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2015-11-19doc: Mention fonts for Asian languages.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Explain how to install X11 fonts for Asian languages.
2015-11-19doc: Update documentation of the 'services' field.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): The 'services' field now contains a list of service objects.
2015-11-11edit: Honor $VISUAL.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>. * guix/scripts/edit.scm (%editor): Honor 'VISUAL' before 'EDITOR'. (show-help): Adjust accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix edit): Likewise.
2015-11-11guix package: '--search-paths' can report combined search paths.Ludovic Courtès
Partly fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/20255>. * guix/scripts/package.scm (search-path-environment-variables): Change 'profile' to 'profiles'; expect it to be a list. (display-search-paths): Likewise. (%default-options): Remove 'profile' entry. (%options) <--profile>: Keep previous values associated with 'profile' in RESULT. (guix-package)[process-actions, process-query]: Handle the possible lack of 'profile' pair in OPTS.
2015-11-07install: Run GPM.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Adam Pribyl <pribyl@lowlevel.cz> at <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-11/msg00133.html>. * gnu/system/install.scm (installation-services): Add call to 'gpm-service'. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Mention GPM.
2015-11-07services: Add 'gpm-service'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/base.scm (<gpm-configuration>): New record type. (gpm-dmd-service): New procedure. (gpm-service-type): New variable. (gpm-service): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document it.
2015-11-06doc: Make the ifconfig command more visible.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Adam Pribyl <pribyl@lowlevel.cz>. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Move the 'ifconfig' command to an @example.
2015-11-04doc: Back up on the claim of encrypted root partitions.Ludovic Courtès
Reported by 宋文武 <iyzsong@openmailbox.org> at <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-11/msg00096.html>. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Comment out encrypted root partition commands. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl (mapped-devices): Remove. (file-systems): Refer to the root by label. * NEWS: Adjust.
2015-11-04doc: Fix typos.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Fix typos.
2015-11-04doc: Explain that 'guix publish' relies on the key pair.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Mention 'guix archive --generate-key'.
2015-11-03import: pypi: add updaterCyril Roelandt
* guix/import/pypi.scm (guix-package->pypi-name, latest-release): New procedures. (%pypi-updater): New variable. * guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%updaters): Add %PYPI-UPDATER. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Mention PyPI
2015-11-03services: Add 'guix-publish-service'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-publish-configuration>): New record type. (guix-publish-dmd-service): New procedure. (%guix-publish-accounts, guix-publish-service-type): New variables. (guix-publish-service): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Add xref to 'guix-publish-service' anchor. (Base Services): Document 'guix-publish-service'.
2015-11-03doc: Linux-libre 3.19 is needed for using containers.David Thompson
* doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix environment", "invoking guix system"): 3.10 is actually too old without backported patches, so change to 3.19.
2015-11-03doc: './pre-inst-env guix pull' won't upgrade local source tree.Alex Vong
* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Clarify './pre-inst-env guix pull' won't upgrade local source tree. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention ~/.config/guix/latest. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2015-11-02services: avahi: Add Avahi to the system profile.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/avahi.scm (avahi-service-type): Extend PROFILE-SERVICE-TYPE. (avahi-service): Adjust docstring. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl (packages): Remove AVAHI.
2015-11-02services: wicd: Add Wicd to the system profile.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/networking.scm (wicd-service-type): Extend PROFILE-SERVICE-TYPE. (wicd-service): Mention it in docstring. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Update documentation accordingly. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl (packages): Remove WICD.
2015-11-02services: Add 'profile-service-type'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services.scm (packages->profile-entry): New procedure. (profile-service-type): New variable. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-directory-base-entries): Remove the "profile" entry. (essential-services): Add a PROFILE-SERVICE-TYPE instance. (operating-system-profile): Rewrite in terms of 'fold-services'. * doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): Add 'profile-service-type'. * doc/images/service-graph.dot: Likewise.
2015-11-02services: Add 'system-service-type'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services.scm (system-derivation): New procedure. (system-service-type): New variable. (boot-script-entry): New procedure. (boot-service-type): Extend SYSTEM-SERVICE-TYPE. (etc-entry): New procedure. (etc-service-type): Extend SYSTEM-SERVICE-TYPE. (fold-services): Change default #:target-type to SYSTEM-SERVICE-TYPE. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-directory-base-entries): New procedure. (essential-services): Use it. Add an instance of SYSTEM-SERVICE-TYPE. (operating-system-boot-script): Pass #:target-type to 'fold-services'. (operating-system-derivation): Rewrite in terms of 'fold-services'. * gnu/system/linux-container.scm (system-container): Remove. (container-script): Use 'operating-system-derivation'. * guix/scripts/system.scm (export-extension-graph): Replace BOOT-SERVICE-TYPE by SYSTEM-SERVICE-TYPE. * doc/images/service-graph.dot: Add 'system' node and edges. * doc/guix.texi (Service Composition): Mention SYSTEM-SERVICE-TYPE. (Service Reference): Document it. Update 'fold-services' documentation.
