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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index dfe3cf38fa..30927be01f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -320,12 +320,20 @@ Make @code{root}'s profile available under @file{~/.guix-profile}: @end example @item +Create the group and user accounts for build users as explained below +(@pxref{Build Environment Setup}). + +@item Run the daemon: @example # ~root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild @end example +On hosts using the systemd init system, drop +@file{~root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service} in +@file{/etc/systemd/system}. + @item Make the @command{guix} command available to other users on the machine, for instance with: @@ -508,8 +516,12 @@ Bash syntax and the @code{shadow} commands): @noindent The number of build users determines how many build jobs may run in parallel, as specified by the @option{--max-jobs} option -(@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon, @option{--max-jobs}}). -The @code{guix-daemon} program may then be run as @code{root} with: +(@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon, @option{--max-jobs}}). The +@code{guix-daemon} program may then be run as @code{root} with the +following command@footnote{If your machine uses the systemd init system, +dropping the @file{@var{prefix}/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service} +file in @file{/etc/systemd/system} will ensure that +@command{guix-daemon} is automatically started.}: @example # guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild @@ -2446,7 +2458,8 @@ implements the RubyGems build procedure used by Ruby packages, which involves running @code{gem build} followed by @code{gem install}. Which Ruby package is used can be specified with the @code{#:ruby} -parameter. +parameter. A list of additional flags to be passed to the @command{gem} +command can be specified with the @code{#:gem-flags} parameter. @end defvr @defvr {Scheme Variable} waf-build-system @@ -4813,6 +4826,10 @@ The package object of the operating system kernel to use@footnote{Currently only the Linux-libre kernel is supported. In the future, it will be possible to use the GNU@tie{}Hurd.}. +@item @code{kernel-arguments} (default: @code{'()}) +List of strings or gexps representing additional arguments to pass on +the kernel's command-line---e.g., @code{("console=ttyS0")}. + @item @code{bootloader} The system bootloader configuration object. @xref{GRUB Configuration}. @@ -5011,6 +5028,14 @@ errors before being mounted. @item @code{create-mount-point?} (default: @code{#f}) When true, the mount point is created if it does not exist yet. +@item @code{dependencies} (default: @code{'()}) +This is a list of @code{<file-system>} objects representing file systems +that must be mounted before (and unmounted after) this one. + +As an example, consider a hierarchy of mounts: @file{/sys/fs/cgroup} is +a dependency of @file{/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu} and +@file{/sys/fs/cgroup/memory}. + @end table @end deftp |