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Julien Lepiller
f18d5d7597
doc: Use existing URLs and file names in installation instructions.
Some users are confused that these URLs and file names don't work, so
change them to the most popular architecture, while still mentioning
alternatives.

* doc/guix.texi (USB Stick and DVD Installation, Binary Installation): Use
x86_64-linux URLs by default.
2020-05-27 23:27:34 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
8c23d7a15e
doc: Remove one use of 'file-append*'.
* doc/build.scm (texinfo-manual-source)[build]: Use 'file-append', not
'file-append*', for 'htmlxref.cnf', to ensure it has the right basename.
2020-05-25 23:00:30 +02:00
zimoun
ba2104aaa3
doc: Fix typos.
* doc/guix.texi: Fix typos.
* doc/contributing.texi: Fix typos.

Signed-off-by: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
2020-05-25 14:46:03 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
9744cc7b46
pull: Protect against downgrade attacks.
* guix/scripts/pull.scm (%default-options): Add 'validate-pull'.
(%options, show-help): Add '--allow-downgrades'.
(warn-about-backward-updates): New procedure.
(guix-pull): Pass #:current-channels and #:validate-pull to
'latest-channel-instances'.
* guix/channels.scm (ensure-forward-channel-update): Add hint for
when (channel-commit channel) is true.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Document '--allow-downgrades'.
2020-05-25 00:00:28 +02:00
Chris Bøg
3142191da6
doc: cookbook: Add subsection about session locking with xss-lock.
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Session lock): New node.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-05-25 00:00:27 +02:00
Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen
0cbb5390e4
doc: Update to the new 'grub-theme' procedure.
This is a follow-up commit to 9cdb10d52e:
gnu: grub: Allow a PNG image and replace "aspect-ratio" with "resolution".

* doc/guix.texi (Bootloader Configuration): Describe and use the 'grub-theme'
procedure instead of the removed '%default-theme' variable.
2020-05-24 22:36:19 +02:00
Jan Nieuwenhuizen
cd5d5f5322
doc: Update 'Bootstrapping' for further binary seed reduction.
* doc/images/gcc-core-mesboot0-graph.dot: New image, replacing
* doc/images/gcc-mesboot0-bag-graph.dot: ... remove file.
* doc/local.mk (DOT_FILES): Update for new image file.
* doc/guix.texi (Reduced Binary Seed Bootstrap): Use it in updated description
of further reduction of the trusted computing base.
2020-05-22 16:11:52 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
ce0be5675b
packages: Introduce <content-hash> and use it in <origin>.
* guix/packages.scm (<content-hash>): New record type.
(define-content-hash-constructor, build-content-hash)
(content-hash): New macros.
(print-content-hash): New procedure.
(<origin>): Rename constructor to '%origin'.
[sha256]: Remove field.
[hash]: New field.  Adjust users.
(origin-compatibility-helper, origin): New macros.
(origin-sha256): New deprecated procedure.
(origin->derivation): Adjust accordingly.
* tests/packages.scm ("package-source-derivation, origin, sha512"): New
test.
* guix/tests.scm: Hide (gcrypt hash) 'sha256' for proper syntax
matching.
* tests/challenge.scm: Add #:prefix for (gcrypt hash) and adjust users.
* tests/derivations.scm: Likewise.
* tests/store.scm: Likewise.
* tests/graph.scm ("bag DAG, including origins"): Provide 'sha256' field
with the right length.
* gnu/packages/aspell.scm (aspell-dictionary)
(aspell-dict-ca, aspell-dict-it): Use 'hash' and 'content-hash' for
proper syntax matching.
* gnu/packages/bash.scm (bash-patch): Rename 'sha256' to 'sha256-bv'.
* gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm (bootstrap-executable): Rename 'sha256' to 'bv'.
* gnu/packages/readline.scm (readline-patch): Likewise.
* gnu/packages/virtualization.scm (qemu-patch): Rename 'sha256' to
'sha256-bv'.
* guix/import/utils.scm: Hide (gcrypt hash) 'sha256'.
2020-05-22 01:29:39 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
0e4e9c8e76
guix hash, guix download: Support base64 format.
* guix/scripts/download.scm (show-help, %options): Support "base64"
format.
* guix/scripts/hash.scm (show-help, %options): Likewise.
* tests/guix-hash.sh: Test it.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Document it.
2020-05-22 00:35:24 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
18ae1ec3ec
guix hash, guix download: Add '--hash'.
* guix/scripts/download.scm (%default-options): Add 'hash-algorithm'.
(show-help, %options): Add "--hash".
(guix-download): Honor it.
* guix/scripts/hash.scm (%default-options): Add 'hash-algorithm'.
(show-help, %options): Add "--hash".
(guix-hash): Honor it.
* tests/guix-hash.sh: Test '-H sha512'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix download): Document it.
(Invoking guix hash): Document it.
2020-05-22 00:35:24 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
1ad5209d90
maint: Add "make check-channel-news".
* build-aux/check-channel-news.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it.
(check-channel-news): New phony rule.
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Mention "make check-channel-news".
2020-05-22 00:35:23 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
5e46b827cf
doc: Use "Alternatively" instead of "Alternately".
These two words have different meanings and we really meant
"alternatively" here.

