Merge branch 'version-1.1.0'

Makefile.am

@@ -662,11 +662,16 @@ AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS =			\
   --enable-daemon				\
   ac_cv_guix_test_root="$(GUIX_TEST_ROOT)"
 
+# Name of the 'guix' package shipped in the binary tarball.
+GUIX_FOR_BINARY_TARBALL = guile3.0-guix
+
 # The self-contained tarball.
 guix-binary.%.tar.xz:
 	$(AM_V_GEN)GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=					\
 	tarball=`$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env guix pack -K -C xz	\
-	  -s "$*" --localstatedir --profile-name=current-guix guix` ;	\
+	  --fallback							\
+	  -s "$*" --localstatedir --profile-name=current-guix		\
+	  $(GUIX_FOR_BINARY_TARBALL)` ;					\
 	cp "$$tarball" "$@.tmp" ; mv "$@.tmp" "$@"
 
 
@@ -700,6 +705,16 @@ gen-AUTHORS:
 	    "$(top_srcdir)" "$(distdir)/AUTHORS";		\
 	fi
 
+# Like 'dist', but regenerate 'configure' so we get an up-to-date
+# 'PACKAGE_VERSION' string.  (In Gnulib, 'GNUmakefile' has a special trick to
+# do that whenever a 'dist' target is used.)
+dist-with-updated-version:
+	@echo "Running './bootstrap' for new version string..."
+	$(top_srcdir)/bootstrap
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) $(top_srcdir)/.version dist
+
+.PHONY: dist-with-updated-version
+
 
 #
 # Release management.
@@ -755,7 +770,7 @@ system_flags = $(foreach system,$(1),-s $(system))
 #
 # XXX: Depend on 'dist' rather than 'distcheck' to work around the Gettext
 # issue described at <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?51027>.
-release: dist
+release: dist-with-updated-version
 	cd po; git checkout .
 	@if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD; then			\
 	  echo "There are uncommitted changes; stopping." >&2 ;	\
@@ -769,9 +784,9 @@ release: dist
 	   "`git rev-parse HEAD`" "$(PACKAGE_VERSION)"
 	git add $(top_srcdir)/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
 	git commit -m "gnu: guix: Update to $(PACKAGE_VERSION)."
-	$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env guix build guix	\
+	$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env guix build $(GUIX_FOR_BINARY_TARBALL)	\
 	      $(call system_flags,$(SUPPORTED_SYSTEMS))	\
-	      -v1 --no-grafts -K
+	      -v1 --no-grafts --fallback
 	rm -f $(BINARY_TARBALLS)
 	$(MAKE) $(BINARY_TARBALLS)
 	for system in $(SUPPORTED_SYSTEMS) ; do					\
@@ -785,12 +800,12 @@ release: dist
 	git commit -m "gnu: guix: Update to `git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-7`."
 	$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env guix build guix			\
 	      $(call system_flags,$(GUIX_SYSTEM_SUPPORTED_SYSTEMS))	\
-	      -v1 --no-grafts -K
+	      -v1 --no-grafts --fallback
 	for system in $(GUIX_SYSTEM_SUPPORTED_SYSTEMS) ; do				\
 	  image=`$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env						\
 	    guix system disk-image							\
 	    --file-system-type=iso9660							\
-            --system=$$system								\
+            --system=$$system --fallback						\
 	    gnu/system/install.scm` ;							\
 	  if [ ! -f "$$image" ] ; then							\
 	    echo "failed to produced Guix installation image for $$system" >&2 ;	\
@@ -803,7 +818,7 @@ release: dist
 	for system in $(GUIX_SYSTEM_VM_SYSTEMS) ; do					\
 	  image=`$(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env						\
 	    guix system vm-image $(GUIX_SYSTEM_VM_IMAGE_FLAGS)				\
-	    --system=$$system								\
+	    --system=$$system --fallback						\
 	    gnu/system/examples/vm-image.tmpl` ;					\
 	  if [ ! -f "$$image" ] ; then							\
 	    echo "failed to produced Guix VM image for $$system" >&2 ;			\

NEWS

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #+TITLE: Guix NEWS – history of user-visible changes
 #+STARTUP: content hidestars
 
-Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 
   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
@@ -11,6 +11,150 @@ Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 
 Please send Guix bug reports to bug-guix@gnu.org.
 
