gnu: calibre: Update to 2.23.0.
* gnu/packages/ebook.scm (calibre): Update to 2.23.0.
gnu: gst-libav: Use system ffmpeg instead of bundled libav.
* gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm (gst-libav)[arguments]: Remove #:phases.
Add #:configure-flags.
[native-inputs]: Remove yasm.
[inputs]: Add ffmpeg.
gnu: Add mdadm.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (mdadm): New variable.
gnu: linux-libre: Remove linux-libre-vblank-fix.patch.
* gnu/packages/patches/linux-libre-vblank-fix.patch: Remove file.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Remove it.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (linux-libre): Remove patch.
gnu: ruby: Update to 2.2.2.
* gnu/packages/ruby.scm (ruby): Update to 2.2.2.
gnu: emacs: Do not keep references to the entries of the build-time $PATH.
This reduces the number of references of the output from 54 to 31,
removing references notably to gcc, expat, glib:bin, ld-wrapper-0,
texinfo, pkg-config, make, gawk, binutils, etc.
Reported by David Thompson.
* gnu/packages/patches/emacs-exec-path.patch: New file.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* gnu/packages/emacs.scm (emacs)[source]: Use it.
gnu: rseqc: Update hash.
* gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (rseqc): Update hash.
gnu: linux-libre: Update to 4.0
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (linux-libre): Update to version 4.0.
doc: Add example showing how to customize 'nscd-service'.
* doc/guix.texi (Name Service Switch): Add link to nss-mdns. Add
example show how to pass #:name-services to 'nscd-service'.
(Base Services): Add link from 'nscd-service' to the above.
* gnu/services/base.scm (nscd-service): Update docstring accordingly.
gnu: man-pages: Update to 3.82.
* gnu/packages/man.scm (man-pages): Update to 3.82.
system: Allow users to PTRACE_ATTACH to their own processes.
* gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-ptrace-attach): New procedure.
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-activation-script): Use it.
gnu: emacs: Update to 24.5.
* gnu/packages/emacs.scm (emacs): Update to 24.5.
system: Clean /tmp and /var/run during early boot.
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-boot-script): Clean out /tmp and
/var/run before activating the system.
gnu: Add gst-libav.
* gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm (gst-libav): New variable.
gnu: Add GRIT.
* gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (grit): New variable.
gnu: Add Shogun.
* gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (shogun): New variable.
activation: Remove undeclared user accounts and groups.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/19795>.
Reported by David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>.
* gnu/build/activation.scm (enumerate, current-users, current-groups,
delete-user, delete-group): New procedures.
(activate-users+groups): Add calls to 'delete-user' and
'delete-group'.
* doc/guix.texi (User Accounts): Add a paragraph about statelessness.
Explain that passwords are preserved.
gnu: Add ghc-http.
* gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-http): New variable.
gnu: Add ghc-network-uri.
* gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-network-uri): New variable.