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2014-07-23install: Add a service to back the store with the target disk.Ludovic Courtès
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18061>. Reported by Adam Pribyl <pribyl@lowlevel.cz>. * gnu/services/dmd.scm (dmd-configuration-file)[config]: Import (guix build utils). * gnu/system/install.scm (make-cow-store, cow-store-service): New procedures. (installation-services): Use it. (%backing-directory): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Add the 'deco start cow-store /mnt' phase.
2014-07-23system: Add /dev/shm.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%shared-memory-file-system): New variable. (%base-file-systems): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Document it.
2014-07-23system: Recognize more file system flags.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (MS_NOSUID, MS_NODEV, MS_NOEXEC): New variables. (mount-flags->bit-mask): New procedure. (mount-file-system)[flags->bit-mask]: Remove. Use 'mount-flags->bit-mask' instead. In /etc/mtab, use the empty string when OPTIONS is false. * gnu/services/base.scm (file-system-service): Add #:flags parameter and honor it. * gnu/system.scm (other-file-system-services): Pass FLAGS to 'file-system-service'.
2014-07-23doc: Merge the type, variable, and function indices.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Function Index): Rename to... (Programming Index): ... this. Merge the type, variable, and function indices.
2014-07-23system: Add 'file-system' decl. for /dev/pts, and use the right options.Ludovic Courtès
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18081>. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%devtmpfs-file-system): Add 'needed-for-boot?' field. (%tty-gid, %pseudo-terminal-file-system): New variables. (%base-file-systems): Add %PSEUDO-TERMINAL-FILE-SYSTEM. * gnu/services/base.scm (udev-service): Remove dependency on 'file-system-/dev'. * gnu/system/shadow.scm (%base-groups): Add 'id' field for group 'tty'. * guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (boot-system): Remove 'mount' call for /dev/pts. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add %pseudo-terminal-file-system.
2014-07-23system: Add 'create-mount-point?' file system option.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (<file-system>)[create-mount-point?]: New field. * gnu/services/base.scm (file-system-service): Add #:create-mount-point? parameter and honor it. * gnu/system.scm (other-file-system-services): Update 'file-system-service' call accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Document it.
2014-07-22system: Add '%devtmpfs-file-system' for udev, and '%base-file-systems'.Ludovic Courtès
Suggested by Adam Pribyl <pribyl@lowlevel.cz>. * gnu/services/base.scm (udev-service)[requirement]: Add 'file-system-/dev'. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%devtmpfs-file-system, %base-file-systems): New variables. * gnu/system/install.scm (installation-services)[file-systems]: Use %base-file-systems. * build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm (file-systems): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Show %BASE-FILE-SYSTEMS in the example. (Using the Configuration System): Likewise. (File Systems): Document %base-file-systems, %devtmpfs-file-system, %binary-format-file-system, and %fuse-control-file-system.
2014-07-22doc: Fix typo.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): s/are/is/.
2014-07-21guix package: add a "show" option.Cyril Roelandt
* doc/guix.texi: Update the documentation. * guix/scripts/package.scm: Add a "show" option. * tests/guix-package.sh: Add a test for the "show" option.
2014-07-20doc: Show output of 'guix refresh --list-dependent' example.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Show example output of the command.
2014-07-20guix: refresh: Add --list-dependent option.Eric Bavier
* guix/packages.scm (package-direct-inputs): New procedure. * gnu/packages.scm (vhash-refq, package-direct-dependents) (package-transitive-dependents, package-covering-dependents): New procedures. * guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%options, show-help, guix-refresh): Add --list-dependent option. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document '--list-dependent' option.
2014-07-18Fix typos in manual.Mark H Weaver
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): 'gid' -> 'group' in user-account example. (Initial RAM Disk): 'base-init' -> 'base-initrd'.
2014-07-17doc: Add "Setuid Programs" node.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): New node.
2014-07-17doc: Add "Initial RAM Disk" section.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): New node. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (expression->initrd): Adjust docstring.
2014-07-17doc: List noteworthy limitations.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Limitations): New subsection.
2014-07-16doc: Move "System Configuration" higher.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Move "System Configuration" right after "System Installation".
2014-07-15doc: Add a "System Installation" node.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Installation): Add cross-ref to "System Installation". (System Installation): New section. (System Configuration): Remove disclaimer.
2014-07-14doc: Remove redundant listing of services.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Defining Services): Remove listing of service procedures; add xref to "Services".
2014-07-14services: Add options to 'guix-service'.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/base.scm (guix-service): Add #:use-substitutes? and #:extra-options parameters, and honor them. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Adjust accordingly.
2014-07-12services: Add Tor service.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/networking.scm (tor-service): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. * build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm: Use it. Add TOR and TORSOCKS to 'packages'.
2014-07-11doc: Start writing about services.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Remove details about '%base-services', and link to "Services". (Services): Add introductory text. (Base Services, Networking Services, X Window): New nodes.