+* Changes in 1.1.0 (since 1.0.1)
+** Package management
+*** New ‘guix deploy’ command to deploy several machines at once
+*** Channels can now provide news, viewed with ‘guix pull --news’
+*** ‘guix system reconfigure’ saves provenance data
+*** New ‘guix system describe’ command to view system provenance info
+*** New /run/current-system/{channels,configuration}.scm files
+*** New ‘guix time-machine’ command
+*** ‘guix pack’ has a new ‘--entry-point’ option
+*** ‘guix pack’ saves environment variables for ‘docker’ and ‘singularity’
+*** ‘guix pack’ provides a meaningful repository name for ‘docker’
+*** New ‘--target’ option for ‘guix system’
+*** ‘--no-build-hook’ was renamed to ‘--no-offload’
+*** ‘--keep-failed’ now implies ‘--no-offload’
+*** ‘--dry-run’ no longer implies ‘--no-grafts’
+*** ‘guix import crate’ has a new ‘--recursive’ option
+*** ‘guix import crate’ can import a specific package version
+*** ‘guix pull’ returns Guix on Guile 3.0
+*** ‘guix pull’ and ‘--with-git-url’ can clone repositories over SSH
+*** ‘--with-commit’ now accepts tags
+*** ‘guix challenge’ has a new ‘--diff’ option to show differences
+*** ‘guix weather’ has a new ‘--display-missing’ option
+*** Guix can now fetch lzip-compressed substitutes in addition to gzip
+*** ‘guix publish’ supports lzip compression via ‘-C’
+*** ‘guix lint -c archival’ queries Software Heritage
+*** ‘guix archive’ has a new ‘-t’ option to list archive contents
+*** ‘guix describe’ and similar commands emit terminal hyperlinks
+*** ‘guix build’ now attempts to substitute missing .drv files
+*** ‘guix package’ etc. now lock the profile they operate on
+*** ‘guix pull’ honors /etc/guix/channels.scm when it exists
+*** New ‘guix show’ command, synonymous with ‘guix package --show’
+*** The ‘--manifest’ option can be repeated to combine manifests
+*** Some commands previously lacking ‘--load-path’ now support it
+** Distribution
+*** The set of pre-built bootstrap “binary seeds” has been halved
+*** Graphical installer has better support for non-Latin keyboard layouts
+*** Graphical installer allows users to choose an HTTP/HTTPS proxy
+*** Graphical installer allows users to edit the system configuration
+*** New ‘kernel-loadable-modules’ field in ‘operating-system’
+*** rottlog service is now part of ‘%base-services’
+*** ‘%base-services’ now includes /usr/bin/env as a “special file”
+*** ‘herd set-http-proxy guix-daemon URL’ can be used to set a proxy
+*** ‘qemu-binfmt’ service now supports riscv32 and riscv64
+*** File system UUIDs and labels are now supported for JFS
+*** New services
+
+auditd, fontconfig-file-system, getmail, gnome-keyring, kernel-module-loader,
+knot-resolver, mumi, nfs, nftables, nix, pagekite, pam-mount, patchwork,
+polkit-wheel, provenance, pulseaudio, sane, singularity, usb-modeswitch
+
+*** 3514 new packages
+
+*** 3368 package updates
+
+Noteworthy updates:
+bash 5.0.7, binutils 2.32, cups 2.3.1, emacs 26.3, enlightenment 0.23.1,
+gcc-toolchain 9.3.0, gdb 9.1, ghc 8.6.5, gimp 2.10.18, glibc 2.29,
+gnome 3.32.2, gnupg 2.2.20, go 1.13.9, guile 2.2.7,
+icecat 68.7.0-guix0-preview1, icedtea 3.7.0, julia 1.3.1,
+libreoffice 6.4.2.2, linux-libre 5.4.31, mate 1.24.0, ocaml 4.09.0,
+octave 5.2.0, openjdk 12.33, perl 5.30.0, python2 2.7.16, python 3.7.4,
+racket 7.6, rust 1.39.0, r 3.6.3, sbcl 2.0.3, shepherd 0.7.0, xfce 4.14.0,
+xorg-server 1.20.7
+
+** Programming interfaces
+*** New build systems
+
+copy-build-system, julia-build-system, node-build-system, qt-build-system
+
+*** New ‘with-build-handler’ and ‘map/accumulate-builds’ in (guix store)
+*** (guix gexp) has a new ‘with-parameters’ form
+*** New (guix remote) module for remote evaluation of gexps
+*** New ‘eval/container’ procedure in (gnu system linux-container)
+*** (guix inferior) now reifies exceptions as ‘&inferior-exception’
+*** (guix cve) uses the new NIST-provided JSON files instead of XML
+*** New (guix json) module to map JSON objects to Scheme records
+*** New (gnu installer tests) module to drive the graphical installer
+*** New (guix diagnostics) module for consistent diagnostic messages
+*** “Checkers” now live in (guix lint)
+** Notewothy bug fixes
+*** Grafts leads to inefficient substitute info retrieval
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/22990>)
+*** Grafting prevents build plan from being displayed upfront
+    (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/28310)
+*** Changing the HTTP/FTP proxy used by the daemon is inconvenient
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/25569>)
+*** ‘guix system disk-image’ successfully builds a bad image
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/34276>)
+*** Installer cannot be restarted after a failed install
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/35543>)
+*** Null pointer error when partitioning with the graphical installer
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/35858>)
+*** 'guix upgrade' misdiagnoses upgrades in the presence of propagated inputs
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/35872>)
+*** mcron randomly stops running jobs
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37237>)
+*** Mistaken warning "guix pull was never run"
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/38196>)
+*** `guix pack --format=squashfs` fails on CentOS7
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/40043>)
+*** installer: No way to input Latin characters with non-Latin keyboard layouts
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/40273>)
+*** installer: Always add '%base-initrd-modules' to 'initrd-modules'
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/36099>)
+*** [MATE] shutdown and reboot not possible from UI
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/40327>)
+*** 'guix-daemon' honors %localstatedir, %sysconfdir, and %storedir
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/35874>)
+*** Fix ‘GUIX_LOCPATH’ quoting in ‘guix-daemon.service’ (systemd)
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/36074>)
+*** Include USB_ModeSwitch in %desktop-services
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/35640>)
+*** linux-container: Mount a new /dev/pts instance in the container
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/36463>)
+*** system: Write the timezone to /etc/timezone
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/35746>)
+*** linux-modules: Define and use a module name database
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/34902>)
+*** pack: Create /tmp in Docker images
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37161>)
+*** guix system: Reinstalling the bootloader preserves extra menu entries
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/36876>)
+*** system: Add 'mount' and 'umount' to '%setuid-programs'
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37569>)
+*** linux-libre: Try to aggressively gather entropy during boot
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37501>)
+*** daemon: Make 'profiles/per-user' non-world-writable
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37744>)
+*** linux-boot: Don't ignore options when mounting root file system
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37977>)
+*** Files produced by syslogd are no longer world-readable
+    (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/40405>)
+
+** Native language support
+*** Updated translations of the manual
+
+The manual is fully translated into Spanish, more than 85% complete in French
+and German, and has preliminary translations into Russian and Chinese.
+
+*** Updated translations of messages
+
+This version of Guix is fully translated in Brazilian Portuguese, French,
+German, and Spanish, and partially translated in 10 other languages.
+
 * Changes in 1.0.1 (since 1.0.0)
 ** Package management
 *** The ‘https_proxy’ environment variable is now honored

