* 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.
* gnu/services/base.scm (urandom-seed-shepherd-service): Refresh the random
seed unconditionally at boot. Ensure directory structure for %random-seed-file
exists when shutting down.
(%urandom-seed-activation): Remove variable.
(urandom-seed-service-type): Remove deleted variable from list of extensions.
* 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.
This makes (gnu services herd) independent of (guix ui).
* gnu/services/herd.scm (&shepherd-error, &service-not-found-error)
(&action-not-found-error, &action-exception-error)
(&unknown-shepherd-error): New error condition types.
(report-action-error): Remove.
(raise-shepherd-error): New procedure.
(display-message): Do not use 'info' and '_'.
(invoke-action): Use 'raise-shepherd-error' instead of
'report-action-error'. Do not use 'warning'.
(current-services): Do not use 'warning'.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (with-shepherd-error-handling): New macro.
(report-shepherd-error, call-with-service-upgrade-info): New
procedures.
(upgrade-shepherd-services): Use it.
* 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'.
Before that, a session command with several items, such as
'gnome-session --disable-acceleration-check', would trigger the fallback
session.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (xinitrc)[builder]: Accept command lines with
more than one arguments.
* gnu/services/desktop.scm (package-direct-input-selector): New
function.
(<gnome-desktop-configuration>, gnome-desktop-service-type)
(<xfce-desktop-configuration>, xfce-desktop-service-type): New
variables.
(gnome-desktop-service, xfce-desktop-service): New public variables.
* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Document new variables.
Previously elogind was explicitly spawned by the Shepherd. Now it is
activated by dbus-daemon on demand.
* gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm (elogind)[arguments]: Add
'fix-service-file' phase.
* gnu/services/desktop.scm (elogind-shepherd-service): Remove.
(elogind-dbus-service): New procedure.
(elogind-service-type): Do not extend SHEPHERD-ROOT-SERVICE-TYPE. Use
'elogind-dbus-service' for DBUS-ROOT-SERVICE-TYPE.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (%default-xorg-modules): New public variable.
(xorg-configuration-directory): New function.
(xorg-start-command): Add #:modules keyword argument, defaulting to
%default-xorg-modules. Build an xorg.conf.d directory from those
modules, and pass it to X via the -configdir parameter.
* gnu/services/desktop.scm (polkit-etc-files): Add the polkit package
itself to the list of packages to scan for .policy files. This add
support for pkexec.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/22548>.
Reported by Albin <albin@fripost.org>, Mark H Weaver, and Alex Kost.
* gnu/services/shepherd.scm (shepherd-configuration-file)[config]: Guard
against 'service-error?'.
Before that 'open-connection' would return #f, and thus
'current-services' would return a single #f value when its continuation
expects two.
Reported by calher on #guix.
* gnu/services/herd.scm (open-connection): Rethrow system-error
exceptions.
(with-shepherd): Expect CONNECTION to always be true; remove useless
'dynamic-wind'.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (warn-on-system-error): New macro.
(upgrade-shepherd-services): Wrap body in 'warn-on-system-error'.
Partly fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/22039>.
* gnu/services/herd.scm: New file.
* gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
* gnu/services/shepherd.scm (shepherd-service-canonical-name): New
procedure.
(shepherd-service-file): Export.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (upgrade-shepherd-services): New procedure.
(switch-to-system): Use it.
* guix/ui.scm (info): New procedure.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Mention system services.
This fixes a bug whereby /dev/disk/by-{label,id} would be missing on
GuixSD (/dev/disk/by-id would still contain device-mapped partitions
though.)
Reported by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (eudev-with-blkid): New variable.
* gnu/services/base.scm (udev-service): #:udev defaults to
EUDEV-WITH-BLKID.
* gnu/system.scm (%base-packages): Replace EUDEV with EUDEV-WITH-BLKID.
* gnu/services/shepherd.scm (dmd-configuration-file): Rename to...
(shepherd-configuration-file): ... this. Use "shepherd.conf" name.
(dmd-boot-gexp): Use it.
* gnu/services/dmd.scm (dmd-boot-gexp): Use binary from 'shepherd' package.
(dmd-root-service-type): Use 'shepherd' package.
(%default-modules): Use (shepherd service) module.
* gnu/services/base.scm (%root-file-system-dmd-service): Use
'stop-logging' procedure to close shepherd log.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/22176>.
Reported by Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas@gmx.net>.
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (<file-system>)[mount?]: New field.
(file-system->spec): Adjust accordingly.
* gnu/services/base.scm (file-system-dmd-service): Return the empty list
when FILE-SYSTEM has 'mount?' set to false.
(user-processes-service): Select the subset of FILE-SYSTEMS that matches
'file-system-mount?'.
* doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Document it.
* gnu/services/base.scm (session-environment-service): New procedure.
(session-environment-service-type): New variable.
(environment-variables->environment-file): New procedure.
Ludovic Courtès