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* doc: Fix texinfo identifiers in Version Control Services.Arun Isaac2020-07-06
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Version Control Services): Use @code, @command, @file, @indicateurl, @samp texinfo identifiers correctly.
* doc: Fix minor typo in X Window.Arun Isaac2020-07-05
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Replace "not" with "no".
* doc: Fix minor typo in Programming Interface.Arun Isaac2020-07-05
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Programming Interface): Replace "under a specific build users" with "under specific build users".
* services: wpa-supplicant: Support specifying additional service dependencies.Marius Bakke2020-07-02
| | | | | | | * gnu/services/networking.scm (<wpa-supplicant-configuration>)[requirement]: New parameter. (wpa-supplicant-shepherd-service): Use it instead of hard-coded list. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document accordingly.
* channels: Dependencies listed in '.guix-channel' can have an introduction.Ludovic Courtès2020-07-01
| | | | | | | | | | | Suggested by Ricardo Wurmus and Simon Tournier. * guix/channels.scm (sexp->channel-introduction): New procedure. (read-channel-metadata): Use it. (profile-channels)[sexp->channel-introduction]: Remove. * tests/channels.scm ("latest-channel-instances, authenticate dependency"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Declaring Channel Dependencies]: Augment example.
* guix describe: Display channel introductions and add 'channels-sans-intro'.Ludovic Courtès2020-07-01
| | | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/describe.scm (%available-formats): Add "channels-sans-intro". (channel->sexp): Add #:include-introduction?. Emit CHANNEL's intro if INCLUDE-INTRODUCTION? is true and CHANNEL has an introduction. (channel->json): Include CHANNEL's introduction, if any. (channel->recutils): Likewise. (display-profile-info): Add 'channels-sans-intro' case. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix describe): Add introduction in example. Add 'channels-sans-intro' case.
* channels: Make channel introductions public.Ludovic Courtès2020-07-01
| | | | | | | | | | | * guix/channels.scm (<channel-introduction>): Rename constructor to '%make-channel-introduction'. (make-channel-introduction): New procedure. * tests/channels.scm ("authenticate-channel, wrong first commit signer") ("authenticate-channel, .guix-authorizations"): Use 'make-channel-introduction' without '@@' and without third argument. * doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Channel Authentication, Specifying Channel Authorizations]: New subsections.
* doc: Add progress display in 'dd' command lines.Brice Waegeneire2020-06-28
| | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Adjust 'dd' command line to display progress … (System Configuration): … same here.
* services: Add rshiny service.Efraim Flashner2020-06-28
| | | | | | | | * gnu/services/science.scm: New file. (<rshiny-configuration>): New record. (rshiny-shepherd-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Document it. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
* doc: 'guix hash' is not SHA256-only.Ludovic Courtès2020-06-26
| | | | | | | This is a followup to 18ae1ec3ecfe22d55d6cdf595a442afebbc5595a. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Remove "SHA256" from the first paragraph.
* services: childhurd: Support more than one instance.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen2020-06-21
| | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<hurd-vm-configuration>)[options]: Remove "--hda" option. [id,net-options]: New fields. (hurd-vm-net-options): New procedure. Parameterize port forwarding with ID. * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (hurd-vm-shepherd-service): Use them. Parameterize provision with ID, if set. Hardcode "--hda" option for image. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document new fields. Update for hardcoding of "--hda".
* doc: Delete description of a nonexistent option.Timotej Lazar2020-06-18
| | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Delete a paragraph about the --verbose option, which was removed in 1edcfda81ba5c20ca715473d45315662c60dd81e. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* channels: Warn when pulling from a mirror.Ludovic Courtès2020-06-17
| | | | | | | | | * guix/channels.scm (<channel-metadata>)[url]: New field. (read-channel-metadata): Initialize it. (read-channel-metadata-from-source): Likewise. (channel-instance-primary-url): New procedure. (latest-channel-instances): Compare CHANNEL's URL against it. * doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Primary URL]: New subsection.
