* 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.
* 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.
* guix/utils.scm (call-with-decompressed-port,
call-with-compressed-output-port): New procedures.
* tests/utils.scm ("compressed-output-port + decompressed-port"):
Rewrite to use them.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/15756>.
* guix/profiles.scm (<manifest-pattern>): New record type.
(remove-manifest-entry): Remove.
(entry-predicate, manifest-matching-entries): New procedures.
(manifest-remove): Accept a list of <manifest-pattern>.
(manifest-installed?): Replace 'name' parameter by 'pattern', a
<manifest-pattern>.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (options->removable): Return a list of
<manifest-pattern>.
(guix-package)[process-action]: Use 'manifest-matching-entries' to
compute the list of packages to remove.
* tests/profiles.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): Add it.
* guix/monads.scm: New file.
* tests/monads.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add guix/monads.scm.
(SCM_TESTS): Add tests/monads.scm.
* doc/guix.texi (The Store Monad): New node.
(The Store): Reference it.
* guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm (%regexp-exec-mutex): New variable.
(string->uri): New procedure.
(fields->alist): Wrap `regexp-exec' call in `with-mutex'.
* guix/ui.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it.
* po/POTFILES.in: Add it.
* guix-build.in: Use it.
(_, N_, leave): Remove.
(guix-build): Use `with-error-handling' instead of the `guard' form.
* guix-download.in: Use it.
(_, N_, leave): Remove.