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2013-10-03Add (guix monads).Ludovic Courtès
* guix/monads.scm: New file. * tests/monads.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add guix/monads.scm. (SCM_TESTS): Add tests/monads.scm. * doc/guix.texi (The Store Monad): New node. (The Store): Reference it.
2013-09-27doc: Fix typos.Nikita Karetnikov
* doc/guix.texi: Fix typos.
2013-09-27doc: Link from "guix gc" to '--delete-generations'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Mention that deleting generations prevents roll-back. (Invoking guix gc): Link to '--delete-generations'.
2013-09-27guix package: '--delete-generations' deletes generations older than specified.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/package.scm (matching-generations): Add 'duration-relation' keyword parameter. (guix-package)[process-action](delete-generations): Pass #:duration-relation >. * tests/guix-package.sh: Add test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Clarify the meaning of durations for '--list-durations' and '--delete-durations'.
2013-09-26guix package: Add '--delete-generations'.Nikita Karetnikov
* guix/scripts/package.scm (switch-to-previous-generation): New function. (roll-back): Use the new function instead of 'switch-link'. (show-help): Add '--delete-generations'. (%options): Likewise. (guix-package)[process-actions]: Add 'current-generation-number', 'display-and-delete', and 'delete-generation'. Add support for '--delete-generations', and reindent the code. * tests/guix-package.sh: Test '--delete-generations'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-package): Document '--delete-generations'.
2013-09-25guix package: Do not list the zeroth generation.Nikita Karetnikov
* guix/scripts/package.scm (guix-package)[process-query]: Change 'list-generation' to not list the zeroth generation. * tests/guix-package.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Document it, and use the right term when talking about generations.
2013-09-23doc: Document '--list-generations' among the query options.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Move '--list-generations' below "In addition to these actions".
2013-09-23guix package: Show most recently installed packages last.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>. * guix/scripts/package.scm (guix-package)[list-generations, list-installed]: Reverse the result of 'manifest-packages'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Document the order of packages for '--list-generations' and '--list-installed'.
2013-09-19guix package: Add '--list-generations'.Nikita Karetnikov
* guix/scripts/package.scm: Import (srfi srfi-19). (generation-time, matching-generations): New functions. (show-help): Add '--list-generations'. (%options): Likewise. (guix-package)[process-query]: Add support for '--list-generations'. * guix/ui.scm: Import (srfi srfi-19) and (ice-9 regex). (string->generations, string->duration): New functions. * tests/guix-package.sh: Test '--list-generations'. * tests/ui.scm: Import (srfi srfi-19). Test 'string->generations' and 'string->duration'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-package): Document '--list-generations'.
2013-09-18derivations: 'derivation' and related procedures return a single value.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/derivations.scm (derivation->output-path, derivation->output-paths): New procedures. (derivation-path->output-path): Use 'derivation->output-path'. (derivation-path->output-paths): Use 'derivation->output-paths'. (derivation): Accept 'derivation?' objects as inputs. Return a single value. (build-derivations): New procedure. (compiled-modules): Use 'derivation->output-paths'. (build-expression->derivation)[source-path]: Add case for when the input matches 'derivation?'. [prologue]: Accept 'derivation?' objects in INPUTS. [mod-dir, go-dir]: Use 'derivation->output-path'. * guix/download.scm (url-fetch): Adjust to the single-value return. * guix/packages.scm (package-output): Use 'derivation->output-path'. * guix/scripts/build.scm (guix-build): When the argument is 'derivation-path?', pass it through 'read-derivation'. Use 'derivation-file-name' to print out the .drv file names, and to register them. Use 'derivation->output-path' instead of 'derivation-path->output-path'. * guix/scripts/package.scm (roll-back): Adjust to the single-value return. (guix-package): Use 'derivation->output-path'. * guix/ui.scm (show-what-to-build): Adjust to deal with 'derivation?' objects instead of .drv file names. * gnu/system/grub.scm (grub-configuration-file): Use 'derivation->output-path' instead of 'derivation-path->output-path'. * gnu/system/vm.scm (qemu-image, system-qemu-image): Likewise. * tests/builders.scm, tests/derivations.scm, tests/packages.scm, tests/store.scm, tests/union.scm: Adjust to the new calling convention. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages, The Store, Derivations): Adjust accordingly.
2013-09-11store: The 'references' parameter of 'add-text-to-store' is now optional.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/store.scm (add-text-to-store): Make 'references' optional. * tests/store.scm ("dead-paths", "references"): Use 'add-text-to-store' with no optional argument. * doc/guix.texi (The Store): Adjust accordingly.
