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2016-01-29guix system: Rename 'dmd-graph' to 'shepherd-graph'....* doc/images/dmd-graph.dot: Rename to... * doc/images/shepherd-graph.dot: ... this. * doc.am (DOT_FILES): Adjust accordingly. * guix/scripts/system.scm (dmd-service-node-label) (dmd-service-node-type, export-dmd-graph): Rename to... (shepherd-service-node-label, shepherd-service-node-type) (export-shepherd-graph): ... this. (show-help, process-action, process-command): Rename 'dmd-graph' to 'shepherd-graph'. * emacs/guix-command.el (guix-command-additional-execute-arguments) (guix-command-special-executors): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi: Likewise. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Popup Interface): Likewise. Alex Kost
2016-01-29services: Rename 'dmd' services to 'shepherd'....* gnu/services/shepherd.scm (dmd-root-service-type, %dmd-root-service) (dmd-service-type, <dmd-service>, dmd-service, dmd-service?) (make-dmd-service, dmd-service-documentation, dmd-service-provision) (dmd-service-requirement, dmd-service-respawn, dmd-service-start) (dmd-service-stop, dmd-service-auto-start?, dmd-service-modules) (dmd-service-imported-modules, dmd-service-file-name, dmd-service-file) (dmd-service-back-edges): Rename to... (shepherd-root-service-type, %shepherd-root-service, shepherd-service-type) (<shepherd-service>, shepherd-service, shepherd-service?) (make-shepherd-service, shepherd-service-documentation) (shepherd-service-provision, shepherd-service-requirement) (shepherd-service-respawn, shepherd-service-start) (shepherd-service-stop, shepherd-service-auto-start?) (shepherd-service-modules, shepherd-service-imported-modules) (shepherd-service-file-name, shepherd-service-file) (shepherd-service-back-edges): ...this * gnu/services.scm: Adjust comments. * gnu/services/avahi.scm (avahi-dmd-service): Rename to... (avahi-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/base.scm (%root-file-system-dmd-service) (file-system->dmd-service-name, mapped-device->dmd-service-name) (dependency->dmd-service-name, file-system-dmd-service) (mingetty-dmd-service, nscd-dmd-service, guix-dmd-service) (guix-publish-dmd-service, udev-dmd-service, gpm-dmd-service): Rename to... (%root-file-system-shepherd-service) (file-system->shepherd-service-name, mapped-device->shepherd-service-name) (dependency->shepherd-service-name, file-system-shepherd-service) (mingetty-shepherd-service, nscd-shepherd-service, guix-shepherd-service) (guix-publish-shepherd-service, udev-shepherd-service) (gpm-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/databases.scm (postgresql-dmd-service): Rename to... (postgresql-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/desktop.scm (upower-dmd-service, elogind-dmd-service): Rename to... (upower-shepherd-service, elogind-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/dbus.scm (dbus-dmd-service): Rename to... (dbus-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/lirc.scm (lirc-dmd-service): Rename to... (lirc-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/mail.scm (dovecot-dmd-service): Rename to... (dovecot-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/networking.scm (ntp-dmd-service, tor-dmd-service) (bitlbee-dmd-service, wicd-dmd-service, network-manager-dmd-service): Rename to... (dbus-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/ssh.scm (lsh-dmd-service): Rename to... (lsh-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/web.scm (nginx-dmd-service): Rename to... (nginx-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/services/xorg.scm (slim-dmd-service): Rename to... (slim-shepherd-service): ... this. * gnu/system.scm (essential-services): Use '%shepherd-root-service'. * gnu/system/install.scm (cow-store-service-type): Adjust accordingly. * guix/scripts/system.scm (dmd-service-node-label, dmd-service-node-type) (export-dmd-graph): Likewise. * tests/guix-system.sh: Likewise. * tests/services.scm ("dmd-service-back-edges"): Rename to... ("shepherd-service-back-edges"): Adjust accordingly. * doc/guix.texi: Likewise. * doc/images/service-graph.dot: Use 'shepherd' service name. Alex Kost
