2 #+TITLE: Guix NEWS – history of user-visible changes
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11 Please send Guix bug reports to bug-guix@gnu.org.
13 * Changes in 0.9.1 (since 0.9.0)
17 *** Emacs interface for system generations
18 *** Emacs interface for hydra.gnu.org
19 *** Changes in Emacs interface variables and faces
20 In the following names, BUFFER-TYPE means "info" or "list";
21 ENTRY-TYPE means "package", "output" or "generation".
24 - guix-info-fill-column
25 - guix-info-insert-ENTRY-TYPE-function
28 - guix-info-ignore-empty-vals -> guix-info-ignore-empty-values
29 - guix-output-name-width -> guix-generation-output-name-width
30 - guix-buffer-name-function -> guix-ui-buffer-name-function
31 - guix-update-after-operation -> guix-ui-update-after-operation
32 - guix-search-params -> guix-package-search-params
33 - guix-BUFFER-TYPE-file-path (face) -> guix-BUFFER-TYPE-file-name
36 - guix-list-column-format, guix-list-column-value-methods ->
37 guix-ENTRY-TYPE-list-format
38 - guix-info-displayed-params, guix-info-insert-methods,
39 guix-package-info-heading-params -> guix-ENTRY-TYPE-info-format
40 - guix-param-titles, guix-list-column-titles ->
41 guix-ENTRY-TYPE-BUFFER-TYPE-titles
42 - guix-list-describe-warning-count ->
43 guix-ENTRY-TYPE-list-describe-warning-count
44 - guix-package-info-fill-heading -> guix-info-fill
46 * Changes in 0.9.0 (since 0.8.3)
50 *** New ‘guix graph’ command, to draw package graphs
51 *** New ‘guix challenge’ command, to challenge the authenticity of binaries
52 *** ‘guix environment’ has a new ‘--container’ option
53 *** ‘guix substitute’ now honors all the specified substitute URLs
54 *** New ‘guix import cran’ command, to import R packages from CRAN
55 *** Package descriptions can now include Texinfo markup rendered on the fly
56 *** ‘guix package’ has a new ‘--install-from-file’ option
57 *** ‘guix package --search’ shows package outputs
58 *** ‘guix refresh’ can refresh selected non-GNU package definitions
59 *** The ‘--ad-hoc’ option of ‘guix environment’ is now positional
60 *** The ‘--exec’ option of ‘guix environment’ is deprecated; use ‘--’ instead
61 *** ‘guix build’ has a new ‘--file’ option
62 *** ‘guix build --log-file’ can now return URLs
63 *** ‘guix size’ now has a ‘--substitute-urls’ option and is much faster
64 *** New ‘guix lint’ checkers: ‘formatting’, ‘license’, ‘source-file-name’
65 *** Download progress report has been improved
66 *** Emacs shell-mode completions for ‘guix’ commands updated
67 *** Emacs: New ‘M-x guix’ popup interface
68 *** Emacs: modes for viewing build logs (‘guix-build-log-mode’)
72 *** New extensible service composition API
74 The operating system service API in (gnu services) has been completely
75 rewritten, significantly improving extensibility and modularity, while
76 providing a framework that makes it easy to reason about service composition.
