gnu: help2man: Update to 1.46.4. * gnu/packages/man.scm (help2man): Update to 1.46.4.
gnu: global: Update to 6.3.3. * gnu/packages/global.scm (global): Update to 6.3.3.
gnu: ucommon: Update to 6.2.3. * gnu/packages/telephony.scm (ucommon): Update to 6.2.3.
gnu: cd-discid: Fix download location. * gnu/packages/cdrom.scm (cd-discid): Fix download location.
gnu: Add git-test-sequence. * gnu/packages/version-control.scm (git-test-sequence): New variable.
gnu: Add git-flow. * gnu/packages/version-control.scm (git-flow, shflags): New variables.
gnu: wpa-supplicant: Remove dependency on DBus. * gnu/packages/admin.scm (wpa-supplicant): Remove dependency on DBUS.
guix: scripts: Add GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS environment handling. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Mention 'GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS'. * guix/scripts/archive.scm: (append args (environment-build-options)). * guix/scripts/build.scm: Ditto. * guix/scripts/environment.scm: Ditto. * guix/scripts/package.scm: Ditto. * guix/scripts/system.scm: Ditto. * guix/ui.scm (environment-build-options): New function. * guix/utils.scm (arguments-from-environment-variable): New function. * tests/guix-build.sh: Add tests. * test-env.in: Unset GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
daemon: Default to '--cores=0'. Suggested by Deck Pickard <deck.r.pickard@gmail.com>. * nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (main): Set 'settings.buildCores' to 0. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix-daemon): Adjust accordingly.
doc: Explain that 'file-system' must refer to mapped devices by file name. * doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Clarify what to do when mapped devices are used.
Revert "system: Add a 'needed-for-boot?' field to 'mapped-device'." This reverts commit 3b09332adf7ce8e976a4d117a62c586a53af04aa, which turned out to be a bad idea because we need to have dependency information between the device-mapping service and the file-system service that uses it.
gnu: Add matplotlib. * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-matplotlib, python2-matplotlib): New variables.
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'.