[Nix-dev] GNU Guix 0.8.1 released
Ludovic Courtès
ludo at gnu.org
Thu Jan 29 10:17:37 CET 2015
We are pleased to announce the release of GNU Guix version 0.8.1,
representing 804 commits by 21 people over 2.5 months.
• About
GNU Guix is a functional package manager for the GNU system.
The Guix System Distribution is an advanced distribution of
the GNU system.
In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports
transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package
management, per-user profiles, and garbage collection. It also offers
a declarative approach to operating system configuration management.
Guix uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager, except
that packages are defined as native Guile modules, using extensions to
the Scheme language.
The operating system uses the Linux-Libre kernel and the GNU dmd init
system. At this stage it can be used on an i686 or x86_64 machine.
It is also possible to use Guix on top of an already installed
GNU/Linux system, including on mips64el and armv7.
http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
• Download
Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detached signature[*]:
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-0.8.1.tar.gz
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-0.8.1.tar.gz.sig
Here are the bootable USB installation images and their signatures[*]:
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/gsd-usb-install-0.8.1.i686-linux.xz
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/gsd-usb-install-0.8.1.i686-linux.xz.sig
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/gsd-usb-install-0.8.1.x86_64-linux.xz
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/gsd-usb-install-0.8.1.x86_64-linux.xz.sig
Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth:
http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
Here are the SHA1 checksums:
8c9466f3e7b45e0879c0ff105a97f31bd0d16570 guix-0.8.1.tar.gz
5bfc2c9f83b5f5caa37ec04624bc40993955506a gsd-usb-install-0.8.1.i686-linux.xz
5243a1abd90722d3e217226b2f6204396fe8e84f gsd-usb-install-0.8.1.x86_64-linux.xz
[*] Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding file (without the
.sig suffix) is intact. First, be sure to download both the .sig file
and the corresponding tarball. Then, run a command like this:
gpg --verify guix-0.8.1.tar.gz.sig
If that command fails because you don't have the required public key,
then run this command to import it:
gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 3D9AEBB5
and rerun the 'gpg --verify' command.
This release was bootstrapped with the following tools:
Autoconf 2.69
Automake 1.15
Makeinfo 5.2
To install the Guix System Distribution, please see “System
Installation” in the manual.
• Changes since version 0.8 (excerpt from the NEWS file)
** Package management
*** New ‘--share’ and ‘--expose’ options for ‘guix system vm’
See “Invoking guix system” in the manual.
*** Emacs mode now automatically loads newly installed Emacs packages
See “Emacs Initial Setup” in the manual.
*** ‘guix-daemon’ now defaults to ‘--cores=0 --jobs=1’
In other words, at any given time, only one derivation is being built or
substituted, and it can use as many cores as available. Before, there could
be N derivations using N cores, which was obviously not desirable.
*** Command-line tools support the ‘GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS’ environment variable
See “Invoking guix build” in the manual.
*** ‘guix environment’ is faster
*** New ‘--recursive’ option for ‘guix archive’
See “Invoking guix archive” in the manual.
*** Missing patches required by a package definition are gracefully reported
*** ‘guix lint’ supports additional checkers
The new checkers are ‘gnu-description’, ‘home-page’, and ‘source’.
See “Invoking guix lint” in the manual.
*** New CPAN importer for ‘guix import’
See “Invoking guix import” in the manual.
** Distribution
*** USB installation image has more tools
Tools added since 0.8: wpa_supplicant, cryptsetup, and iw.
*** Linux kernel module dependencies are automatically handled
Before that, all the modules needed in the initrd would need to be explicitly
listed, including their dependencies, and in topological order.
*** Font packages now all have a name starting with ‘font-’
See “Fonts” in the manual.
*** Shell startup files have been cleaned up
/etc/profile contains only environment variable definitions, which may also be
used when running a different shell. The skeletons for user’s ‘.bash_profile’
and ‘.bashrc’ files behave as documented in the Bash manual. Zsh is supported.
*** The ‘root’ account gets a copy of the account skeleton files
Before that, the skeleton files would only be copied to non-root accounts.
*** The name service cache daemon (nscd) is configurable
By default it aggressively caches host and service lookups. See “Base
Services” in the manual.
*** Available locale definitions are now declared in ‘operating-system’
Before, the ‘glibc’ package would contain all the existing locales, as well as
the ‘locale-archive’ file, amounting to 110 MiB. See “Locales” in the manual.
