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* gnu/packages/grub.scm (<menu-entry>, grub-configuration-file): Move to... * gnu/system/grub.scm: ... here. New file. * gnu/packages/linux.scm (<pam-service>, <pam-entry>, pam-service->configuration, pam-service->directory, %pam-other-services, unix-pam-service): Move to... * gnu/system/linux.scm: ... here. New file. * gnu/system/vm.scm (passwd-file): Move to... * gnu/system/shadow.scm: ... here. New file. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add gnu/system/{grub,linux,shadow}.scm.
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568 lines
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Scheme
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
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;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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;;; Copyright © 2012 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
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;;;
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;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
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;;;
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;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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;;; your option) any later version.
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;;;
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;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
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;;;
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;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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;;; along with GNU Guix. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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(define-module (gnu packages linux)
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#:use-module (guix licenses)
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#:use-module (gnu packages)
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#:use-module ((gnu packages compression)
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#:renamer (symbol-prefix-proc 'guix:))
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#:use-module (gnu packages flex)
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#:use-module (gnu packages bison)
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#:use-module (gnu packages libusb)
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#:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
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#:use-module (gnu packages bdb)
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#:use-module (gnu packages perl)
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#:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
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#:use-module (gnu packages algebra)
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#:use-module (guix packages)
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#:use-module (guix download)
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#:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
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(define-public (system->linux-architecture arch)
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"Return the Linux architecture name for ARCH, a Guix system name such as
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\"x86_64-linux\"."
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(let ((arch (car (string-split arch #\-))))
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(cond ((string=? arch "i686") "i386")
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((string-prefix? "mips" arch) "mips")
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((string-prefix? "arm" arch) "arm")
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(else arch))))
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(define (linux-libre-urls version)
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"Return a list of URLs for Linux-Libre VERSION."
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(list (string-append
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"http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/"
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version "-gnu/linux-libre-" version "-gnu.tar.xz")
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;; XXX: Work around <http://bugs.gnu.org/14851>.
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(string-append
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"ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/mirror/linux-libre-"
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version "-gnu.tar.xz")
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;; Maybe this URL will become valid eventually.
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(string-append
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"mirror://gnu/linux-libre/" version "-gnu/linux-libre-"
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version "-gnu.tar.xz")))
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(define-public linux-libre-headers
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(let* ((version* "3.3.8")
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(build-phase
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(lambda (arch)
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`(lambda _
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(setenv "ARCH" ,(system->linux-architecture arch))
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(format #t "`ARCH' set to `~a'~%" (getenv "ARCH"))
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(and (zero? (system* "make" "defconfig"))
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(zero? (system* "make" "mrproper" "headers_check"))))))
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(install-phase
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`(lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
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(let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
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(and (zero? (system* "make"
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(string-append "INSTALL_HDR_PATH=" out)
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"headers_install"))
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(mkdir (string-append out "/include/config"))
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(call-with-output-file
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(string-append out
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"/include/config/kernel.release")
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(lambda (p)
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(format p "~a-default~%" ,version*))))))))
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(package
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(name "linux-libre-headers")
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(version version*)
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(source (origin
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(method url-fetch)
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(uri (linux-libre-urls version))
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(sha256
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(base32
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"0jkfh0z1s6izvdnc3njm39dhzp1cg8i06jv06izwqz9w9qsprvnl"))))
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(build-system gnu-build-system)
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(native-inputs `(("perl" ,perl)))
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(arguments
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`(#:modules ((guix build gnu-build-system)
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(guix build utils)
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(srfi srfi-1))
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#:phases (alist-replace
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'build ,(build-phase (%current-system))
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(alist-replace
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'install ,install-phase
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(alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases)))
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#:tests? #f))
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(synopsis "GNU Linux-Libre kernel headers")
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(description "Headers of the Linux-Libre kernel.")