2016-01-29Rename (gnu services dmd) to (gnu services shepherd)....* gnu/services/dmd.scm: Rename to... * gnu/services/shepherd.scm: ... this. * gnu/system.scm: Use it. * gnu/system/install.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/xorg.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/web.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/ssh.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/networking.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/mail.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/lirc.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/desktop.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/dbus.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/databases.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/base.scm: Likewise. * gnu/services/avahi.scm: Likewise. * guix/scripts/system.scm: Likewise. * tests/services.scm: Likewise. * tests/guix-system.sh: Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Shepherd Services): Adjust accordingly. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Likewise. * po/guix/POTFILES.in: Likewise. Alex Kost
2016-01-29doc: Replace references to 'dmd' with 'shepherd'....* doc/guix.texi: Use 'shepherd'/'herd' instead of 'dmd'/'deco'. Fix info references. Alex Kost
2016-01-29doc: Describe how Emacs packages are found....* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup)[Emacs Packages]: New subsection. Alex Kost
2016-01-26doc: Show how to boot result of 'vm-image'....* doc/guix.texi (Running GuixSD in a VM): New node. (Invoking guix system): Add reference to 'Running GuixSD in a VM'. Leo Famulari
2016-01-25emacs: Add interface for licenses....* emacs/guix-main.scm (%license-param-alist): New variable. (license->sexp, find-licenses, license-entries): New procedures. * emacs/guix-license.el (guix-license-get-entries) (guix-license-get-display, guix-license-insert-packages-button) (guix-license-insert-comment, guix-license-list-describe) (guix-license-list-show-packages): New procedures. (guix-licenses): New command. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Licenses): New node. (Emacs Interface): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Top): Add it. * NEWS: Mention new interface. Alex Kost
2016-01-25emacs: Add 'guix-packages-by-license' command....* emacs/guix-main.scm (packages-by-license): New procedure. (%patterns-makers): Add 'license' search type. * emacs/guix-messages.el (guix-message-packages-by-license): New procedure. (guix-messages): Use it. * emacs/guix-ui-package.el (guix-packages-by-license): New command. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Commands): Document it. Alex Kost
2016-01-25emacs: Buttonize licenses in "Package Info"....* emacs/guix-ui-package.el (guix-package-license): New button type. (guix-package-info-format, guix-output-info-format): Use it. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Info buffer): Mention it. Alex Kost
2016-01-25doc: Add policy about version numbers for VCS snapshots....* doc/guix.texi (Version Numbers): Add paragraphs about VCS snapshot version numbers. Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-25doc: Remove unneeded backslashes....* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Remove unneeded backslashes. Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-25doc: 'base-initrd' has #:virtio? default to #t....This is a followup to e26d507. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): #:virtio? defaults to #t. Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-24doc: Fix typo in section on offloading....* doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Fix quoting typo in command. Andreas Enge
2016-01-22doc: Fix typo in "Locales"....* doc/guix.texi (Locales): Add missing 's'. Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-21doc: Explain how to make the Info manual visible....Suggested by David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> at <http://bugs.gnu.org/22402>. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Explain how to make the Info manual visible. Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-21doc: Explain how to remove services from a list....Suggested by <swedebugia@riseup.net>. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Add @unnumberedsubsubsec. Explain how to remove services from a list. Mention (gnu system). Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-20import: Add Bioconductor importer and updater....* guix/import/cran.scm (%bioconductor-updater, latest-bioconductor-release, bioconductor-package?): New procedures. (cran->guix-package): Support repositories other than CRAN. (%bioconductor-url, %bioconductor-svn-url): New variables. (description->package): Update signature to distinguish between packages from different repositories. (latest-release): Rename procedure ... (latest-cran-release): ... to this. (cran-package?): Do not assume all R packages are available on CRAN. * tests/cran.scm: Update tests. * guix/scripts/import/cran.scm: Add "--archive" option and default to CRAN. * guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%updaters): Add "%bioconductor-updater". * doc/guix.texi: Document Bioconductor importer and updater. Ricardo Wurmus