* pull: Add '--disable-authentication'.Ludovic Courtès2020-06-16
| | | | | | | | | | * guix/channels.scm (latest-channel-instance): Add #:authenticate? and honor it. (latest-channel-instances): Likewise. * guix/scripts/pull.scm (%default-options): Add 'authenticate-channels?'. (show-help, %options): Add '--disable-authentication'. (guix-pull): Pass #:authenticate? to 'latest-channel-instances'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Document it.
* channels: 'latest-channel-instance' authenticates Git checkouts.Ludovic Courtès2020-06-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/22883>. * guix/channels.scm (<channel>)[introduction]: New field. (<channel-introduction>): New record type. (%guix-channel-introduction): New variable. (%default-channels): Use it. (<channel-metadata>)[keyring-reference]: New field. (%default-keyring-reference): New variable. (read-channel-metadata, read-channel-metadata-from-source): Initialize the 'keyring-reference' field. (commit-short-id, verify-introductory-commit) (authenticate-channel): New procedures. (latest-channel-instance): Call 'authenticate-channel' when CHANNEL has an introduction. * tests/channels.scm (gpg+git-available?, commit-id-string): New procedures. ("authenticate-channel, wrong first commit signer"): ("authenticate-channel, .guix-authorizations"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention authentication.
* pack: Add zstd compressor.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2020-06-16
| | | | | * guix/scripts/pack.scm (%compressors): Add zstd. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it.
* doc: Clarify 'hurd-vm' and 'childhurd' names.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen2020-06-15
| | | | | | | Suggested by Maxim Cournoyer via IRC. * doc/guix.texi (The Hurd in a Virtual Machine): Explicitly mention that hurd-vm and childhurd are two names for this service.
* guix repl: Add script execution.Konrad Hinsen2020-06-14
| | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/repl.scm: Add filename options for script execution. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix repl): Document it. * tests/guix-repl.sh: Test it. * Makefile.am: (SH_TESTS): Add it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* services: Add 'hurd-vm service-type'.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen2020-06-14
| | | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (hurd-vm-shepherd-service, hurd-vm-disk-image): New procedures. (%hurd-vm-operating-system, hurd-vm-service-type): New variables. (<hurd-vm-configuration>): New record type. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document it. * gnu/services/shepherd.scm (scm->go): Use let-system, remove FIXME. Fixes fixes cross-building of shepherd modules for the Hurd image.
* lint: Add 'check-for-collisions' checker.Ludovic Courtès2020-06-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | Suggested by Edouard Klein <edk@beaver-labs.com>. * guix/profiles.scm (check-for-collisions): Export. * guix/lint.scm (check-profile-collisions): New procedure. (%local-checkers): Add 'profile-collisions' checker. * tests/lint.scm ("profile-collisions: no warnings") ("profile-collisions: propagated inputs collide") ("profile-collisions: propagated inputs collide, store items"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Document it.
* doc: Mention 'guix lint -c derivation'.Ludovic Courtès2020-06-14
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Mention the 'derivation' checker.
* doc: Add note to 'udisks-service'.Brice Waegeneire2020-06-09
| | | | | * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Specify how to add file-systems utilities to 'udisks-service'.
* services: Add `hurd-getty-service-type'.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen2020-06-08
| | | | | | | * gnu/services/hurd.scm (<hurd-gettty-configuration>): New record. (hurd-ttys-shepherd-service): New procedure. (hurd-getty-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Hurd Services): Document it.
* services: Add `hurd-console-service-type'.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen2020-06-08
| | | | | | * gnu/services/hurd.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Hurd Services): Document it.
* bootloader: Extend `<menu-entry>' for multiboot.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen2020-06-08
| | | | | | | | * gnu/bootloader.scm (<menu-entry>)[multiboot-kernel,multiboot-arguments, multiboot-modules]: New fields. [linux,initrd]: Add default value '#f'. (menu-entry->sexp, sexp->menu-entry): Support multiboot entry. * doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration): Document them.