2015-11-02doc: Fix typos.Alex Kost
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Fix typos.
2015-11-02doc: Fix typo.Alex Kost
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix container): Fix typo.
2015-11-02emacs: Enable 'guix-build-log-minor-mode' in shell buffers.Alex Kost
* emacs/guix-build-log.el (guix-build-log-minor-mode-activate): New variable. (guix-build-log-minor-mode-activate-maybe): New function. * emacs/guix-init.el: Add it to 'shell-mode-hook'. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Build Log): Mention it.
2015-11-01scripts: Add 'container' subcommand.David Thompson
* guix/scripts/container.scm: New file. * guix/scripts/container/exec.scm: New file. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add them. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix container): New section.
2015-11-01doc: Mention minimum Linux-libre version for containers.David Thompson
* doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix environment", "invoking guix system"): Mention Linux-libre requirements for container features.
2015-11-01doc: Give an example with an encrypted root partition.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Add 'mapped-devices' field. Use it in 'file-systems'. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Suggest encrypted partitions. Give an example of a command sequence.
2015-11-01services: Add 'udisks-service'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/desktop.scm (<udisks-configuration>): New record type. (udisks-service-type): New variable. (udisks-service): New procedure. (%desktop-services): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Document it.
2015-11-01services: 'polkit-service-type' can now be extended.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/packages/polkit.scm (polkit)[source]: Adjust snippet so that rules and actions are looked for under /etc/polkit-1. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (<polkit-configuration>): New record type. (polkit-directory, polkit-etc-files, polkit-setuid-programs): New procedures. (polkit-service-type)[compose, extend]: New fields. (polkit-service): Refine docstring. (colord-service-type): Extend POLKIT-SERVICE-TYPE. (elogind-configuration-file): Extend POLKIT-SERVICE-TYPE. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Update 'polkit-service' documentation.
2015-11-01doc: Suggest diffing things with --no-dereference.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix challenge): Add --no-dereference in 'diff' example.
2015-10-31emacs: Add key bindings for 'guix-build-log-minor-mode'.Alex Kost
* emacs/guix-build-log.el (guix-build-log-mode-map): Move keys to ... (guix-build-log-common-map): ...here. New variable. (guix-build-log-minor-mode-map): New variable. (guix-build-log-minor-mode): Use it. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Build Log): Document it.
2015-10-31services: 'tor-service' takes a 'config-file' parameter.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/networking.scm (tor-dmd-service): Take a 'config' parameter and honor it. (tor-service): Take a 'config-file' parameter. Pass it in the service's value. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Adjust accordingly.
2015-10-30scripts: environment: Allow lists of packages in expressions.David Thompson
* guix/scripts/environment.scm (options/resolve-packages): Match against lists of packages when evaluating expressions. * tests/guix-environment.sh: Add test. * doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix environment"): Add docs.
2015-10-30system: Add 'locale-libcs' field.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system/locale.scm (localedef-command)[maybe-version-directory]: New procedure. Use it. (locale-directory): Rename to... (single-locale-directory): ... this. Check the version of LIBC to determine whether to create a "X.Y" sub-directory or to make it a symlink to ".". Add the version number in the derivation name. (locale-directory): New procedure. (%default-locale-libcs): New variable. * gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[locale-libcs]: New field. (operating-system-locale-directory): Pass it to 'locale-directory'. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document 'locale-libcs'. (Locales)[Locale Data Compatibility Considerations]: New section.
2015-10-30scripts: system: Add 'container' action.David Thompson
* guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help): Display 'container' action. (system-derivation-for-action, guix-system): Add 'container' case. (perform-action): Skip GRUB config generation when building a container. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
2015-10-29doc: Fix outdated description of the bare-bones example.Ludovic Courtès
Reported by fps on #guix. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Replace mention of Emacs with tcpdump.
2015-10-29scripts: environment: Allow mixing regular and ad-hoc packages.David Thompson
This patch changes the --ad-hoc flag to be positional. That is, the packages that appear before --ad-hoc are interpreted as packages whose inputs should be in the environment; the packages that appear after are interpreted as packages to be directly added to the environment. * guix/scripts/environment.scm (tag-package-arg, compact): New procedures. (%options): Tweak the handlers for --load and --expression options. (options/resolve-packages): Preserve package mode tag. (parse-args): Tweak argument handler to use package tagging procedure. (guix-environment): Apply ad-hoc behavior on a per package basis. * tests/guix-environment.sh: Add test. * doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix environment"): Document new behavior of --ad-hoc.
