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2022-01-01system: Allow 'chfn' to change the user's full name.Ludovic Courtès
Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/52539>. Reported by Jacob First <jacob.first@member.fsf.org>. * gnu/build/accounts.scm (allocate-passwd): Add comment as to why 'real-name' is taken from PREVIOUS. Add (not system?) to the condition. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-etc-service) <login.defs>: Add "CHFN_RESTRICT". * gnu/system.scm (%setuid-programs): Add "chfn". * gnu/system/pam.scm (base-pam-services): Add "chfn". * doc/guix.texi (User Accounts): Document it.
2021-12-26doc: Give a complete example of adding setuid programs.Leo Famulari
* doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): Give a complete example of how to use SETUID-PROGRAM.
2021-12-23scripts: system: Deprecate the docker-image command.Mathieu Othacehe
* guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Use the image API to generate the docker images and deprecate the docker-image command. (process-action): Ditto. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Adapt it.
2021-12-23Remove VM generation dead-code.Mathieu Othacehe
This code duplicates the (gnu system image) and (gnu build image) code. Using VM for image generation is not needed, not portable and really slow. Remove all the VM image generation code to make sure that only the image API is used. * gnu/build/vm.scm: Remove it. Move the qemu-command procedure to ... * gnu/build/marionette.scm: ... here. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Adapt it. * tests/modules.scm: Ditto. * gnu/tests/install.scm: Ditto. * gnu/system/vm.scm: Adapt it and remove expression->derivation-in-linux-vm, qemu-img, system-qemu-image/shared-store and system-docker-image procedures. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Adapt it.
2021-12-22doc: Document (gnu services configuration).Xinglu Chen
* guix.texi (Complex Configurations): New node. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-12-22services: wireguard: Add DNS config field.Nathan Dehnel
* gnu/services/vpn.scm (wireguard-configuration)[dns]: New field. (wireguard-configuration-file): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi: Document it. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
2021-12-21services: rsync: Allow configuring several rsync "modules".Ludovic Courtès
Until now the rsync service would export a single module, named "files". This allows users to specify as many modules as they want, in line with rsyncd.conf(5). * gnu/services/rsync.scm (warn-share-field-deprecation): New procedure. (<rsync-configuration>)[modules]: New field. [share-path, share-comment, read-only?, timeout]: Mark as deprecated. (<rsync-module>): New record type. (%default-modules): New variable. (rsync-configuration-modules): New procedure. (rsync-activation): Create the directory of each module. (rsync-config-file): Generate configuration for each module. (rsync-service-type)[description]: New field. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Adjust documentation. Augment example.
2021-12-20doc: Fix wrong home-shepherd-configuration data type.Olivier Dion
* doc/guix.texi (Managing User's Daemons): Rename shepherd-configuration for home-shepherd-configuration. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-12-17doc: Format 'guix hash -S' values as a table.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Format serializer types as a table.
2021-12-17guix hash: Add git serializer.zimoun
* guix/scripts/hash.scm (git-hash): New procedure. (%options): Use it. * tests/guix-hash.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi: Update. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-12-17guix hash: Add 'serializer' option.zimoun
* guix/scripts/hash.scm (%options): Deprecate 'recursive', add 'serializer'. (%default-options): Add 'serializer'. (nar-hash): New procedure. (default-hash): New procedure. (guix-hash)[file-hash]: Use them. (show-help): Adjust. * tests/guix-hash.scm: Adjust. * doc/guix.texi: Update. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-12-17guix hash: Support several files.zimoun
* guix/scripts/hash.scm (guix-hash): Allow several files. [file-hash]: Catch system-error. [formatted-hash]: New procedure. * tests/guix-hash.sh: Add test. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Mention "one or more files". Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-12-15doc: Do not explain quote/quasiquote in the context of inputs.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Move reference to quote/quasiquote from 'inputs' to 'arguments'.
2021-12-15doc: Use @lisp for 'static-networking-service-type' example.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Use @lisp for 'static-networking-service-type' example.
2021-12-14doc: Mention powerpc-linux support.Efraim Flashner
This was missing with the addition of powerpc-linux support in commit cbdb7d4fea928febc105985c03b8fb5d6eda3d27. * doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Add powerpc-linux.
2021-12-14doc: Mark mips64el-linux as unsupported.Efraim Flashner
* doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Change mips64el-linux from deprecated to unsupported.
2021-12-13Merge branch 'master' into core-updates-frozenLudovic Courtès
2021-12-13doc: Add missing closing paren.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Add missing closing paren in example.
2021-12-12services: Define '%loopback-static-networking'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/base.scm (%loopback-static-networking): New variable. (%base-services): Use it. * gnu/system/hurd.scm (%base-services/hurd): Use it. * gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Document it.
2021-12-12services: Define '%qemu-static-networking'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/base.scm (%qemu-static-networking): New variable. * gnu/system/hurd.scm (%base-services/hurd): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Document it.