* system: Add 'hurd' field to <operating-system>.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen2020-06-08
| | | | | * gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[hurd]: New field. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document 'hurd'.
* doc: Mention Btrfs compression.Ludovic Courtès2020-06-03
| | | | | | | Suggested by Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>. * doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning): Mention Btrfs compression.
* gnu: services: docker: Add a debug? parameter.Maxim Cournoyer2020-06-03
| | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/docker.scm (docker-configuration): Add a debug? field. (containerd-shepherd-service): Pass the "--log-level=debug" argument when DEBUG? is true. (docker-shepherd-service): Pass the "--debug" and "--log-level=debug" arguments when DEBUG? is true. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Update doc.
* services: nfs: Expose configuration options for TCP and UDP.Maxim Cournoyer2020-05-29
| | | | | | | | | * gnu/services/nfs.scm (<nfs-configuration>)[nfsd-tcp?, nfsd-udp?]: New fields. (nfs-shepherd-services)[rpc.nfsd]: Populate the --{no-,}tcp and --{no-,}udp command line options based on the values of the nfsd-tcp? and nfsd-upd? fields. * doc/guix.texi (Network File System): Add doc.
* doc: Add example to calculate the size a system.Pierre Neidhardt2020-05-29
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Invoking `guix size'): Add guix size example for store item.
* doc: Remove explicit support for mips64el-linux.Efraim Flashner2020-05-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It's been a good run, but no one is maintaining the architecture. So long, and thanks for all the fish. * doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Change text for mips64el-linux to denote it is deprecated. (Daemon Offload Setup): Change occurrences of mips64el-linux to aarch64-linux and adjust local code snippets. (Guix Environment)[cross-compilation]: Change mips64el-linux-gnu to aarch64-linux-gnu. (GNU Build System)(package-cross-derivation]: Same. (G-Expressions)[cross compilation]: Same. (Additional Build Options)[cross-compilation, build logs]: Same. (qemu-binfmt-service-type): Remove mips64el. * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Same. * m4/guix.m4: (GUIX_ASSERT_SUPPORTED_SYSTEM): Remove mips64el-linux.
* doc: Use existing URLs and file names in installation instructions.Julien Lepiller2020-05-27
| | | | | | | | | Some users are confused that these URLs and file names don't work, so change them to the most popular architecture, while still mentioning alternatives. * doc/guix.texi (USB Stick and DVD Installation, Binary Installation): Use x86_64-linux URLs by default.
* doc: Fix typos.zimoun2020-05-25
| | | | | | | * doc/guix.texi: Fix typos. * doc/contributing.texi: Fix typos. Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
* pull: Protect against downgrade attacks.Ludovic Courtès2020-05-25
| | | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/pull.scm (%default-options): Add 'validate-pull'. (%options, show-help): Add '--allow-downgrades'. (warn-about-backward-updates): New procedure. (guix-pull): Pass #:current-channels and #:validate-pull to 'latest-channel-instances'. * guix/channels.scm (ensure-forward-channel-update): Add hint for when (channel-commit channel) is true. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Document '--allow-downgrades'.
* doc: Update to the new 'grub-theme' procedure.Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen2020-05-24
| | | | | | | | This is a follow-up commit to 9cdb10d52e34f7e8fa3b6238fe268646a4bbb877: gnu: grub: Allow a PNG image and replace "aspect-ratio" with "resolution". * doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration): Describe and use the 'grub-theme' procedure instead of the removed '%default-theme' variable.
* doc: Update 'Bootstrapping' for further binary seed reduction.Jan Nieuwenhuizen2020-05-22
| | | | | | | | * doc/images/gcc-core-mesboot0-graph.dot: New image, replacing * doc/images/gcc-mesboot0-bag-graph.dot: ... remove file. * doc/local.mk (DOT_FILES): Update for new image file. * doc/guix.texi (Reduced Binary Seed Bootstrap): Use it in updated description of further reduction of the trusted computing base.
