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2017-09-04services: Add auto-enable? parameter to the bluetooth-service.Maxim Cournoyer
* gnu/services/desktop.scm (bluetooth-configuration): New record. (bluetooth-shepherd-service): Use it. (bluetooth-directory): New method. (bluetooth-service-type): Use it to extend the etc-service-type service. (bluetooth-service): Add `auto-enable?' parameter. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2017-09-03services: '%desktop-services' uses NetworkManager instead of Wicd.Ludovic Courtès
Discussed at <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-08/msg00277.html>. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (%desktop-services): Remove call to 'wicd-service'. Add instances of NETWORK-MANAGER-SERVICE-TYPE and WPA-SUPPLICANT-SERVICE-TYPE. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document 'network-manager-service-type' as being part of '%desktop-services'. (Desktop Services): Replace Wicd with NM.
2017-08-31services: mpd: Remove the mpd-file field.Peter Mikkelsen
Since MPD switches user, the pid-file must be in a writable dir. This is now always /var/run/mpd/(user)/pid. * gnu/services/audio.scm (mpd-service-type): Add a activation-service extension. (<mpd-configuration>)[pid-file]: Remove. (mpd-service): Rename to... (mpd-shepherd-service): ... this. (mpd-file-name, mpd-service-activation): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Audio Services): Document the changes. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2017-08-25gnu: Add AccountsService service to desktop services.Andy Wingo
* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Add accountsservice-service. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (%accountsservice-activation): (accountsservice-service-type): New public variables. (%desktop-services): Add accountsservice-service.
2017-08-23gnu: bootloader: Deprecate "device" field in favor of "target".Andy Wingo
* gnu/bootloader.scm (<bootloader-configuration>): Deprecate "device" field in favor of "target" field. This is mostly a renaming but also a generalization to support UEFI targets being paths to a mounted partition instead of a device name. * gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl: * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: * gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl: * gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl: * gnu/system/install.scm: * gnu/tests.scm: * gnu/tests/install.scm: * gnu/tests/nfs.scm: * tests/system.scm: Adapt all invocations of bootloader-configuration. * guix/scripts/system.scm (perform-action): Rename device argument to bootloader-target. (process-action): Adapt caller. * doc/guix.texi (Proceeding with the Installation): * doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration): Update documentation.
2017-08-23services: Add libvirt servicesRyan Moe
* gnu/services/virtualization.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document it. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. Signed-off-by: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
2017-08-22web: Remove the nginx-service procedure.Christopher Baines
Now that the service-type has a default value, and configuration record is accessible. * gnu/services/web.scm (nginx-service): Remove procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Update and improve NGinx documentation.
2017-08-19pack: Add "none" compressor.Ricardo Wurmus
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (%compressors): Add compressor "none"; prepend extension with ".". (self-contained-tarball, docker-image): Assume compressor extensions start with period. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it.
2017-08-19doc: Update Database services in detailed node list.Christopher Baines
This was updated in the Service subsection, but the matching update here was missed. * doc/guix.text (Top): Change database services description.
2017-08-19maint: Create an ISO9660 installation image in the 'release' target.Danny Milosavljevic
* Makefile.am (GUIXSD_IMAGE_BASE): Adapt target file name. (release): Use file-system-type iso9660. * doc/guix.texi: Document installation from DVD.
2017-08-13gnu: Add mpd service.Peter Mikkelsen
* doc/guix.texi: Add documentation. * gnu/services/audio.scm (<mpd-configuration>): New record type. (mpd-service-type): New service type. * gnu/tests/audio.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk: Add new files. Signed-off-by: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
2017-08-12doc: Change Database Services description.Christopher Baines
This is overly specific, as this section now includes the documentation for Redis, which is not an SQL database. * doc/guix.texi: Change database services description.
2017-08-10doc: Fix typo.Leo Famulari
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Fix typo.
2017-08-09services: Update the Tailon service for Tailon 1.3.0.Christopher Baines
Tailon 1.3.0 (upgraded from 1.1.1) adds support for HTTP authentication. * gnu/services/admin.scm (<tailon-configuration-file>): Add http-auth and users configuration values. (tailon-configuration-file-http-auth, tailon-configuration-file-users): New procedures. (tailon-configuration-file-compiler): Add support for the http-auth and users configuration options. * doc/guix.texi (Monitoring Services): Document authentication for Tailon.
2017-08-09services: Add missing wrap-lines option to tailon.Christopher Baines
* gnu/services/admin.scm (<tailon-configuration-file>): Add wrap-lines. (tailon-configuration-wrap-lines): New procedure. (tailon-configuration-file-compiler): Add support for wrap-lines. * doc/guix.texi (Monitoring Services): Document the wrap-lines Tailon configuration option.