* doc/guix.texi (System Installation):
(Preparing for Installation):
(Invoking guix refresh):
(Invoking guix challenge):
(Networking Services): "Alternatively", not "Alternately".
2020-05-22 00:35:23 +02:00
Maxim Cournoyer
b460ba7992
bootloader: grub: Allow booting from a Btrfs subvolume.
* gnu/bootloader/grub.scm (strip-mount-point): Remove procedure.
(normalize-file): Add procedure.
(grub-configuration-file): New BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME parameter.  When
defined, prepend its value to the kernel and initrd file names, using the
NORMALIZE-FILE procedure.  Adjust the call to EYE-CANDY to pass the
BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME argument.  Normalize the KEYMAP file as well.
(eye-candy): Add a BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME parameter, and use it, along with
the NORMALIZE-FILE procedure, to normalize the FONT-FILE and IMAGE nested
variables.  Adjust doc.
* gnu/bootloader/depthcharge.scm (depthcharge-configuration-file): Adapt.
* gnu/bootloader/extlinux.scm (extlinux-configuration-file): Likewise.
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (btrfs-subvolume?)
(btrfs-store-subvolume-file-name): New procedures.
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-bootcfg): Specify the Btrfs
subvolume file name the store resides on to the
`operating-system-bootcfg' procedure, using the new
BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME argument.
* doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add a Btrfs subsection to document the use of
subvolumes.
* gnu/tests/install.scm (%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os)
(%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os-source)
(%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-installation-script)
(%test-btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os): New variables.
2020-05-20 08:30:35 -04:00
Maxim Cournoyer
fa35fb58c8
file-systems: Add helpers for parsing the options string into an alist.
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (file-system-options->alist)
(alist->file-system-options): New procedures.
* tests/file-systems.scm: New tests.
* doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add note about the newly added procedures.
2020-05-20 08:30:34 -04:00
Maxim Cournoyer
281d80d8e5
linux-boot: Refactor boot-system.
The --root option can now be omitted, and inferred from the root file system
declaration instead.

* gnu/build/file-systems.scm (canonicalize-device-spec): Extend to support NFS
directly, and...
* gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (boot-system): ...remove NFS special casing from
here.  Remove nested definitions for root-fs-type, root-fs-flags and
root-fs-options, and bind those inside the let* instead.  Make "--root" take
precedence over the device field string representation of the root file
system.
* doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Document that "--root" can be left
unspecified.
2020-05-20 08:30:34 -04:00
Ekaitz Zarraga
9a27d84b7a
guix describe: Add '--list-formats'
* guix/scripts/describe.scm (%available-formats): New variable.
(list-formats): New procedure.
(%options, show-help): Add --list-formats
* doc/guix.texi: Add --list-formats

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-05-18 15:08:58 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
e5b495c18f
doc: Inherit md5.scm fix in custom 'guile-lib' variant.
* doc/build.scm (guile-lib/htmlprag-fixed)[source]: Remove.
[arguments]: Add 'fix-htmlprag' phase.
2020-05-18 15:08:58 +02:00
Julien Lepiller
e39b857d74
doc: meson-build-system: Fix build type documentation.
* doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Fix meson build system description.
2020-05-17 03:28:49 +02:00
zimoun
6d85945156
doc: Reword "The GCC toolchain".
Fix commit 1f14e25c19
as discussed in <https://bugs.gnu.org/41038>.

