gnu: Move root's home directory to /root. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-derivation): Change root's 'home-directory' to "/root". * gnu/system/vm.scm (operating-system-default-contents): Add /root.
gnu: dmd: Use 'text-file*' when building Xorg's config file. * gnu/system/dmd.scm (xorg-service)[xserver.conf]: Change to use 'text-file*' instead of 'text-file'. Adjust body accordingly. Remove now extraneous packages from the service's 'inputs' field.
gnu: vm: Create all the user directories. * gnu/system/vm.scm (operating-system-default-contents)[user-directories]: New procedure. Use it to create each user's home and GC root directories.
gnu: vm: Add /run/current-system and /bin/sh. * gnu/system/vm.scm (operating-system-default-contents): Populate /run/current-system and create /bin/sh. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-profile-derivation, operating-system-profile-directory): New procedures. (operating-system-derivation): Use it.
gnu: Add preliminary Xorg service. * gnu/system/dmd.scm (xorg-service): New procedure.
gnu: vm: Add support for running a VM that shares its store with the host. * gnu/system/vm.scm (qemu-image): Check whether GUIX is #f. (operating-system-build-gid, operating-system-default-contents): New procedures. (system-qemu-image): Use 'operating-system-build-gid'. (system-qemu-image/shared-store, system-qemu-image/shared-store-script): New procedures. * gnu/system.scm: Add missing exports.
gnu: linux-initrd: Allow the root file system to be volatile. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (qemu-initrd): Add 'volatile-root?' parameter. * guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (boot-system): Likewise. Honor it.
gnu: linux-initrd: Recognize 9p file systems. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (qemu-initrd)[virtio-9p-modules]: New variable. [linux-modules]: Append VIRTIO-9P-MODULES when a 9p file system is in MOUNTS. * guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (mount-qemu-9p): New procedure. (boot-system): Recognize '9p' in MOUNTS, and use 'mount-qemu-9p'.
gnu: linux-initrd: Match kernel module file names exactly. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (expression->initrd)[string->regexp]: New procedure. Use it in the call to 'find-files'.
gnu: linux-initrd: Properly distinguish between /dev/sda* and /dev/vda*. * guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (make-essential-device-nodes): Rename devices with major = 8 to /dev/sda*. Make /dev/vda* devices. * gnu/system/vm.scm (qemu-image): Change '/dev/vda' to '/dev/sda'. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-derivation): Likewise.
gnu: vm: Run QEMU with '-enable-kvm'. * gnu/system/vm.scm (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Pass QEMU '-enable-kvm'.
gnu: linux-initrd: Factorize boot code. * guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (boot-system): New procedure. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (qemu-initrd): Add keyword parameters 'guile-modules-in-chroot?' and 'mounts'. Change builder to simply call 'boot-system'. (gnu-system-initrd): Change to a simple call to 'qemu-initrd'. * gnu/system/vm.scm (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Call 'qemu-initrd' with #:guile-modules-in-chroot?.
gnu: Lower initrd makers from packages to monadic procedures. * gnu/packages/linux-initrd.scm: Remove. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm: New file. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>): Change default 'initrd' value to (gnu-system-initrd). (operating-system-derivation): Bind 'operating-system-initrd'. Pass 'menu-entry' an initrd file name instead of a package. * gnu/system/grub.scm (grub-configuration-file): Expect 'initrd' to be file name.
gnu: Changes references to (gnu packages admin). * gnu/packages/version-control.scm, gnu/packages/vim.scm, gnu/system.scm, gnu/system/dmd.scm, gnu/system/shadow.scm, gnu/system/vm.scm: Change references to (gnu packages system) to (gnu packages admin). This is a followup to commit 4aeea89.
gnu: vm: Increase size of VM image. * gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image): Add 'disk-image-size' parameter; increase it.
gnu: Honor the operating system's locale and timezone. * gnu/system.scm (etc-directory): Add 'locale' and 'timezone' parameters. Set 'LC_ALL', 'TZ', and 'TZDIR' in /etc/profile. (operating-system-derivation): Adjust call accordingly. * gnu/system/vm.scm (%demo-operating-system): Change locale to 'en_US.UTF-8'. Add TZDATA to 'packages'.
gnu: Allow a plain list of packages in 'operating-system'. * gnu/system.scm (union): Allow (PACKAGE OUTPUT), (PACKAGE), and PACKAGE. (<operating-system>)[packages]: Make the default a list of package? objects. * gnu/system/vm.scm (%demo-operating-system): Likewise. Add a few packages.
gnu: Add 'inputs' field to <user-account>; make 'shell' a monadic value. * gnu/system/shadow.scm (<user-account>)[inputs]: New field. (passwd-file): Bind the 'shell' field of each account. * gnu/system/vm.scm (%demo-operating-system): Remove 'shell' field. * gnu/system/dmd.scm (guix-build-accounts): Store a monadic value in 'shell'. Add 'inputs' field. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-derivation): Remove 'shell' field for 'root' account. Add all the 'user-account-inputs' to EXTRAS.
gnu: dmd: Avoid "already exists" error on startup. * gnu/system/dmd.scm (dmd-configuration-file)[config]: Remove "/var/nix/gcroots/etc-directory" before trying to recreate it.
gnu: Add (gnu system). * gnu/system/vm.scm (lower-inputs): Move to monads.scm. (qemu-image): Don't add GRUB-CONFIGURATION to the INPUTS-TO-COPY. (union, file-union, etc-directory): Move to gnu/system.scm. (%demo-operating-system): New variable. (system-qemu-image): Add 'os' parameter. Rewrite in terms of 'operating-system-derivation'. * guix/monads.scm (lower-inputs): New procedure. * gnu/system/grub.scm (grub-configuration-file): Change 'entries' to be a plain list instead of a list of monadic values. * gnu/system.scm: New file. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.