doc: Add `HACKING'.

* HACKING: New file.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it.

Add `guix-download'.

* guix-download.in: New file.
* configure.ac: Emit `guix-download' and make it executable.
* Makefile.am (bin_SCRIPTS): Add `guix-download'.
* po/POTFILES.in: Add `guix-download.in'.

distro: Use our own pre-built Guile to bootstrap.

* distro/packages/base.scm (%bootstrap-guile): Build from a tarball
  containing a pre-built Guile.

* distro.scm (%bootstrap-binaries-directory): New variable.
  (search-bootstrap-binary): New procedure.

* Makefile.am (bootstrapdir, bootstrap_x86_64_linuxdir,
  dist_bootstrap_x86_64_linux_DATA, DISTCLEANFILES, DOWNLOAD_FILE): New
  variables.
  (distro/packages/bootstrap/x86_64-linux/guile-bootstrap-2.0.6.tar.xz):
  New rule.
  (EXTRA_DIST): Add `build-aux/download.scm'.
  (.scm.go): Define the `DISTRO_BOOTSTRAP_DIRECTORY' and
  `DISTRO_INSTALLED_BOOTSTRAP_DIRECTORY' environment variables.

* pre-inst-env.in: Define `DISTRO_BOOTSTRAP_DIRECTORY'.

* build-aux/download.scm: New file.
* distro/packages/bootstrap/x86_64-linux/{bash, mkdir, tar, xz}: New
  files.

distro: Add patch to allow the bootstrap Guile to work without iconv.

* distro/patches/guile-default-utf8.patch: New file.
* Makefile.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.

* distro/packages/base.scm (%guile-static): Use it.
  (%guile-static-stripped): Add call to `remove-store-references'.

build: Use `pre-inst-env' to run tests.

* Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Remove.
  (LOG_COMPILER): Use `pre-inst-env'.

distro: Add a statically-linked, relocatable Guile 2.0 package.

* 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.

doc: Add the stub of a manual.

* doc/guix.texi: New file.
* doc/fdl-1.3.texi: New file, copied from Gnulib.

* Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): New variable.
  (EXTRA_DIST): Add `doc/fdl-1.3.texi'.

distro: Add the `guile', `typesetting', and `databases' package modules.

* distro.scm (package-files): Adjust PREFIX-LEN to use the top-level
  directory, not %DISTRO-MODULE-DIRECTORY.
* distro/packages/base.scm (guile-reader, guile-reader/guile-1.8,
  guile-reader/guile-2.0, lout, recutils): Move to...
* distro/packages/guile.scm, distro/packages/typesetting.scm,
  distro/packages/databases.scm: ... here.  New files.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them.
  (EXTRA_DIST): Add `.dir-locals.el'.

* .dir-locals.el: New file, with settings formerly in `base.scm'.

distro: Rename (distro ...) to (distro packages ...).

* distro/base.scm, distro/ld-wrapper.scm: Move to `distro/packages'.
  Adjust LD-WRAPPER-BOOT3 input file name accordingly.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Adjust accordingly.
* distro.scm (%distro-module-directory): Change to "/distro/packages".
* guix/build-system/gnu.scm (standard-inputs): Change module name
  to (distro packages base).
* tests/packages.scm (test-packages): Likewise.

distro: Add an `ld' wrapper, to pass missing `-rpath' flags.

* distro/ld-wrapper.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it.

* distro/base.scm (ld-wrapper-boot3): New variable.
  (%boot3-inputs): Add LD-WRAPPER-BOOT3.
  (bash-final, guile-final, ld-wrapper): New final.
  (%final-inputs): Use BASH-FINAL; add LD-WRAPPER.
  (gcc-4.7): Remove the `-rpath' trick from the `lib' spec string.

distro: gcc: Patch `lib' spec to add `-rpath' for each `-L'.

* distro/base.scm (gcc-4.7): Patch `LIB_SPEC' to add `-rpath' for each
  `-L'.  Spec string suggested by Marc Glisse <marc.glisse@inria.fr>.
  (libtool): Add `libtool-skip-tests.patch'.

* distro/patches/libtool-skip-tests.patch: New file.
* Makefile.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.

Add (guix ftp) and companion modules.

* guix/ftp-client.scm, guix/ftp.scm, guix/build/ftp.scm: New files.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them.

* distro/base.scm (libffi): Use `ftp-fetch'.

distro: Add Perl.

* distro/base.scm (perl): New variable.
* distro/patches/perl-no-sys-dirs.patch: New file.
* Makefile.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.

Add (guix build-system trivial).

* guix/build-system/trivial.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it.
* tests/packages.scm ("trivial"): New test.

* guix/packages.scm (package-derivation): Allow SOURCE to be #f.

distro: diffutils: Allow builds with glibc 2.16+.

* distro/patches/diffutils-gets-undeclared.patch: New file.
* Makefile.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.

* distro/base.scm (diffutils): Apply. `diffutils-gets-undeclared.patch'.

distro: tar: Allow builds with glibc 2.16+.

* distro/patches/tar-gets-undeclared.patch: New file.
* Makefile.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.

* distro/base.scm (tar): Apply. `tar-gets-undeclared.patch'.

distro: m4: Add patch to allow builds with glibc 2.16+.

* distro/base.scm (m4): Use `m4-gets-undeclared.patch'.

* distro/patches/m4-gets-undeclared.patch: New file.
* Makefile.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.

distro: Add missing Binutils patch.

* distro/patches/binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch: New file.
* Makefile.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.

distro: Move patches to their own directory.

* Makefile.am (nobase_dist_guilemodule_DATA): Keep only $(MODULES).
  (patchdir): New variable.
  (dist_patch_DATA): New variable.  Patch files formerly
  in $(nobase_dist_guilemodule_DATA).
  (.scm.go): Define `DISTRO_PATCH_DIRECTORY' and
  `DISTRO_INSTALLED_PATCH_DIRECTORY'.
  (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Define `DISTRO_PATCH_DIRECTORY'.

* distro.scm (%patch-directory): New variable.
  (search-patch): New procedure.
* distro/base.scm: Use `search-patch' instead of `(search-path
  %load-path ...)'.

* distro/findutils-absolute-paths.patch, distro/guile-1.8-cpp-4.5.patch,
  distro/m4-readlink-EINVAL.patch, distro/m4-s_isdir.patch,
  distro/make-impure-dirs.patch: Move to `distro/patches'.

distro: Add GNU Findutils.

* distro/base.scm (findutils): New variable.
* distro/findutils-absolute-paths.patch: New file.
* Makefile.am (nobase_dist_guilemodule_DATA): Add it.