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(license gpl2)
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(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/linux-libre/"))))
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(define-public module-init-tools
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(package
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(name "module-init-tools")
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(version "3.16")
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(source (origin
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(method url-fetch)
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(uri (string-append
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"mirror://kernel.org/linux/utils/kernel/module-init-tools/module-init-tools-"
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version ".tar.bz2"))
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(sha256
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(base32
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"0jxnz9ahfic79rp93l5wxcbgh4pkv85mwnjlbv1gz3jawv5cvwp1"))))
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(build-system gnu-build-system)
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(inputs
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;; The upstream tarball lacks man pages, and building them would require
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;; DocBook & co. Thus, use Gentoo's pre-built man pages.
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`(("man-pages"
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,(origin
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(method url-fetch)
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(uri (string-append
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"http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/module-init-tools-" version
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"-man.tar.bz2"))
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(sha256
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(base32
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"1j1nzi87kgsh4scl645fhwhjvljxj83cmdasa4n4p5krhasgw358"))))))
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(arguments
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'(#:phases (alist-cons-before
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'unpack 'unpack-man-pages
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(lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
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(let ((man-pages (assoc-ref inputs "man-pages")))
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(zero? (system* "tar" "xvf" man-pages))))
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%standard-phases)))
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(home-page "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/module-init-tools/")
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(synopsis "Tools for loading and managing Linux kernel modules")
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(description
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"Tools for loading and managing Linux kernel modules, such as `modprobe',
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`insmod', `lsmod', and more.")
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(license gpl2+)))
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(define-public linux-libre
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(let* ((version* "3.11")
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(build-phase
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'(lambda* (#:key system #:allow-other-keys #:rest args)
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(let ((arch (car (string-split system #\-))))
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(setenv "ARCH"
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(cond ((string=? arch "i686") "i386")
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(else arch)))
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(format #t "`ARCH' set to `~a'~%" (getenv "ARCH")))
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(let ((build (assoc-ref %standard-phases 'build)))
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(and (zero? (system* "make" "defconfig"))
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(begin
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(format #t "enabling additional modules...~%")
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(substitute* ".config"
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(("^# CONFIG_CIFS.*$")
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"CONFIG_CIFS=m\n"))
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(zero? (system* "make" "oldconfig")))
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;; Call the default `build' phase so `-j' is correctly
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;; passed.
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(apply build #:make-flags "all" args)))))
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(install-phase
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`(lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
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(let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
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(moddir (string-append out "/lib/modules"))
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(mit (assoc-ref inputs "module-init-tools")))
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(mkdir-p moddir)
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(for-each (lambda (file)
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(copy-file file
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(string-append out "/" (basename file))))
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(find-files "." "^(bzImage|System\\.map)$"))
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(copy-file ".config" (string-append out "/config"))
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(zero? (system* "make"
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(string-append "DEPMOD=" mit "/sbin/depmod")
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(string-append "MODULE_DIR=" moddir)
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(string-append "INSTALL_PATH=" out)
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(string-append "INSTALL_MOD_PATH=" out)
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"modules_install"))))))
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(package
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(name "linux-libre")
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(version version*)
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(source (origin
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(method url-fetch)
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(uri (linux-libre-urls version))
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(sha256
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(base32
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"1vlk04xkvyy1kc9zz556md173rn1qzlnvhz7c9sljv4bpk3mdspl"))))
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(build-system gnu-build-system)
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(native-inputs `(("perl" ,perl)
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("bc" ,bc)
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("module-init-tools" ,module-init-tools)))
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(arguments
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`(#:modules ((guix build gnu-build-system)
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(guix build utils)
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(srfi srfi-1)
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(ice-9 match))
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#:phases (alist-replace
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'build ,build-phase
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(alist-replace
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'install ,install-phase
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(alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases)))
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#:tests? #f))
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(synopsis "100% free redistribution of a cleaned Linux kernel")
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(description "Linux-Libre operating system kernel.")
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(license gpl2)
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(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/linux-libre/"))))
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;;;
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;;; Pluggable authentication modules (PAM).
