doc: Mention what's in the chroot, and add a caveat about /dev/shm.
* doc/guix.texi (Setting Up the Daemon): Document the default content of
the chroot, and the /dev/shm caveat.
doc: Add "Adding New Packages".
* doc/guix.texi (Adding New Packages): New section.
(Packaging Guidelines): Make a subsection thereof.
(From the Source Tarball to the Package): New subsection.
(Contributing): Link to "Adding New Packages".
(Package Modules): Link to modules in Guile's manual.
doc: Mark 2.0.5 as being the minimum Guile version.
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Require Guile 2.0.5+.
* README: Ditto.
Merge branch 'core-updates'
doc: Add "Installing Debugging Files".
* doc/guix.texi (Installing Debugging Files): New node.
(Packages with Multiple Outputs): Add cross-reference.
doc: Add "Packages with Multiple Outputs" section.
* doc/guix.texi (Packages with Multiple Outputs): New node.
(Invoking guix package): Refer to it.
doc: Move the packaging guidelines to the manual.
* HACKING (Packaging Guidelines): Remove.
* doc/guix.texi (Packaging Guidelines): New node.
doc: Add a "Porting" section.
* HACKING (Porting the Guix distro on a new platform): Remove.
* doc/guix.texi (Porting): New node. Describe cross-compilation as the
only approach.
doc: Add a "Boostrapping" section.
* doc/guix.texi (Package Modules): New node, with material formerly
under "GNU Distribution".
(Bootstrapping): New node.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add doc/images/bootstrap-graph.dot and
doc/images/bootstrap-graph.eps.
(infoimagedir, dist_infoimage_DATA, DOT_OPTIONS): New variable.
(.dot.png, .dot.eps, doc/guix.pdf, doc/guix.info, doc/guix.ps): New
targets.
* doc/images/bootstrap-graph.dot: New file.
Merge branch 'master' into core-updates
Conflicts:
gnu/packages/make-bootstrap.scm
guix gc: Add `--requisites'.
* guix/scripts/gc.scm (show-help, %options): Add `--requisites'.
(guix-gc): Handle it.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix gc): Document `--requisites'.
* NEWS: Update.
doc: Write about patch submission and packaging guidelines.
* HACKING: Update the command names from `guix-build' to `guix build' & co.
(Submitting Patches, Packaging Guidelines): New sections.
* doc/guix.texi (Contributing): New section.
build, package: Add `--fallback' option.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (%options, show-help): Add `--fallback'.
(guix-build): Call `set-build-options' with #:fallback?.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (%options, show-help): Add `--fallback'.
(guix-package): Call `set-build-options' with #:fallback?.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package, Invoking guix build): Document
`--fallback'.
doc: Improve wording and fix typos in "Introduction" and "Requirements".
* doc/guix.texi (Introduction, Requirements): Rephrase and fix typos.
build: Add `--target' option.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (derivations-from-package-expressions): Add
`package-derivation' parameter.
(show-help, %options): Add `--target'.
(guix-build): Use `package-cross-derivation' when `--target' is
passed.
* tests/guix-build.sh: Add dry-run test with `--target'.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document `--target'.
packages: Implement `package-cross-derivation'.
* guix/packages.scm (package-transitive-target-inputs,
package-transitive-native-inputs): New procedures.
(package-derivation): Parametrize `%current-target-system'.
(package-cross-derivation): Implement.
* guix/utils.scm (%current-target-system): New variable.
* tests/packages.scm ("package-cross-derivation"): New test.
* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Document
`package-cross-derivation'.
Add `--max-silent-time' to `guix build' and `guix package'.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (%default-options): Add default
`max-silent-time' value.
(show-help, %options): Add `--max-silent-time'.
(guix-build): Pass `max-silent-time' to `set-build-options'.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (%default-options): Add default
`max-silent-time' value.
(show-help, %options): Add `--max-silent-time'.
(guix-package): Pass `max-silent-time' to `set-build-options'.
* guix/ui.scm (string->number*): New procedure.
* tests/derivations.scm ("build-expression->derivation and
max-silent-time"): New test.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package, Invoking guix build): Document
`--max-silent-time'.
package: Make sure the profile directory is owned by the user.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (guix-package)[ensure-default-profile]: Check
the owner of %PROFILE-DIRECTORY. Report an error when the owner is
not the current user. Add `rtfm' procedure.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Mention the ownership test.
doc: Document "guix download".
* doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Linke to "Invoking guix download".
(Utilities): Add an overview paragraph.
(Invoking guix download): New node.