2016-01-19guix build: Add '--keep-going'....* guix/scripts/build.scm (show-build-options-help) (%standard-build-options): Add --keep-going. * guix/scripts/build.scm (set-build-options-from-command-line): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-18doc: Document 'http_proxy'....* doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup, Substitutes): Document 'http_proxy'. Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-18doc: Explain how to run a subset of the tests....* doc/guix.texi (Running the Test Suite): Explain 'TESTS'. Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-18emacs: Add 'guix-search-by-name'....* emacs/guix-ui-package.el (guix-search-by-name): New command. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Commands): Document it. Alex Kost
2016-01-18emacs: Rename 'guix-search-by-name' to 'guix-packages-by-name'....* emacs/guix-ui-package.el (guix-search-by-name): Rename to... (guix-packages-by-name): ... this. Complete package name. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Commands): Likewise. Alex Kost
2016-01-16doc: Document command-line options honored by the initrd....* doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Document kernel command-line options. Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-16emacs: Add interface for system generations....* emacs/guix-main.scm (system-generation-boot-parameters) (system-generation-param-alist, system-generation-sexps): New procedures. (entries): Add 'system-generation' entry type. * emacs/guix-messages.el (guix-result-message): Use the same messages for 'generation' and 'system-generation' entry types. * emacs/guix-ui-system-generation.el: New file. * emacs.am (ELFILES): Add it. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Commands): Document new commands. * NEWS: Mention new interface. Alex Kost
2016-01-12doc: Fix typo in "Build Systems"....* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Remove extra 's'. Leo Famulari
2016-01-12doc: Show bootstrapping at the package level....* doc/images/bootstrap-packages.dot: New file. * doc.am (DOT_FILES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Bootstrapping): Show 'guix graph' commands. Includes 'images/bootstrap-packages' and comment it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-08doc: Document network-manager-service....* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document network-manager-service. 宋文武
2016-01-08doc: Add elaborate package search example....* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Add elaborate --search example using recsel and sexes. Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-05doc: Remove double occurrence of words....* doc/guix.texi: substitute 'the the' with 'the'. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Michael Vetter
2016-01-05guix package: Allow multiple '--search' flags....* guix/scripts/package.scm (find-packages-by-description): Change 'rx' parameter to 'regexps'. [matches-all?, matches-one?]: New procedures. Use them. (process-query): Collect regexps from all 'search' queries, and pass them to 'find-packages-by-description'. * tests/guix-package.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-02emacs: Use "B" key in "Package List" to display latest builds....* emacs/guix-ui-package.el (guix-package-list-latest-builds): New procedure. (guix-package-list-mode-map): Bind "B" key to it. (guix-output-list-mode-map): Likewise. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs List buffer): Document it. Alex Kost
2016-01-02emacs: Add Hydra interface....* emacs/guix-utils.el (guix-hexify, guix-number->bool): New procedures. (guix-while-null): New macro. * emacs/guix-hydra.el: New file. * emacs/guix-hydra-build.el: New file. * emacs/guix-hydra-jobset.el: New file. * emacs.am (ELFILES): Add them. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Hydra): New node. (Emacs Interface): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Top): Add it. (Substitutes): Mention Emacs interface. Alex Kost
