* gnu/services/avahi.scm (configuration-file): Use 'plain-file' instead
of 'text-file'.
(avahi-service): Turn into a regular procedure that returns a <service>.
* gnu/services/base.scm (root-file-system-service, file-system-service,
user-unmount-service, user-processes-service, host-name-service,
console-keymap-service, console-font-service, mingetty-service,
nscd.conf-file, nscd-service): Likewise.
(%default-syslog.conf): New variable.
(syslog-service): Use it. Turn into a regular procedure.
(guix-service, udev-rules-union, kvm-udev-rule, udev-service,
device-mapping-service, swap-service): Likewise.
* gnu/services/databases.scm (%default-postgres-hba,
%default-postgres-ident): Use 'plain-file' instead of 'text-file'.
(%default-postgres-config): Use 'mixed-text-file' instead of
'text-file*'.
(postgresql-service): Use 'program-file' instead of 'gexp->script'.
Turn into a regular procedure.
* gnu/services/desktop.scm (dbus-configuration-directory): Use
'computed-file' instead of 'gexp->derivation'.
(upower-configuration-file, geoclue-configuration-file,
elogind-configuration-file): Use 'plain-file' instead of 'text-file'.
(dbus-service, upower-service, colord-service, geoclue-service,
polkit-service, elogind-service): Turn into regular procedures.
(%desktop-services): Remove use of 'mlet' when iterating on
%BASE-SERVICES.
* gnu/services/lirc.scm (lirc-service): Turn into a regular procedure.
* gnu/services/networking.scm (static-networking-service,
dhcp-client-service, ntp-service, tor-service, bitlbee-service,
wicd-service): Likewise.
* gnu/services/ssh.scm (lsh-service): Likewise.
* gnu/services/web.scm (nginx-service): Likewise.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (xorg-configuration-file): Use 'mixed-text-file'
instead of 'text-file*'.
(xorg-start-command, slim-service): Turn into regular procedures.
(xinitrc): Use 'program-file' instead of 'gexp->script'.
* gnu/system/install.scm (cow-store-service,
configuration-template-service): Turn into regular procedures.
* gnu/system.scm (other-file-system-services, device-mapping-services,
swap-services, essential-services, operating-system-services,
user-shells, operating-system-accounts): Remove now unnecessary
'mlet' and turn into regular procedures.
(operating-system-etc-directory, operating-system-activation-script,
operating-system-boot-script): Adjust accordingly.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services, Networking Services, X Window, Desktop
Services, Database Services, Web Services, Various Services, Name
Service Switch): Adjust accordingly.
* 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/system/install.scm (installation-services): Adjust accordingly.
(log-to-info): Use 'program-file' instead of 'gexp->script'.
* 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.
* 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/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.
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.
* 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.
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.
* gnu/packages/admin.scm (wpa-supplicant-light): New variable containing the
previous dbus-free package, but renamed. Remove outdated TODO comments.
(wpa-supplicant): Now inherits from wpa-supplicant-light but adds dbus
support.
* gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os): Use wpa-supplicant-light.
* gnu/services/base.scm (user-unmount-service): New procedure.
* gnu/system.scm (essential-services): Use it.
* gnu/system/install.scm (cow-store-service): Mention it in comment.
* gnu/services/base.scm (unicode-start, console-font-service): New
procedures.
(%base-services): Call 'console-font-service' for TTY1 to TTY6.
* gnu/system/install.scm (installation-services): Add comment about the
console font. Call 'console-font-service' for TTY1 to TTY6.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[packages]: Change default value to
%BASE-PACKAGES.
(%base-packages): New variable.
* gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os): Use it when defining the
'packages' field.
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Use %BASE-PACKAGES in
example. Remove now unneeded module imports. Explain this.