2017-08-07Revert "doc: Suggest running guix-daemon with 'sudo -E'."Leo Famulari
This change might not correct, so we revert it for now: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-08/msg00057.html This reverts commit 6a4364335c967f841b53ed35c22f90445437e4b0.
2017-08-06doc: Suggest running guix-daemon with 'sudo -E'.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Martin H. <maze@strahlungsfrei.de>. * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Suggest 'sudo -E'.
2017-08-04build: Add minify build system.Ricardo Wurmus
* guix/build-system/minify.scm: New file. * guix/build/minify-build-system: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add new files. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document minify-build-system.
2017-08-03doc: 'patches' field of <origin> can list file-like objects.Ludovic Courtès
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/27165>. Reported by sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com>. * doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): 'patches' can contain file-like objects.
2017-08-02pull: Fetch source code from Git.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/pull.scm (%snapshot-url, with-environment-variable) (with-PATH): Remove. (ensure-guile-git!): New procedure. (%repository-url): New variable. (%default-options): Add 'repository-url' and 'ref'. (show-help, %options): Add '--commit' and '--url'. (temporary-directory, first-directory, interned-then-deleted) (unpack): Remove. (build-from-source): Rename 'tarball' to 'source'. Remove call to 'unpack'. (build-and-install): Rename 'tarball' to 'source'. (honor-lets-encrypt-certificates!, report-git-error): New procedures. (with-git-error-handling): New macro. (guix-pull)[fetch-tarball]: Remove. Wrap body in 'with-git-error-handling'. Rewrite to use 'latest-repository-commit'. * build-aux/build-self.scm (build): Print an error message and exit when GUILE-GIT is #f. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention Git. Document '--commit' and '--branch'.
2017-08-02build: Make Guile-Git a hard requirement.Ludovic Courtès
* configure.ac: Error out when (git) is missing. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Mention Guile-Git. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add guix/git.scm unconditionally.
2017-07-30services: openssh: Extensions provide extra authorized keys.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/ssh.scm (extend-openssh-authorized-keys): New procedure. (openssh-service-type)[compose, extend]: New fields. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document the extension.
2017-07-30services: openssh: Add 'authorized-keys' field.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/ssh.scm (<openssh-configuration>)[authorized-keys]: New field. (authorized-key-directory): New procedure. (openssh-config-file): Honor 'authorized-keys'. (openssh-activation): Use 'with-imported-modules'. Make /etc/ssh 755. Create /etc/ssh/authorized_keys.d. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
2017-07-30doc: Give an example of arguments for the 'run-vm.sh' script.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Give an example of passing arguments to the 'run-vm.sh' script.
2017-07-30services: Add memcached.Christopher Baines
* gnu/services/databases.scm (memcached-service-type, %memcached-accounts): New variables. (<memcached-configuration>): New record type. (memcached-service-type): New procedures. * gnu/tests/databases.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Database Services): Document the new memcached service. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add entry for tests/databases.scm.
2017-07-29gnu: services: admin: Add tailon.Christopher Baines
* gnu/services/admin.scm (<tailon-configuration>, <tailon-configuration-file>): New record types. (tailon-configuration-files-string, tailon-shepherd-service): New procedures. (%tailon-accounts, tailon-service-type: New variables. * doc/guix.texi (Monitoring Services: Document the Tailon service. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add gnu/tests/admin.scm. * gnu/tests/admin.scm: New file.
2017-07-26gnu: Add fcgiwrap service.Andy Wingo
* doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Add documentation. * gnu/services/web.scm (<fcgiwrap-configuration>): New record type. (fcgiwrap-accounts, fcgiwrap-shepherd-service): New service extensions. (fcgiwrap-service-type): New service type. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2017-07-25Add 'guix weather'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/weather.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Substitutes, Invoking guix publish): Mention "guix weather". (Invoking guix weather): New node. Co-authored-by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
2017-07-21services: cuirass: Add fallback parameter.Mathieu Othacehe
* gnu/services/cuirass.scm (<cuirass-configuration>)[fallback?]: New field. (cuirass-shepherd-service): Take it into account. * doc/guix.texi (Continuous Integration): Document it.
2017-07-21publish: Make the cache eviction policy less aggressive.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>. * guix/scripts/publish.scm (nar-expiration-time): New procedure. (render-narinfo/cached): Use it as the #:entry-expiration passed to 'maybe-remove-expired-cache-entries'.
2017-07-20doc: Show the "git clone" command.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Joshua Branson <jbranso91@gmail.com>. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add "git clone" command.
2017-07-20doc: Discuss when to run a GC.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix gc): Add a paragraph on when to run a GC.
2017-07-15bootloader: Add u-boot.Danny Milosavljevic
* gnu/bootloader/u-boot.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi: Document it.