77 Consequently, several sources of redundancy and confusion in
78 ‘operating-system’ declarations have been eliminated. See “Service
79 Composition” in the manual.
81 *** New ‘extension-graph’ and ‘dmd-graph’ sub-commands for ‘guix system’
82 *** New ‘container’ sub-command for ‘guix system’
83 *** New ‘guix container’ command, to deal with GuixSD containers
84 *** New ‘list-generations’ sub-command for ‘guix system’
85 *** ‘operating-system’ has a new ‘locale-libcs’ field
86 *** New services: ‘nginx-service’, ‘udisks-service’, ‘guix-publish-service’
87 *** ‘%desktop-services’ now includes Polkit, GeoClue, elogind, UDisks, and more
88 *** ‘dbus-daemon’ now has proper support for lazy service activation
89 *** ‘wicd-service’ automatically adds Wicd to the system profile
90 *** ‘slim-service’ automatically adds xterm to the system profile
91 *** hydra.gnu.org now provides substitutes for ‘armhf-linux’
92 *** /run/systemd is mounted as tmpfs by default, for use by elogind
93 *** ‘glibc’ package no longer contains Bash in its bin/ directory
94 *** libc now looks for locale data in a versioned sub-directory
95 *** libc honors the new ‘GUIX_LOCPATH’ environment variable
96 *** Xfce now defaults to the GNOME icon theme
99 abduco, accountsservice, american-fuzzy-lop, ansible, arandr, attic,
100 autobuild, bash-minimal, bash-static, bio-blastxmlparser, bio-locus,
101 bioperl-minimal, bioruby, bitcoin-core, bspwm, byobu, cabal-install, cityhash,
102 clang-runtime, clang-runtime, cm, cmus, conky, coreutils-minimal, cpphs,
103 cvs-fast-export, d-feet, deeptools, diffoscope, dosbox, dvtm, emacs-butler,
104 emacs-dash, emacs-debbugs, emacs-deferred, emacs-f, emacs-flycheck,
105 emacs-let-alist, emacs-ob-ipython, emacs-s, emacs-typo, enblend-enfuse,
106 epiphany, esmtp, ethtool, evilwm, exfat-utils, express-beta-diversity,
107 extra-cmake-modules, extundelete, fastcap, fasthenry, figlet, file-roller,
108 flann, font-anonymous-pro, font-gnu-unifont, font-inconsolata, font-tex-gyre,
109 font-ubuntu, frescobaldi, fuse-exfat, gajim, gamine, gerbv, gexiv2,
110 ghc-adjunctions, ghc-aeson, ghc-alex, ghc-annotated-wl-pprint,
111 ghc-ansi-terminal, ghc-ansi-wl-pprint, ghc-appar, ghc-async, ghc-attoparsec,
112 ghc-auto-update, ghc-base-compat, ghc-base-orphans, ghc-base64-bytestring,
113 ghc-bifunctors, ghc-blaze-builder, ghc-blaze-html, ghc-blaze-markup,
114 ghc-byteorder, ghc-bytestring-builder, ghc-cereal, ghc-cgi, ghc-charset,
115 ghc-cheapskate, ghc-clock, ghc-cmdargs, ghc-comonad, ghc-contravariant,
116 ghc-cookie, ghc-css-text, ghc-data-default, ghc-data-default-class,
117 ghc-data-default-instances-base, ghc-data-default-instances-containers,
118 ghc-data-default-instances-dlist, ghc-data-default-instances-old-locale,
119 ghc-digest, ghc-distributive, ghc-dlist, ghc-doctest, ghc-easy-file,
120 ghc-exceptions, ghc-extensible-exceptions, ghc-extra, ghc-fast-logger,
121 ghc-fingertree, ghc-free, ghc-generic-deriving, ghc-gluraw, ghc-glut,
122 ghc-haddock, ghc-haddock-api, ghc-haddock-library, ghc-half, ghc-happy,
123 ghc-haskell-src, ghc-haskell-src-exts, ghc-hspec, ghc-hspec-core,
124 ghc-hspec-expectations, ghc-hspec-meta, ghc-html, ghc-http-types, ghc-iproute,
125 ghc-kan-extensions, ghc-lens, ghc-lifted-base, ghc-logict, ghc-mmorph,
126 ghc-monad-control, ghc-multipart, ghc-nats, ghc-objectname, ghc-old-locale,
