services: xorg: Add 'xf86-video-sis'. * gnu/services/xorg.scm (xorg-start-command)[xserver.conf]: Add ModulePath for 'xf86-video-sis'.
gnu-maintenance: Support .zip files. Reported by Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>. * guix/gnu-maintenance.scm (sans-extension): Add case for ".zip". (%tarball-rx): Extend to handle .zip extension.
gnu: Add mg. * gnu/packages/mg.scm: New file. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add mg.scm. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
gnu: wireless-tools: Install the manual pages under $out/share/man. * gnu/packages/linux.scm (wireless-tools)[origin]: Add snippet. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
gnu: Add abcde. * gnu/packages/cdrom.scm (abcde): New variable.
gnu: Add cd-discid. * gnu/packages/cdrom.scm (cd-discid): New variable.
gnu: guix: Update snapshot. * gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix-devel): Update.
doc: Improve porting instructions. * doc/guix.texi (Porting): Move 'glibc-dynamic-linker' paragraph above. Clarify what is meant by updating (gnu packages bootstrap). Mention 'gnu-system.am'.
system: locale: Fix typo in docstring. * gnu/system/locale.scm (localedef-command): Fix typo.
gnu: Rename fonts according to our new naming scheme. * gnu/packages/fonts.scm (ttf-dejavu): Rename to ... * gnu/packages/fonts.scm (font-dejavu): ... this. * gnu/packages/fonts.scm (ttf-bitstream-vera): Rename to ... * gnu/packages/fonts.scm (font-bitstream-vera): ... this. * gnu/packages/fonts.scm (freefont-ttf): Rename to ... * gnu/packages/fonts.scm (font-gnu-freefont-ttf): ... this. * gnu/packages/fonts.scm (terminus-font): Rename to ... * gnu/packages/fonts.scm (font-terminus): ... this.
system: Add a 'needed-for-boot?' field to 'mapped-device'. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (<mapped-device>)[needed-for-boot?]: New field. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-user-mapped-devices, operating-system-boot-mapped-devices): Use it instead of trying to guess. Guessing doesn't work when one refers to a partition using its label, for instance. * doc/guix.texi (Mapped Devices): Document 'needed-for-boot?'.
system: Change "en_US.UTF-8" to "en_US.utf8". * build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm (locale): Change to "en_US.utf8". * gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os)[locale]: Ditto.
linux-modules: Correctly propagate error code from 'init_module'. * gnu/packages/patches/guile-linux-syscalls.patch (scm_load_linux_module): Leave 'errno' unchanged when ERR != 0. * gnu/build/linux-modules.scm (load-linux-module*): Check for the errno value of ARGS to determine whether the module was already loaded.
linux-initrd: Remove the ".ko" suffix from module names in 'base-initrd'. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (base-initrd): Remove the .ko suffix from module names.
linux-initrd: Remove now redundant module names. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (base-initrd)[virtio-modules]: Remove "virtio.ko" and "virtio_ring.ko". [virtio-9p-modules]: Remove "fscache.ko" and "9pnet.ko". [linux-modules]: Remove "libahci.ko".
linux-boot: Load modules and their dependencies, à la 'modprobe'. * gnu/build/linux-boot.scm: Use (gnu build linux-modules). (load-linux-module*): Remove. (boot-system): Add #:linux-module-directory parameter. [lookup-module]: New procedure. Call 'current-module-debugging-port'. Pass #:lookup-module to 'load-linux-module*'. Map LOOKUP-MODULE on LINUX-MODULES. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (base-initrd): Adjust 'boot-system' call accordingly. Adjust #:modules argument as well. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-activation-script)[%modules]: Likewise. * gnu/system/vm.scm (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Likewise.
linux-initrd: Copy modules and their dependencies to the initrd. * gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (flat-linux-module-directory)[build-exp]: Add 'lookup' procedure. Use 'recursive-module-dependencies' to compute the list of modules to copy. Adjust #:modules parameter.
system: Add (gnu build linux-modules). * gnu/build/linux-modules.scm: New file. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
Add (guix elf). * guix/elf.scm: New file. Taken from Guile 'master', commit 3f826e3. * Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it. * THANKS: Thank Andy, who wrote this module.
doc: Update stale references in "Bootstrapping". * doc/guix.texi (Bootstrapping): Final definitions are in (gnu packages commencement). Change gnu-build-system xref to "Build Systems".