build-aux/compile-all.scm

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer <taylanbayirli@gmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ (define* (parallel-job-count #:optional (flags (getenv "MAKEFLAGS")))
                        (current-processor-count))))
                 (loop tail)))))))))
 
+(define (parallel-job-count*)
+  ;; XXX: Work around memory requirements not sustainable on i686 above '-j4'
+  ;; or so: <https://bugs.gnu.org/40522>.
+  (let ((count (parallel-job-count)))
+    (if (string-prefix? "i686" %host-type)
+        (min count 4)
+        count)))
+
 (define (% completed total)
   "Return the completion percentage of COMPLETED over TOTAL as an integer."
   (inexact->exact (round (* 100. (/ completed total)))))
@@ -95,7 +103,7 @@ (define (% completed total)
      (lambda ()
        (compile-files srcdir (getcwd)
                       (filter file-needs-compilation? files)
-                      #:workers (parallel-job-count)
+                      #:workers (parallel-job-count*)
                       #:host host
                       #:report-load (lambda (file total completed)
                                       (when file

etc/release-manifest.scm

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
              (guix packages)
              (guix profiles)
              ((gnu ci) #:select (%cross-targets))
+             ((gnu services xorg) #:select (%default-xorg-modules))
              (guix utils)
              (srfi srfi-1)
              (srfi srfi-26))
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ (define %base-packages
 