2016-01-02emacs: Reorganize package/generation UI code....Move the code for packages/generations interface from "guix-info.el", "guix-list.el", "guix-base.el" and "guix.el" to "guix-ui-package.el" and "guix-ui-generation.el". * emacs/guix-base.el (guix-package-entry->name-specification) (guix-package-entries->name-specifications) (guix-package-id-and-output-by-output-id) (guix-package-installed-outputs, guix-process-package-actions) (guix-package-list-type, guix-package-info-type) (guix-continue-package-operation-p, guix-get-package-strings) (guix-insert-package-strings): Move to "guix-ui-package.el". (guix-generation-packages-buffer-name-function, guix-output-name-width) (guix-generation-packages-update-buffer, 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-packages, guix-generation-insert-package) (guix-profile-generation-manifest-file, guix-delete-generations) (guix-profile-generation-packages-buffer, guix-switch-to-generation): Move to "guix-ui-generation.el". * emacs/guix-info.el (guix-package-location, guix-package-name) (guix-package-source, guix-package-info-source) (guix-package-info-heading, guix-package-info-license) (guix-package-info-name, guix-package-info-name-button) (guix-package-info-version, guix-package-info-location) (guix-package-info-synopsis, guix-package-info-description) (guix-package-info-obsolete, guix-package-info-installed-outputs) (guix-package-info-uninstalled-outputs) (guix-package-info-insert-heading) (guix-package-info-define-insert-inputs) (guix-package-info-obsolete-string) (guix-package-info-insert-obsolete-text) (guix-package-info-insert-non-unique-text) (guix-package-info-insert-outputs, guix-package-info-insert-output) (guix-package-info-insert-action-button) (guix-package-info-auto-find-source) (guix-package-info-auto-download-source) (guix-package-info-download-buffer, guix-package-info-show-source) (guix-package-info-download-source, guix-package-info-insert-source) (guix-package-info-redisplay-after-download) (guix-output-info-insert-version, guix-output-info-insert-output): Move to "guix-ui-package.el". (guix-generation-info-number, guix-generation-info-current) (guix-generation-not-current, guix-generation-info-insert-number) (guix-generation-info-insert-current): Move to "guix-ui-generation.el". * emacs/guix-list.el (guix-package-list-generation-marking-enabled) (guix-package-list-installed, guix-package-list-obsolete) (guix-package-list-get-name, guix-package-list-get-installed-outputs) (guix-package-list-marking-check, guix-package-list-mark-outputs) (guix-package-list-mark-install, guix-package-list-mark-delete) (guix-package-list-mark-upgrade, guix-package-list-mark-upgrades) (guix-list-mark-package-upgrades, guix-list-execute-package-actions) (guix-package-list-execute, guix-package-list-make-action) (guix-package-list-edit, guix-output-list-mark-install) (guix-output-list-mark-delete, guix-output-list-mark-upgrade) (guix-output-list-mark-upgrades, guix-output-list-make-action) (guix-output-list-describe, guix-output-list-edit): Move to "guix-ui-package.el". (guix-generation-list-get-current, guix-generation-list-switch) (guix-generation-list-generations-to-compare) (guix-generation-list-compare, guix-generation-list-show-packages) (guix-generation-list-show-added-packages) (guix-generation-list-show-removed-packages) (guix-generation-list-diff, guix-generation-list-diff-manifests) (guix-generation-list-ediff, guix-generation-list-ediff-manifests) (guix-generation-list-diff-packages) (guix-generation-list-ediff-packages) (guix-generation-list-mark-delete, guix-generation-list-execute): Move to "guix-ui-generation.el". * emacs/guix.el: Remove. (guix, guix-faces, guix-edit): Move to "guix-base.el". (guix-list-single-package, guix-search-params, guix-search-history) (guix-get-show-packages, guix-search-by-name, guix-search-by-regexp) (guix-installed-packages, guix-obsolete-packages) (guix-all-available-packages, guix-newest-available-packages): Move to "guix-ui-package.el". (guix-get-show-generations, guix-generations, guix-last-generations) (guix-generations-by-time): Move to "guix-ui-generation.el". * emacs.am (ELFILES): Remove "guix.el". Add "guix-ui-package.el" and "guix-ui-generation.el". * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Appearance): Adjust accordingly. Alex Kost
