* guix/scripts/offload.scm (<build-machine>)[systems]: New field.
[system]: Accessor changed to %build-machine-system. Default to #f.
* guix/scripts/offload.scm (build-machine-system): Wrap %build-machine-system
with a deprecation warning.
(build-machine-systems): Access the new systems field or fallback to use
build-machine-system, for backward compatibility.
(machine-matches?): Adjust.
* tests/offload.scm: Add tests...
* Makefile.am (SCM_TESTS): ...and register them.
* doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Update doc.
* gnu/services/admin.scm (<unattended-upgrade-configuration>)[operating-system-file]:
New field.
(unattended-upgrade-mcron-jobs): Honor it.
* doc/guix.texi (Unattended Upgrades): Document it.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Remove guix/zlib.scm and guix/lzlib.scm,
(SCM_TESTS): remove tests/zlib.scm, tests/lzlib.scm.
* build-aux/build-self.scm (make-config.scm): Remove unused %libz variable.
* configure.ac: Remove LIBZ and LIBLZ variables and check instead for
Guile-zlib and Guile-lzlib.
* doc/guix.texi ("Requirements"): Remove zlib requirement and add Guile-zlib
and Guile-lzlib instead.
* gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix)[native-inputs]: Add "guile-zlib"
and "guile-lzlib",
[inputs]: remove "zlib" and "lzlib",
[propagated-inputs]: ditto,
[arguments]: add "guile-zlib" and "guile-lzlib" to Guile load path.
* guix/config.scm.in (%libz, %liblz): Remove them.
* guix/lzlib.scm: Remove it.
* guix/man-db.scm: Use (zlib) instead of (guix zlib).
* guix/profiles.scm (manual-database): Do not stub (guix config) in imported
modules list, instead add "guile-zlib" to the extension list.
* guix/scripts/publish.scm: Use (zlib) instead of (guix zlib) and (lzlib)
instead of (guix lzlib),
(string->compression-type, effective-compression): do not check for zlib and
lzlib availability.
* guix/scripts/substitute.scm (%compression-methods): Do not check for lzlib
availability.
* guix/self.scm (specification->package): Add "guile-zlib" and "guile-lzlib"
and remove "zlib" and "lzlib",
(compiled-guix): remove "zlib" and "lzlib" arguments and add guile-zlib and
guile-lzlib to the dependencies, also do not pass "zlib" and "lzlib" to
"make-config.scm" procedure,
(make-config.scm): remove "zlib" and "lzlib" arguments as well as %libz and
%liblz variables.
* guix/utils.scm (lzip-port): Use (lzlib) instead of (guix lzlib) and do not
check for lzlib availability.
* guix/zlib.scm: Remove it.
* m4/guix.m4 (GUIX_LIBZ_LIBDIR, GUIX_LIBLZ_FILE_NAME): Remove them.
* tests/lzlib.scm: Use (zlib) instead of (guix zlib) and (lzlib)
instead of (guix lzlib), and do not check for zlib and lzlib availability.
* tests/publish.scm: Ditto.
* tests/substitute.scm: Do not check for lzlib availability.
* tests/utils.scm: Ditto.
* tests/zlib.scm: Remove it.
Instead of hard coding the debug directory to that of the user profile, use
Guile scripting in combination with a new search path specification on GDB to
specify the debug file directories.
* gnu/packages/gdb.scm (gdb-9.1): Add a search path specification for the
GDB_DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY environment variable.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (default-skeletons)[gdbinit]: Derive the value of
DEBUG-FILE-DIRECTORY via the GDB_DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY environment variable.
* doc/guix.texi (Installing Debugging Files): Document it.
* gnu/services/linux.scm (<zram-device-configuration>): New record.
(zram-device-service-type): New variable.
* doc/guix.texi (Linux Services): Document it.
* tests/services/linux.scm (zram-swap-device-test): New tests.
* doc/guix.texi (Database Services): Add example of shell commands to use psql
as system user. Also add troubleshooting tip when service fails to start
because of incompatible cluster.
* doc/guix.texi (Writing Channel News): Explain the issue with using the .scm
extension and possible workarounds; fix the example to use the .txt extension instead.
* gnu/services/admin.scm (<unattended-upgrade-configuration>): New
record type.
(%unattended-upgrade-log-file): New variable.
(unattended-upgrade-mcron-jobs, unattended-upgrade-log-rotations): New
procedures.
(unattended-upgrade-service-type): New variable.
* doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): Add 'provenance-service-type' anchor.
(Unattended Upgrades): New section.
This is a followup to 8e31736b0a.
* guix/scripts/system/reconfigure.scm (check-forward-update): Add
#:current-channels. Use it instead of OLD.
* gnu/services.scm (sexp->system-provenance): New procedure.
(system-provenance): Use it.
* gnu/machine/ssh.scm (<machine-ssh-configuration>)[allow-downgrades?]:
New field.
(machine-check-forward-update): New procedure.
(check-deployment-sanity)[assertions]: Call it.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix deploy): Document 'allow-downgrades?'
field.
* gnu/services/nix.scm (<nix-configuration>)[extra-options]: New field.
(nix-shepherd-service): Add this.
(nix-activation): Add new line to the end of /etc/nix/nix.conf file.
* doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services)[Nix service]: Document this.
Reported by Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>.
* doc/guix.texi (Channels): Mention the keyring branch and the
'keyring-reference' bit in '.guix-channel'.
This is similar to what 9744cc7b46 did for
'guix pull'.
* guix/scripts/system/reconfigure.scm (ensure-forward-reconfigure)
(warn-about-backward-reconfigure, channel-relations)
(check-forward-update): New procedures.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (perform-action): Add #:validate-reconfigure.
Call 'check-forward-update' when ACTION is 'reconfigure.
(%options, show-help): Add "--allow-downgrades".
(%default-options): Add 'validate-reconfigure' key.
(process-action): Pass #:validate-reconfigure to 'perform-action'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document 'guix system describe'
more prominently, and document '--allow-downgrades'.
* gnu/services/ganeti.scm (<ganeti-rapi-configuration>): Set SSL? to #t.
* gnu/tests/ganeti.scm (%ganeti-os): Set SSL? to #f.
* doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Adjust accordingly.
* gnu/build/python-build-system.scm (python-output): New procedure.
(site-packages, install): Use python-output to find the output path.
(wrap, rename-pth-file): Use site-packages where appropriate.
* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Mention the new behavior.
This allows compiling the module without the (gnu packages maven) module being
available.
* guix/build-system/maven.scm (%default-maven-plugins): Rename to
default-maven-plugins, and convert to a procedure.
* doc/guix.texi (maven-build-system): Update.
* gnu/services/networking.scm (<wpa-supplicant-configuration>)[requirement]:
New parameter.
(wpa-supplicant-shepherd-service): Use it instead of hard-coded list.
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document accordingly.
Suggested by Ricardo Wurmus and Simon Tournier.
* guix/channels.scm (sexp->channel-introduction): New procedure.
(read-channel-metadata): Use it.
(profile-channels)[sexp->channel-introduction]: Remove.
* tests/channels.scm ("latest-channel-instances, authenticate dependency"):
New test.
* doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Declaring Channel Dependencies]: Augment example.
* guix/channels.scm (<channel-introduction>): Rename constructor to
'%make-channel-introduction'.
(make-channel-introduction): New procedure.
* tests/channels.scm ("authenticate-channel, wrong first commit signer")
("authenticate-channel, .guix-authorizations"): Use
'make-channel-introduction' without '@@' and without third argument.
* doc/guix.texi (Channels)[Channel Authentication, Specifying Channel
Authorizations]: New subsections.