* packages: Introduce <content-hash> and use it in <origin>.Ludovic Courtès2020-05-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/packages.scm (<content-hash>): New record type. (define-content-hash-constructor, build-content-hash) (content-hash): New macros. (print-content-hash): New procedure. (<origin>): Rename constructor to '%origin'. [sha256]: Remove field. [hash]: New field. Adjust users. (origin-compatibility-helper, origin): New macros. (origin-sha256): New deprecated procedure. (origin->derivation): Adjust accordingly. * tests/packages.scm ("package-source-derivation, origin, sha512"): New test. * guix/tests.scm: Hide (gcrypt hash) 'sha256' for proper syntax matching. * tests/challenge.scm: Add #:prefix for (gcrypt hash) and adjust users. * tests/derivations.scm: Likewise. * tests/store.scm: Likewise. * tests/graph.scm ("bag DAG, including origins"): Provide 'sha256' field with the right length. * gnu/packages/aspell.scm (aspell-dictionary) (aspell-dict-ca, aspell-dict-it): Use 'hash' and 'content-hash' for proper syntax matching. * gnu/packages/bash.scm (bash-patch): Rename 'sha256' to 'sha256-bv'. * gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm (bootstrap-executable): Rename 'sha256' to 'bv'. * gnu/packages/readline.scm (readline-patch): Likewise. * gnu/packages/virtualization.scm (qemu-patch): Rename 'sha256' to 'sha256-bv'. * guix/import/utils.scm: Hide (gcrypt hash) 'sha256'.
* guix hash, guix download: Support base64 format.Ludovic Courtès2020-05-22
| | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/download.scm (show-help, %options): Support "base64" format. * guix/scripts/hash.scm (show-help, %options): Likewise. * tests/guix-hash.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Document it.
* guix hash, guix download: Add '--hash'.Ludovic Courtès2020-05-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/download.scm (%default-options): Add 'hash-algorithm'. (show-help, %options): Add "--hash". (guix-download): Honor it. * guix/scripts/hash.scm (%default-options): Add 'hash-algorithm'. (show-help, %options): Add "--hash". (guix-hash): Honor it. * tests/guix-hash.sh: Test '-H sha512'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix download): Document it. (Invoking guix hash): Document it.
* doc: Use "Alternatively" instead of "Alternately".Ludovic Courtès2020-05-22
| | | | | | | | | | | These two words have different meanings and we really meant "alternatively" here. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): (Preparing for Installation): (Invoking guix refresh): (Invoking guix challenge): (Networking Services): "Alternatively", not "Alternately".
* bootloader: grub: Allow booting from a Btrfs subvolume.Maxim Cournoyer2020-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/bootloader/grub.scm (strip-mount-point): Remove procedure. (normalize-file): Add procedure. (grub-configuration-file): New BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME parameter. When defined, prepend its value to the kernel and initrd file names, using the NORMALIZE-FILE procedure. Adjust the call to EYE-CANDY to pass the BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME argument. Normalize the KEYMAP file as well. (eye-candy): Add a BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME parameter, and use it, along with the NORMALIZE-FILE procedure, to normalize the FONT-FILE and IMAGE nested variables. Adjust doc. * gnu/bootloader/depthcharge.scm (depthcharge-configuration-file): Adapt. * gnu/bootloader/extlinux.scm (extlinux-configuration-file): Likewise. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (btrfs-subvolume?) (btrfs-store-subvolume-file-name): New procedures. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-bootcfg): Specify the Btrfs subvolume file name the store resides on to the `operating-system-bootcfg' procedure, using the new BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME argument. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add a Btrfs subsection to document the use of subvolumes. * gnu/tests/install.scm (%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os) (%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os-source) (%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-installation-script) (%test-btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os): New variables.
