services: xorg: Import (ice-9 rdelim). * gnu/services/xorg.scm (xinitrc): Import (ice-9 rdelim).
services: mingetty: Move tty optionality to agetty. Follow-up to 5a9902c8acd63916c6c80cf3c61be6ee814b7e3d. * gnu/services/base.scm (mingetty-shepherd-service): Move tty optionality check to... (agetty-shepherd-service): ...here.
services: agetty: Add agetty instance to base services. Make its tty optional. * gnu/services/base.scm (%base-services): Instantiate agetty-service. (default-serial-port): New variable. (agetty-shepherd-service): Make tty optional, default to the above. * doc/guix.texi (agetty-configuration): Update "tty" documentation. * gnu/system/install.scm (agetty-default-service): Delete variable. (embedded-installation-os): Remove agetty-default-service instance. Add "console" kernel-argument.
gnu: nss-mdns: Update to 0.12.0. * gnu/packages/avahi.scm (nss-mdns): Update to 0.12 + patch. (nss-mdns-0.10.0): Remove. * gnu/services/avahi.scm (avahi-service-type): Use NSS-MDNS again.
gnu: Add cat-avatar-generator-service. * gnu/services/web.scm (cat-avatar-generator-service): New variable. * doc/guix.text (Web Services): Document it.
services: avahi: Default to nss-mdns 0.10. This works around <https://bugs.gnu.org/30396>. Reported by George myglc2 Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com>. * gnu/packages/avahi.scm (nss-mdns-0.10): New variable. * gnu/services/avahi.scm (avahi-service-type): Use it.
gnu: services: Add wesnothd service. * gnu/services/games.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Game Services): Document the service.
doc, gnu: Fix spelling of screen-things. * doc/guix.texi (X Window): Write 'screen locker' and 'screen saver' in prose. * gnu/services/xorg.scm (screen-locker-service): Likewise.
services: postgresql: Use pg_ctl to start and stop postgres. Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/29992>. * gnu/services/databases.scm (postgresql-shepherd-service): Replace make-forkexec-constructor and make-kill-destructor with pg_ctl.
services: herd: 'with-shepherd' no longer leaves an open connection. * gnu/services/herd.scm (with-shepherd): Use 'dynamic-wind' and close CONNECTION at the end.
services: Missing services are automatically instantiated. This simplifies OS configuration: users no longer need to be aware of what a given service depends on. See the discussion at <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-01/msg00114.html>. * gnu/services.scm (missing-target-error): New procedure. (service-back-edges): Use it. (instantiate-missing-services): New procedure. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-services): Call 'instantiate-missing-services'. * tests/services.scm ("instantiate-missing-services") ("instantiate-missing-services, no default value"): New tests. * gnu/services/version-control.scm (cgit-service-type)[extensions]: Add FCGIWRAP-SERVICE-TYPE. * gnu/tests/version-control.scm (%cgit-os): Remove NGINX-SERVICE-TYPE and FCGIWRAP-SERVICE-TYPE instances. * doc/guix.texi (Log Rotation): Remove 'mcron-service-type' in example. (Miscellaneous Services): Remove 'nginx-service-type' and 'fcgiwrap-service-type' in Cgit example.
services: shepherd: Make 'shepherd-configuration-file' non-monadic. Suggested by atw on #guix. * gnu/services/shepherd.scm (shepherd-service-file): Use 'scheme-file' instead of 'gexp->file'. (shepherd-configuration-file): Likewise, and adjust to non-monadic style. (shepherd-boot-gexp): Adjust accordingly. * guix/scripts/system.scm (upgrade-shepherd-services): Use 'lower-object' in addition to 'shepherd-service-file'.
gnu: Consistently Write ‘file system(s)’. It is the GNU way. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems, DNS Services): Write ‘file system(s)’. * gnu/build/vm.scm (create-ext-file-system, create-fat-file-system): Likewise. * gnu/packages/backup.scm (dirvish, rsnapshot)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/check.scm (python-testpath)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/disk.scm (pydf)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/file-systems.scm (disorderfs)[synopsis, description]: Likewise. (glusterfs)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-directory, ghc-system-fileio-bootstrap) (ghc-system-fileio)[synopsis]: Likewise. (ghc-fsnotify)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/linux.scm (proot)[description]: Likewise. (jmtpfs)[synopsis, description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/mate.scm (caja, caja-extensions)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/storage.scm (ceph)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/sync.scm (lsyncd)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/packages/syncthing.scm (syncthing)[synopsis]: Likewise. (go-github-com-zillode-notify)[description]: Likewise. * gnu/services/nfs.scm (pipefs-service-type): Likewise. * guix/scripts/system.scm (perform-action): Likewise.
gnu: services: web: Add service for httpd. * gnu/services/web.scm (<httpd-module>, <httpd-config-file>, <httpd-virtualhost> <httpd-configuration>): New record types. (%default-httpd-modules, %httpd-accounts, httpd-service-type): New variables. (httpd-shepherd-services, httpd-activation, httpd-process-extensions): New procedures. * gnu/tests/web.scm (run-httpd-test): New procedure. (%httpd-os, %tests-httpd): New variables. * doc/guix.texi (Web Services): Document the Apache HTTP Server.
doc: Deprecate 'bitlbee-service' procedure. * gnu/services/messaging.scm (bitlbee-service): Mark as deprecated. * doc/guix.texi (Messaging Services): Document 'bitlbee-service-type' and 'bitlbee-configuration'. Remove 'bitlbee-service'.
services: bitlbee: Move to (gnu services messaging). * gnu/services/networking.scm (<bitlbee-configuration>) (bitlbee-shepherd-service, %bitlbee-accounts, %bitlbee-activation) (bitlbee-service-type, bitlbee-service): Move to... * gnu/services/messaging.scm: ... here. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Move 'bitlbee-service' doc to... (Messaging Services): ... here.
services: qemu-binfmt: Extend guix-daemon with extra chroot directories. Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/20239>. * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<qemu-binfmt-configuration>)[guix-support?]: New field. (qemu-binfmt-guix-chroot): New procedure. (qemu-binfmt-service-type)[extensions]: Add GUIX-SERVICE-TYPE. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document 'guix-support?'. (Additional Build Options): Mention binfmt_misc and offloading under '--system'.
services: guix: Add 'chroot-directories' field. * gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-configuration>)[chroot-directories]: New field. (guix-shepherd-service): Honor it. (references-file): New procedure. (guix-service-type)[compose, extend]: New fields.
services: Add qemu-binfmt. * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<qemu-platform>): New record type. (bv): New macro. (%i386, %i486, %alpha, %arm, %armeb, %sparc, %sparc32plus) (%ppc, %ppc64, %ppc64le, %m68k, %mips, %mipsel, %mipsn32el) (%mips64, %mips64el, %sh4, %sh4eb, %s390x, %aarch64, %hppa) (%qemu-platforms): New variables. (lookup-qemu-platforms): New procedure. (<qemu-binfmt-configuration>): New record type. (qemu-platform->binfmt): New procedures. (%binfmt-mount-point, %binfmt-register-file, %binfmt-file-system) (qemu-binfmt-service-type): New variables. (qemu-binfmt-shepherd-services): New procedures. * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Add "Transparent Emulation with QEMU" heading. binfmt fixlet
gnu: services: Add darkstat service. * gnu/services/monitoring.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Monitoring Services): Document it.