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Ludovic Courtès
e3d2e618fe
doc: cookbook: Fix encoding of "André".
This is a followup to f8945734a5.

* doc/guix-cookbook.texi: Encode "André" as UTF-8, not ISO-8859-1.
2020-06-28 23:28:55 +02:00
Brice Waegeneire
e39b2363f5
doc: Add progress display in 'dd' command lines.
* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Adjust 'dd' command line to
display progress …
(System Configuration): … same here.
2020-06-28 13:28:06 +02:00
André Batista
f8945734a5
doc: cookbook: Update entry about getting substitutes through Tor.
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Getting substitutes from Tor): Update
section warning to mention the use of torsocks when pulling.
2020-06-28 13:26:14 +02:00
Efraim Flashner
8f19e63f76
services: Add rshiny service.
* 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.
2020-06-28 14:03:03 +03:00
Ludovic Courtès
5813a0c94f
doc: 'guix hash' is not SHA256-only.
This is a followup to 18ae1ec3ec.

* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Remove "SHA256" from the first
paragraph.
2020-06-26 16:19:53 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
4ebbd92c29
doc: cookbook: Fix typos.
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Extended example): Fix typos.
2020-06-23 23:39:42 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
96a95aa9c7
doc: cookbook: Tweak intro to the REPL.
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (A Scheme Crash Course): Reword first
paragraph.  Remove extra paren.
2020-06-23 00:03:08 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
2f562699ea
doc: cookbook: Mention "guix hash -rx" for Git checkouts.
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Extended example): Mention "guix hash -rx ."
2020-06-23 00:03:08 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
ab83e1f054
doc: cookbook: Clarify 'git-fetch' conventions.
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Extended example): Clarify use of 'git-file-name'
and 'git-version'.
2020-06-23 00:03:08 +02:00
Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
b7249aa472
services: childhurd: Support more than one instance.
* 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".
2020-06-21 12:51:36 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
cdea526556
doc: Make issues.guix.gnu.org more visible.
* doc/contributing.texi (Tracking Bugs and Patches): Make
issues.guix.gnu.org more visible, update issue URL.
2020-06-20 13:18:11 +02:00
Timotej Lazar
7568416acb
doc: Delete description of a nonexistent option.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Delete a paragraph about the --verbose
option, which was removed in 1edcfda81b.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-06-18 14:48:18 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
4ae762af76
channels: Warn when pulling from a mirror.
* 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.
2020-06-17 19:32:43 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
a9eeeaa6ae
pull: Add '--disable-authentication'.
* 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.
2020-06-16 16:10:47 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
43badf261f
channels: 'latest-channel-instance' authenticates Git checkouts.
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.
2020-06-16 16:10:47 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
33391ee5c1
doc: Recommend "make authenticate" after ./bootstrap.
* doc/contributing.texi (Building from Git): Move "make authenticate"
instructions below.
2020-06-16 16:10:46 +02:00
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
38ee8f7dba
pack: Add zstd compressor.
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (%compressors): Add zstd.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document it.
2020-06-16 13:35:33 +02:00
Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
e07573432c
doc: Clarify 'hurd-vm' and 'childhurd' names.
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.
2020-06-15 21:08:02 +02:00
Marius Bakke
bb9a99e657
doc: Adjust branching and rebuilding strategy to match reality.
The amount of packages has more than tripled since this section was written.
Adjust the rebuild limits and cycle lengths based on current practices.

* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Increase 'staging' rebuild limit
to 1800 packages, and adjust the cycle to six weeks.  Increase 'core-updates'
cycle to six months.
2020-06-14 23:15:21 +02:00
Konrad Hinsen
c924e54139
guix repl: Add script execution.
* 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>
2020-06-14 23:02:36 +02:00
Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
5e9cf93364
services: Add 'hurd-vm service-type'.
* 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.
2020-06-14 18:38:44 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
993023a28e
lint: Add 'check-for-collisions' checker.
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.
2020-06-14 15:34:42 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
20d9034cc5
doc: Mention 'guix lint -c derivation'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix lint): Mention the 'derivation' checker.
2020-06-14 15:34:41 +02:00
Brice Waegeneire
1b5d26c967
doc: Add note to 'udisks-service'.
* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Specify how to add file-systems
utilities to 'udisks-service'.
2020-06-09 10:26:56 +02:00
Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
7ccd471c71
services: Add `hurd-getty-service-type'.
* 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.
2020-06-08 14:26:14 +02:00
Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
f9c04580bf
services: Add `hurd-console-service-type'.
* gnu/services/hurd.scm: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
* doc/guix.texi (Hurd Services): Document it.
2020-06-08 14:26:14 +02:00
Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
21acd8d6c1
bootloader: Extend `<menu-entry>' for multiboot.
* 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.
2020-06-08 13:51:18 +02:00
Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
2018fb2afe
system: Add 'hurd' field to <operating-system>.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[hurd]: New field.
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document 'hurd'.
2020-06-08 13:51:18 +02:00
Brice Waegeneire
c987b72382
doc: cookbook: Add entry about getting substitutes through Tor.
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Getting substitutes from Tor): New section.
2020-06-04 14:48:09 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
b6c445931e
doc: Mention Btrfs compression.
Suggested by Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>.

* doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning):
Mention Btrfs compression.
2020-06-03 18:05:55 +02:00
Maxim Cournoyer
7c9be7b7cb
gnu: services: docker: Add a debug? parameter.
* 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.
2020-06-03 11:31:07 -04:00
Marcin Karpezo
5c3e94cdf8
doc: cookbook: Add entry about Wireguard VPN.
Co-authored-by: Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>

* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Connect to Wireguard VPN): New section.
2020-06-02 11:31:48 +02:00
Maxim Cournoyer
c08fac0f7d
services: nfs: Expose configuration options for TCP and UDP.
* 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.
2020-05-29 21:48:58 -04:00
Pierre Neidhardt
776409c506
doc: Add example to calculate the size a system.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking `guix size'): Add guix size example for store item.
2020-05-29 18:48:44 +02:00
Efraim Flashner
03e6404936
doc: Remove explicit support for mips64el-linux.
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.
2020-05-28 11:12:40 +03:00
Julien Lepiller
f18d5d7597
doc: Use existing URLs and file names in installation instructions.
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.
2020-05-27 23:27:34 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
8c23d7a15e
doc: Remove one use of 'file-append*'.
* doc/build.scm (texinfo-manual-source)[build]: Use 'file-append', not
'file-append*', for 'htmlxref.cnf', to ensure it has the right basename.
2020-05-25 23:00:30 +02:00
zimoun
ba2104aaa3
doc: Fix typos.
* doc/guix.texi: Fix typos.
* doc/contributing.texi: Fix typos.

Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
2020-05-25 14:46:03 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
9744cc7b46
pull: Protect against downgrade attacks.
* 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'.
2020-05-25 00:00:28 +02:00
Chris Bøg
3142191da6
doc: cookbook: Add subsection about session locking with xss-lock.
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Session lock): New node.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-05-25 00:00:27 +02:00
Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
0cbb5390e4
doc: Update to the new 'grub-theme' procedure.
This is a follow-up commit to 9cdb10d52e:
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.
2020-05-24 22:36:19 +02:00
Jan Nieuwenhuizen
cd5d5f5322
doc: Update 'Bootstrapping' for further binary seed reduction.
* 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.
2020-05-22 16:11:52 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
ce0be5675b
packages: Introduce <content-hash> and use it in <origin>.
* 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'.
2020-05-22 01:29:39 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
0e4e9c8e76
guix hash, guix download: Support base64 format.
* 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.
2020-05-22 00:35:24 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
18ae1ec3ec
guix hash, guix download: Add '--hash'.
* 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.
2020-05-22 00:35:24 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
1ad5209d90
maint: Add "make check-channel-news".
* build-aux/check-channel-news.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it.
(check-channel-news): New phony rule.
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Mention "make check-channel-news".
2020-05-22 00:35:23 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
5e46b827cf
doc: Use "Alternatively" instead of "Alternately".
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".
2020-05-22 00:35:23 +02:00
Maxim Cournoyer
b460ba7992
bootloader: grub: Allow booting from a Btrfs subvolume.
* 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.
2020-05-20 08:30:35 -04:00
Maxim Cournoyer
fa35fb58c8
file-systems: Add helpers for parsing the options string into an alist.
* 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.
2020-05-20 08:30:34 -04:00
Maxim Cournoyer
281d80d8e5
linux-boot: Refactor boot-system.
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.
2020-05-20 08:30:34 -04:00