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2023-10-07services: configuration: Add some commonly used predicates.Bruno Victal
* gnu/services/configuration.scm (list-of-packages?, list-of-symbols?): New predicate. * gnu/services/audio.scm (list-of-symbol?): Remove. * gnu/services/telephony.scm (string-list?): Remove. (serialize-string-list): Rename to … (serialize-list-of-strings): … this. (account-fingerprint-list?, jami-account-list?): Use list-of. * doc/guix.texi: Update it. Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
2023-10-07doc: Rewrite define-configuration.Bruno Victal
Rewrite this section to make it easier to document later syntactical changes. * doc/guix.texi (Complex Configurations): Rewrite define-configuration documentation. Fix simple serializer example. Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
2023-10-05doc: Fix channel name typo.Nikolaos Chatzikonstantinou
When the manual has "variant-personal-packages", it actually refers to the channel "variant-packages", as it is named so elsewhere. To correct this, I ran the command grep -r -l variant-personal-packages | xargs \ sed -i 's/variang-personal-packages/variant-packages/g' * doc/guix.texi (Specifying Additional Channels): Fix channel name typo. * po/doc/guix-manual.de.po: Fix channel name typo. * po/doc/guix-manual.es.po: Fix channel name typo. * po/doc/guix-manual.fr.po: Fix channel name typo. * po/doc/guix-manual.pt_BR.po: Fix channel name typo. * po/doc/guix-manual.ru.po: Fix channel name typo. * po/doc/guix-manual.zh_CN.po: Fix channel name typo. Signed-off-by: Nikolaos Chatzikonstantinou <nchatz314@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2023-10-05doc: Suggest keeping record type descriptors private.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/contributing.texi (Data Types and Pattern Matching): Add paragraph about keeping RTDs private. Suggested-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
2023-10-05doc: Update bug-reference configuration snippet.Mekeor Melire
* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup) <Viewing Bugs within Emacs>: Make bug-reference-bug-regexp match more URLs based on issues.guix.gnu.org. Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> Suggested-by: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
2023-10-05doc: contributing: Add alternative setups section.Ekaitz Zarraga
Start with Guile Studio and Vim/NeoVim. * doc/contributing.texi (Alternative Setups): Add section explaining other setups that are similar to the one in The Perfect Setup. Signed-off-by: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
2023-10-01services: hurd-vm: Implement zero-configuration offloading.Ludovic Courtès
This allows for zero-configuration offloading to a childhurd. * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (operating-system-with-offloading-account): New procedure. (<hurd-vm-configuration>)[offloading?]: New field. (hurd-vm-disk-image): Define ‘transform’ and use it. (hurd-vm-activation): Generate SSH key for user ‘offloading’ and add authorize it via /etc/childhurd/etc/ssh/authorized_keys.d. (hurd-vm-configuration-offloading-ssh-key) (hurd-vm-guix-extension): New procedures. (hurd-vm-service-type): Add GUIX-SERVICE-TYPE extension. * gnu/tests/virtualization.scm (run-childhurd-test)[import-module?]: New procedure. [os]: Add (gnu build install) and its closure to #:import-modules. [test]: Add “copy-on-write store” and “offloading” tests. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document it.
2023-10-01doc: Give an example showing how to add an account in the childhurd.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Give an example showing how to add an account.
2023-10-01services: hurd-vm: Disable password-based authentication for root.Ludovic Courtès
With offloading to a childhurd is enabled, allowing password-less root login in the childhurd to anyone amounts to providing write access to the host’s store to anyone. Thus, disable password-based root logins in the childhurd. * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (%hurd-vm-operating-system): Change ‘permit-root-login’ to 'prohibit-password. * gnu/tests/virtualization.scm (%childhurd-os): Provide a custom ‘os’ field for ‘hurd-vm-configuration’. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Remove mention of password-less root login.
2023-10-01services: hurd-vm: ‘image’ field has to be an <image> record.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<hurd-vm-configuration>)[image]: Document as being an <image> record. (hurd-vm-disk-image): Remove call to ‘system-image’. (hurd-vm-shepherd-service): Add call to ‘system-image’. * gnu/tests/virtualization.scm (hurd-vm-disk-image-raw): Remove call to ‘system-image’. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Adjust accordingly.