2016-01-02emacs: Generalize buffer naming....* emacs/guix-base.el (guix-buffer-name): New procedure. (guix-buffer-define-interface): Make ':buffer-name' a required keyword. (guix-update-after-operation, guix-buffer-name-function) (guix-buffer-name-simple, guix-buffer-name-default, guix-buffer-name) (guix-buffer-p, guix-buffers, guix-update-buffer) (guix-update-buffers-maybe-after-operation): Adjust, move and rename to... * emacs/guix-ui.el (guix-ui-update-after-operation) (guix-ui-buffer-name-function, guix-ui-buffer-name-simple) (guix-ui-buffer-name-default, guix-ui-buffer-name) (guix-ui-buffer?, guix-ui-buffers, guix-ui-update-buffer) (guix-ui-update-buffers-after-operation): ... this. (guix-ui-define-interface): Generate 'guix-ENTRY-TYPE-BUFFER-TYPE-buffer-name' procedure and pass it as ':buffer-name' argument. (guix-ui): New custom group. * emacs/guix-info.el: Specify ':buffer-name' for the defined interfaces. * emacs/guix-list.el: Likewise. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Appearance): Adjust accordingly. Alex Kost
2016-01-02emacs: Split 'guix-root-map' keymap....* emacs/guix-base.el: (guix-root-map): Split into... (guix-buffer-map): ... this and... * emacs/guix-ui.el (guix-ui-map): ... this. (guix-ui-define-interface): Generate 'guix-ENTRY-TYPE-BUFFER-TYPE-mode-map' keymaps inheriting them from 'guix-ui-map' and 'guix-BUFFER-TYPE-mode-map'. * emacs/guix-info.el (guix-info-mode-map): Use 'guix-buffer-map'. * emacs/guix-list.el (guix-list-mode-map): Likewise. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Keymaps): Document new keymaps. Alex Kost
2016-01-02emacs: Split 'guix-param-titles' variable....Generate 'guix-ENTRY-TYPE-BUFFER-TYPE-titles' variables for each ENTRY-TYPE and BUFFER-TYPE instead. * emacs/guix-base.el (guix-param-titles): Remove. (guix-buffer-data): New variable. (guix-buffer-value, guix-buffer-param-title): New procedures. (guix-buffer-define-interface): Add ':titles' keyword. * emacs/guix-info.el (guix-info-param-title): Adjust accordingly. * emacs/guix-list.el (guix-list-param-title): Likewise. (guix-list-column-titles): Remove. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Appearance): Adjust accordingly. Alex Kost
2016-01-02emacs: info: Split 'guix-info-format' variable....* emacs/guix-info.el: Generate 'guix-ENTRY-TYPE-info-format' variables for 'package', 'installed-output', 'output' and 'generation' entry types. (guix-info-format): Remove. (guix-info-data): New variable. (guix-info-value): New procedure. (guix-info-define-interface): Add ':format' keyword. * emacs/guix-base.el (guix-buffer-define-interface): Add ':reduced?' keyword. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Appearance): Adjust accordingly. Alex Kost
2016-01-02emacs: info: Generalize inserting and formatting....* emacs/guix-info.el: Use a more flexible format for inserting any data. (guix-info-ignore-empty-vals): Rename to... (guix-info-ignore-empty-values): ... this. (guix-info-insert-methods): Merge this and... (guix-info-displayed-params): ... this into... (guix-info-format): ... this. Change format specifications. (guix-info-title-aliases, guix-info-value-aliases): New variables. (guix-info-displayed-params): Adjust for the new format. (guix-info-insert-entry): Likewise. (guix-package-info-fill-heading): Replace with... (guix-info-fill): ... this. (guix-info-insert-param): Replace with... (guix-info-insert-entry-unit): ... this. (guix-info-insert-title-default): Replace with... (guix-info-insert-title-format): ... this. (guix-info-insert-val-default): Replace with... (guix-info-insert-value-format): ... this. (guix-info-insert-val-simple): Replace with... (guix-info-insert-value-indent): ... this. (guix-package-info-insert-source): Adjust accordingly. (guix-package-info-insert-heading): Insert only name and version. (guix-package-info-define-insert-inputs): Do not generate 'guix-package-info-insert-ENTRY-TYPE-inputs' procedures. (guix-info-fill-column, guix-info-insert-entry-default) (guix-info-method-funcall, guix-info-insert-file-path) (guix-info-insert-url, guix-info-insert-package-function) (guix-info-insert-installed-function) (guix-info-insert-output-function) (guix-info-insert-generation-function) (guix-package-info-heading-params) (guix-package-info-insert-with-heading) (guix-package-info-insert-description) (guix-package-info-insert-location) (guix-package-info-insert-full-names) (guix-package-info-insert-source-url): Remove. (guix-info-fill-column, guix-info-param-title) (guix-info-title-function, guix-info-value-function) (guix-info-title-method->function) (guix-info-value-method->function) (guix-info-insert-value-simple): New procedures. * emacs/guix-utils.el (guix-buttonize, guix-button-type?): New procedures. (guix-split-string): Split multi-line strings and ignore empty lines. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Appearance): Adjust accordingly. Alex Kost
