* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Provide an example of how to
set up (encrypted) swap space using a swap file.
(operating-system Reference)[swap-devices]: Clarify that swap files are
supported, too.
(Mapped Devices): Explain how to use a mapped device with a swap file to
encrypt swap space.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
This allows users to statically define several interfaces.
* gnu/services/networking.scm (<static-networking>)[provision]
[name-servers]: Add default values.
(static-networking-shepherd-service)
(static-networking-etc-files)
(static-networking-shepherd-services): New procedures.
(static-networking-service-type): Change to extend both
SHEPHERD-ROOT-SERVICE-TYPE and ETC-SERVICE-TYPE.
(static-networking-service): Remove default value of #:provision.
Implement using 'simple-service'.
* gnu/services/base.scm (%base-services): Replace
'static-networking-service' call with 'service' form.
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Update documentation.
* gnu/packages/patches/libevent-2.1-skip-failing-test.patch: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* gnu/packages/libevent.scm (libevent)[source]: Use it.
* guix/download.scm (url-fetch/tarbomb): Fall back to ‘file-name’ if
‘name’ is #f, like the regular ‘url-fetch’ does.
* gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (muscle)[source]: Remove ‘file-name’.
* gnu/packages/engineering.scm (fastcap)[source]: Likewise.
* gnu/packages/scheme.scm (scmutils)[source]: Likewise.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/21108>.
Reported by Andy Patterson <ajpatter@uwaterloo.ca>
and Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>.
* gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-users+groups)[activate-user]: Pass
#:create-home? #t iff CREATE-HOME? and SYSTEM?.
(activate-user-home): New procedure.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (account-shepherd-service): New procedure.
(account-service-type)[extensions]: Add SHEPHERD-ROOT-SERVICE-TYPE
extension.
* gnu/tests/base.scm (run-basic-test)["home"]
["skeletons in home directories"]: New tests.
* gnu/tests/install.scm (%separate-home-os, %separate-home-os-source)
(%test-separate-home-os): New variables.
* gnu/packages/mg.scm (mg)[source]: Upgrade to 20161005.
[native-inputs]: Add pkg-config.
[inputs]: Add libbsd.
[arguments]: Use modify-phases. Use #:make-flags rather than patching the
Makefile. Install tutorial.
[description]: Clarify relation to GNU Emacs.
* gnu/services/base.scm (file-system-shepherd-services): New procedure.
(file-system-service-type): Use it as the SHEPHERD-ROOT-SERVICE-TYPE
extension.
(user-processes-service-type): Change to take a single 'grace-delay'
parameter.
(user-processes-service): Remove 'file-systems' parameter. Pass
GRACE-DELAY as the only value for the service.
* gnu/system.scm (essential-services): Adjust accordingly.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/25573>.
Reported by Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>.
* gnu/build/file-systems.scm (seek*): New procedure.
(read-superblock): Use it instead of 'seek' and ensure it returns
OFFSET.
Clément Lassieur