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;;;
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(define-public linux-pam
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(package
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(name "linux-pam")
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(version "1.1.6")
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(source
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(origin
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(method url-fetch)
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(uri (list (string-append "http://www.linux-pam.org/library/Linux-PAM-"
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version ".tar.bz2")
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(string-append "mirror://kernel.org/linux/libs/pam/library/Linux-PAM-"
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version ".tar.bz2")))
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(sha256
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(base32
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"1hlz2kqvbjisvwyicdincq7nz897b9rrafyzccwzqiqg53b8gf5s"))))
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(build-system gnu-build-system)
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(inputs
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`(("flex" ,flex)
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;; TODO: optional dependencies
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;; ("libxcrypt" ,libxcrypt)
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;; ("cracklib" ,cracklib)
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))
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(arguments
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'(;; Most users, such as `shadow', expect the headers to be under
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;; `security'.
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#:configure-flags (list (string-append "--includedir="
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(assoc-ref %outputs "out")
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"/include/security"))
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;; XXX: Tests won't run in chroot, presumably because /etc/pam.d
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;; isn't available.
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#:tests? #f))
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(home-page "http://www.linux-pam.org/")
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(synopsis "Pluggable authentication modules for Linux")
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(description
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"A *Free* project to implement OSF's RFC 86.0.
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Pluggable authentication modules are small shared object files that can
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be used through the PAM API to perform tasks, like authenticating a user
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at login. Local and dynamic reconfiguration are its key features")
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(license bsd-3)))
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;;;
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;;; Miscellaneous.
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;;;
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(define-public psmisc
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(package
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(name "psmisc")
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(version "22.20")
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(source
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(origin
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(method url-fetch)
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(uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/psmisc/psmisc/psmisc-"
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version ".tar.gz"))
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(sha256
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(base32
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"052mfraykmxnavpi8s78aljx8w87hyvpx8mvzsgpjsjz73i28wmi"))))
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(build-system gnu-build-system)
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(inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)))
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(home-page "http://psmisc.sourceforge.net/")
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(synopsis
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"set of utilities that use the proc filesystem, such as fuser, killall, and pstree")
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(description
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"This PSmisc package is a set of some small useful utilities that
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use the proc filesystem. We're not about changing the world, but
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providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks.")
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(license gpl2+)))
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(define-public util-linux
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(package
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(name "util-linux")
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(version "2.21")
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(source
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(origin
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(method url-fetch)
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(uri (string-append "mirror://kernel.org/linux/utils/"
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name "/v" version "/"
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name "-" version ".2" ".tar.xz"))
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(sha256
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(base32
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"1rpgghf7n0zx0cdy8hibr41wvkm2qp1yvd8ab1rxr193l1jmgcir"))))
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(build-system gnu-build-system)
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(arguments
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`(#:configure-flags '("--disable-use-tty-group")
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#:phases (alist-cons-after
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'install 'patch-chkdupexe
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(lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
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(let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
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(substitute* (string-append out "/bin/chkdupexe")
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;; Allow 'patch-shebang' to do its work.
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(("@PERL@") "/bin/perl"))))
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%standard-phases)))
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(inputs `(("zlib" ,guix:zlib)
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("ncurses" ,ncurses)
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("perl" ,perl)))
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(home-page "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/")
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(synopsis "Collection of utilities for the Linux kernel")
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(description
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"util-linux is a random collection of utilities for the Linux kernel.")
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;; Note that util-linux doesn't use the same license for all the
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;; code. GPLv2+ is the default license for a code without an
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;; explicitly defined license.
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(license (list gpl3+ gpl2+ gpl2 lgpl2.0+
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bsd-4 public-domain))))
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(define-public procps
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(package
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(name "procps")
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(version "3.2.8")
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(source (origin
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(method url-fetch)
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(uri (string-append "http://procps.sourceforge.net/procps-"
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version ".tar.gz"))
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(sha256
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(base32
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"0d8mki0q4yamnkk4533kx8mc0jd879573srxhg6r2fs3lkc6iv8i"))))
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(build-system gnu-build-system)
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(inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)
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("patch/make-3.82" ,(search-patch "procps-make-3.82.patch"))))
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(arguments
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'(#:patches (list (assoc-ref %build-inputs "patch/make-3.82"))
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#:phases (alist-replace
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'configure
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(lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
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;; No `configure', just a single Makefile.
