distro: gcc: Avoid retention of reference to `sed'. * distro/base.scm (gcc-4.7)[pre-configure]: Patch fixincl.x.
distro: glibc: Assume a recent Linux kernel. * distro/base.scm (glibc): Pass "--enable-kernel=2.6.30".
packages: Accept <origin> as package inputs. * guix/packages.scm (package-derivation): Accept use of an <origin> as an input.
build-system/gnu: Relax location handling in `package-with-explicit-inputs'. * guix/build-system/gnu.scm (package-with-explicit-inputs): Convert LOC when it is a source-property list.
distro: mpc: Upgrade to 1.0. * distro/base.scm (mpc): Upgrade to 1.0.
packages: Add `package-full-name'. * guix/packages.scm (package-full-name): New procedure. (package-derivation): Use it.
guix-build: Add `--derivations'. * guix-build.in (show-help): Add `--derivations'. (%options): Likewise. (guix-build): Handle it.
guix-build: Add `--source'. * guix-build.in (derivations-from-package-expressions): Add `source?' parameter. Honor it. (show-help): Add `--source'. (%options): Likewise. (guix-build): Honor `--source'.
Move <location> to (guix utils). * guix/packages.scm (<location>, location): Move to... * guix/utils.scm: ... here.
distro: bash, readline: Correctly set RUNPATH to the dependencies. * distro/base.scm (readline): Add configure flags to set an rpath on ncurses. (bash): Add configure flags to set an rpath to readline and ncurses.
distro: Add bzip2. * distro/base.scm (bzip2): New variable. (%final-inputs): Add bzip2.
distro: Bootstrap standard inputs from Nixpkgs. This is a first step towards bootstrapping from a set of pre-built, statically-linked binaries. * guix/build-system/gnu.scm (package-with-explicit-inputs, standard-inputs): New procedure. (%store): New variable. (%standard-inputs): Remove. (gnu-build): New `implicit-inputs?' keyword parameter. Use it to choose whether to use `(standard-inputs SYSTEM)' or the empty list. * distro/base.scm (guile-2.0): Remove dependency on XZ, which is now implicit. (%bootstrap-inputs, gcc-boot0, binutils-boot0, linux-headers-boot0, %boot1-inputs, glibc-final, %boot2-inputs, m4-boot2, gmp-boot2, mpfr-boot2, mpc-boot2, %boot3-inputs, gcc-final, %boot4-inputs, %final-inputs): New variables.
packages: Add `package-transitive-propagated-inputs'. * guix/packages.scm (transitive-inputs): New procedure. (package-transitive-inputs): Rewrite in terms of `transitive-inputs'. (package-transitive-propagated-inputs): New procedure.
packages: Cache the result of `package-derivation'. * guix/packages.scm (%derivation-cache): New variable. (cache, cached-derivation): New procedures. (package-derivation): Use them.
distro: recutils: Allow builds with glibc 2.16+. * distro/base.scm (recutils): Apply. `diffutils-gets-undeclared.patch'.
distro: glibc: Propagate Linux headers. * distro/base.scm (glibc): Move LINUX-HEADERS from `native-inputs' to `propagated-inputs'. Remove unnecessary `_' in /bin/pwd substitution.
distro: diffutils: Allow builds with glibc 2.16+. * distro/patches/diffutils-gets-undeclared.patch: New file. * Makefile.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. * distro/base.scm (diffutils): Apply. `diffutils-gets-undeclared.patch'.
distro: tar: Allow builds with glibc 2.16+. * distro/patches/tar-gets-undeclared.patch: New file. * Makefile.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. * distro/base.scm (tar): Apply. `tar-gets-undeclared.patch'.
packages: Add a printer for <package>. * guix/packages.scm (<package>): Add record printer.
Optimize `write-derivation' and `derivation-path->output-path'. * guix/derivations.scm (write-derivation): Explicitly use `simple-format'. (derivation-path->output-path): Memoize.