services: Add options to 'guix-service'.
* gnu/services/base.scm (guix-service): Add #:use-substitutes? and
#:extra-options parameters, and honor them.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Adjust accordingly.
services: Add Tor service.
* gnu/services/networking.scm (tor-service): New procedure.
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
* build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm: Use it. Add TOR and TORSOCKS to
'packages'.
doc: Start writing about services.
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Remove details about
'%base-services', and link to "Services".
(Services): Add introductory text.
(Base Services, Networking Services, X Window): New nodes.
guix system: Add '--system' option.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (switch-to-system): Add #:system parameter;
pass it to 'run-with-store'.
(%options): Add '--system'.
(guix-system): Pass the 'system' option to 'run-with-store',
'package-derivation', and 'switch-to-system' calls.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document '--system' and
'--image-size'.
doc: Document user accounts and user groups.
* doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Fix typo.
(User Accounts): Populate.
doc: Write about file system configuration.
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Change 'guix system
boot' to 'guix system reconfigure'.
(File Systems, User Accounts, Services): New nodes.
doc: Improve wording and example in "Using the Configuration System".
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Make the intro more
user-oriented. Change example to return an operating system. Fix
typos. Mention mandatory/optional fields.
guix system: Add 'reconfigure' action.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (%system-profile): New variable.
(switch-to-system, previous-grub-entries): New procedures.
(unless-file-not-found): New macro.
(show-help): Add 'reconfigure'.
(guix-system): Handle it.
* gnu/system.scm: Export 'operating-system-activation-script'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
Merge branch 'core-updates'
doc: Mention KVM support for 'guix system'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Add note about KVM support.
Merge branch 'master' into core-updates
guix build: Allow gexps to be passed to '-e'.
* guix/ui.scm (%guix-user-module): New variable.
(read/eval): Pass it as the second argument to 'eval'.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (options/resolve-packages): Add case for
'gexp?'.
* tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document '-e gexp'.
guxi build: Allow gexps to be passed to '-e'.
* guix/ui.scm (%guix-user-module): New variable.
(read/eval): Pass it as the second argument to 'eval'.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (options/resolve-packages): Add case for
'gexp?'.
* tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document '-e gexp'.
doc: Add a few words on the term "derivation".
* doc/guix.texi (Programming Interface): Add a sentence on "derivation".
Merge branch 'master' into core-updates
derivations: 'build-expression->derivation' supports #:allowed-references.
* guix/derivations.scm (build-expression->derivation): Add
#:allowed-references and pass it to 'derivation.
* doc/guix.texi (Derivations): Adjust accordingly.
system: Define '%base-packages' and use it.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[packages]: Change default value to
%BASE-PACKAGES.
(%base-packages): New variable.
* gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os): Use it when defining the
'packages' field.
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Use %BASE-PACKAGES in
example. Remove now unneeded module imports. Explain this.
derivations: Add #:allowed-references 'derivation' parameter.
* guix/derivations.scm (derivation): Add #:allowed-references
parameter.
[user+system-env-vars]: Honor it.
* tests/derivations.scm ("derivation #:allowed-references, ok",
"derivation #:allowed-references, not allowed",
"derivation #:allowed-references, self allowed",
"derivation #:allowed-references, self not allowed"): New tests.
* doc/guix.texi (Derivations): Document #:allowed-references.
linux-initrd: Allow use of volume labels in 'file-system' declarations.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (%ext2-endianness, %ext2-sblock-magic,
%ext2-sblock-creator-os, %ext2-sblock-uuid, %ext2-sblock-volume-name):
New macros.
(read-ext2-superblock, ext2-superblock-uuid,
ext2-superblock-volume-name, disk-partitions,
partition-label-predicate, find-partition-by-label,
canonicalize-device-spec): New procedures.
(mount-file-system): Use 'canonicalize-device-spec' on SOURCE.
(boot-system): Likewise for ROOT.
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Adjust 'file-system'
declaration accordingly.
Merge branch 'master' into core-updates
doc: Augment "Package Naming".
* doc/guix.texi (Package Naming): Mention underscores, and give SDL_net
as an example.