*** SLiM sessions are configurable
Pressing F1 in the SLiM graphical log-in screen allows users to choose among
the pre-configured session types. See “X Window” in the manual.
*** Man pages and Info files are systematically gzip-compressed
*** ‘gnu-build-system’ ensures that documentation is in share/{man,info}
If a package installs to $prefix/{man,info}, this is automatically fixed to be
$prefix/share/{man,info}.
*** ‘strip’ is invoked only on ELF files and ‘ar’ archives
*** ‘libtool’ and ‘libltdl’ are now separate packages
*** Emacs mode is readily usable on the Guix System Distribution
*** Substitutes are now enabled by default on freshly installed systems
*** 164 new packages
abcde, astyle, avr-libc, bbdb, bedtools, bowtie, bullet, c-reduce, cd-discid,
cgal, clang, claws-mail, cups, cups-filters, cups-minimal, dconf, delta,
dmenu, eigen, emms, exo, fastjar, font-bitstream-vera, font-dejavu,
font-gnu-freefont-ttf, font-liberation, font-terminus, fvwm, garcon,
gcc-cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf, gcc-cross-sans-libc-avr, gcj, getmail,
git-flow, git-manpages, git-test-sequence, glew, glulxe, gourmet,
gst-plugins-good, gtk-xfce-engine, hexchat, ijs, iw, jack, json-glib,
libdvdnav, libdvdread, libetpan, libevdev, libltdl, libtorrent, libupnp,
libwnck, libwnck, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, libxshmfence, libyubikey, llvm,
lrdf, mg, mp3info, msmtp, ncftp, nginx, ninja, nss, openbox,
perl-benchmark-timer, perl-clone, perl-digest-sha1, perl-exporter-lite,
perl-file-which, perl-getopt-tabular, perl-ipc-run3, perl-probe-perl,
perl-regexp-common, perl-sys-cpu, perl-test-deep, perl-test-nowarnings,
perl-test-script, perl-test-simple, perl-test-tester, pflask,
python-cairocffi, python-cffi, python-distutils-extra, python-html5lib,
python-ipython, python-isodate, python-matplotlib, python-numpy,
python-numpydoc, python-pillow, python-pycairo, python-pycparser,
python-pygobject, python-pyparsing, python-pyqt, python-pysam, python-rdflib,
python-scipy, python-sip, python-sqlalchemy, python-xcffib, python2-cairocffi,
python2-cffi, python2-distutils-extra, python2-elib.intl, python2-html5lib,
python2-ipython, python2-isodate, python2-matplotlib, python2-numpy,
python2-numpydoc, python2-pillow, python2-py2cairo, python2-pycparser,
python2-pygobject, python2-pygtk, python2-pyparsing, python2-pyqt,
python2-pysam, python2-scipy, python2-sip, python2-sqlalchemy, python2-xcffib,
qpdf, retroarch, rtorrent, samtools, shflags, slang, slock, socat,
startup-notification, sxiv, taglib, telepathy-glib, thunar, thunar-volman,
tre, tumbler, vala, vte, vte, wine, wmctrl, xclip, xdotool, xf86-video-geode,
xfce4-appfinder, xfce4-battery-plugin, xfce4-panel, xfce4-session,
xfce4-settings, xfce4-terminal, xfconf, xfdesktop, xfwm4, xinit, ykclient,
zerofree
*** 222 package updates
apr-util-1.5.4, atk-2.15.3, automake-1.15, bash-4.3.33, bash-light-4.3.33,
bdftopcf-1.0.4, binutils-2.25, binutils-static-stripped-tarball-2.25,
cairo-1.12.18, cairomm-1.11.2, ccrtp-2.1.1, curl-7.40.0, dbus-1.8.12,
dbus-glib-0.102, ddrescue-1.19, dri2proto-2.8, e2fsck-static-1.42.11,
e2fsprogs-1.42.11, eudev-2.1.1, ffmpeg-2.5.3, file-5.22, fish-2.1.1,
fontconfig-2.11.92, fontsproto-2.1.3, freeipmi-1.4.8,
gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-4.8.4, gcc-cross-sans-libc-xtensa-elf-4.8.4,
gcc-objc++-4.8.4, gcc-objc-4.8.4, gcc-stripped-tarball-4.8.4, gccgo-4.8.4,
gcl-2.6.12, gd-2.1.1, gdb-7.8.2, gdk-pixbuf-2.31.1, gettext-0.19.4,
