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.
Partly fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18082>.
Reported by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (save-environment-excursion): New macro.
(switch-to-system): Wrap 'primitive-load' call in it.
Partly fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18082>.
Reported by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (perform-action) <reconfigure>: Pass the
output file name of GRUB.CFG to 'install-grub'.
* 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'.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18049>.
Reported by Marek Benc <merkur32@gmail.com>.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (copy-closure): Pass #:state-directory to
'register-path'.
* nix/guix-register/guix-register.cc (GUIX_OPT_STATE_DIRECTORY): New
macro.
(parse_opt): Honor it.
* tests/guix-register.sh: Add test with '--state-directory'.
* guix/store.scm (register-path): Add #:state-directory parameter.
* guix/records.scm (define-record-type*)[record-inheritance]: Check for
unexpected field names.
* tests/records.scm ("define-record-type* with let* behavior"): Return
#t, not *unspecified*.
("define-record-type* & inherit & extra initializers"): New test.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (references*, topologically-sorted*,
show-what-to-build*): New procedures.
(copy-closure): Turn into a monadic procedure.
(install): Likewise, and adjust parameter list.
(switch-to-system): Likewise.
(system-derivation-for-action, grub.cfg, maybe-build, perform-action):
New procedures.
(guix-system): Use them.
Partly fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18002>.
Reported by David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>.
* guix/gexp.scm (gexp->derivation): Change #:system to default #f.
Use (%current-system) from within the 'mlet*'.
* tests/gexp.scm ("gexp->derivation, default system"): New test.
* guix/monads.scm (mapm): Don't reverse LST, so that items are processed
from left to right. Bind the result of 'foldm' and reverse it.
* tests/monads.scm ("sequence"): Change 'frob' so it performs its side
effect within an 'mlet' body. Adjust call accordingly.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/17946>.
Notoriously, cron jobs may set LOGNAME only and not USER. See
e.g. crontab(5) under Debian 7 (wheezy).
* guix/scripts/package.scm (%profile-directory)
(guix-package): Also try LOGNAME if USER is unset.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/17939>.
Reported by Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer <taylanbayirli@gmail.com>.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (canonicalize-profile): New procedure.
(%options): Use it for --profile.
* tests/guix-package.sh: Add test.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (canonicalize-device-spec): When label
resolution fails, call 'error' instead of 'format' + 'start-repl'.
(boot-system): Wrap most of body in 'call-with-error-handling'.
Remove 'catch' around 'primitive-load' call.
Reported by David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (read-ext2-superblock): Add
'superblock-size' variable. Read with 'get-bytevector-n!' instead of
'getbytevector-n', and make sure we read exactly SUPERBLOCK-SIZE
bytes.
* guix/git-download.scm (<git-reference>)[recursive?]: New field.
(git-fetch): Add 'inputs' variable. Add it to the #:inputs argument
of 'build-expression->derivation'. Augment builder with call to
'set-path-environment-variable', and pass #:recursive? to
'git-fetch'.
* guix/build/git.scm (git-fetch): Add #:recursive? parameter. Pass
--recursive when RECURSIVE? is true, and delete all the '.git' files.
* 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.
This is a followup to e2fcc23. The /etc/group file would be cleared
when booting.
* guix/build/activation.scm (activate-users+groups)[touch]: Rewrite so
it does not wipe out FILE's contents.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (read-operating-system) <catch handler>: Add
case for 'syntax-error'. Correct message for default case.
* guix/scripts/offload.scm (build-machines) <catch handler>: Add case
for 'syntax-error'.
* tests/guix-system.sh: New file.
* Makefile.am (SH_TESTS): Add it.
Ludovic Courtès