127 ghc-old-time, ghc-opengl, ghc-openglraw, ghc-optparse-applicative,
128 ghc-parsers, ghc-pcre-light, ghc-polyparse, ghc-prelude-extras,
129 ghc-profunctors, ghc-quickcheck-instances, ghc-quickcheck-io,
130 ghc-quickcheck-unicode, ghc-reducers, ghc-reflection, ghc-regex-base,
131 ghc-regex-compat, ghc-regex-posix, ghc-regex-tdfa-rc, ghc-resourcet, ghc-safe,
132 ghc-scientific, ghc-sdl, ghc-sdl-image, ghc-sdl-mixer, ghc-semigroupoids,
133 ghc-semigroups, ghc-setenv, ghc-silently, ghc-simple-reflect, ghc-smallcheck,
134 ghc-statevar, ghc-streaming-commons, ghc-stringbuilder, ghc-stringsearch,
135 ghc-tagged, ghc-tagsoup, ghc-tasty, ghc-tasty-ant-xml, ghc-tasty-golden,
136 ghc-tasty-hunit, ghc-tasty-quickcheck, ghc-tasty-smallcheck, ghc-temporary,
137 ghc-temporary-rc, ghc-transformers-base, ghc-transformers-compat,
138 ghc-trifecta, ghc-unbounded-delays, ghc-uniplate, ghc-unix-compat,
139 ghc-unix-time, ghc-utf8-string, ghc-vault, ghc-vector-binary-instances,
140 ghc-void, ghc-wai, ghc-wai-extra, ghc-wai-logger, ghc-word8, ghc-x11,
141 ghc-x11-xft, ghc-xhtml, ghc-xml, ghc-xmonad-contrib, ghc-xss-sanitize,
142 ghc-zip-archive, glibc-hurd, glibc-hurd-headers, gmtp, graphios, gtk-doc,
143 guile-next, guile-present, guile-redis, guile-rsvg, guile-wisp, gusb, gvfs,
144 gzochi, haunt, hlint, hscolour, hspec-discover, hurd-minimal, i3-wm, i3status,
145 ibus-libpinyin, idris, ifstatus, keepassx, klick, kwindowsystem, lablgtk,
146 libatasmart, libchamplain, libchop, libconfuse, libcue, libesmtp, libev,
147 libfm, libfm-extra, libgee, libgudev, liblxqt, libndp, libpano13, libpinyin,
148 libraw, libusb-compat, libyajl, lxqt-common, lxqt-session, lxrandr, lxtask,
149 lxterminal, lz4, mafft, manaplus, mars, menu-cache, minixml, mosaik,
150 nestopia-ue, newt, non-sequencer, ntk, openimageio, opusfile, patches, pbzip2,
151 pcmanfm, pcre2, pd, pelican, perl-czplib, perl-date-manip, perl-finance-quote,
152 perl-html-element-extended, perl-html-tableextract, perl-pod-simple, physfs,
153 pidgin, pidgin-otr, pigz, po4a, poppler-qt4, pwgen, python-appdirs,
154 python-bandit, python-blinker, python-ccm, python-chardet,
155 python-cryptography, python-cryptography-vectors, python-debian,
156 python-debtcollector, python-ecdsa, python-file, python-fonttools,
157 python-gnupg, python-hacking, python-httplib2, python-idna,
158 python-ipython-genutils, python-iso8601, python-joblib, python-libarchive-c,
159 python-llfuse, python-ly, python-minimal, python-minimal, python-mistune,
160 python-monotonic, python-mox3, python-msgpack, python-nbxmpp, python-netaddr,
161 python-numexpr, python-os-client-config, python-os-testr, python-oslo.config,
162 python-oslo.context, python-oslo.i18n, python-oslo.log,
163 python-oslo.serialization, python-oslo.utils, python-oslosphinx,
164 python-oslotest, python-paramiko, python-passlib, python-pathpy, python-patsy,
165 python-pbr, python-pbr, python-pexpect, python-pickleshare, python-pip,
166 python-poppler-qt4, python-pretend, python-prettytable, python-ptyprocess,
167 python-py-bcrypt, python-pyasn1, python-pyopenssl, python-pytest-runner,
168 python-requests-mock, python-setuptools-scm, python-simplegeneric,
169 python-statsmodels, python-stevedore, python-tempest-lib, python-terminado,
170 python-tlsh, python-traitlets, python-webob, python-wrapt, python-xlrd,
