doc: Merge the type, variable, and function indices. * doc/guix.texi (Function Index): Rename to... (Programming Index): ... this. Merge the type, variable, and function indices.
system: Add 'file-system' decl. for /dev/pts, and use the right options. Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18081>. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%devtmpfs-file-system): Add 'needed-for-boot?' field. (%tty-gid, %pseudo-terminal-file-system): New variables. (%base-file-systems): Add %PSEUDO-TERMINAL-FILE-SYSTEM. * gnu/services/base.scm (udev-service): Remove dependency on 'file-system-/dev'. * gnu/system/shadow.scm (%base-groups): Add 'id' field for group 'tty'. * guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (boot-system): Remove 'mount' call for /dev/pts. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add %pseudo-terminal-file-system.
system: Add 'create-mount-point?' file system option. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (<file-system>)[create-mount-point?]: New field. * gnu/services/base.scm (file-system-service): Add #:create-mount-point? parameter and honor it. * gnu/system.scm (other-file-system-services): Update 'file-system-service' call accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Document it.
system: Add '%devtmpfs-file-system' for udev, and '%base-file-systems'. Suggested by Adam Pribyl <pribyl@lowlevel.cz>. * gnu/services/base.scm (udev-service)[requirement]: Add 'file-system-/dev'. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%devtmpfs-file-system, %base-file-systems): New variables. * gnu/system/install.scm (installation-services)[file-systems]: Use %base-file-systems. * build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm (file-systems): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Show %BASE-FILE-SYSTEMS in the example. (Using the Configuration System): Likewise. (File Systems): Document %base-file-systems, %devtmpfs-file-system, %binary-format-file-system, and %fuse-control-file-system.
doc: Fix typo. * doc/guix.texi (System Installation): s/are/is/.
guix package: add a "show" option. * doc/guix.texi: Update the documentation. * guix/scripts/package.scm: Add a "show" option. * tests/guix-package.sh: Add a test for the "show" option.
doc: Show output of 'guix refresh --list-dependent' example. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Show example output of the command.
guix: refresh: Add --list-dependent option. * guix/packages.scm (package-direct-inputs): New procedure. * gnu/packages.scm (vhash-refq, package-direct-dependents) (package-transitive-dependents, package-covering-dependents): New procedures. * guix/scripts/refresh.scm (%options, show-help, guix-refresh): Add --list-dependent option. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix refresh): Document '--list-dependent' option.
Fix typos in manual. * doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): 'gid' -> 'group' in user-account example. (Initial RAM Disk): 'base-init' -> 'base-initrd'.
doc: Add "Setuid Programs" node. * doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs): New node.
doc: Add "Initial RAM Disk" section. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): New node. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (expression->initrd): Adjust docstring.
doc: List noteworthy limitations. * doc/guix.texi (Limitations): New subsection.
doc: Move "System Configuration" higher. * doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Move "System Configuration" right after "System Installation".
doc: Add a "System Installation" node. * doc/guix.texi (Installation): Add cross-ref to "System Installation". (System Installation): New section. (System Configuration): Remove disclaimer.
doc: Remove redundant listing of services. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Services): Remove listing of service procedures; add xref to "Services".
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.