hydra: Make demo OS smaller.
* build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm: Replace Emacs with Zile. Enable
auto-login as "guest". This is the configuration used for the Guix
0.6 VM image.
gnu: linux-initrd: Mount /dev/pts at boot time.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (make-essential-device-nodes): Remove
'mount' call for /dev/pts.
(boot-system): Add it here, after 'chroot' call.
gnu: linux-initrd: Better populate /dev.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (make-essential-device-nodes): Make
/dev/{ptmx,tty} world-writable. Build additional character devices.
system: Initialize $PATH before starting dmd services.
* gnu/services/dmd.scm (dmd-configuration-file): Call 'setenv' before
starting services.
gnu: guix: Upgrade to 0.6.
* gnu/packages/package-management.scm (guix): Upgrade to 0.6.
* gnu/services/dmd.scm (dmd-configuration-file): Change /var/nix to
/var/guix.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (operating-system-default-contents): Likewise.
vm: Add #:memory-size parameter for 'expression->derivation-in-linux-vm'.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Add
#:memory-size parameter, defaulting to 256 (QEMU defaults to 128.)
gnu: linux-initrd: Default initrd has no network mounts.
* gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (gnu-system-initrd): Add #:mounts
argument.
vm: 'expression->derivation-in-linux-vm' uses QEMU virtfs/9p.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Change #:qemu
to default to QEMU-HEADLESS. Use "-net nic,model=virtio". Remove
"-net user,smb=..." and add "-virtfs" options. Change default initrd
to include two 9p mounts.
gnu: qemu: Upgrade to 1.7.1; add virtfs support.
* gnu/packages/qemu.scm (qemu-headless): Upgrade to 1.7.1.
[source]: Remove 'patches' field.
[arguments]: Add --enable-virtfs configure flag.
[inputs]: Add libcap and attr.
* gnu/packages/patches/qemu-make-4.0.patch: Remove.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Adjust accordingly.
gnu: lapack: Augment library rpath
* gnu/packages/maths.scm (lapack) [arguments]: New post-installation
phase to augment the rpath of installed libraries.
gnu: Move help2man package to (gnu packages man) module.
* gnu/packages/man.scm (help2man): New variable.
* gnu/packages/help2man.scm: Delete it.
* gnu/packages/cdrom.scm: Import (gnu packages man).
* gnu/packages/zile.scm: Import (gnu packages man).
* gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Delete 'gnu/packages/help2man.scm'.
gnu: Add man-db.
* gnu/packages.man.scm (man-db): New variable.
gnu: Add libpipeline.
* gnu/packages/man.scm: New file.
* gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
guix system: Add 'vm-image' action and '--image-size' option.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (%options): Add --image-size.
(%default-options): Add 'image-size'.
(guix-system)[parse-options]: Handle the 'vm-image' action.
Honor them.
(show-help): Update accordingly.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Add 'vm-image'.
ui: Add 'size->number'.
* guix/scripts/gc.scm (size->number): Remove.
* guix/ui.scm (size->number): New procedure.
* tests/ui.scm ("size->number, bytes",
"size->number, MiB", "size->number, GiB", "size->number, 1.2GiB",
"size->number, invalid unit"): New tests.
gnu: dvdisaster: Build sequentially.
* gnu/packages/cdrom.scm (dvdisaster)[arguments]: Add #:parallel-build? #f.
offload: Remove all the GC roots in case of multiple-output derivations.
* guix/scripts/offload.scm (remove-gc-root): Rename to...
(remove-gc-roots): ... this.
[builder]: Use 'scandir' and remove all the files starting with
%GC-ROOT-FILE.
(transfer-and-offload): Adjust to renaming; remove
'false-if-exception' wraps.