171 python2-appdirs, python2-bandit, python2-blinker, python2-ccm,
172 python2-chardet, python2-cryptography, python2-cryptography-vectors,
173 python2-debian, python2-debtcollector, python2-ecdsa, python2-file,
174 python2-fonttools, python2-gnupg, python2-hacking, python2-httplib2,
175 python2-idna, python2-ipaddress, python2-ipython-genutils, python2-iso8601,
176 python2-joblib, python2-keyring, python2-libarchive-c, python2-llfuse,
177 python2-mistune, python2-monotonic, python2-mox3, python2-msgpack,
178 python2-nbxmpp, python2-netaddr, python2-notmuch, python2-numexpr,
179 python2-os-client-config, python2-os-testr, python2-oslo.config,
180 python2-oslo.context, python2-oslo.i18n, python2-oslo.log,
181 python2-oslo.serialization, python2-oslo.utils, python2-oslosphinx,
182 python2-oslotest, python2-paramiko, python2-passlib, python2-pathpy,
183 python2-patsy, python2-pbr, python2-pbr, python2-pexpect, python2-pickleshare,
184 python2-pip, python2-pretend, python2-prettytable, python2-ptyprocess,
185 python2-py-bcrypt, python2-pyasn1, python2-pycrypto, python2-pyopenssl,
186 python2-pytest-runner, python2-requests-mock, python2-setuptools-scm,
187 python2-simplegeneric, python2-statsmodels, python2-stevedore,
188 python2-tempest-lib, python2-terminado, python2-tlsh, python2-traitlets,
189 python2-webob, python2-wrapt, python2-xlrd, r-assertthat, r-bh, r-chron,
190 r-codetools, r-colorspace, r-crayon, r-data.table, r-dbi, r-dichromat,
191 r-digest, r-dplyr, r-evaluate, r-formatr, r-ggplot2, r-gtable, r-highr,
192 r-htmltools, r-htmlwidgets, r-httpuv, r-jsonlite, r-knitr, r-labeling,
193 r-lazyeval, r-magrittr, r-markdown, r-memoise, r-microbenchmark, r-mime,
194 r-munsell, r-plyr, r-proto, r-pryr, r-qtl, r-r6, r-rcolorbrewer, r-rcpp,
195 r-reshape2, r-scales, r-servr, r-stringi, r-stringr, r-testthat, r-yaml, rage,
196 raincat, redis, rest, rfkill, rpm, ruby-activesupport, ruby-atoulme-antwrap,
197 ruby-bio-logger, ruby-builder, ruby-byebug, ruby-coderay, ruby-cucumber-core,
198 ruby-diff-lcs, ruby-docile, ruby-ffi, ruby-formatador, ruby-gherkin3,
199 ruby-json, ruby-libxml, ruby-listen, ruby-log4r, ruby-lumberjack,
200 ruby-method-source, ruby-mini-portile, ruby-minitar, ruby-nenv, ruby-nokogiri,
201 ruby-notiffany, ruby-orderedhash, ruby-ox, ruby-permutation, ruby-pg,
202 ruby-pry, ruby-rack, ruby-rb-inotify, ruby-rjb, ruby-rubygems-tasks,
203 ruby-shellany, ruby-shindo, ruby-simplecov-html, ruby-thor, ruby-thread-safe,
204 ruby-tzinfo, ruby-xml-simple, ruby-yard, sassc, scmutils, seqmagick, shotwell,
205 shroud, simple-scan, squashfs-tools, sxhkd, tinc, udisks, unison, vsearch,
206 webkitgtk-gtk2, wesnoth, wpa-supplicant-minimal, xcb-util-cursor, xcompmgr,
207 xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin, xjackfreak, xlsfonts, xmonad, yapet, yelp,
208 yelp-tools, yelp-xsl, znc, zynaddsubfx
210 *** 268 package updates
212 abcde-2.7, arb-2.7.0, ardour-4.2, at-spi2-atk-2.18.1, at-spi2-core-2.18.1,
213 ath9k-htc-firmware-1.4.0, atk-2.18.0, atkmm-2.24.1, autogen-5.18.6,
214 avidemux-2.6.10, bedtools-2.24.0, binutils-2.25.1,
215 binutils-static-stripped-tarball-2.25.1, bison-3.0.4, bluez-5.35,
216 bundler-1.10.6, c-reduce-2.3.0, cairomm-1.12.0, calcurse-4.0.0,
217 calibre-2.41.0, camlp5-6.14, cgal-4.6.3, chess-6.2.2, clang-3.6.2,
218 claws-mail-3.13.0, cmake-3.3.2, complexity-1.3, conkeror-1.0pre1.20150730,
