doc: Update "Installing Guix from Guix".
* README: Make 'guix package' command line more readable. Mention
--localstatedir.
gnu: ucommon: Update to 6.1.10.
* gnu/packages/telephony.scm (ucommon): Update to 6.1.10.
gnu: libtasn1: Update to 4.1.
* gnu/packages/gnutls.scm (libtasn1): Update to 4.1.
gnu: datamash: Update to 1.0.6.
* gnu/packages/datamash.scm (datamash): Update to 1.0.6.
gnu: parallel: Update to 20140822.
* gnu/packages/parallel.scm (parallel): Update to 20140822.
gnu: help2man: Update to 1.46.1.
* gnu/packages/man.scm (help2man): Update to 1.46.1.
doc: Clarify system installation and configuration details.
Reported by leth on #guix.
* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Suggest running 'reboot' instead
of 'umount /mnt'.
(Initial RAM Disk): Add xref to SRFI-26.
sync-with-upstream: Generate 'nix/AUTHORS'.
* nix/sync-with-upstream: Use 'git shortlog' to generate nix/AUTHORS.
gnu: gcc-toolchain: Inherit GCC's search path specifications.
Reported by Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org>.
* gnu/packages/commencement.scm (gcc-toolchain): Add
'native-search-paths' and 'search-paths' fields.
guix package: Fix search path lookup when an obsolete version is installed.
Before that, 'guix package --search-paths' would not work if, say,
'foo-0.2' is installed but the distro provides 'foo-0.3'.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (search-path-environment-variables)[manifest-entry->package]:
Handle the case where 'find-best-packages-by-name' returns '().
daemon: Rename '--disable-store-optimization' to '--disable-deduplication'.
* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (GUIX_OPT_DISABLE_STORE_OPTIMIZATION):
Rename to...
(GUIX_OPT_DISABLE_DEDUPLICATION): ... this. Adjust user accordingly.
(options): Add "disable-deduplication". Make
"disable-store-optimization" a hidden alias.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Adjust to new option name. Add
index entry. Improve description.
daemon: Really enable automatic deduplication by default.
* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (main): Set 'autoStoreOptimise' to
true. Add 'printMsg' call.
* tests/derivations.scm ("identical files are deduplicated"): New test.
profiles: Compute transaction effects in a functional way.
* guix/profiles.scm (manifest-transaction-effects): New procedure.
(manifest-show-transaction): Use it instead of locally computing it.
* tests/profiles.scm (glibc): New variable.
("manifest-transaction-effects"): New test.
offload: Ignore EEXIST when registering a .drv as a GC root.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18115>.
Reported by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.
* guix/scripts/offload.scm (register-gc-root)[script]: Wrap 'symlink'
call in "catch 'system-error", and ignore EEXIST errors.
offload: Ignore unreachable machines.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18070>.
Reported by Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>.
* guix/scripts/offload.scm (remote-pipe): Augment docstring.
(machine-load): Return +inf.0 instead of 1 if MACHINE does not respond
or responds badly.
gnu: Add nss-mdns.
* gnu/packages/avahi.scm (nss-mdns): New variable.
doc: %final-inputs is now in (gnu packages commencement).
* doc/guix.texi (Bootstrapping): Adjust the text to reflect that
'%final-inputs' is now in (gnu packages commencement).
hydra: Adjust to (gnu packages commencement) split from (gnu packages base).
* build-aux/hydra/gnu-system.scm: Import (gnu packages commencement).
gnu: Add perl-archive-zip.
* gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl-archive-zip): New variable.