* file-systems: Add helpers for parsing the options string into an alist.Maxim Cournoyer2020-05-20
| | | | | | | * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (file-system-options->alist) (alist->file-system-options): New procedures. * tests/file-systems.scm: New tests. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add note about the newly added procedures.
* linux-boot: Refactor boot-system.Maxim Cournoyer2020-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The --root option can now be omitted, and inferred from the root file system declaration instead. * gnu/build/file-systems.scm (canonicalize-device-spec): Extend to support NFS directly, and... * gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (boot-system): ...remove NFS special casing from here. Remove nested definitions for root-fs-type, root-fs-flags and root-fs-options, and bind those inside the let* instead. Make "--root" take precedence over the device field string representation of the root file system. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Document that "--root" can be left unspecified.
* guix describe: Add '--list-formats'Ekaitz Zarraga2020-05-18
| | | | | | | | | * guix/scripts/describe.scm (%available-formats): New variable. (list-formats): New procedure. (%options, show-help): Add --list-formats * doc/guix.texi: Add --list-formats Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc: meson-build-system: Fix build type documentation.Julien Lepiller2020-05-17
| | | | * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Fix meson build system description.
* doc: Reword "The GCC toolchain".zimoun2020-05-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | Fix commit 1f14e25c1969a93908288cb302a572f3cbbaa478 as discussed in <https://bugs.gnu.org/41038>. * doc/guix.texi (Packages for C Development): Rename to... (The GCC toolchain): ...this. Add gfortran-toolchain. (Invoking guix package): Add guix-search anchor. (Application Setup)[The GCC toolchain]: Remove. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* etc: Add a systemd unit to bind-mount @storedir@ read-only.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice2020-05-16
| | | | | | | | | * etc/gnu-store.mount.in: New file. * nix/local.mk (nodist_systemdservice_DATA): Add it. (etc/%.mount): New rule for it. * etc/guix-install.sh (sys_enable_guix_daemon): Install it. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Document it. * .gitignore: Ignore changes to it.
* gexp: Add 'let-system'.Ludovic Courtès2020-05-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * guix/gexp.scm (<system-binding>): New record type. (let-system): New macro. (system-binding-compiler): New procedure. (default-expander): Add 'self-quoting?' case. (self-quoting?): New procedure. (lower-inputs): Add 'filterm'. Pass the result of 'mapm/accumulate-builds' through FILTERM. (gexp->sexp)[self-quoting?]: Remove. * tests/gexp.scm ("let-system", "let-system, target") ("let-system, ungexp-native, target") ("let-system, nested"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Document it.
* pack: Add relocation via ld.so and fakechroot.Ludovic Courtès2020-05-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c (HAVE_EXEC_WITH_LOADER): New macro. (bind_mount): Rename to... (mirror_directory): ... this. Add 'firmlink' argument and use it instead of calling mkdir/open/close/mount directly. (bind_mount, make_symlink): New functions. (exec_in_user_namespace): Adjust accordingly. (exec_with_loader) [HAVE_EXEC_WITH_LOADER]: New function. (exec_performance): New function. (engines): Add them. * guix/scripts/pack.scm (wrapped-package)[fakechroot-library] [audit-module]: New procedures. [audit-source]: New variable. [build](elf-interpreter, elf-loader-compile-flags): New procedures. (build-wrapper): Use them. * tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh: Test with 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE=fakechroot'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document the 'performance' and 'fakechroot' engines. * gnu/packages/aux-files/pack-audit.c: New file. * Makefile.am (AUX_FILES): Add it.
* pack: Wrapper honors 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE' environment variable.Ludovic Courtès2020-05-14
| | | | | | | | | | | * gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c (struct engine): New type. (exec_default): New function. (engines): New variable. (execution_engine): New function. (main): Use it instead of calling 'exec_in_user_namespace' and 'exec_with_proot' directly. * tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh: Add test with 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE'.
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