2015-10-29services: Add screen-locker service.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system/linux.scm (base-pam-services): Remove "xlock" and "xscreensaver". * gnu/services/xorg.scm (<screen-locker>): New record type. (screen-locker-pam-services, screen-locker-setuid-programs, screen-locker-service): New procedures. (screen-locker-service-type): New variable. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (%desktop-services): Use them. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Document 'screen-locker-service'. (Desktop Services): Mention it.
2015-10-29doc: Mention Nix in the intro.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Introduction): Mention Nix with a xref to "Acknowledgments". (Acknowledgments): Add link to nixos.org.
2015-10-28services: Add 'modify-services'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services.scm (%modify-service, modify-services): New macros. * gnu/services/base.scm (mingetty-service-type, guix-service-type): Export. * emacs/guix-devel.el (guix-devel-keywords): Add 'modify-services'. Ditto in 'guix-devel-scheme-indent' call. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Give an example of 'modify-services'. (Service Reference): Document it.
2015-10-28services: 'guix-configuration' has a 'substitute-urls' field.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-configuration>)[substitute-urls]: New field. (guix-dmd-service): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document it.
2015-10-28refresh: Support comma-separated updater types.Alex Kost
* guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%options): Handle comma-separated types for '--type' option. (guix-refresh): Adjust accordingly. (show-help): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document it.
2015-10-28scripts: build: Add --file option.David Thompson
* guix/scripts/build.scm (show-help): Add help text for --file option. (%options): Add --file option. (options/resolve-packages): Handle 'file' options. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix build"): Add doc.
2015-10-28doc: Add texinfo to the requirements when building from git.Mark H Weaver
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Add GNU Texinfo to the list of additional requirements.
2015-10-27refresh: Add '--list-updaters' option.Alex Kost
* guix/scripts/refresh.scm (list-updaters-and-exit): New procedure. (%options, show-help): Add '--list-updaters' option. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document it.
2015-10-27guix system: Add the 'list-generations' command.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/system.scm (display-system-generation, list-generations): New procedures. (process-action): Clarify docstring. (process-command): New procedure. (guix-system)[parse-sub-command]: Add 'list-generations' Call 'process-command' instead of 'process-action'. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Mention generations, rollback, and 'list-generations'. (Invoking guix system): Document 'list-generations'.
2015-10-27doc: Add a REPL example.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Add REPL example. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs General info): Add @cindex.
2015-10-25scripts: environment: Add --container option.David Thompson
* guix/scripts/system.scm (specification->file-system-mapping): Move from here... * guix/ui.scm (specification->file-system-mapping): ... to here. * guix/scripts/enviroment.scm (show-help): Show help for new options. (%options): Add --container --network, --expose, and --share options. (%network-configuration-files): New variable. (launch-environment, launch-environment/container, requisites*, inputs->requisites): New procedures. (guix-environment): Spawn new process in a container when requested. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix environment): Document it. * tests/guix-environment-container.sh: New file. * Makefile.am (SH_TESTS): Add it.
2015-10-21import: cran: Add updater.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/import/cran.scm (downloads->url, nodes->text): New procedures. (cran-sxml->sexp): Use them. Remove equivalent local code. (latest-release, cran-package?): New procedures. (%cran-updater): New variable. * guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%updaters): Add %CRAN-UPDATER. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Mention CRAN.
2015-10-21refresh: Add '--type' option.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%options, show-help): Add --type. (lookup-updater): New procedure. (update-package): Add 'updaters' parameter and honor it. (guix-refresh)[options->updaters]: New procedure. Use it, and honor --type.
2015-10-20Add 'guix challenge'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/challenge.scm, tests/challenge.scm: New files. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add the former. (SCM_TESTS): Add the latter. * doc.am (SUBCOMMANDS): Add 'challenge'. * doc/guix.texi (Substitutes): Add xref to 'guix challenge'. (Invoking guix challenge): New node. * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add note about using 'guix challenge'. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add guix/scripts/challenge.scm.
2015-10-19guix archive: Add '--extract'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/archive.scm (show-help, %options): Add --extract. (guix-archive): Honor it. * tests/guix-archive.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix archive): Document it.
2015-10-17doc: emacs: Document "View graph" popup action.Alex Kost
* doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Popup Interface): Document "View graph" action.
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