2023-10-01services: guix: Support declarative offloading setup.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/base.scm (guix-machines-files-installation): New procedure. (<guix-configuration>)[build-machines]: New field. (guix-activation): Call ‘ guix-machines-files-installation’. (<guix-extension>)[build-machines]: New field. (guix-extension-merge): Handle it. (guix-service-type)[extend]: Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Add note linking to ‘guix-configuration’. (Base Services): Document ‘build-machines’ field of <guix-configuration> and of <guix-extension>. (Virtualization Services): Add ‘hurd-vm’ anchor.
2023-09-26doc: Update bug-reference configuration snippet.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup) <Viewing Bugs within Emacs>: Properly quote Elisp functions. Add 'require' directives. Set BUG-REFERENCE-URL-FORMAT so the configuration is self-contained. Suggested-by: Mekeor Melire <mekeor@posteo.de>
2023-09-26build: Add dependency on Git.Ludovic Courtès
* configure.ac: Check for ‘git’ and substitute ‘GIT’. * guix/config.scm.in (%git): New variable. * guix/self.scm (compiled-guix): Define ‘git’ and pass it to ‘make-config.scm’. (make-config.scm): Add #:git; emit a ‘%git’ variable. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Add it.
2023-09-25doc: Add new 'Circular Module Dependencies' section.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/contributing.texi (Circular Module Dependencies): New subsection. Series-version: 2 Series-to: 65860@debbugs.gnu.org Patch-cc: mhw@netris.org Cover-letter: Resolve a circular module dependencies in embedded modules This series is the culmination of at least a day of effort tracking down the source of a module dependency cycle (!). The last commit adds some guidelines in the hope to avoid a repeat (perhaps 'lint' could be taught to automate these checks). END
2023-09-22Merge branch 'master' into emacs-teamLiliana Marie Prikler
2023-09-22doc: contributing: Clarify generating the pre-inst-env script.Efraim Flashner
Lack of clarity reported by lrustland on IRC. * doc/contributing.texi (Running Guix Before It Is Installed): Refer to the Building from Git section when giving instructions for generating the pre-inst-env script.
2023-09-20image: Introduce the mbr-hybrid-raw image type.Mathieu Othacehe
Until 209204e23b39af09e0ea92540b6fa00a60e6a0ae and d57cab764122af69d52d8cc9c843456044e5d7bc, the default image type used by "guix system image" was an MBR image with an ESP partition. Having both an MBR image and an ESP partition is handy because the image will boot on most x86 based systems using legacy BIOS and/or UEFI. We now have a distinction between MBR images and EFI images. Introduce a new MBR hybrid image type and default to it to restore the default behaviour. This also fixes the images section of (gnu ci) that was trying to install a BIOS bootloader on an EFI, GPT image and failing to do so. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
2023-09-18doc: Fix typo.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Specifying Channel Authorizations): Remove extra hyphen.
2023-09-18maint: Support `guix shell' in Guix's git archive with manifest.scm.Janneke Nieuwenhuizen
* manifest.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Mention using it.
2023-09-17.dir-locals.el: Update bug-reference configuration and document it.Maxim Cournoyer
(nil) <bug-reference-url-format>: Update URL. Add comment. * doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): New "Viewing bugs within Emacs" subsection. Co-authored-by: Brian Cully <bjc@spork.org>
2023-09-17services: dhcp-client-configuration: Allow provision override.Alexey Abramov
* gnu/services/networking.scm (<dhcp-client-configuration>)[shepherd-provision]: New field. (dhcp-client-shepherd-service): Honor it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Document it. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2023-09-09Merge branch 'master' into emacs-teamLiliana Marie Prikler
2023-09-07gnu: emacs: Reload subdirs.el files in ‘guix-emacs-autoload-packages’.Maxim Cournoyer
This fixes a regression introduced with 79cfe30f3 ("build-system: emacs: Use subdirectories again.") which caused the 'guix-emacs-autoload-packages' to no longer be able to autoload all packages. * gnu/packages/aux-files/emacs/guix-emacs.el (guix-emacs-autoload-packages): Reload subdirs.el files unless NO-RELOAD is provided. Update docstring. * doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Document that ‘guix-emacs-autoload-packages’ can be invoked interactively to auto-reload newly installed Emacs packages. * gnu/packages/emacs.scm (emacs)[arguments]<#:phases>: Call guix-emacs-autoload-packages with an argument in the site-start.el file. Signed-off-by: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com>
2023-09-06.dir-locals: Streamline Geiser configuration.Maxim Cournoyer