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(let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
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(substitute* "Makefile"
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(("/usr/") "/")
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(("--(owner|group) 0") "")
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(("ldconfig") "true")
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(("^LDFLAGS[[:blank:]]*:=(.*)$" _ value)
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;; Add libproc to the RPATH.
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(string-append "LDFLAGS := -Wl,-rpath="
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out "/lib" value))))
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(setenv "CC" "gcc"))
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(alist-replace
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'install
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(lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
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(let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
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(and (zero?
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(system* "make" "install"
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(string-append "DESTDIR=" out)))
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;; Sanity check.
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(zero?
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(system* (string-append out "/bin/ps")
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"--version")))))
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%standard-phases))
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;; What did you expect? Tests?
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#:tests? #f))
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(home-page "http://procps.sourceforge.net/")
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(synopsis "Utilities that give information about processes")
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(description
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"procps is the package that has a bunch of small useful utilities
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that give information about processes using the Linux /proc file system.
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The package includes the programs ps, top, vmstat, w, kill, free,
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slabtop, and skill.")
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(license gpl2)))
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(define-public usbutils
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(package
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(name "usbutils")
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(version "006")
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(source
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(origin
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(method url-fetch)
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(uri (string-append "mirror://kernel.org/linux/utils/usb/usbutils/"
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"usbutils-" version ".tar.xz"))
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(sha256
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(base32
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"03pd57vv8c6x0hgjqcbrxnzi14h8hcghmapg89p8k5zpwpkvbdfr"))))
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(build-system gnu-build-system)
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(inputs
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`(("libusb" ,libusb) ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
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(home-page "http://www.linux-usb.org/")
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(synopsis
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"Tools for working with USB devices, such as lsusb")
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(description
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"Tools for working with USB devices, such as lsusb.")
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(license gpl2+)))
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(define-public e2fsprogs
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(package
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(name "e2fsprogs")
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(version "1.42.7")
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(source (origin
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(method url-fetch)
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(uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-"
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version ".tar.gz"))
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(sha256
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(base32
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"0ibkkvp6kan0hn0d1anq4n2md70j5gcm7mwna515w82xwyr02rfw"))))
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(build-system gnu-build-system)
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(inputs `(("util-linux" ,util-linux)
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("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
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(arguments
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'(#:phases (alist-cons-before
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'configure 'patch-shells
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(lambda _
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(substitute* "configure"
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(("/bin/sh (.*)parse-types.sh" _ dir)
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(string-append (which "sh") " " dir
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"parse-types.sh")))
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(substitute* (find-files "." "^Makefile.in$")
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(("#!/bin/sh")
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(string-append "#!" (which "sh")))))
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%standard-phases)
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;; FIXME: Tests work by comparing the stdout/stderr of programs, that
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;; they fail because we get an extra line that says "Can't check if
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;; filesystem is mounted due to missing mtab file".
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#:tests? #f))
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(home-page "http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/")
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(synopsis "Creating and checking ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems")
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(description
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"This package provides tools for manipulating ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems.")
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(license (list gpl2 ; programs
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lgpl2.0 ; libext2fs
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x11)))) ; libuuid
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(define-public strace
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(package
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(name "strace")
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(version "4.7")
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(source (origin
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(method url-fetch)
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(uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/strace/strace-"
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version ".tar.xz"))
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(sha256
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(base32
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"158iwk0pl2mfw93m1843xb7a2zb8p6lh0qim07rca6f1ff4dk764"))))
|
||
(build-system gnu-build-system)
|
||
(inputs `(("perl" ,perl)))
|
||
(home-page "http://strace.sourceforge.net/")
|
||
(synopsis "System call tracer for Linux")
|
||
(description
|
||
"strace is a system call tracer, i.e. a debugging tool which prints out a
|
||
trace of all the system calls made by a another process/program.")
|
||
(license bsd-3)))
|
||
|
||
(define-public alsa-lib
|
||
(package
|
||
(name "alsa-lib")
|
||
(version "1.0.27.1")
|
||
(source (origin
|
||
(method url-fetch)
|
||
(uri (string-append
|
||
"ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-"
|
||
version ".tar.bz2"))
|
||
(sha256
|
||
(base32
|
||
"0fx057746dj7rjdi0jnvx2m9b0y1lgdkh1hks87d8w32xyihf3k9"))))
|
||
(build-system gnu-build-system)
|
||
(home-page "http://www.alsa-project.org/")
|
||
(synopsis "The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture libraries")
|
||
(description
|
||
"The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and
|
||
MIDI functionality to the Linux-based operating system.")