gfortran-4.8.4, ghostscript-9.14.0, ghostscript-with-x-9.14.0, gimp-2.8.14,
git-2.2.1, glib-2.42.1, glibmm-2.42.0, global-6.3.3, glproto-1.4.17,
gnutls-3.2.21, gobject-introspection-1.42.0, gp2c-0.0.9pl2, grep-2.21,
groff-1.22.3, gss-1.0.3, gst-plugins-base-1.0.10, gtk+-3.14.7, gtkmm-3.14.0,
guix-0.8, guix-0.8.4ad8789, help2man-1.46.4, iceauth-1.0.6, icu4c-54.1,
inkscape-0.48.5, inputproto-2.3.1, lcms-2.6, lftp-4.6.1, libassuan-2.2.0,
libcdio-0.93, libdmx-1.1.3, libdrm-2.4.58, libfontenc-1.1.2, libfs-1.0.6,
libgcrypt-1.6.2, libgpg-error-1.17, libice-1.0.9, libjpeg-9a, libksba-1.3.2,
libmicrohttpd-0.9.39, libnl-3.2.25, libpciaccess-0.13.2, libpeas-1.12.1,
libpng-1.5.21, librsvg-2.40.6, libsm-1.2.2, libtasn1-4.2, libtool-2.4.5,
libx11-1.6.2, libxau-1.0.8, libxaw-1.0.12, libxcb-1.11, libxcomposite-0.4.4,
libxcursor-1.1.14, libxdamage-1.1.4, libxext-1.3.3, libxfixes-5.0.1,
libxfont-1.5.0, libxft-2.3.2, libxi-1.7.4, libxinerama-1.1.3,
libxkbcommon-0.5.0, libxmu-1.1.2, libxp-1.0.2, libxpm-3.5.11, libxrandr-1.4.2,
libxrender-0.9.8, libxres-1.0.7, libxt-1.1.4, libxtst-1.2.2, libxv-1.0.10,
libxvmc-1.0.8, libxxf86dga-1.1.4, libxxf86vm-1.1.3, linux-libre-3.18.4,
lua-5.2.3, makedepend-1.0.5, mercurial-3.2.4, mesa-10.4.0, minetest-0.4.11,
mkfontscale-1.1.1, neon-0.30.0, nix-1.8, ntp-4.2.8, ocrad-0.24,
openjpeg-2.0.1, openssl-1.0.1k, pango-1.36.8, parallel-20150122,
pari-gp-2.7.2, patchelf-0.8, pcre-8.36, perf-3.18.4, phonon-4.8.3,
pixman-0.32.6, pkg-config-0.28, poppler-0.28.1, python-3.3.5,
python-dateutil-2.2, python2-dateutil-2.2, qemu-2.2.0, qemu-headless-2.2.0,
qt-5.4.0, racket-6.1.1, randrproto-1.4.0, raptor2-2.0.15, rasqal-0.9.33,
rcs-5.9.4, ruby-2.1.5, sessreg-1.0.8, sipwitch-1.9.3, sqlite-3.8.7.4,
tiled-0.11.0, tmux-1.9a, tzdata-2014j, ucommon-6.2.3, util-linux-2.25.2,
util-macros-1.19.0, vera-1.22, videoproto-2.3.2, wget-1.16.1, xauth-1.0.9,
xbacklight-1.2.1, xcb-proto-1.11, xcb-util-0.4.0, xcb-util-image-0.4.0,
xcb-util-keysyms-0.4.0, xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.9, xcb-util-wm-0.4.1,
xcursor-themes-1.0.4, xcursorgen-1.0.6, xdpyinfo-1.3.1, xev-1.2.1,
xextproto-7.3.0, xf86-input-evdev-2.8.4, xf86-input-joystick-1.6.2,
xf86-input-keyboard-1.8.0, xf86-input-mouse-1.9.1, xf86-input-synaptics-1.8.1,
xf86-video-ark-0.7.5, xf86-video-ati-7.5.0, xf86-video-cirrus-1.5.2,
xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.4, xf86-video-glint-1.2.8, xf86-video-i128-1.3.6,
xf86-video-intel-2.21.15, xf86-video-mach64-6.9.4, xf86-video-mga-1.6.3,
xf86-video-neomagic-1.2.8, xf86-video-nv-2.1.20, xf86-video-openchrome-0.3.3,
xf86-video-r128-6.9.2, xf86-video-savage-2.3.7,
xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.7, xf86-video-sis-0.10.7,
xf86-video-suncg6-1.1.2, xf86-video-sunffb-1.2.2, xf86-video-tdfx-1.4.5,
xf86-video-tga-1.2.2, xf86-video-trident-1.3.6, xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3,
xf86-video-vmware-13.0.2, xf86-video-voodoo-1.2.5, xhost-1.0.6, xinput-1.6.1,
xkbcomp-1.3.0, xkbutils-1.0.4, xkeyboard-config-2.13, xkill-1.0.4,
xlockmore-5.45, xlsclients-1.1.3, xmodmap-1.0.8, xnee-3.19,
xorg-server-1.16.3, xprop-1.2.2, xproto-7.0.26, xrandr-1.4.3, xrdb-1.1.0,
xrefresh-1.0.5, xset-1.2.3, xsetroot-1.1.1, xtrans-1.3.5, xvinfo-1.1.2,
xwd-1.0.6, xwininfo-1.1.3, youtube-dl-2015.01.23.4, zsh-5.0.7
** Programming interfaces
*** New (guix elf) and (gnu build linux-modules) modules
These provide resolution of Linux kernel module dependencies. See
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-11/msg00670.html>.
