Suggested by Mark H. Weaver.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (<user-group>)[system?]: New field.
(%base-groups): Introduce 'system-group' macro, and use it.
* gnu/system.scm (user-group->gexp): Pass the 'system?' field.
* guix/build/activation.scm (add-group): Add #:system? and honor it.
(activate-users+groups): Handle the 'system?' field.
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%tty-gid): Choose an ID below 1000.
* doc/guix.texi (User Accounts): Document the 'system?' field.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (MS_NOSUID, MS_NODEV, MS_NOEXEC): New
variables.
(mount-flags->bit-mask): New procedure.
(mount-file-system)[flags->bit-mask]: Remove.
Use 'mount-flags->bit-mask' instead.
In /etc/mtab, use the empty string when OPTIONS is false.
* gnu/services/base.scm (file-system-service): Add #:flags parameter and
honor it.
* gnu/system.scm (other-file-system-services): Pass FLAGS to
'file-system-service'.
Partly fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18002>.
Reported by David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>.
* gnu/system.scm (union): Remove #:system parameter, which was unused.
* gnu/system.scm (etc-directory): Remove #:kernel parameter. Set
LINUX_MODULE_DIRECTORY as a function or /run/booted-system.
(operating-system-etc-directory): Update accordingly.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (<user-account>)[system?]: New field.
* gnu/system.scm (user-account->gexp): Add it.
* guix/build/activation.scm (add-user): Add #:system? parameter and
honor it.
(activate-users+groups): Handle the 'system?' part of user tuples.
Pass it to 'add-user'. Don't create PROFILE-DIR when SYSTEM? is
true.
* gnu/services/dbus.scm (dbus-service): Add 'system?' field for
"messagebus" account.
* gnu/services/base.scm (guix-build-accounts): Likewise.
* gnu/services/avahi.scm (avahi-service): Likewise.
* gnu/packages/base.scm (canonical-package): New procedure.
* gnu/system.scm (%base-packages): Pass BASH, COREUTILS, FINDUTILS,
GREP, and SED through 'canonical-package'.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (module-init-tools)[source](patches): New
field.
* gnu/packages/patches/module-init-tools-moduledir.patch: New file.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* gnu/system.scm (etc-directory): Add #:kernel parameter. Set
'LINUX_MODULE_DIRECTORY' in bashrc.
(operating-system-etc-directory): Pass #:kernel to 'etc-directory'.
* 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.
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (<file-system>)[title]: New field.
* gnu/services/base.scm (file-system-service): Add #:title parameter.
In 'start' gexp, use 'canonicalize-device-spec' and honor TITLE.
* gnu/system.scm (other-file-system-services,
operating-system-root-file-system, operating-system-initrd-file):
Adjust accordingly.
* gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (file-system->spec): Likewise.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-disk-image): Add 'title' field for the root
file system.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (mount-file-system): Expect the second
element of SPEC to be the title.
(boot-system)[root-mount-point?, root-fs-type]: Likewise.
* gnu/services/dmd.scm (dmd-configuration-file): Select
'canonicalize-device-spec'.
* gnu/services.scm (<service>)[activate]: New field.
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-activation-script)[service-activations]:
New procedure. Use it, and primitive-load each activation.
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-activation-script): New procedure,
containing most of the former 'operating-system-boot-script'.
(operating-system-boot-script): Call it, and 'primitive-load' its
result.
* guix/build/activation.scm (%booted-system): Remove.
(activate-current-system): Remove #:boot? parameter and related code.
This fixes a circular dependency between (gnu system) and (gnu system
linux-initrd), where the latter could end up being compiled before
'file-system-type' was defined as a macro.
* gnu/system.scm (<file-system>, %fuse-control-file-system,
%binary-format-file-system): Move to...
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm: ... here. New file.
* build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm, gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm,
gnu/system/vm.scm: Use it.
* gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
* gnu/system/grub.scm (<grub-configuration>): New record type.
(grub-configuration-file): Add 'config' parameter; remove
#:default-entry and #:timeout. Honor CONFIG.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>): Remove 'bootloader-entries'
field; remove default value for 'bootloader' field.
(operating-system-grub.cfg): Pass the 'bootloader' field to
'grub-configuration-file'.
* build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm (bootloader): New field.
* gnu/system.scm (etc-directory): Change default value of #:profile.
Change contents of SHELLS. Use /run/current-system/profile/{s,}bin in
BASHRC.
(operating-system-boot-script)[%modules]: Add (guix build
linux-initrd). Add call to 'activate-current-system' in gexp.
(operating-system-initrd-file, operating-system-grub.cfg): New
procedures.
(operating-system-derivation): Don't build grub.cfg here and remove it
from the file union.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (qemu-image): Remove #:populate.
(operating-system-build-gid, operating-system-default-contents):
Remove.
(system-qemu-image): Remove call to
'operating-system-default-contents'. Use 'operating-system-grub.cfg'
to get grub.cfg. Add GRUB.CFG to #:inputs.
