~ruther/guix-local

06e3a5181efa0ea83bb6608d3cbfba5caa56d7e9 — Ludovic Courtès 8 years ago f997137
doc: Mark zlib as mandatory, libbz2 as optional.

* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Move zlib to mandatory and libbz2 to
optional.
* README: Ditto.
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

M README
M doc/guix.texi
M README => README +2 -1
@@ 25,13 25,14 @@ GNU Guix currently depends on the following packages:
  - [[https://www.gnu.org/software/make/][GNU Make]]
  - [[https://www.gnutls.org][GnuTLS]] compiled with guile support enabled.
  - [[https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git][Guile-Git]]
  - [[http://www.zlib.net/][zlib]]
  - optionally [[https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/guile-json/][Guile-JSON]], for the 'guix import pypi' command

Unless `--disable-daemon' was passed, the following packages are needed:

  - [[https://sqlite.org/][SQLite 3]]
  - [[http://www.bzip.org][libbz2]]
  - [[https://gcc.gnu.org][GCC's g++]]
  - optionally [[http://www.bzip.org][libbz2]]

When `--disable-daemon' was passed, you instead need the following:


M doc/guix.texi => doc/guix.texi +3 -3
@@ 605,6 605,7 @@ Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile});
@c FIXME: Specify a version number once a release has been made.
@uref{https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git, Guile-Git}, from August
2017 or later;
@item @url{http://zlib.net, zlib};
@item @url{http://www.gnu.org/software/make/, GNU Make}.
@end itemize



@@ 626,8 627,8 @@ Support for build offloading (@pxref{Daemon Offload Setup}) and
version 0.10.2 or later.

@item
When @url{http://zlib.net, zlib} is available, @command{guix publish}
can compress build byproducts (@pxref{Invoking guix publish}).
When @url{http://www.bzip.org, libbz2} is available,
@command{guix-daemon} can use it to compress build logs.
@end itemize

Unless @code{--disable-daemon} was passed to @command{configure}, the


@@ 635,7 636,6 @@ following packages are also needed:

@itemize
@item @url{http://sqlite.org, SQLite 3};
@item @url{http://www.bzip.org, libbz2};
@item @url{http://gcc.gnu.org, GCC's g++}, with support for the
C++11 standard.
@end itemize