*** ‘glib-or-gtk-build-system’ has been extended
It now handles GIO and XDG themes, takes care of generating the icon cache,
and has a new #:glib-or-gtk-wrap-excluded-outputs parameter.
*** ‘search-path-specification’ can now specify non-directory items
For example, the ‘search-path-specification’ attached to libxml2 specifies a
file pattern, which allows all the ‘catalog.xml’ files to be added to the
‘XML_CATALOG_FILES’ environment variable.
*** (guix build syscalls) has more network-related procedures
‘set-network-interface-flags’, ‘set-network-interface-address’,
‘network-interface-address’, and ‘configure-network-interface’ are ioctl
bindings used by network-handling dmd services.
*** (guix monads) refactoring
‘%store-monad’ is now in (guix store) and is an alias for the new
‘%state-monad’ provided by (guix monads). Monadic procedures dealing with the
store, with derivations, and with packages have been moved from (guix monads)
to (guix store), (guix derivations), and (guix packages). See “The Store
Monad” in the manual.
*** (guix build utils) provides ‘parallel-job-count’
*** ‘wrap-program’ preserves the original argv[0]
*** New (guix sets) module
*** ‘define-record-type*’ now support “delayed” fields
** Noteworthy bug fixes
*** X session is executed from a login shell (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19119>)
*** grub.cfg is now a garbage-collector root (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19160>)
*** Substituter progress report properly formatted
(<http://bugs.gnu.org/19313>)
*** Document permissions for /gnu/store (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19316>)
*** Make sure config.go is newer than config.scm
(<http://bugs.gnu.org/19317>)
*** Emacs knows where to find its GLib schemas (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19138>)
*** Adjust 'grub.cfg' to work on systems with a separate /boot
(<http://bugs.gnu.org/19220>)
*** Fix removal of next-to-last item in a profile
(<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-12/msg00292.html>)
*** Apply patches with "patch --force" (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19402>)
*** Extend ‘search-path-specification’ for libxml2-style use cases
(<http://bugs.gnu.org/18033>)
*** Search for patches under $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19364>)
*** Use executables from the target inputs in 'patch-shebangs'
(<http://bugs.gnu.org/18895>)
*** guix-daemon now automatically creates '…/profiles/per-user'
(<http://bugs.gnu.org/19315>)
*** Make /etc/mtab a symlink to /proc/self/mounts
(<http://bugs.gnu.org/19491>)
*** Don't build the mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 cross-compiler on i686
(<http://bugs.gnu.org/19598>)
*** Read archive signatures as Latin-1 strings (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19610>)
*** Raise an error for references to non-existent outputs
(<http://bugs.gnu.org/19630>)
*** Initialize libgcrypt before use (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19677>)
** Native language support
*** New translations: fr (French), hu (Hungarian)
*** Updated translation: eo, vi
Please report bugs to bug-guix at gnu.org.
Join guix-devel at gnu.org and #guix on Freenode for discussions.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:
16 Alex Kost
62 Andreas Enge
1 Cyril Roelandt
5 David Thompson
31 Eric Bavier
47 Federico Beffa
8 Jason Self
10 John Darrington
1 Joshua S. Grant
5 Julien Lepiller
326 Ludovic Courtès
5 Manolis Ragkousis
1 Marek Benc
206 Mark H Weaver
19 Ricardo Wurmus
2 Taylan Ulrich B
2 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
4 Tomáš Čech
3 nebuli
2 rekado
48 宋文武
Ludovic, on behalf of the Guix team.
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