(system-qemu-image/shared-store): Likewise, but don't add GRUB.CFG to
#:inputs.
(system-qemu-image/shared-store-script): Pass --system kernel option.
* guix/build/activation.scm (%booted-system, %current-system): New
variables.
(boot-time-system, activate-current-system): New procedures.
* guix/build/install.scm (evaluate-populate-directive): Add case
for ('directory name uid gid mode).
(directives, populate-root-file-system): New procedures.
* guix/build/vm.scm (initialize-hard-disk): Replace calls to
'evaluate-populate-directive' by a call to
'populate-root-file-system'.
* gnu/services/dmd.scm (dmd-configuration-file): Use
/run/current-system/profile/bin.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (slim-service): Likewise.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[skeletons]: New field.
(default-skeletons, skeleton-directory): New procedures.
(etc-directory): Add #:skeletons parameter. Call
'skeleton-directory', and produce the 'skel' sub-directory.
(operating-system-etc-directory): Pass #:skeletons to
'etc-directory'.
* gnu/services/base.scm (file-system-service): New procedure.
(user-processes-service): Add 'requirements' parameter.
* gnu/services/dmd.scm (dmd-configuration-file): Use (guix build
linux-initrd).
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (guix): Export 'check-file-system'.
* gnu/system.scm (file-union): New procedure.
(essential-services): Use it. Add that to the returned list.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (switch-root): Delete file from the old
root. Chdir to / after 'chroot' call. Re-open file descriptors 0, 1,
and 2.
(boot-system): Move 'loading' message after the 'switch-root' call.
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-boot-script): Add loop that closes
file descriptor before calling 'execl'.
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-derivation)[boot-file-systems]: Keep "/".
* gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (file-system->spec): Keep the 'check?'
flag.
(qemu-initrd)[helper-packages]: New variable. Pass it as #:to-copy.
<gexp>: Add 'set-path-environment-variable' call. Remove #:unionfs
argument for 'boot-system'.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (%linux-vm-file-systems): Add 'check?' field/
(virtualized-operating-system): Likewise for the "9p" file system.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (mount-root-file-system): Change #:unionfs
default. Call 'check-file-system' before mounting ROOT, when
VOLATILE-ROOT? is false.
(check-file-system): New procedure.
(mount-file-system): Honor 'check?' element in list; add
'check-file-system' call.
(boot-system): Remove #:root-fs-type and #:unionfs parameters.
[root-mount-point?, root-fs-type]: New variables.
Call 'mount-file-system' on all MOUNTS but "/".
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[initrd]: Default to
'qemu-initrd'.
(<file-system>): New record type.
(operating-system-root-file-system): New procedure.
(operating-system-derivation): Take the device name for GRUB from
'operating-system-root-file-system'. Pass the
'operating-system-initrd' procedure the list of boot file systems.
* gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (file-system->spec): New procedure.
(qemu-initrd): Add 'file-systems' parameter, and remove #:mounts
parameter.
[file-system-type-predicate]: New procedure.
[linux-modules]: Use it.
Adjust #:mounts argument in 'boot-system' call.
(gnu-system-initrd): Remove.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (%linux-vm-file-systems): New variable.
(expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Adjust call to 'qemu-initrd'.
(virtualized-operating-system): New procedure.
(system-qemu-image/shared-store-script)[initrd]: Remove. Use
'virtualized-operating-system'. Get the 'initrd' file from OS-DRV.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (mount-qemu-smb-share, mount-qemu-9p):
Remove.
(MS_RDONLY, MS_BIND): New global variables.
(bind-mount): Remove local 'MS_BIND' definition.
(mount-root-file-system): New procedure, with code formerly in
'boot-system'.
(mount-file-system): New procedure.
(boot-system): Add #:root-fs-type parameter. Remove 'MS_RDONLY' local
variable. Use 'mount-root-file-system' and 'mount-file-system'.
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Add 'file-system'
declaration.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[groups]: Change default to just
the 'root' group.
[sudoers]: New field.
(etc-directory): Add #:sudoers parameter. Add 'sudoers' to the
file union.
(operating-system-etc-directory): Pass #:sudoers to 'etc-directory'.
(%setuid-programs): Add 'sudo'.
(%sudoers-specification): New variable.
* gnu/system/linux.scm (base-pam-services): Add 'sudo'.
* build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm: Add 'groups' field; add 'guest' to the
'wheel' group.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[pam-services, setuid-programs]:
New fields.
(etc-directory)[bashrc]: Prepend /run/setuid-programs to $PATH.
(operating-system-etc-directory): Honor
'operating-system-pam-services'.
(%setuid-programs): New variable.
(operating-system-boot-script): Add (guix build utils) to the set of
imported modules. Call 'activate-setuid-programs' in boot script.
* gnu/system/linux.scm (base-pam-services): New procedure.
* guix/build/activation.scm (%setuid-directory): New variable.
(activate-setuid-programs): New procedure.
* build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm: Add 'pam-services' field.