 (define %system-packages
   ;; Key packages proposed by the Guix System installer.
-  (map specification->package
+  (append (map specification->package
                '("xorg-server" "xfce" "gnome" "mate" "enlightenment"
                  "openbox" "awesome" "i3-wm" "ratpoison"
                  "xlockmore" "slock" "libreoffice"
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ (define %system-packages
                  "linux-libre" "grub-hybrid"
                  ;; FIXME: Add IceCat when Rust is available on i686.
                  ;;"icecat"
-         )))
+                 ))
+          %default-xorg-modules))
 
 (define %packages-to-cross-build
   ;; Packages that must be cross-buildable from x86_64-linux.
@@ -93,6 +95,13 @@ (define %base-manifest
                       %base-packages))
                %hydra-supported-systems)))
 
+(define %system-manifest
+  (manifest
+   (append-map (lambda (system)
+                 (map (cut package->manifest-entry* <> system)
+                      %system-packages))
+               '("x86_64-linux" "i686-linux"))))  ;Guix System
+
 (define %cross-manifest
   (manifest
    (append-map (lambda (target)
@@ -115,5 +124,6 @@ (define %cross-bootstrap-manifest
 
 ;; Return the union of all three manifests.
 (concatenate-manifests (list %base-manifest
+                             %system-manifest
                              %cross-manifest
                              %cross-bootstrap-manifest))

gnu/installer.scm

@@ -118,9 +118,8 @@ (define apply-locale
         ;; printed on the console.
         (parameterize ((shepherd-message-port
                         (%make-void-port "w")))
-          (lambda ()
           (stop-service 'term-tty2)
-            (start-service 'term-tty2 (list locale)))))))
+          (start-service 'term-tty2 (list locale))))))
 
 (define* (compute-locale-step #:key
                               locales-name

gnu/local.mk

@@ -932,6 +932,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/gd-CVE-2019-6978.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/gd-fix-tests-on-i686.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/gd-freetype-test-failure.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/gdm-default-session.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/geoclue-config.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/ghc-8.0-fall-back-to-madv_dontneed.patch \
   %D%/packages/patches/ghc-diff-swap-cover-args.patch           \

gnu/packages/gnome.scm

@@ -6776,7 +6776,8 @@ (define-public gdm
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "12ypdz9i24hwbl1d1wnnxb8zlvfa4f49n9ac5cl9d6h8qp4b0gb4"))))
+                "12ypdz9i24hwbl1d1wnnxb8zlvfa4f49n9ac5cl9d6h8qp4b0gb4"))
+              (patches (search-patches "gdm-default-session.patch"))))
     (build-system glib-or-gtk-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:configure-flags

gnu/packages/package-management.scm

@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ (define-public guix
   ;; Latest version of Guix, which may or may not correspond to a release.
   ;; Note: the 'update-guix-package.scm' script expects this definition to
   ;; start precisely like this.
-  (let ((version "1.0.1")
-        (commit "09844816c77caaa60f4149f99a34733966724627")
-        (revision 15))
+  (let ((version "1.1.0")
+        (commit "d62c9b2671be55ae0305bebfda17b595f33797f2")
+        (revision 0))
     (package
       (name "guix")
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ (define-public guix
                       (commit commit)))
                 (sha256
                  (base32
-                  "1fciffls6cw9zz13vig5x37r73qxc0irzyh0caimciddlksvabf7"))
+                  "0v76hb0pidfgvxa22gq6hqf5yc3m527gl7hpzykazgjh881g2vmy"))
                 (file-name (string-append "guix-" version "-checkout"))))
       (build-system gnu-build-system)
       (arguments