2013-08-31doc: Stylistic changes to "Packaging Guidelines"Andreas Enge
2013-08-30doc: Remove an extra space after @ref.Nikita Karetnikov
2013-08-29doc: Add duplicate copyright notice again.Andreas Enge
* doc/guix.texi: Add second copyright notice again inside @ifinfo, needed since the first one does not appear in the info output. Partially undoes commit da7cabd.
2013-08-29doc: Fix the image size in PDF/PS/DVI output.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Bootstrapping): Specify an image width for the TeX output. Before that, the image would be much wider than the US Letter page width.
2013-08-29build: Build docs from the top-level Makefile.Ludovic Courtès
This undoes commit 575ed8d ("doc: Create own Makefile.am in subdirectory."), and fixes a bug whereby "make pdf" or "make ps" wouldn't do anything. * doc/Makefile.am: Remove. * doc.am: New file. Use `-local' rules to build the image. * Makefile.am: Include it. * configure.ac: Use `-Woverride' to avoid undesired overridding of Automake rules.
2013-08-28doc: Add package guidelines for names and numbers.Andreas Enge
* doc/guix.texi: Three new subsections.
2013-08-28doc: Shuffle some text around.Andreas Enge
* doc/guix.texi: Drop duplicate copyright notice, start section "Packaging Guidelines" with existant text.
2013-08-28doc: Create own Makefile.am in subdirectory.Andreas Enge
* doc/Makefile.am: New file. * Makefile.am: Reference subdirectory doc.
2013-08-28derivations: Rename #:dependency-graphs to #:references-graphs.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/derivations.scm (derivation, build-expression->derivation): Rename #:dependency-graphs to #:references-graphs, for consistency in the terminology. * tests/derivations.scm: Adjust accordingly.
2013-08-26derivations: Add #:dependency-graphs to `build-expression->derivation'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/derivations.scm (build-expression->derivation): Add #:dependency-graphs keyword argument. Pass it to `derivation'. * tests/derivations.scm ("build-expression->derivation with #:dependency-graphs"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Derivations): Update `build-expression->derivation' description.
2013-08-26derivations: Add #:dependency-graphs `derivation' parameter.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/derivations.scm (derivation): Add `dependency-graphs' keyword parameter; honor it. * tests/derivations.scm (bootstrap-binary): New procedure. (%bash): Use it. (%mkdir): New variable. (directory-contents): Add `slurp' optional parameter. ("derivation with #:dependency-graphs"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Derivations): Update accordingly.
2013-08-26derivations: Move 3 positional parameters into keyword parameters.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/derivations.scm (derivation): Turn `system', `env-vars', and `inputs' into keyword parameters. (build-expression->derivation): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm (%bootstrap-guile): Likewise. * tests/derivations.scm, tests/store.scm: Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Derivations): Likewise.
2013-08-24doc: Mention what's in the chroot, and add a caveat about /dev/shm.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Setting Up the Daemon): Document the default content of the chroot, and the /dev/shm caveat.
2013-07-17doc: Add "Adding New Packages".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Adding New Packages): New section. (Packaging Guidelines): Make a subsection thereof. (From the Source Tarball to the Package): New subsection. (Contributing): Link to "Adding New Packages". (Package Modules): Link to modules in Guile's manual.
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.
2013-07-16doc: Refer to guix-devel@gnu.org.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Contributing): Refer to guix-devel@gnu.org.
2013-07-09doc: Add "Installing Debugging Files".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Installing Debugging Files): New node. (Packages with Multiple Outputs): Add cross-reference.
2013-07-08doc: Add "Packages with Multiple Outputs" section.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Packages with Multiple Outputs): New node. (Invoking guix package): Refer to it.
2013-07-07doc: Move the packaging guidelines to the manual.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Packaging Guidelines): Remove. * doc/guix.texi (Packaging Guidelines): New node.
2013-07-07doc: Add a "Porting" section.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING (Porting the Guix distro on a new platform): Remove. * doc/guix.texi (Porting): New node. Describe cross-compilation as the only approach.
2013-07-07doc: Add a "Boostrapping" section.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Package Modules): New node, with material formerly under "GNU Distribution". (Bootstrapping): New node. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add doc/images/bootstrap-graph.dot and doc/images/bootstrap-graph.eps. (infoimagedir, dist_infoimage_DATA, DOT_OPTIONS): New variable. (.dot.png, .dot.eps, doc/guix.pdf, doc/guix.info, doc/guix.ps): New targets. * doc/images/bootstrap-graph.dot: New file.
2013-06-13guix gc: Add `--requisites'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/gc.scm (show-help, %options): Add `--requisites'. (guix-gc): Handle it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix gc): Document `--requisites'. * NEWS: Update.
