake.scm (cmake-build): Likewise. * guix/build-system/glib-or-gtk.scm (glib-or-gtk-build): Likewise. * guix/build-system/perl.scm (perl-build): Likewise. * guix/build-system/python.scm (python-build): Likewise. * guix/build-system/ruby.scm (ruby-build): Likewise. * guix/build-system/trivial.scm (guile-for-build): Likewise. * tests/packages.scm ("package-derivation, direct graft", "package-cross-derivation, direct graft", "package-grafts, indirect grafts", "package-grafts, indirect grafts, cross", "package-grafts, indirect grafts, propagated inputs", "package-derivation, indirect grafts"): New tests. ("bag->derivation", "bag->derivation, cross-compilation"): Wrap in 'parameterize'. * doc/guix.texi (Security Updates): New node. (Invoking guix build): Document --no-graft.
2014-10-27emacs: Add 'guix-pull' command.Alex Kost
* emacs/guix-base.el (guix-pull): New command. (guix-update-after-pull, guix-after-pull-hook): New variables. (guix-restart-repl-after-pull, guix-update-buffers-maybe-after-pull): New procedures. * emacs/guix-main.scm: Use (guix scripts pull) module. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Commands): Document 'guix-pull' command.
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>
2014-10-27doc: Add cross-reference to the gnutls-guile manual.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix download): Add cross-reference to the gnutls-guile manual.
2014-10-18emacs: Improve interface for working with multiple profiles.Alex Kost
Suggested by David Thompson, Ludovic Courtès and Mathieu Lirzin. * emacs/guix-base.el (guix-profile-prompt): New procedure. (guix-set-current-profile): Use it. (guix-buffer-name-simple, guix-buffer-name-default, guix-buffer-name): New procedures. (guix-buffer-name-function, guix-profile): New variables. (guix-set-vars, guix-get-entries, guix-get-show-entries, guix-set-buffer, guix-history-call, guix-process-package-actions, guix-continue-package-operation-p, guix-delete-generations, guix-switch-to-generation): Add 'profile' argument. * emacs/guix.el (guix-get-show-packages, guix-get-show-generations, guix-search-by-name, guix-search-by-regexp, guix-installed-packages, guix-obsolete-packages, guix-all-available-packages, guix-newest-available-packages, guix-generations, guix-generations-by-time): Likewise. (guix-last-generations): New command. * emacs/guix-info.el: Adjust for using 'profile' argument where needed. * emacs/guix-list.el: Likewise. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Commands): Document 'guix-last-generations' and using "C-u" for commands. (Emacs Buffer Names): Document 'guix-buffer-name-function'.
2014-10-17doc: Replace "emacs" with "Emacs" in node names.Alex Kost
Suggested by Ludovic Courtès. * doc/emacs.texi: Use "Emacs" in node names.
2014-10-17emacs: Add 'guix-generations-by-time' command.Alex Kost
* emacs/guix-main.scm (find-generations): Add finding generations by time. * emacs/guix-utils.el (guix-read-date): New procedure. * emacs/guix-base.el (guix-messages): Add new messages. * emacs/guix.el (guix-generations-by-time): New command. * doc/emacs.texi (emacs Commands): Document it.
2014-10-16guix lint: add the --checkers option.Cyril Roelandt
* guix/scripts/lint.scm: add the "--checkers" option. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Document it. * tests/guix-lint.sh: New file * Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): Add it.
2014-10-13emacs: Add support for switching generations.Alex Kost
* emacs/guix-base.el (guix-switch-to-generation): New procedure. * emacs/guix-info.el (guix-generation-info-insert-current): Insert button for switching to generation. * emacs/guix-list.el (guix-generation-list-switch): New procedure. * doc/emacs.texi (emacs List buffer, emacs Info buffer): Document switching generations.
2014-10-12guix package: Add '--switch-generation' option.Alex Kost
* guix/scripts/package.scm (switch-to-generation): New procedure. (switch-to-previous-generation): Use it. (guix-package): Adjust for '--switch-generation' option. * tests/guix-package.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Document it.
2014-10-10scripts: Add 'environment' command.David Thompson
* guix/scripts/environment.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi ("Invoking guix environment"): New node.
2014-10-10doc: Add 'operating-system' reference.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Add xref to "operating-system Reference". (operating-system Reference): New section. (Networking Services): Add xref to it.
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