gnu/packages/patches/gdm-default-session.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+This patch ensures '.desktop' files are picked up in the system profile
+and not in the directories listed in $XDG_DATA_DIRS.  The latter includes
+'gnome-session.desktop', which should be used if it's in
+/run/current-system/profile, and only then.
+
+Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/37831>.
+
+diff --git a/daemon/gdm-session.c b/daemon/gdm-session.c
+index 6a116a8..02c1458 100644
+--- a/daemon/gdm-session.c
++++ b/daemon/gdm-session.c
+@@ -348,24 +348,18 @@ get_system_session_dirs (GdmSession *self)
+         GArray *search_array = NULL;
+         char **search_dirs;
+         int i;
+-        const gchar * const *system_data_dirs = g_get_system_data_dirs ();
+ 
+         static const char *x_search_dirs[] = {
+                 "/etc/X11/sessions/",
+                 DMCONFDIR "/Sessions/",
+                 DATADIR "/gdm/BuiltInSessions/",
+-                DATADIR "/xsessions/",
++                "/run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions/"
+         };
+ 
+         static const char *wayland_search_dir = DATADIR "/wayland-sessions/";
+ 
+         search_array = g_array_new (TRUE, TRUE, sizeof (char *));
+ 
+-        for (i = 0; system_data_dirs[i]; i++) {
+-                gchar *dir = g_build_filename (system_data_dirs[i], "xsessions", NULL);
+-                g_array_append_val (search_array, dir);
+-        }
+-
+         g_array_append_vals (search_array, x_search_dirs, G_N_ELEMENTS (x_search_dirs));
+ 
+ #ifdef ENABLE_WAYLAND_SUPPORT
+@@ -373,16 +367,7 @@ get_system_session_dirs (GdmSession *self)
+ #ifdef ENABLE_USER_DISPLAY_SERVER
+                 g_array_prepend_val (search_array, wayland_search_dir);
+ 
+-                for (i = 0; system_data_dirs[i]; i++) {
+-                        gchar *dir = g_build_filename (system_data_dirs[i], "wayland-sessions", NULL);
+-                        g_array_insert_val (search_array, i, dir);
+-                }
+ #else
+-                for (i = 0; system_data_dirs[i]; i++) {
+-                        gchar *dir = g_build_filename (system_data_dirs[i], "wayland-sessions", NULL);
+-                        g_array_append_val (search_array, dir);
+-                }
+-
+                 g_array_append_val (search_array, wayland_search_dir);
+ #endif
+         }
+diff --git a/libgdm/gdm-sessions.c b/libgdm/gdm-sessions.c
+index afbc5c0..bb5e3e6 100644
+--- a/libgdm/gdm-sessions.c
++++ b/libgdm/gdm-sessions.c
+@@ -238,19 +238,11 @@ collect_sessions (void)
+                 "/etc/X11/sessions/",
+                 DMCONFDIR "/Sessions/",
+                 DATADIR "/gdm/BuiltInSessions/",
+-                DATADIR "/xsessions/",
+-                NULL
++                "/run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions/"
+         };
+ 
+         xorg_search_array = g_array_new (TRUE, TRUE, sizeof (char *));
+ 
+-        const gchar * const *system_data_dirs = g_get_system_data_dirs ();
+-
+-        for (i = 0; system_data_dirs[i]; i++) {
+-                session_dir = g_build_filename (system_data_dirs[i], "xsessions", NULL);
+-                g_array_append_val (xorg_search_array, session_dir);
+-        }
+-
+         g_array_append_vals (xorg_search_array, xorg_search_dirs, G_N_ELEMENTS (xorg_search_dirs));
+ 
+ #ifdef ENABLE_WAYLAND_SUPPORT
+@@ -261,11 +253,6 @@ collect_sessions (void)
+ 
+         wayland_search_array = g_array_new (TRUE, TRUE, sizeof (char *));
+ 
+-        for (i = 0; system_data_dirs[i]; i++) {
+-                session_dir = g_build_filename (system_data_dirs[i], "wayland-sessions", NULL);
+-                g_array_append_val (wayland_search_array, session_dir);
+-        }
+-
+         g_array_append_vals (wayland_search_array, wayland_search_dirs, G_N_ELEMENTS (wayland_search_dirs));
+ #endif
+ 

gnu/packages/virtualization.scm

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018. 2019 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
@@ -129,9 +129,15 @@ (define-public qemu
                "1w38hzlw7xp05gcq1nhga7hxvndxy6dfcnzi7q2il8ff110isj6k"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
-     '(;; Running tests in parallel can occasionally lead to failures, like:
+     `(;; Running tests in parallel can occasionally lead to failures, like:
        ;; boot_sector_test: assertion failed (signature == SIGNATURE): (0x00000000 == 0x0000dead)
        #:parallel-tests? #f
+
+       ;; FIXME: Disable tests on i686 to work around
+       ;; <https://bugs.gnu.org/40527>.
+       #:tests? ,(or (%current-target-system)
+                     (not (string=? "i686-linux" (%current-system))))
+
        #:configure-flags (list "--enable-usb-redir" "--enable-opengl"
                                "--enable-docs"
                                (string-append "--smbd="

gnu/services/linux.scm

@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ (define kernel-module-loader-shepherd-service
        (documentation "Load kernel modules.")
        (provision '(kernel-module-loader))
        (requirement '(file-systems))
-       (respawn? #f)
        (one-shot? #t)
        (modules `((srfi srfi-1)
                   (srfi srfi-34)

gnu/services/shepherd.scm

@@ -291,6 +291,13 @@ (define config
           (default-environment-variables
             '("PATH=/run/current-system/profile/bin"))
 