2014-07-08guix system: Add '--system' option.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/system.scm (switch-to-system): Add #:system parameter; pass it to 'run-with-store'. (%options): Add '--system'. (guix-system): Pass the 'system' option to 'run-with-store', 'package-derivation', and 'switch-to-system' calls. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document '--system' and '--image-size'.
2014-07-03doc: Document user accounts and user groups.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Fix typo. (User Accounts): Populate.
2014-07-02doc: Write about file system configuration.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Change 'guix system boot' to 'guix system reconfigure'. (File Systems, User Accounts, Services): New nodes.
2014-06-27doc: Improve wording and example in "Using the Configuration System".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Make the intro more user-oriented. Change example to return an operating system. Fix typos. Mention mandatory/optional fields.
2014-06-27guix system: Add 'reconfigure' action.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/system.scm (%system-profile): New variable. (switch-to-system, previous-grub-entries): New procedures. (unless-file-not-found): New macro. (show-help): Add 'reconfigure'. (guix-system): Handle it. * gnu/system.scm: Export 'operating-system-activation-script'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
2014-06-19doc: Mention KVM support for 'guix system'.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Add note about KVM support.
2014-06-14guix build: Allow gexps to be passed to '-e'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/ui.scm (%guix-user-module): New variable. (read/eval): Pass it as the second argument to 'eval'. * guix/scripts/build.scm (options/resolve-packages): Add case for 'gexp?'. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document '-e gexp'. guxi build: Allow gexps to be passed to '-e'. * guix/ui.scm (%guix-user-module): New variable. (read/eval): Pass it as the second argument to 'eval'. * guix/scripts/build.scm (options/resolve-packages): Add case for 'gexp?'. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document '-e gexp'.
2014-06-09doc: Add a few words on the term "derivation".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Programming Interface): Add a sentence on "derivation".
2014-06-06derivations: 'build-expression->derivation' supports #:allowed-references.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/derivations.scm (build-expression->derivation): Add #:allowed-references and pass it to 'derivation. * doc/guix.texi (Derivations): Adjust accordingly.
2014-06-04system: Define '%base-packages' and use it.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[packages]: Change default value to %BASE-PACKAGES. (%base-packages): New variable. * gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os): Use it when defining the 'packages' field. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Use %BASE-PACKAGES in example. Remove now unneeded module imports. Explain this.
2014-06-01derivations: Add #:allowed-references 'derivation' parameter.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/derivations.scm (derivation): Add #:allowed-references parameter. [user+system-env-vars]: Honor it. * tests/derivations.scm ("derivation #:allowed-references, ok", "derivation #:allowed-references, not allowed", "derivation #:allowed-references, self allowed", "derivation #:allowed-references, self not allowed"): New tests. * doc/guix.texi (Derivations): Document #:allowed-references.
2014-05-30linux-initrd: Allow use of volume labels in 'file-system' declarations.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (%ext2-endianness, %ext2-sblock-magic, %ext2-sblock-creator-os, %ext2-sblock-uuid, %ext2-sblock-volume-name): New macros. (read-ext2-superblock, ext2-superblock-uuid, ext2-superblock-volume-name, disk-partitions, partition-label-predicate, find-partition-by-label, canonicalize-device-spec): New procedures. (mount-file-system): Use 'canonicalize-device-spec' on SOURCE. (boot-system): Likewise for ROOT. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Adjust 'file-system' declaration accordingly.
2014-05-25doc: Augment "Package Naming".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Package Naming): Mention underscores, and give SDL_net as an example.
2014-05-24services: nscd: Provide an 'activate' script to make /var/run/nscd.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services/base.scm (nscd-service): Add 'activate' field. * guix/build/install.scm (directives): Remove /var/run/nscd; add /var/run. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Services): Add 'activate' field in example. Document it.
2014-05-22guix system: Add 'disk-image' action.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help): Add 'disk-image'. (guix-system)[parse-options]: Support 'disk-image' action. [option-arguments]: Likewise. Handle the 'disk-image' action. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document 'disk-image'.
2014-05-22Add (gnu) module.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu.scm: New file. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm: Use (gnu) and strip import list accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Adjust example accordingly.
2014-05-19doc: Show the 'bootloader' field in system example.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Add 'bootloader' field.
2014-05-19guix system: 'guix system init' installs GRUB by default.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/system.scm (install): Add #:grub?, #:grub.cfg, and #:device parameters; honor them. (show-help): Document '--no-grub'. (%options): Add '--no-grub'. (%default-options): Add 'install-grub?'. (guix-system): Honor 'install-grub?' option from OPTS. Adjust 'install' call accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document '--no-grub'.
2014-05-18guix system: Add 'init' sub-command.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/system.scm (install): New procedure. (guix-system)[parse-option]: Remove check for extraneous arguments. [match-pair, option-arguments]: New procedures. Use 'option-arguments'. Honor 'init'. (show-help): Document 'init'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document 'init'.
2014-05-16guix system: Add 'build' action.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help): Document 'build' action. (guix-system): Honor 'build' action. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Add 'build' action.