Geiser now has support locating the project root and adding it to the load path without external help; leverage it. * .dir-locals.el [nil]: Remove obsolete Geiser configuration. Set the geiser-repl-per-project-p variable to t. * doc/contributing.texi (The Perfect Setup): No longer mention explicitly setting the geiser-guile-load-path; instead mention the effect of the .dir-locals.el file. Reported-by: Wolf <wolf@wolfsden.cz>
2023-09-05doc: Fix typo.Aleksandr Vityazev
* doc/guix.texi (VNC Services): Fix typo. Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
2023-09-05doc: Document mumi command-line interface.Arun Isaac
* doc/contributing.texi (Debbugs User Interfaces)[Command-line interface]: New subsubsection. Update menus. * doc/guix.texi: Bump copyright year. Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> Modified-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
2023-08-25doc: Note that `guix shell` should contain base language packages.Josselin Poiret
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): Explain that python must be included in the invocation even if it is already available in the external environment. Suggested-by: Skyler <skyvine@protonmail.com>
2023-08-25gnu: system: Add home-directory-permissions field to <user-account>.David Thompson
* gnu/system/accounts.scm (<user-account>)[home-directory-permissions]: New field. (user-account-home-directory-permissions): New accessor. * gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-users+groups): Use home directory permission bits from the user account object. * doc/guix.texi (User Accounts): Document new field. Signed-off-by: Josselin Poiret <dev@jpoiret.xyz>
2023-08-25build: Add dependency on guix script for help2man targets.Josselin Poiret
* doc/local.mk: Add dependency on guix script for help2man targets. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2023-08-25image: Add mbr-raw-image-type and use by default.Josselin Poiret
* gnu/system/image.scm (mbr-disk-image, mbr-raw-image-type): New variables. (qcow2-image-type): Inherit mbr-disk-image. * guix/scripts/system.scm (%default-options): Use mbr-raw-image-type by default. * gnu/tests/install.scm (run-install): Use mbr-raw in the tests. * doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Guix System Image API): Update the list of image types. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system, System Images, image-type Reference): Add mbr-raw and switch documented default to it.
2023-08-22services: file-database: Clarify 'excluded-directories' description.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/admin.scm (file-database-configuration)[excluded-directories]: Mention that these are regexps. (%default-file-database-excluded-directories): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (File Search Services): Adjust accordingly.
2023-09-15services: guix: Add bffe-service-type.Christopher Baines
This is intended to replace the functionality of the Guix Build Coordinator queue builds script, and also provide a web interface for build farms. * gnu/services/guix.scm (<bffe-configuration>): New record type. (bffe-configuration, bffe-configuration?, bffe-configuration-package, bffe-configuration-user, bffe-configuration-group, bffe-configuration-arguments bffe-configuration-extra-environment-variables): New procedures. (bffe-service-type): New variable. * gnu/tests/guix.scm (%test-bffe): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Guix Services): Document the new service.
2023-09-14doc: Make “crash course” xref more visible.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Move the “Do not panic” note right after the first example. Clarify wording.
2023-08-21doc: Clarify 'user' field and key pairs in Daemon Offload.Bruno Victal
* doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup:): Clarify 'user' field of build-machine data type and the key pair used by guix archive. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2023-08-20doc: Fix module for "Essential Home Services".Nicolas Graves
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2023-08-20home: services: Add Syncthing.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/home/services/syncthing.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * gnu/services/syncthing.scm (<syncthing-configuration>)[home-service?]: New field. Adjust 'provision' and 'requirement' depending on 'home-service?', and likewise for #:user and #:group. Use 'filter' + 'negate' instead of 'remove'. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Add note and cross-reference to "Networking Home Services". (Networking Home Services): New node.
2023-08-20home: services: Add dicod.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/home/services/dict.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * gnu/services/dict.scm (<dicod-configuration>)[home-service?]: New field. (dicod-shepherd-service): Do not map /dev/log when 'home-service?' is true. Remove 'user-processes' requirement when 'home-service?' is true. (dicod-shepherd-service): Set #:user and #:group to #f when 'home-service?' is true. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Home Services): New node. (Miscellaneous Services): Add cross-reference.