2021-12-12services: static-networking: Change interface to mimic netlink.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/base.scm (<static-networking>)[interface, ip, netmask] [gateway]: Remove. [addresses, links, routes]: New fields. [requirement]: Default to '(udev). (<network-address>, <network-link>, <network-route>): New record types. (ensure-no-separate-netmask, %ensure-no-separate-netmask): Remove. (ipv6-address?, cidr->netmask, ip+netmask->cidr) (network-set-up/hurd, network-tear-down/hurd) (network-set-up/linux, network-tear-down/linux) (static-networking->hurd-pfinet-options): New procedures. (static-networking-shepherd-service): New procedure. (static-networking-shepherd-services): Rewrite in terms of the above. (static-networking-service): Deprecate. Adjust to new 'static-networking' API. (%base-services): Likewise. * gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Likewise. * gnu/system/hurd.scm (%base-services/hurd): Likewise, and separate 'loopback' from 'networking'. * gnu/build/hurd-boot.scm (set-hurd-device-translators): Remove "servers/socket/2". * gnu/tests/networking.scm (run-openvswitch-test)["networking has started on ovs0"]: Check for 'networking instead of 'networking-ovs0, which is no longer provided. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Document the new interface. Remove documentation of 'static-networking-service'. (Virtualization Services): Change Ganeti example to use the new interface.
2021-12-12doc: Add new "Networking Setup" node for the main setup options.Ludovic Courtès
This should make it easier to find how to get started setting up networking. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): New section. (Networking Services): Remove 'static-networking-service', 'dhcp-client-service-type', 'network-manager-service-type', 'connman-service-type', 'wicd-service', 'modem-manager-service-type', 'usb-modeswitch-service-type', and 'wpa-supplicant-service-type'.
2021-12-05Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into core-updates-frozenRicardo Wurmus
2021-12-03guix system vm: Add --no-graphic CLI argument.Attila Lendvai
It configures QEMU to use the tty it was started in for IO (as opposed to opening a separate graphical window). This enables copy-pasting and scrollback. Exit QEMU with C-a x. * gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store-script): Also add the '-nographic' QEMU argument when called with #:graphic? #false. * guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Propagate the #:graphic? keyword arg. (perform-action): Add and propagate the #:graphic? keyword arg. (show-help): Add --no-graphic CLI arg. (%options): Process the new --no-graphic CLI arg. (process-action): Feed in the CLI arg through the #:graphic? keyword arg. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Add example to combine guix system and invoking the vm start script into one command. Split the description of the various options into separate paragraphs. Add a paragraph to describe --no-graphic. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
2021-12-01doc: Document LUKS2 GRUB support and shortcomingsJosselin Poiret
* doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout, Networking, and Partitioning)[Disk Partitioning]: Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-11-29gnu: guix-build-coordinator: Update to 0-40.226ec0f.Christopher Baines
* gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix-build-coordinator): Update to 0-40.226ec0f. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Build Coordinator): Remove note about the service being considered experimental, it's been stable for a while now.
2021-11-27services: Document the 'delete' clause of 'modify-services'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): Mention the 'delete' clause of 'modify-services'. * gnu/services.scm (modify-services): Likewise in docstring.
2021-11-23style: Add '--dry-run'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/style.scm (edit-expression/dry-run): New procedure. (simplify-package-inputs): Add #:edit-expression parameter. (%options, show-help): Add '--dry-run'. (guix-style): Honor '--dry-run'.
2021-11-23Merge branch 'master' into core-updates-frozenLudovic Courtès
2021-11-23doc: Add new Swap Space section.Josselin Poiret
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Update swap-devices. * doc/guix.texi (Swap Space): Add it. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Add swap-devices example. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-11-23doc: Fix the example of "Using virt-viewer with Spice".Rostislav Svoboda
* doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a Virtual Machine): add missing line continuation char '\'. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-11-17Merge branch 'master' into core-updates-frozenLudovic Courtès
2021-11-17scripts: home: Make ‘guix home import’ write home-configuration.scm.Xinglu Chen
* guix/scripts/home.scm (process-command): Populate ‘home-configuration.scm’ in the destination directory instead of printing to stdout. * doc/guix.texi (Declaring the Home Environment): Adjust accordingly. (Invoking guix home): Likewise. Suggested-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-11-17services: docker: Add 'environment-variables' configuration field.Alexey Abramov
* gnu/services/docker.scm (docker-configuration): Add the field (docker-shepherd-service): Pass the list of defined variables to make-forkexec-constructor. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Update doc. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-11-17import: Replace texlive importer.Ricardo Wurmus
* guix/import/texlive.scm (fetch-sxml, sxml->package): Remove procedures. (tlpdb-file, tlpdb, files->directories, tlpdb->package): New procedures. (string->license): Add case for lpplgpl license combination. (guix-name): Remove COMPONENT argument. (texlive->guix-package): Use new procedures. (texlive-recursive-import): New procedure. * guix/scripts/import/texlive.scm (show-help, %options): Remove --archive option. (guix-import-texlive): Adjust call of texlive->guix-package. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Update documentation.
2021-11-16services: cups: Update default timeouts.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Upstream raised these back in 2019 with CUPS 2.3.0. * gnu/services/cups.scm (<cups-configuration>): Raise default ‘multiple-operation-timeout’ and ‘timeout’ from 300 to 900 seconds. * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): Adjust accordingly.
