From 06e3a5181efa0ea83bb6608d3cbfba5caa56d7e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 17:56:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Mark zlib as mandatory, libbz2 as optional. * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Move zlib to mandatory and libbz2 to optional. * README: Ditto. --- README | 3 ++- doc/guix.texi | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 4192eb4129..d96a43bbef 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ GNU Guix currently depends on the following packages: - [[https://www.gnu.org/software/make/][GNU Make]] - [[https://www.gnutls.org][GnuTLS]] compiled with guile support enabled. - [[https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git][Guile-Git]] + - [[http://www.zlib.net/][zlib]] - optionally [[https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/guile-json/][Guile-JSON]], for the 'guix import pypi' command Unless `--disable-daemon' was passed, the following packages are needed: - [[https://sqlite.org/][SQLite 3]] - - [[http://www.bzip.org][libbz2]] - [[https://gcc.gnu.org][GCC's g++]] + - optionally [[http://www.bzip.org][libbz2]] When `--disable-daemon' was passed, you instead need the following: diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index ca3f614042..90d6f7665c 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile}); @c FIXME: Specify a version number once a release has been made. @uref{https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git, Guile-Git}, from August 2017 or later; +@item @url{http://zlib.net, zlib}; @item @url{http://www.gnu.org/software/make/, GNU Make}. @end itemize @@ -626,8 +627,8 @@ Support for build offloading (@pxref{Daemon Offload Setup}) and version 0.10.2 or later. @item -When @url{http://zlib.net, zlib} is available, @command{guix publish} -can compress build byproducts (@pxref{Invoking guix publish}). +When @url{http://www.bzip.org, libbz2} is available, +@command{guix-daemon} can use it to compress build logs. @end itemize Unless @code{--disable-daemon} was passed to @command{configure}, the @@ -635,7 +636,6 @@ following packages are also needed: @itemize @item @url{http://sqlite.org, SQLite 3}; -@item @url{http://www.bzip.org, libbz2}; @item @url{http://gcc.gnu.org, GCC's g++}, with support for the C++11 standard. @end itemize