hydra: Change 'qemu-jobs' to return name/thunk pairs. * build-aux/hydra/gnu-system.scm (qemu-jobs)[->job]: Change the cdr to a thunk.
hydra: Add 'qemu-image' job. * build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm: New file. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it. * build-aux/hydra/gnu-system.scm (qemu-jobs): New procedure. (hydra-jobs): Use it. * guix/scripts/system.scm (read-operating-system): Export.
guix package: Fix indentation of packages to remove. * guix/scripts/package.scm (show-what-to-remove/install): Add space when showing packages to remove.
gnu: Add 'gcc-toolchain'. * gnu/packages/base.scm (gcc-toolchain): New procedure. (gcc-toolchain-4.8): New variable.
doc: Add "Build Systems" section. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Packages): Add 'arguments' field in the example; update 'synopsis' and 'description'. Remove most of the description of 'build-system', and instead reference to the "Build Systems" node. Briefly describe 'arguments' field, and remove more elaborate description. Add cross-reference to "Packaging Guidelines". (Build Systems): New node. (Packaging Guidelines): Mention '--log-file'.
gnu: qemu: Change multiple-SMB-share patch to /gnu/store. * gnu/packages/patches/qemu-multiple-smb-shares.patch: Change "/nix/store" to "/gnu/store".
gnu: Add clusterssh * gnu/packages/admin.scm (clusterssh): New variable
gnu: Add perl-x11-protocol * gnu/packages/xorg.scm (perl-x11-protocol): New variable
gnu: Add perl-tk * gnu/packages/tcl.scm (perl-tk): New variable
gnu: net-base: Upgrade to 5.2. * gnu/packages/admin.scm (net-base): Upgrade to 5.2; use 'mirror://debian'.
gnu: shadow: Take the source from Git. * gnu/packages/admin.scm (shadow)[source]: Use the git repo.
gnu: guile-ssh: Use libssh 0.5.5 patched for CVE-2014-0017. * gnu/packages/patches/libssh-CVE-2014-0017.patch: New file. * gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. * gnu/packages/ssh.scm (libssh-0.5): New variable. (guile-ssh): Use it.
ui: Improve reporting of 'system-error' exceptions. * guix/ui.scm (call-with-error-handling): Change 'system-error' handler to display the error message as it was raised.
gnu: xpdf: Build sequentially. * gnu/packages/pdf.scm (xpdf)[arguments]: Add #:parallel-build? #f.
gnu: lsh: Build with Readline 6.2. * gnu/packages/lsh.scm (lsh): Use READLINE-6.2 instead of READLINE.
gnu: gdb: Disable tests. * gnu/packages/gdb.scm (gdb): Disable tests.
gnu: valgrind: Adjust patch for glibc 2.19. * gnu/packages/patches/valgrind-glibc.patch: s/2.18/2.19/.
union: Ensure that the output is always a directory. Fixes the creation of single-package profiles, reported by Ludovic Courtès. * guix/build/union.scm (union-build): Add new internal procedure 'union-of-directories' that always creates a directory, containing the code previously used only to merge multiple directories. Call it from the multiple-directory case in 'union' and from the top-level 'union-build'.
pki: Introduce 'write-acl', and fix wrong conversion in 'ensure-acl'. * guix/pki.scm (write-acl): New procedure. (ensure-acl): Use it. Fixes a regression introduced in 39831f1, whereby 'ensure-acl' would yield a wrong-type-arg error. * guix/scripts/archive.scm (authorize-key): Use 'write-acl'.
build: Remove now useless Boost headers. * daemon.am (libformat_headers): Remove 6 nix/boost files that were removed in Nix commit 1c2550a2ae826c422cf6d34f1c5c3e687474929d.