Suggested by Danny Milosavljevic.
* doc/guix.texi (Scheduled Job Execution): Add unprivileged job example,
and show the use of thunks as job actions and gexps.
Reported by myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>.
* doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup): Mention the "kvm" group.
(Invoking guix system): Use "@quotation Note" for the note about KVM;
make it clear that KVM is optional.
* gnu/services/mcron.scm: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
* gnu/tests/base.scm (%mcron-os, %test-mcron): New variables.
(run-mcron-test): New procedure.
* doc/guix.texi (Scheduled Job Execution): New node.
* gnu/services/desktop.scm (bluetooth-shepherd-service)
(bluetooth-service): New Prodecures.
(bluetooth-service-type): New variable.
* doc/guix.text (Desktop Services): Document it.
This makes 'dicod' listen on 'localhost' by default, whereas it was
previously listening on all the interfaces, which is not a good default
security-wise.
* gnu/services/dict.scm (<dicod-configuration>)[interfaces]: New field.
(dicod-configuration-file)[database->text]: New procedure, with code
formerly in 'dicod-configuration->text'.
[dicod-configuration->text]: Rename to...
[configuration->text]: ... this. Honor 'interfaces'.
* doc/guix.texi (Various Services): Document 'interfaces'.
* gnu/services/database.scm (<mysql-configuration>): New record type.
(%mysql-accounts, mysql-service-type): New variables.
(mysql-configuration-file, %mysql-activation, mysql-shepherd-services)
(mysql-services): New procedures.
* doc/guix.texi (Database Services): Document it.
* guix/store.scm (write-arg): Remove 'file' case.
(true): New procedure.
(add-to-store): Add #:select? parameter and honor it. Use hand-coded
stub instead of 'operation'.
(interned-file): Add #:select? parameter and honor it.
* doc/guix.texi (The Store Monad): Adjust 'interned-file' documentation
accordingly.
* doc/guix.tex (Invoking guix import): Mention that the pypi importer
works better with "unzip".
* guix/import/pypi.scm (latest-wheel-release,
wheel-url->extracted-directory): New procedures.
* tests/pypi.scm (("pypi->guix-package, wheels"): New test.
* guix/scripts/publish.scm (show-help, %options): Add --ttl.
(render-narinfo): Add #:ttl and honor it.
(make-request-handler): Add #:narinfo-ttl and honor it.
(run-publish-server): Likewise.
(guix-publish): Honor --ttl, pass it to 'run-publish-server'.
Suggested by Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>.
* doc/guix.texi (Installation): Add paragraph explaining that files live
in two directories.
* guix/scripts/size.scm (display-profile): Display WHOLE at then end.
(guix-size): Accept several FILES.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix size): Add example with several items.
* gnu/services/networking.scm (connman-service): New procedure.
(connman-service-type, %connman-activation): New variables.
(connman-shepherd-service): New procedure.
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
Suggested by John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>.
* guix/scripts/challenge.scm (guix-challenge): Exit with 2 when MISSING
is not empty.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix challenge): Document it.
This follows a convention used by some other GNU packages like Autoconf,
Bison, Coreutils, and Gnulib.
* doc.am: Rename to ...
* doc/local.mk: ... this.
* emacs.am: Rename to ...
* emacs/local.mk: ... this.
* gnu-system.am: Rename to ...
* gnu/local.mk: ... this.
* daemon.am: Rename to ...
* nix/local.mk: ... this.
* Makefile.am: Adapt to them.
* doc/guix.texi (Porting to a New Platform): Adapt documentation.
* guix/config.scm.in (%state-directory, %config-directory): Adapt comments.
* emacs/guix-config.el.in (guix-config-state-directory): Likewise.
Reported by Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>.
* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup)[X.509 Certificates]: New section.
(X.509 Certificates): Add an example of certificates in the profile.
* gnu/system/mapped-devices.scm (device-mapping-service-type): Add
'modules' and 'imported-modules' fields to 'shepherd-service'.
(open-luks-device): Use 'find-partition-by-luks-uuid' to lookup the
partition when SOURCE is a bytevector.
* gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (base-initrd): Augment 'use-modules'
form.
* doc/guix.texi (Mapped Devices): Give example with a UUID.
* gnu/services/base.scm (console-keymap-service-type): Type procedure
takes a list of files instead of a single file.
(console-keymap-service): Take 'files' as rest arguments.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Improve documentation of
'console-keymap-service'.
Reported by John Darrington.
* guix/scripts/challenge.scm (guix-challenge): Add an explicit 'exit'
call when ISSUES is empty.
* scripts/guix.in: Add comment about 'exit'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix challenge): Mention the behavior and exit
code.
Ludovic Courtès