2023-08-19Merge branch 'kde-updates'宋文武
2023-08-17pull, time-machine: Add '-q' to ignore channel files.Ludovic Courtès
This also fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/63726>. * guix/scripts/pull.scm (show-help, %options): Add '-q'. (channel-list): Honor it. * guix/scripts/time-machine.scm (show-help, %options): Add '-q'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull, Invoking guix time-machine): Document it. Reported-by: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
2023-08-17doc: Fix typo.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/guix.texi (VPN Services): Fix typo.
2023-08-17Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into kde-updates宋文武
2023-08-17doc: cookbook: Document how to disable the Yubikey OTP application.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Using security keys) <Disabling OTP code generation for a Yubikey>: New subsection. Reviewed-by: John Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com>
2023-08-16doc: cookbook: Document a dynamic DNS update mcron job.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (System Configuration) <Dynamic DNS mcron job>: New subsection. Reviewed-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2023-08-16scripts: time-machine: Error when attempting to visit too old commits.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix time-machine): Document limitation. * guix/inferior.scm (cached-channel-instance): New VALIDATE-CHANNELS argument. Use it to validate channels when there are no cache hit. * guix/scripts/time-machine.scm (%options): Tag the given reference with 'tag-or-commit instead of 'commit. (%oldest-possible-commit): New variable. (guix-time-machine) <validate-guix-channel>: New nested procedure. Pass it to the 'cached-channel-instance' call. * tests/guix-time-machine.sh: New test. * Makefile.am (SH_TESTS): Register it. Suggested-by: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Reviewed-by: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
2023-08-16Revert "services: Add ddclient service."Bruno Victal
ddclient is unmaintained as of 2023-07-04 [1] and this service has been broken for a while [2]. Remove it rather than shipping a broken service for an unmaintained program that's unlikely to be fixed. [1]: <https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient> [2]: <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/52770> This reverts commit 8490a8346b5c8207f5798be55bea1de865b0bd42. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2023-08-16services: posgresql: Add option to specify UID/GID for postgres user.Martin Baulig
Add 'createAccount?', 'uid' and 'gid' to <postgresql-configuation>. Unlike other system daemons, the PostgreSQL data directory is typically meant to persist across 'guix system reconfigure' and once created, you don't want it's UID or GID to change anymore. Furthermore, if you want to place the data directory on a network share and use NFSv4 with idmap, then the 'postgres' user must exist when the 'rpc.idmapd' daemon is launched; prior to mounting the share. And it needs to be possible to mount the share without configuring PostgreSQL. With NFSv3, the UID and GID typically needs to match those on the server. The added options allow for both of these scenarios: You can either create the user in (operating-system (users)) completely independently of the 'postgresql-service-type' (for instance to get your NFS setup working first prior to configuring your databases) - or "pin" it's UID / GID values. * gnu/services/databases.scm (<postgresql-configuration>)[create-account?] [uid, gid]: New fields. (%postgresql-accounts): Remove. (create-postgresql-account): New procedure. (postgresql-service-type)[extensions]: Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Database Services): Update accordingly. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2023-08-16doc: contributing: Mention the expected branch merge request format.Maxim Cournoyer
* doc/contributing.texi (Managing Patches and Branches): Mention the expected branch merge request format.
2023-08-16doc: Update Cookbook Texinfo menus.Maxim Cournoyer
Automated via C-c C-u C-a (M-x texinfo-all-menus-update) in Emacs.
2023-08-15services: Add cachefilesd service.Felix Lechner
Thanks to Bruno Victal "mirai" for cooperating on this patch and for generously sharing a wealth of insights about Guix services. Thanks to Jean-Baptiste Note for an early version of this service! * doc/guix.texi (Linux Services)[Cachefilesd Service]: New heading. * gnu/services/linux.scm (serialize-string, non-negative-integer?) (serialize-non-negative-integer, string, non-negative-integer) (make-option-serializer, make-percentage-threshold-serializer): New procedures. (cachefilesd-configuration): New record type. (cachefilesd-service-type): New variable. * gnu/tests/cachefilesd.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. Co-authored-by: Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu> Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2023-08-15refresh: Add --target-version option.Maxim Cournoyer
* guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%options): Register 'target-version' long version. (update-specification->update-spec): Add a fallback-version argument. (options->update-specs): Honor target-version option. * tests/guix-refresh.sh: Test it. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document it. Reviewed-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>