* 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.
* distro/packages/base.scm (%guile-static, %guile-static-stripped): New
variables.
* distro/patches/guile-relocatable.patch: New file.
* Makefile.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* Makefile.am (.scm.go): Define $NIX_INSTANTIATE.
(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Likewise, and define $NIX_HASH.
* guix/utils.scm (nixpkgs-derivation): Use $NIX_INSTANTIATE when
defined.
* tests/utils.scm (%nix-hash): New variable.
("sha256 & bytevector->nix-base32-string"): Use it.
* guix/utils.scm (define-record-type*)[make-syntactic-constructor]: Bind
all the ((FIELD VALUE) ...) in a `letrec*'. Adjust `field-value'
accordingly.
* tests/utils.scm ("define-record-type* with letrec* behavior"): New
test.
* guix/utils.scm (gnu-triplet->nix-system): New procedure.
(%current-system): New variable.
* tests/utils.scm ("gnu-triplet->nix-system"): New test.
* tests/derivations.scm (%current-system): Remove. Update users to
use (%current-system) instead.
* guix/derivations.scm (derivation-path->output-path): New procedure.
(derivation-hash): Call `memoize'. In the fixed-output case, convert
HASH-ALGO to a string. In the other case, sort inputs in the
alphabetical order of their hex hash. For inputs with no sub-drvs,
add "out" as the sub-drv.
* guix/utils.scm (%nixpkgs-directory): New parameter.
(nixpkgs-derivation, memoize): New procedures.
* tests/derivations.scm ("build derivation with 1 source"): Remove
useless shebang.
(%coreutils): New variable.
("build derivation with coreutils"): New test.
* guix/utils.scm (bytevector-quintet-ref-right,
bytevector-quintet-fold): New procedures.
(bytevector-quintet-fold-right): Add `quintet-fold' parameter; use it
instead of `bytevector-quintet-fold'.
(bytevector->base32-string): Pass BYTEVECTOR-QUINTET-FOLD as the
first parameter.
(bytevector->nix-base32-string): Pass BYTEVECTOR-QUINTET-FOLD-RIGHT as
the first parameter.
* tests/utils.scm ("sha256 & bytevector->nix-base32-string"): New test.