* doc/guix.texi (Packages for C Development): Rename to...
(The GCC toolchain): ...this. Add gfortran-toolchain.
(Invoking guix package): Add guix-search anchor.
(Application Setup)[The GCC toolchain]: Remove.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2020-05-16 19:54:52 +02:00
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
1a1faa78b0
etc: Add a systemd unit to bind-mount @storedir@ read-only.
* etc/gnu-store.mount.in: New file.
* nix/local.mk (nodist_systemdservice_DATA): Add it.
(etc/%.mount): New rule for it.
* etc/guix-install.sh (sys_enable_guix_daemon): Install it.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Document it.
* .gitignore: Ignore changes to it.
2020-05-16 15:37:41 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
644cb40cd8
gexp: Add 'let-system'.
* guix/gexp.scm (<system-binding>): New record type.
(let-system): New macro.
(system-binding-compiler): New procedure.
(default-expander): Add 'self-quoting?' case.
(self-quoting?): New procedure.
(lower-inputs): Add 'filterm'.  Pass the result of
'mapm/accumulate-builds' through FILTERM.
(gexp->sexp)[self-quoting?]: Remove.
* tests/gexp.scm ("let-system", "let-system, target")
("let-system, ungexp-native, target")
("let-system, nested"): New tests.
* doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Document it.
2020-05-16 00:34:41 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
6456232164
pack: Add relocation via ld.so and fakechroot.
* gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c (HAVE_EXEC_WITH_LOADER): New
macro.
(bind_mount): Rename to...
(mirror_directory): ... this.  Add 'firmlink' argument and use it
instead of calling mkdir/open/close/mount directly.
(bind_mount, make_symlink): New functions.
(exec_in_user_namespace): Adjust accordingly.
(exec_with_loader) [HAVE_EXEC_WITH_LOADER]: New function.
(exec_performance): New function.
(engines): Add them.
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (wrapped-package)[fakechroot-library]
[audit-module]: New procedures.
[audit-source]: New variable.
[build](elf-interpreter, elf-loader-compile-flags): New procedures.
(build-wrapper): Use them.
* tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh: Test with
'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE=fakechroot'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document the 'performance' and
'fakechroot' engines.
* gnu/packages/aux-files/pack-audit.c: New file.
* Makefile.am (AUX_FILES): Add it.
2020-05-14 17:21:27 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
fde2aec3f4
pack: Wrapper honors 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE' environment variable.
* gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c (struct engine): New type.
(exec_default): New function.
(engines): New variable.
(execution_engine): New function.
(main): Use it instead of calling 'exec_in_user_namespace' and
'exec_with_proot' directly.
* tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh: Add test with 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pack): Document 'GUIX_EXECUTION_ENGINE'.
2020-05-14 17:21:27 +02:00
Brice Waegeneire
15014dc618
doc: Mention guix-daemon's 'https_proxy' environment variable.
* doc/guix.texi (Proxy Settings, Derivations): Mention 'https_proxy'.
2020-05-13 10:53:11 +02:00
nikita
3c986a7dc2
mailmap: Update entries for Nikita.
* .mailmap: change email and name for Nikita.
* Makefile.am, doc/guix.texi, etc/completion/fish/guix.fish,
gnu/packages/accessibility.scm, gnu/packages/admin.scm,
gnu/packages/audio.scm, gnu/packages/autotools.scm, gnu/packages/cdrom.scm,
gnu/packages/check.scm, gnu/packages/cinnamon.scm,
gnu/packages/compression.scm, gnu/packages/crypto.scm,
gnu/packages/databases.scm, gnu/packages/django.scm, gnu/packages/dns.scm,
gnu/packages/elixir.scm, gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/emacs.scm,
gnu/packages/enlightenment.scm, gnu/packages/erlang.scm,
gnu/packages/fonts.scm, gnu/packages/fontutils.scm, gnu/packages/forth.scm,
gnu/packages/fvwm.scm, gnu/packages/games.scm, gnu/packages/gl.scm,
gnu/packages/gnome.scm, gnu/packages/gnunet.scm, gnu/packages/gnupg.scm,
gnu/packages/gtk.scm, gnu/packages/guile-wm.scm, gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm,
gnu/packages/haskell-apps.scm, gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm,
gnu/packages/haskell-crypto.scm, gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm,
gnu/packages/haskell.scm, gnu/packages/image-viewers.scm,
gnu/packages/image.scm, gnu/packages/irc.scm, gnu/packages/language.scm,
gnu/packages/libcanberra.scm, gnu/packages/linux.scm,
gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm, gnu/packages/lisp.scm, gnu/packages/lolcode.scm,
gnu/packages/lxde.scm, gnu/packages/lxqt.scm, gnu/packages/mail.scm,
gnu/packages/markup.scm, gnu/packages/mate.scm, gnu/packages/maths.scm,
gnu/packages/mc.scm, gnu/packages/messaging.scm, gnu/packages/music.scm,
gnu/packages/ncurses.scm, gnu/packages/networking.scm,
gnu/packages/nickle.scm, gnu/packages/openbox.scm, gnu/packages/pdf.scm,
gnu/packages/perl-check.scm, gnu/packages/perl.scm,
gnu/packages/python-compression.scm, gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm,
gnu/packages/python-web.scm, gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm,
gnu/packages/python.scm, gnu/packages/qt.scm, gnu/packages/ruby.scm,
gnu/packages/rust.scm, gnu/packages/scheme.scm,
gnu/packages/serialization.scm, gnu/packages/shells.scm,
gnu/packages/ssh.scm, gnu/packages/suckless.scm, gnu/packages/tbb.scm,