2017-07-12size: Add '--sort=KEY'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/size.scm (profile-closure<?, profile-self<?): New procedures. (display-profile): Add #:profile<? parameter and honor it. (show-help, %options): Add '--sort'. (%default-options): Add 'profile<?'. (guix-size): Pass PROFILE<? to 'display-profile*'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix size): Document '--sort'.
2017-07-09doc: Recommend rebuilding the font cache.Ricardo Wurmus
* doc/guix.texi (X11 Fonts): Recommend rebuilding the font cache with fc-cache when fonts are not found.
2017-07-08doc: Add note about private-key during offload.Oleg Pykhalov
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Offload Facility): Add note about private-key. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2017-07-04services: Add 'sysctl-service-type'.宋文武
* gnu/services/sysctl.scm: New file. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Document it. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
2017-07-03doc: Update formatting.Danny Milosavljevic
* doc/guix.texi (disk-image): Update formatting of "ext4". Follow-up to 3f4d8a7f66060e93a247797a9bbd2fcbee6922a3.
2017-07-03guix system: Add "--file-system-type" option.Danny Milosavljevic
* guix/scripts/system.scm (process-action): Pass file-system-type to ... (perform-action): ... here. Add new keyword argument. Pass new value to ... (system-derivation-for-action): ... here. Add new keyword argument. Pass new value to system-disk-image. * doc/guix.texi (disk-image): Document new option.
2017-06-30vm: Estimate the disk size by default.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/build/vm.scm (estimated-partition-size): New procedure. * gnu/system/vm.scm (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Change #:disk-image-size default to 'guess. [builder]: When DISK-IMAGE-SIZE is 'guess, use 'estimated-partition-size' and compute and estimate of the image size. (qemu-image): Likewise. * guix/build/store-copy.scm (file-size, closure-size): New procedures. * guix/scripts/system.scm (%default-options): Change 'image-size' to 'guess. * doc/guix.texi (Building the Installation Image): Remove '--image-size' flag from example. (Invoking guix system): Document the image size estimate.
2017-06-25doc: Encourage signature verification.Ricardo Wurmus
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remind contributors to verify cryptographic signatures.
2017-06-22daemon: '--listen' can be passed several times, can specify TCP endpoints.Ludovic Courtès
* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (DEFAULT_GUIX_PORT): New macro. (listen_options): New variable. (parse_opt): Push back '--listen' options to LISTEN_OPTIONS. (open_unix_domain_socket, open_inet_socket) (listening_sockets): New functions. (main): Use it. Pass SOCKETS to 'run'. * nix/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc (matchUser): Remove. (SD_LISTEN_FDS_START): Remove. (acceptConnection): New function. (daemonLoop): Rewrite to take a vector of file descriptors, to select(2) on them, and to call 'acceptConnection'. (run): Change to take a vector of file descriptors. * tests/guix-daemon.sh: Add test.
2017-06-22store: Define a default port for TCP connections.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/store.scm (%default-guix-port): New variable. (connect-to-daemon)[connect]: Use it when (uri-port uri) is #f. * doc/guix.texi (The Store): Mention the default port number.
2017-06-21gnu: services: use seconds instead of duration strings.Julien Lepiller
* gnu/services/dns.scm (zone-file, knot-policy-configuration): Use numbers instead of duration strings. (verify-knot-policy-configuration): Fix typo. * doc/guix.texi (DNS Services): Update documentation.
2017-06-17doc: Suggest a QEMU image size large enough for the system examples.Leo Famulari
* doc/guix.texi (Installing GuixSD in a Virtual Machine): Increase suggested image size from 5 GB to 50 GB.
2017-06-17doc: Clarify comment about QEMU qcow2 file sizes.Leo Famulari
* doc/guix.texi (Installing GuixSD in a Virtual Machine): Clarify comment about QEMU's qcow2 virtualized block device file format.
2017-06-16doc: Explain how to use the GCC toolchain.Ricardo Wurmus
* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Add subsection "The GCC toolchain".
2017-06-15guix: Add texlive importer.Ricardo Wurmus
* guix/import/texlive.scm: New file. * guix/scripts/import/texlive.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * tests/texlive.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): Add it. * guix/scripts/import.scm (importers): Add texlive importer. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it.
2017-06-15build-system: Add 'texlive-build-system'.Ricardo Wurmus
* guix/build-system/texlive.scm: New file. * guix/build/texlive-build-system.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document it. * gnu/packages/tex.scm (%texlive-tag, %texlive-revision): Remove variables. (texlife-ref): Remove procedure.
2017-06-13guix package: '--search' sorts by relevance.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/package.scm (find-packages-by-description): Rewrite to compute a score based on the number of regexps matched and the number of matches for each regexp. Sort according to this score and return it as a second value. (process-query) <'search>: Capture the two return values of 'find-packages-by-description'. Pass #:extra-fields to 'package->recutils'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Mention relevance, give an example.
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