2013-06-04doc: Write about patch submission and packaging guidelines.Ludovic Courtès
* HACKING: Update the command names from `guix-build' to `guix build' & co. (Submitting Patches, Packaging Guidelines): New sections. * doc/guix.texi (Contributing): New section.
2013-05-29build, package: Add `--fallback' option.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/build.scm (%options, show-help): Add `--fallback'. (guix-build): Call `set-build-options' with #:fallback?. * guix/scripts/package.scm (%options, show-help): Add `--fallback'. (guix-package): Call `set-build-options' with #:fallback?. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package, Invoking guix build): Document `--fallback'.
2013-05-26doc: Improve wording and fix typos in "Introduction" and "Requirements".Nikita Karetnikov
* doc/guix.texi (Introduction, Requirements): Rephrase and fix typos.
2013-05-24build: Add `--target' option.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/build.scm (derivations-from-package-expressions): Add `package-derivation' parameter. (show-help, %options): Add `--target'. (guix-build): Use `package-cross-derivation' when `--target' is passed. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add dry-run test with `--target'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document `--target'.
2013-05-24packages: Implement `package-cross-derivation'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/packages.scm (package-transitive-target-inputs, package-transitive-native-inputs): New procedures. (package-derivation): Parametrize `%current-target-system'. (package-cross-derivation): Implement. * guix/utils.scm (%current-target-system): New variable. * tests/packages.scm ("package-cross-derivation"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Document `package-cross-derivation'.
2013-05-20Add `--max-silent-time' to `guix build' and `guix package'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/build.scm (%default-options): Add default `max-silent-time' value. (show-help, %options): Add `--max-silent-time'. (guix-build): Pass `max-silent-time' to `set-build-options'. * guix/scripts/package.scm (%default-options): Add default `max-silent-time' value. (show-help, %options): Add `--max-silent-time'. (guix-package): Pass `max-silent-time' to `set-build-options'. * guix/ui.scm (string->number*): New procedure. * tests/derivations.scm ("build-expression->derivation and max-silent-time"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package, Invoking guix build): Document `--max-silent-time'.
2013-05-16package: Make sure the profile directory is owned by the user.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/package.scm (guix-package)[ensure-default-profile]: Check the owner of %PROFILE-DIRECTORY. Report an error when the owner is not the current user. Add `rtfm' procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Mention the ownership test.
2013-05-11doc: Document "guix download".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Linke to "Invoking guix download". (Utilities): Add an overview paragraph. (Invoking guix download): New node.
2013-05-11refresh: Add `--key-server' and `--gpg'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%options): Add `--key-server' and `--gpg'. (show-help): Update accordingly. (update-package): New procedure, formerly in `guix-refresh'. (guix-refresh): Use it. Parameterize `%openpgp-key-server' and `%gpg-command'.
2013-05-08doc: Document `guix refresh'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Add cross-reference to "Invoking guix refresh". (Invoking guix refresh): New node.
2013-04-28guix package: Add `--search-paths' & co.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/package.scm (search-path-environment-variables, display-search-paths): New procedures. (show-help, %options): Add `--search-paths'. (guix-package)[process-actions]: Call `display-search-paths' once the profile is ready. [process-query]: Honor `search-paths'.
2013-04-21Add 'guix hash'.Nikita Karetnikov
* guix/scripts/hash.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. * po/POTFILES.in: Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): New node. (Defining Packages): Add a cross-reference to the 'Invoking guix hash' node.
2013-04-18daemon: Add `--no-substitutes'.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Mark H. Weaver. * nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (GUIX_OPT_NO_SUBSTITUTES): New macro. (options): Add `--no-substitutes'. (parse_opt): Add `GUIX_OPT_NO_SUBSTITUTES' case. (main): Leave `settings.substituters' empty when `settings.useSubstitutes' is false.
2013-04-18doc: Mention the home page.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Installation): Add a sentence pointing to the home page. Suggested by Arne Babenhauserheide.
2013-04-17doc: Transparent binary deployment is implemented.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Features): Remove footnote saying that transparent binary deployment is not implemented.
2013-04-16package: allow users to upgrade the whole system by not providing a regexp.Cyril Roelandt
* guix/scripts/packages.scm (guix-package) [process-actions]: When upgrading, use "" when REGEXP is #f. * doc/guix.texi: update the documentation accordingly.
2013-04-12guix package: Add `--no-substitutes'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/package.scm (%default-options): Add `substitutes?'. (show-help, %options): Add and document `--no-substitutes'. (guix-package): Call `set-build-options' to honor `substitutes?'.
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