* gnu/services/base.scm (mingetty-service): Change default value of
#:motd from a monadic value to a <plain-file>. Assume MOTD to be a
file-like object. Assume LOGIN-PROGRAM is a gexp or #f.
(%base-services): Use 'plain-file' instead of 'text-file' for motd.
* gnu/system/linux.scm (unix-pam-service): Update docstring to mention
that MOTD is a file-like object.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Adjust 'mingetty-service' documentation
accordingly.
* gnu/packages/admin.scm (wpa-supplicant-light): Rename to ...
(wpa-supplicant-minimal): ...this.
(wpa-supplicant): Use it.
* gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os): Use it.
* doc/guix.texi (Locales): Introduce "codeset".
<%default-locale-definitions>: Mention the "normalized codeset", with
an xref to libc's manual.
* gnu/system/locale.scm (%default-locale-definitions)[utf8-locale]:
Mention the "normalized codeset" in a comment.
* gnu/build/vm.scm (<partition>): New record type.
(fold2): New procedure.
(initialize-partition-table): Remove #:bootable? and
'partition-size' parameters. Add 'partitions' parameter. Invoke 'parted'
with '--script'.
(initialize-root-partition): Remove.
(initialize-partition, root-partition-initializer): New procedures.
(initialize-hard-disk): Remove #:system-directory, #:disk-image-size,
#:file-system-type, #:file-system-label, #:closures, #:copy-closures?,
#:bootable?, and #:register-closures? parameters. Add #:partitions.
Rewrite to use 'initialize-partition' for each item of PARTITIONS.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Add (guix records)
to #:modules default value.
(qemu-image): Adjust accordingly.
* gnu/build/vm.scm (initialize-root-partition, initialize-hard-disk): Use the
'umount' procedure instead of invoking the 'umount' command.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (qemu-image): Remove UTIL-LINUX from INPUTS.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[kernel-arguments]: New field.
(operating-system-grub.cfg): Honor it.
(operating-system-parameters-file): Add 'kernel-arguments' to the parameters
file.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (previous-grub-entries)[system->grub-entry]: Read
the 'kernel-arguments' field of the parameters file, when available.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store-script):
Use (operating-system-kernel-arguments os) in '-append'.
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document it.
* gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Pass "--mtime=@0". The
only files whose mtime was not already were those in /var/guix and
/gnu/store/.links.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/19778>.
Reported by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%uuid-rx): New variable.
(string->uuid): New procedure.
(uuid): New macro.
* tests/file-systems.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): Add it.
* doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Give an example of UUID.
This bug was introduced in commit 85c3127.
Thanks to Christopher Webber for reporting it.
* gnu/syste/linux-initrd.scm (base-initrd): Include (guix build syscalls)
module in derivation.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Likewise.
* gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm (write-cpio-archive): Remove 'open-pipe*' and
related calls. Compute list of files in 'files' variable. Use
'cpio:write-cpio-archive'. Remove #:cpio parameter.
(build-initrd): Remove #:cpio parameter.
* gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (expression->initrd): Likewise, and adjust
BUILDER accordingly. Add (guix cpio) to #:modules.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/20791>.
Reported by Benz Schenk <benz.schenk@uzh.ch>.
* gnu/system/install.scm (installation-services): Add #:rules argument for
'udev-service'.
Suggested by Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>.
* gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Remove
"/root/.guix-profile" from the 'tar' arguments.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add a step to create
~root/.guix-profile.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (%base-user-accounts): New variable.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[users]: Use it as the default value.
* gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl (users): Use it.
* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl (users): Likewise.
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference, User Accounts): Adjust
accordingly.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/20646>.
Reported by David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (assert-valid-users/groups): New procedure
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-activation-script): Use it.
* tests/guix-system.sh (make_user_config): New function.
Add 3 tests using it.
* po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add gnu/system/shadow.scm.
Fixes a thinko introduced in 175ced4.
* gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Use "root:0" as the
owner and group.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Revert 175ced4.
Suggested by Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
at <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-05/msg00220.html>.
* gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): Pass --owner and
--group to 'tar'.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Move group and account creation
before extraction. Make "run the daemon" a separate step.
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Add xref to "X.509
Certificates".
(X.509 Certificates): New section.
* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Use NSS-CERTS.
* gnu/system/install.scm (configuration-template-service): Remove
'local-template' and 'template'. Add 'search' and 'templates'.
[activate]: Copy all of TEMPLATES to /etc/configuration.
* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Adjust file name accordingly.
* gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl: Change 'packages' and
'host-name'. Remove D-Bus, Avahi, and SLiM services, and add lsh
instead.
* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: New file.
* Makefile.am (EXAMPLES): Add it.
Suggested by Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>
at <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-04/msg00229.html>.
* gnu/build/install.scm (populate-single-profile-directory): New procedure.
* gnu/system/install.scm (self-contained-tarball): New procedure.
* Makefile.am (guix-binary.%.tar.xz): New target.
