* 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/packages/patches/perl-tk-x11-discover.patch: New patch.
* gnu-system.am [dist_patch_DATA]: Add it.
* gnu/packages/tcl.scm (perl-tk)[origin]: Use it.
* 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.
* gnu/services/dmd.scm (dmd-configuration-file): Add derivations for
the (guix build syscalls) module, and add that to the load path of
dmd.conf.
* gnu/services/base.scm (root-file-system-service): Rewrite using the
'sync' and 'mount' procedures.
* gnu/packages/gtk.scm (atk, pango, gdk-pixbuf, gtk+): Move
gobject-introspection to 'native-inputs' since it's only used at build
time.
* gnu/packages/gnome.scm (libpeas): Move pkg-config,
gobject-introspection, and intltool to 'native-inputs'.
* 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 "/".
Fixes a regression introduced in 83bcd0b.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image): Override the 'file-systems'
field of OS. Add #:file-system-type parameter and honor it.
* 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/packages/maths.scm (petsc): New variable.
(petsc-complex): New variable.
* gnu/packages/patches/petsc-fix-threadcomm.patch: New patch.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
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