gnu/packages/telephony.scm, gnu/packages/text-editors.scm,
gnu/packages/textutils.scm, gnu/packages/time.scm, gnu/packages/tls.scm,
gnu/packages/tor.scm, gnu/packages/version-control.scm,
gnu/packages/video.scm, gnu/packages/vim.scm, gnu/packages/web.scm,
gnu/packages/wm.scm, gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm, gnu/packages/xfce.scm,
gnu/packages/xml.scm, gnu/packages/xorg.scm, gnu/services/certbot.scm,
gnu/services/desktop.scm, gnu/services/version-control.scm,
gnu/services/web.scm, guix/import/hackage.scm, guix/licenses.scm: Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
2020-05-13 09:30:26 +03:00
Brice Waegeneire
a1891cbffb
doc: Specify the branch name in the title of a patch.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add branch name in the
title of a patch if different than master.
2020-05-12 22:10:11 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
88a96c568c
guix graph: Add '--path'.
* guix/scripts/graph.scm (display-path): New procedure.
(%options, show-help): Add '--path'.
(guix-graph): Handle it.
* tests/guix-graph.sh: Add tests.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix graph): Document it.
(Invoking guix size): Mention it.
2020-05-11 23:30:55 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
c2b2c19a7b
doc: Mention xdot.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix graph): Mention xdot.  Remove a couple of
"| dot -Tpdf" in examples and add "| xdot".
(Invoking guix system): Likewise.
(Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries): Likewise.
2020-05-11 23:30:54 +02:00
Marius Bakke
4bdf4182fe
Merge branch 'core-updates' 2020-05-08 21:40:51 +02:00
Nicolas Goaziou
9ce89e597e
doc: Use @option for command-line options
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Use @option instead of @code.
2020-05-07 13:59:38 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
d6c43d7bc1
guix system: 'docker-image' honors '--network'.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-docker-image): Add #:shared-network? and
pass it to 'containerized-operating-system'.
(qemu-image):
* guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Pass
 #:shared-network? to 'system-docker-image'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
2020-05-07 12:55:14 +02:00
Nicolas Goaziou
f45baa4a0a
doc: Tiny markup fix.
* doc/guix.texi (Substitute Authentication): Use @samp instead of @code for
pseudo-code.
2020-05-07 11:55:02 +02:00
Nicolas Goaziou
82426f4d4a
doc: Remove markup for external package names.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Remove markup, which is not warranted
here.
2020-05-07 11:49:07 +02:00
Nicolas Goaziou
13b0777f25
doc: Use @file instead of @code also for file extensions.
* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages):
(Build Systems):
(Derivations):
(Invoking guix import):
(Printing Services):
(Installing Debugging Files):
(Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries): Use @file instead of @code.
2020-05-07 11:47:13 +02:00
Nicolas Goaziou
7ebe3163d6
doc: Use @env for environment variables.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation):
(Build Environment Setup):
(Invoking guix-daemon):
(Application Setup):
(After System Installation):
(Invoking guix package):
(Proxy Settings):
(Invoking guix environment):
(Packages for C Development):
(Package Modules):
(Build Systems):
(The Store):
(Common Build Options):
(Invoking guix download):
(Invoking guix refresh):
(Using the Configuration System):
(Locales):
(Base Services):
(Networking Services):
(Sound Services):
(Continuous Integration):
(PAM Mount Service):
(X.509 Certificates): Use @env instead of @code for environment variables.
2020-05-07 11:42:12 +02:00
Nicolas Goaziou
a87c90862c
doc: Use @option instead of @code.
* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation):
(Requirements):
(Build Environment Setup):
(Invoking guix-daemon):
(Application Setup):
(Invoking guix package):
(Substitute Server Authorization):
(Substitution Failure):
(Invoking guix gc):
(Invoking guix pull):
(Invoking guix archive):
(Invoking guix environment):
(Invoking guix pack):
(Defining Packages):
(Build Systems):
(The Store):
(Invoking guix build):
(Common Build Options):
(Package Transformation Options):
(Additional Build Options):
(Debugging Build Failures):
(Invoking guix edit):
(Invoking guix import):
(Invoking guix refresh):
(Invoking guix lint):
(Invoking guix publish):
(Invoking guix challenge):
(Base Services):
(Virtualization Services):
(Initial RAM Disk):
(Invoking guix system):
(Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries):
(Porting): Use @option instead of @code for command-line options.
2020-05-07 11:21:31 +02:00
Pierre Neidhardt
caf90167fb
doc: Fix typo in container example.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking `guix environment'): Fix sll -> ssl typo.
2020-05-07 10:37:11 +02:00
Pierre Neidhardt
60131df02b
doc: Add container example to run a web browser.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking `guix environment'): Add paragraph and example to
  run Eolie in a guix environment container.  Add `container' cindex for the
  first container example, and the `certificates' cindex for the web browser
  example.
2020-05-07 10:04:14 +02:00
Marius Bakke
c263cfdcde
Merge branch 'master' into core-updates 2020-05-06 23:37:40 +02:00
Brice Waegeneire
2f93615670
doc: Clarify 'git-http-configuration' description.
Fix <https://issues.guix.info/31780>.