2021-11-16doc: Remove obsolete example module import.Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
This follows up on commit a247f5c7537df7e0c09051ba22d5c95eb08f48b9. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Remove unused (srfi srfi-1) from the modify-services example.
2021-11-15gnu: hpcguix-web: Update to 0.2.0.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/packages/web.scm (hpcguix-web): Update to 0.2.0. [arguments]: In 'wrap-program' phase, add guile-zlib to DEPS. [native-inputs]: Add GUILE. [inputs]: Add GUILE-ZLIB, GUILE-COMMONMARK, and GUILE-JSON. [propagated-inputs]: Remove. These were pointless. * gnu/services/web.scm (<hpcguix-web-configuration>)[address, port]: New fields. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document them. * gnu/tests/web.scm (%hpcguix-web-os): Add 'address'.
2021-11-14doc: Add a note about elogind and XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for Guix Home.Andrew Tropin
* doc/guix.texi (Declaring the Home Environment): Add a note about elogind and XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-11-14doc: Fix guix shell -C example.Florian Pelz
The meaning changed by accident when guix environment was replaced by guix shell in 80edb7df6586464aa40e84e103f0045452de95db. * doc/guix.texi (Debugging Build Failures): Add missing -D option.
2021-11-12services: Add qemu-guest-agent service.Timotej Lazar
* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<qemu-guest-agent-configuration>): New record. (qemu-guest-agent-shepherd-service): New procedure. (qemu-guest-agent-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-11-11build: meson: Replace the 'test-target' argument by 'test-options'.Maxim Cournoyer
This change is motivated by the need to disable the default 30 seconds timeout that Meson uses (see: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2522), and also by desire to specify extra options to run the check phase without having to override it. * guix/build-system/meson.scm (meson-build) <test-target>: Replace argument with... <test-options>: ... this one. * guix/build/meson-build-system.scm (check): Invoke 'meson test' instead of 'ninja test-target', as the former is configurable via options. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems) <meson-build-system>: Update doc.
2021-11-11import: cran: Allow imports of a specific version.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/import/cran.scm (download): Handle the case where URL is a list. (fetch-description-from-tarball): New procedure. (fetch-description): Add #:version parameter. Honor it when REPOSITORY is 'cran. Use 'fetch-description-from-tarball' when REPOSITORY is 'bioconductor. (description->package): SOURCE-URL may now be a list. (cran->guix-package): Pass VERSION to 'fetch-description'. (cran-recursive-import): Add #:version parameter. * guix/scripts/import/cran.scm (guix-import-cran): Expect a spec rather than a mere package name. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it.
2021-11-11import: pypi: Allow imports of a specific version.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/import/pypi.scm (latest-version): New procedure. (latest-source-release): Rename to... (source-release): ... this. Add 'version' parameter. (latest-wheel-release): Rename to... (wheel-release): ... this. Add 'version' parameter. (pypi->guix-package): Honor 'version' parameter. (pypi-recursive-import): Add 'version' parameter and honor it. * guix/scripts/import/pypi.scm (guix-import-pypi): Expect a spec. Pass it to 'package-name->name+version'. Pass the 'version' parameter. * tests/pypi.scm ("pypi->guix-package, no wheel"): Exercise the #:version parameter. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it.
2021-11-09doc: Fix typo.Nicolas Goaziou
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): Fix a typo.
2021-11-08Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into core-updates-frozenEfraim Flashner
2021-11-07import: egg: Allow imports of a specific version.Xinglu Chen
* guix/import/egg.scm (eggs-repository): Change URL. (egg-metadata): Accept optional #:version keyword argument. (egg->guix-package): Accept ‘version’ argument. (egg-recursive-import): Add ‘version’ argument and honor it. * guix/scripts/import/egg.scm (guix-import-egg): Parse a specification instead of just a package name. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-11-07doc: Improve documentation of the Bash home serviceXinglu Chen
* doc/guix.texi (Shells Home Services): Document ‘home-bash-extension’ configuration record. * gnu/home/services/shells.scm (generate-home-bash-documentation): Extract docstrings from ‘home-bash-extension’. (home-bash-configuration): Expound on docstrings. (home-bash-extension): Likewise. Fixes: <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/50991> Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-11-07home: services: bash: Add ‘aliases’ field.Xinglu Chen
* doc/guix.texi (Shells Home Services): Document it. * gnu/home/services/shells.scm (bash-serialize-aliases): New procedure. (home-bash-configuration, home-bash-extension): Add ‘aliases’ field. (home-bash-extensions): Adjust accordingly. * guix/scripts/home/import.scm (generate-bash-configuration+modules): Populate the ‘alias’ field. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2021-11-06profiles: Build the man database only if 'man-db' is in the profile.Ludovic Courtès
This allows us to skip the expensive man-db profile hook in most cases. Suggested by Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com>. * guix/profiles.scm (manual-database/optional): New procedure. (%default-profile-hooks): Use it instead of 'manual-database'. * doc/guix.texi (Documentation): Add footnote about 'man -k' database creation.
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