The alternative, which was to use one module per category, would
probably not scale well. First, because many packages could fall into
several categories (does GnuTLS go into "networking", "security", or
"libraries"?). Second, because that could easily lead to circular
dependencies among modules ("security" and "networking" depend on each
other, etc.)
* distro/packages/databases.scm: Rename to...
* distro/packages/recutils.scm: ... this.
* distro/packages/typesetting.scm: Rename to...
* distro/packages/lout.scm: ... this.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Adjust accordingly.
* po/POTFILES.in: Likewise.
* guix/utils.scm (package-name->name+version): New procedure.
* guix-package.in (guix-package)[find-package]: Use it.
* tests/utils.scm ("package-name->name+version"): New test.
* configure.ac: Always show the result of checking for Nixpkgs. Don't
warn when Nixpkgs is not found.
* Makefile.am (AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): Remove `--with-nixpkgs'
flag.
* guix/utils.scm (%nixpkgs-directory): Use either the compile-time or
the run-time `NIXPKGS' environment variable.
* release.nix (jobs.tarball, jobs.build): Remove `--with-nixpkgs'
configure flag.
* README: Mark Nixpkgs as optional.
* distro/packages/databases.scm, distro/packages/guile.scm,
distro/packages/typesetting.scm: Change uses of `nixpkgs-derivation*'
to `nixpkgs-derivation', to avoid failing at compile-time.
* guix/ui.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it.
* po/POTFILES.in: Add it.
* guix-build.in: Use it.
(_, N_, leave): Remove.
(guix-build): Use `with-error-handling' instead of the `guard' form.
* guix-download.in: Use it.
(_, N_, leave): Remove.
* guix/store.scm (add-indirect-root): New operation.
* guix-build.in (show-help): Document `--root'.
(%options): Add `--root'.
(guix-build)[register-root]: New procedure. Call it when `--root' is
passed.
* release.nix (distro.hello)[buildPhase]: Tee the log to $out. Add a
`name' attribute; remove `buildInputs' and instead use the full path
to `guix-build'.
* tests/builders.scm (%bootstrap-inputs): Use %BOOT0-INPUTS from the distro.
* tests/packages.scm (%bootstrap-inputs): Likewise.
* tests/derivations.scm (%coreutils): Alias for %BOOTSTRAP-COREUTILS&CO.
* distro.scm (not-colon): New variable.
(%patch-directory): Rename to...
(%patch-path): ... this. Turn into a list. Expect $DISTRO_PATCH_PATH
to be a colon-separated search path.
(%bootstrap-binaries-directory): Rename to...
(%bootstrap-binaries-path): ... this. Likewise.
(search-patch, search-bootstrap-binary): Adjust accordingly.
* pre-inst-env.in: Change to use `DISTRO_PATCH_PATH' and
`DISTRO_BOOTSTRAP_PATH'.
* Makefile.am (.scm.go): Use `pre-inst-env' instead of re-defining the
environment variables, except for `DISTRO_INSTALLED_PATCH_DIRECTORY'
and `DISTRO_INSTALLED_BOOTSTRAP_DIRECTORY'.
* distro/packages/base.scm (gcc-4.7)[arguments]: In the `pre-configure'
phase, patch all the relevant gcc/config files, not just those for
x86_64-linux-gnu.
* guix/build/utils.scm (substitute*): Remove special syntax for
list-of-files; instead, check whether FILE is `list?' at run time.
* distro/packages/base.scm (gcc-4.7, %binutils-static): Adjust
accordingly.
* guix/packages.scm (package-source-derivation): Add `system'
parameter. Pass it to METHOD.
(package-derivation)[expand-input]: Pass SYSTEM to
`package-derivation' and `package-source-derivation'.
* distro/packages/base.scm (package-with-bootstrap-guile)[boot]: Pass
SYSTEM to FETCH.
* guix/derivations.scm (imported-files): Call
`build-expression->derivation' with SYSTEM, not (%current-system).
(build-expression->derivation): Pass SYSTEM to `imported-modules' and
`compiled-modules'.
* guix/derivations.scm (%guile-for-build): Initialize to #f.
(imported-files, imported-modules, compiled-modules): Add `guile'
keyword parameter. Pass it down to `build-expression->derivation'.
(build-expression->derivation)[guile-drv]: New variable. Pass it as
the #:guile parameter for `imported-modules' and `compiled-modules'.
* tests/derivations.scm: Set %GUILE-FOR-BUILD to the derivation of
%BOOTSTRAP-GUILE.
Ludovic Courtès