* doc/guix.texi (Version Control Service): Extend
'git-http-configuration' description.
2020-05-06 11:03:43 +02:00
Marius Bakke
87a40d7203
Merge branch 'master' into core-updates 2020-05-05 20:43:21 +02:00
Jean-Baptiste Note
751d1f01e4
doc: cookbook: Fix sbcl-ttf-fonts package name.
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (StumpWM): Adjust sbcl-ttf-fonts package name.

Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
2020-05-05 20:09:39 +02:00
Nicolas Goaziou
826c2eecbe
doc: Typographic improvements.
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Use @var, @option, and @command when
appropriate.  Add two spaces after sentences.
2020-05-05 16:38:29 +02:00
pinoaffe
051f3254cd
gnu: Add AutoSSH service.
* gnu/services/ssh.scm (<autossh-configuration>): New record type.
(autossh-service-type): New variable.
(autossh-service-activation, autossh-file-name): New procedures.
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document this.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com>
2020-05-05 15:32:40 +03:00
Ludovic Courtès
9dbc7f50ab
doc: Remove prompt from X.509 examples.
* doc/guix.texi (X.509 Certificates): Remove leading "$".
2020-05-04 23:07:57 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
1f14e25c19
doc: Add "Packages for C Development" section.
Suggested by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
in <https://bugs.gnu.org/41038>.

* doc/guix.texi (Packages for C Development): New node.
(Application Setup)[The GCC toolchain]: Empty and refer to it.
2020-05-04 10:50:18 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
4a84deda74
doc: Recommend against SHA1 OpenPGP signatures.
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Recommend against SHA1
signatures.
2020-05-04 09:56:14 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
84133320b8
doc: Document committer authorization.
* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add instructions for
authorizing committers.
2020-05-04 09:56:13 +02:00
Marius Bakke
50e6c1bf2e
Merge branch 'master' into core-updates 2020-05-02 17:31:28 +02:00
Björn Höfling
7c65fc378c
doc: Fix building the cookbook.
Fixes <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=40803>.
Reported by "operator.name" <operator.name@protonmail.com>.

* doc/build.scm (%languages): Add smaller list for the cookbook.
(syntax-highlighted-html): Adapt regexp for mono-node files to include
the cookbook.
2020-05-02 13:21:42 +02:00