|
||
(license lgpl2.1+)))
|
||
|
||
(define-public iptables
|
||
(package
|
||
(name "iptables")
|
||
(version "1.4.16.2")
|
||
(source (origin
|
||
(method url-fetch)
|
||
(uri (string-append
|
||
"http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/iptables-"
|
||
version ".tar.bz2"))
|
||
(sha256
|
||
(base32
|
||
"0vkg5lzkn4l3i1sm6v3x96zzvnv9g7mi0qgj6279ld383mzcws24"))))
|
||
(build-system gnu-build-system)
|
||
(arguments '(#:tests? #f)) ; no test suite
|
||
(home-page "http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html")
|
||
(synopsis "Program to configure the Linux IP packet filtering rules")
|
||
(description
|
||
"iptables is the userspace command line program used to configure the
|
||
Linux 2.4.x and later IPv4 packet filtering ruleset. It is targeted towards
|
||
system administrators. Since Network Address Translation is also configured
|
||
from the packet filter ruleset, iptables is used for this, too. The iptables
|
||
package also includes ip6tables. ip6tables is used for configuring the IPv6
|
||
packet filter.")
|
||
(license gpl2+)))
|
||
|
||
(define-public iproute
|
||
(package
|
||
(name "iproute2")
|
||
(version "3.8.0")
|
||
(source (origin
|
||
(method url-fetch)
|
||
(uri (string-append
|
||
"mirror://kernel.org/linux/utils/net/iproute2/iproute2-"
|
||
version ".tar.xz"))
|
||
(sha256
|
||
(base32
|
||
"0kqy30wz2krbg4y7750hjq5218hgy2vj9pm5qzkn1bqskxs4b4ap"))))
|
||
(build-system gnu-build-system)
|
||
(arguments
|
||
`(#:tests? #f ; no test suite
|
||
#:make-flags (let ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
|
||
(list "DESTDIR="
|
||
(string-append "LIBDIR=" out "/lib")
|
||
(string-append "SBINDIR=" out "/sbin")
|
||
(string-append "CONFDIR=" out "/etc")
|
||
(string-append "DOCDIR=" out "/share/doc/"
|
||
,name "-" ,version)
|
||
(string-append "MANDIR=" out "/share/man")))
|
||
#:phases (alist-cons-before
|
||
'install 'pre-install
|
||
(lambda _
|
||
;; Don't attempt to create /var/lib/arpd.
|
||
(substitute* "Makefile"
|
||
(("^.*ARPDDIR.*$") "")))
|
||
%standard-phases)))
|
||
(inputs
|
||
`(("iptables" ,iptables)
|
||
("db4" ,bdb)
|
||
("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
|
||
("flex" ,flex)
|
||
("bison" ,bison)))
|
||
(home-page
|
||
"http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2")
|
||
(synopsis
|
||
"A collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking and traffic control in Linux")
|
||
(description
|
||
"Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP
|
||
networking and traffic with the Linux kernel.
|
||
|
||
Most network configuration manuals still refer to ifconfig and route as the
|
||
primary network configuration tools, but ifconfig is known to behave
|
||
inadequately in modern network environments. They should be deprecated, but
|
||
most distros still include them. Most network configuration systems make use
|
||
of ifconfig and thus provide a limited feature set. The /etc/net project aims
|
||
to support most modern network technologies, as it doesn't use ifconfig and
|
||
allows a system administrator to make use of all iproute2 features, including
|
||
traffic control.
|
||
|
||
iproute2 is usually shipped in a package called iproute or iproute2 and
|
||
consists of several tools, of which the most important are ip and tc. ip
|
||
controls IPv4 and IPv6 configuration and tc stands for traffic control. Both
|
||
tools print detailed usage messages and are accompanied by a set of
|
||
manpages.")
|
||
(license gpl2+)))
|