2014-05-14doc: Improve debugging file documentation.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Installing Debugging Files): Add @cindex. Remove unneeded '-i' in example. Mention source code an 'directory'. Link to "Build Systems" instead of "Defining Packages".
2014-05-12doc: Add example for --search.Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Add LGPLv3 example.
2014-05-11doc: Add a section on perl modules in the packaging guidelines.Andreas Enge
* doc/guix.texi (Perl modules): New section explaining the naming of perl modules.
2014-05-08doc: Mention Kiselyov's work on "staging".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Mention Oleg's work on "staging" in footnote.
2014-05-03doc: Minor improvements in "G-Expressions".Ludovic Courtès
* doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Show coreutils version number in store file name. Add xref to "Derivations", in documentation of 'gexp->derivation'. Fix typo.
2014-05-03system: Add first-class file system declarations.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[initrd]: Default to 'qemu-initrd'. (<file-system>): New record type. (operating-system-root-file-system): New procedure. (operating-system-derivation): Take the device name for GRUB from 'operating-system-root-file-system'. Pass the 'operating-system-initrd' procedure the list of boot file systems. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (file-system->spec): New procedure. (qemu-initrd): Add 'file-systems' parameter, and remove #:mounts parameter. [file-system-type-predicate]: New procedure. [linux-modules]: Use it. Adjust #:mounts argument in 'boot-system' call. (gnu-system-initrd): Remove. * gnu/system/vm.scm (%linux-vm-file-systems): New variable. (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Adjust call to 'qemu-initrd'. (virtualized-operating-system): New procedure. (system-qemu-image/shared-store-script)[initrd]: Remove. Use 'virtualized-operating-system'. Get the 'initrd' file from OS-DRV. * guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (mount-qemu-smb-share, mount-qemu-9p): Remove. (MS_RDONLY, MS_BIND): New global variables. (bind-mount): Remove local 'MS_BIND' definition. (mount-root-file-system): New procedure, with code formerly in 'boot-system'. (mount-file-system): New procedure. (boot-system): Add #:root-fs-type parameter. Remove 'MS_RDONLY' local variable. Use 'mount-root-file-system' and 'mount-file-system'. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Add 'file-system' declaration.
2014-04-28monads: Hide 'derivation-expression' and 'lower-inputs'.Ludovic Courtès
* guix/monads.scm: Unexport 'lower-inputs' and 'derivation-expression'. (text-file*): Add comment about the switch to 'gexp->derivation'. (lower-inputs): Add comment about its doom. (derivation-expression): Likewise. * guix/gexp.scm (lower-inputs*): Rename to... (lower-inputs): ... this. Update callers. * tests/monads.scm (derivation-expression): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (The Store Monad): Use 'gexp->derivation' instead of 'derivation-expression'. Remove documentation of 'derivation-expression'. * guix/ui.scm (read/eval): Use THE-ROOT-MODULE so that macros are properly expanded. * tests/guix-build.sh: Use 'gexp->derivation' instead of 'derivation-expression'.monads: Hide 'derivation-expression' and 'lower-inputs'.
2014-04-28services: Rewrite using gexps.Ludovic Courtès
* gnu/services.scm (<service>)[inputs]: Remove. * gnu/system.scm (links): Remove. (etc-directory): Add PASSWD and SHADOW to #:inputs. (operating-system-boot-script): Pass ETC to 'dmd-configuration-file'. (operating-system-derivation): Remove EXTRAS from the union. * gnu/system/linux.scm (pam-service->configuration): Rewrite in terms of 'gexp->derivation'. Compute the contents on the build side. Expect 'arguments' to contain a list of gexps. (pam-services->directory): Rewrite in terms of 'gexp->derivation'. (unix-pam-service): Change 'arguments' to a list of one gexp. * gnu/system/shadow.scm (<user-account>)[inputs]: Remove. [shell]: Change default value to a gexp. (passwd-file): Rewrite in terms of 'gexp->derivation'. Compute contents on the build side. * gnu/services/base.scm (host-name-service, mingetty-service, nscd-service, syslog-service, guix-service): Change 'start' and 'stop' to gexps; remove 'inputs' field. (guix-build-accounts): Change 'shell' field to a gexp. * gnu/services/networking.scm (static-networking-service): Change 'start' and 'stop' to gexps; remove 'inputs' field. * gnu/services/xorg.scm (slim-service): Likewise. * gnu/services/dmd.scm (dmd-configuration-file): Expect ETC to be a derivation. Change 'config' to a gexp. Use 'gexp->file' instead of 'text-file'. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Services): Update nscd example with gexps, and without 'inputs'. Add xref to "G-Expressions".
2014-04-28Add (guix gexp).Ludovic Courtès
* guix/gexp.scm: New file. * tests/gexp.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add guix/gexp.scm. (SCM_TESTS): Add tests/gexp.scm. * doc/guix.texi (Derivations): Add #:inputs in 'derivation' example. Mark 'build-expression->derivation' as deprecated, refer to "G-Expressions". Remove paragraph about code strata. (G-Expressions): New node.
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