2016-01-02emacs: list: Split 'guix-list-format' variable....* emacs/guix-list.el: Generate 'guix-ENTRY-TYPE-list-format' variables for 'package', 'output' and 'generation' entry types. (guix-list-format): Remove. (guix-list-define-entry-type): Add ':format' keyword. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Appearance): Adjust accordingly. Alex Kost
2016-01-02emacs: list: Configure format in one place....* emacs/guix-list.el: (guix-list-column-format): Merge this and... (guix-list-column-value-methods): ... this into... (guix-list-format): ... this. New variable. (guix-list-tabulated-vector): Adjust accordingly. (guix-list-tabulated-format): Likewise. (guix-list-tabulated-entry): Likewise. * doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Appearance): Likewise. Alex Kost
2016-01-01doc: Mention how to verify signatures....* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Be more precise about signature verification. Suggested by Carl Hansen <carlhansen1234@gmail.com>. Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-30daemon: Build in /tmp/guix-build-*....* nix/libstore/build.cc (DerivationGoal::startBuilder): Use "guix-build" instead of "nix-build" for TMPDIR. * doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup): Adjust accordingly. Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-22file-systems: Add a 'mount?' field....Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/22176>. Reported by Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas@gmx.net>. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (<file-system>)[mount?]: New field. (file-system->spec): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/services/base.scm (file-system-dmd-service): Return the empty list when FILE-SYSTEM has 'mount?' set to false. (user-processes-service): Select the subset of FILE-SYSTEMS that matches 'file-system-mount?'. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-21doc: Explain significance of partition labels....* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Point out relationship between partition labels and the file-system configuration. Leo Famulari
2015-12-21doc: Fix outdated claim about CRAN importer....* doc/guix.texi: The CRAN importer no longer extracts information from the HTML package description but from the package's DESCRIPTION file. Ricardo Wurmus
2015-12-18gnu: Add dovecot service...* gnu/services/mail.scm: New file. (&dovecot-configuration-error, dovecot-configuration-error?) (dovecot-service, dovecot-configuration, dict-configuration) (passdb-configuration, userdb-configuration) (unix-listener-configuration, fifo-listener-configuration) (inet-listener-configuration, service-configuration) (protocol-configuration, plugin-configuration, mailbox-configuration) (namespace-configuration, opaque-dovecot-configuration): New public variables. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add (gnu services mail). * doc/guix.texi (Mail Services): New node. Andy Wingo
2015-12-15doc: Give another example use of 'propagated-inputs'....Suggested by Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>. * doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Explain 'propagated-inputs' for non-C languages. Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-14gexp: 'local-file' resolves relative file names....* guix/gexp.scm (<local-file>): Rename constructor to '%%local-file'. Add 'absolute' field. (%local-file, extract-directory, absolute-file-name): New procedures. (current-source-directory): New macro. (local-file): Adjust call to '%local-file'. (local-file-absolute-file-name): New procedure. (local-file-compiler): Force the 'absolute' field. * tests/guix-system.sh: Test whether 'local-file' canonicalization works. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Adjust. Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-13daemon: Add '--rounds'....* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (GUIX_OPT_BUILD_ROUNDS): New macro. (options): Add --rounds. (parse_opt): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Document it. Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-13doc: Reword description of 'inputs' & co....* doc/guix.texi (package Reference): Reword explanation of 'inputs', 'native-inputs', and 'propagated-inputs'. Add example. Ludovic Courtès