+          ;; Booting off a DVD, especially on a slow machine, can make
+          ;; everything slow.  Thus, increase the timeout compared to the
+          ;; default 5s in the Shepherd 0.7.0.  See
+          ;; <https://bugs.gnu.org/40572>.
+          ;; XXX: Use something better when the next Shepherd is out.
+          (set! (@@ (shepherd service) %pid-file-timeout) 30)
+
           ;; Arrange to spawn a REPL if something goes wrong.  This is better
           ;; than a kernel panic.
           (call-with-error-handling

gnu/system/install.scm

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ (define-module (gnu system install)
   #:use-module (guix gexp)
   #:use-module (guix store)
   #:use-module (guix monads)
+  #:use-module (guix modules)
   #:use-module ((guix packages) #:select (package-version))
   #:use-module ((guix store) #:select (%store-prefix))
   #:use-module (gnu installer)
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ (define-module (gnu system install)
   #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages nvi)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
   #:export (installation-os
@@ -287,6 +290,38 @@ (define %nscd-minimal-caches
                     (persistent? #f)
                     (max-database-size (* 5 (expt 2 20)))))) ;5 MiB
 
+
+;; These define a service to load the uvesafb kernel module with the
+;; appropriate options.  The GUI installer needs it when the machine does not
+;; support Kernel Mode Setting.  Otherwise kmscon is missing /dev/fb0.
+(define (uvesafb-shepherd-service _)
+  (list (shepherd-service
+         (documentation "Load the uvesafb kernel module.")
+         (provision '(uvesafb))
+         (requirement '(file-systems))
+         (start #~(lambda ()
+                    ;; uvesafb is only supported on x86 and x86_64.
+                    (or (not (and (string-suffix? "linux-gnu" %host-type)
+                                  (or (string-prefix? "x86_64" %host-type)
+                                      (string-prefix? "i686" %host-type))))
+                        (file-exists? "/dev/fb0")
+                        (invoke #+(file-append kmod "/bin/modprobe")
+                                "uvesafb"
+                                (string-append "v86d=" #$v86d "/sbin/v86d")
+                                "mode_option=1024x768"))))
+         (respawn? #f)
+         (one-shot? #t))))
+
+(define uvesafb-service-type
+  (service-type
+   (name 'uvesafb)
+   (extensions
+    (list (service-extension shepherd-root-service-type
+                             uvesafb-shepherd-service)))
+   (description
+    "Load the @code{uvesafb} kernel module with the right options.")
+   (default-value #t)))
+
 (define %installation-services
   ;; List of services of the installation system.
   (let ((motd (plain-file "motd" "
@@ -408,7 +443,13 @@ (define bare-bones-os
                    (list bare-bones-os
                          glibc-utf8-locales
                          texinfo
-                         (canonical-package guile-2.2))))))
+                         (canonical-package guile-2.2)))
+
+          ;; Machines without Kernel Mode Setting (those with many old and
+          ;; current AMD GPUs, SiS GPUs, ...) need uvesafb to show the GUI
+          ;; installer.  Some may also need a kernel parameter like nomodeset
+          ;; or vga=793, but we leave that for the user to specify in GRUB.
+          (service uvesafb-service-type))))
 
 (define %issue
   ;; Greeting.

guix/scripts/weather.scm

@@ -339,8 +339,9 @@ (define (load-manifest file)
   "Load the manifest from FILE and return the list of packages it refers to."
   (let* ((user-module (make-user-module '((guix profiles) (gnu))))
          (manifest    (load* file user-module)))
-    (map manifest-entry-item
-         (manifest-transitive-entries manifest))))
+    (delete-duplicates (map manifest-entry-item
+                            (manifest-transitive-entries manifest))
+                       eq?)))
 
 
 ;;;