219 cpio-2.12, crossmap-0.2.1, csound-6.05, cups-2.1.0, cups-filters-1.0.75,
220 cups-minimal-2.1.0, curl-7.45.0, dbus-1.10.0, dbus-1.10.0.a, ddrescue-1.20,
221 dmd-0.2.01, docbook-xml-4.4, docbook-xml-4.5, dosfstools-3.0.28,
222 e2fsck-static-1.42.13, e2fsprogs-1.42.13, efl-1.15.2, eigen-3.2.6,
223 elementary-1.15.2, emotion-generic-players-1.15.0, enlightenment-0.19.12,
224 eudev-3.1.5, evas-generic-loaders-1.15.0, feh-2.14, ffmpeg-2.8, fish-2.2.0,
225 flint-2.5.2, fontconfig-2.11.94, freeglut-3.0.0, freeimage-3.17.0,
226 freeipmi-1.4.11, gcc-4.9.3, gcc-4.9.3, gcc-4.9.3, gcc-5.2.0,
227 gcc-toolchain-5.2.0, gcj-4.9.3, gdb-7.10, gdk-pixbuf-2.32.1, geiser-0.8.1,
228 gettext-0.19.6, ghc-7.10.2, ghc-hashable-1.2.3.3, ghc-http-4000.2.20,
229 ghc-mtl-2.2.1, ghc-network-2.6.2.1, ghc-network-uri-2.6.0.3,
230 ghc-primitive-0.6.1.0, ghc-quickcheck-2.8.1, ghc-syb-0.6, ghc-text-1.2.1.3,
231 ghc-vector-0.11.0.0, giflib-5.1.1, git-2.5.0, git-manpages-2.5.0,
232 git-modes-1.2.0, glib-2.46.1, glib-networking-2.46.1, glibc-2.22,
233 glibc-locales-2.22, glibc-stripped-tarball-2.22, glibc-utf8-locales-2.22,
234 glibmm-2.46.1, global-6.5.1, glpk-4.56, gnome-desktop-3.16.2,
235 gnome-themes-standard-3.16.2, gnu-pw-mgr-1.6, gnumach-headers-1.6,
236 gnupg-2.1.9, gnurl-7.45.0, gnutls-3.4.5, gobject-introspection-1.46.0,
237 gp2c-0.0.9pl3, graphite2-1.3.3, graphviz-2.38.0,
238 gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.18.0, gsl-2.0, gst-libav-1.6.1,
239 gst-plugins-base-1.6.1, gst-plugins-good-1.6.1, gst-plugins-ugly-1.6.1,
240 gstreamer-1.6.1, gtk+-3.18.2, gtkmm-3.18.0, guile-ssh-0.8.0, guitarix-0.33.0,
241 guix-0.8.3, guix-0.8.3.b485f75, harfbuzz-1.0.5, help2man-1.47.2,
242 hurd-headers-0.7, ibus-1.5.11, icecat-38.3.0-gnu1, icedtea6-1.13.8,
243 icedtea7-2.6.2, imagemagick-6.9.2-1, intltool-0.51.0, json-glib-1.0.4,
244 leptonica-1.72, less-481, libbluray-0.9.0, libcap-2.24, libdrm-2.4.65,
245 libdvdcss-1.3.99, libedit-20150325-3.1, libgcrypt-1.6.3, libgsf-1.14.34,
246 libidn-1.32, libinput-0.21.0, libmicrohttpd-0.9.45, libmtp-1.1.9,
247 libotr-4.1.0, libpcap-1.7.4, libpciaccess-0.13.4, libqtxdg-1.2.0,
248 librsvg-2.40.11, libsigc++-2.6.1, libsoup-2.52.1, libssh-0.6.5, libtiff-4.0.5,
249 libtorrent-0.13.6, libva-1.6.1, lilypond-2.19.27, links-2.12,
250 linux-libre-4.2.5, linux-pam-1.2.1, lirc-0.9.3, llvm-3.6.2, lua-5.2.3,
251 lzo-2.09, magit-2.3.0, mesa-11.0.3, mesa-headers-11.0.3, mig-1.6,
252 minetest-0.4.13, mosh-1.2.5, mpg123-1.22.4, mplayer-1.2, mpv-0.11.0,
253 mu-0.9.13, mutt-1.5.24, ncdu-1.11, ncmpcpp-0.6.7, ncurses-6.0, node-0.12.7,
254 notmuch-0.20.2, ntp-4.2.8p4, ocaml-4.02.3, offlineimap-6.5.7, openblas-0.2.15,
255 openjpeg-2.1.0, openldap-2.4.42, openssh-7.0p1, orc-0.4.24, pango-1.38.1,
256 pangomm-2.38.1, parallel-20151022, pavucontrol-3.0,
257 pbtranscript-tofu-2.2.3.8f5467fe6, pciutils-3.3.1, perf-4.2.5,
258 perl-xml-parser-2.44, pixman-0.32.8, poppler-0.37.0, powertop-2.7,
259 python-cffi-1.2.1, python-dateutil-2.2, python-fixtures-1.3.1,
260 python-ipython-3.2.1, python-pyflakes-0.9.2, python-pygobject-3.18.0,
261 python-pyqt-4.11.4, python-pyqt-5.5, python-requests-2.8.0,
262 python-scipy-0.16.0, python-setuptools-18.3.1, python-sip-4.16.9,
263 python-six-1.9.0, python2-cffi-1.2.1, python2-dateutil-2.2,
264 python2-fixtures-1.3.1, python2-ipython-3.2.1, python2-pygobject-3.18.0,
265 python2-pyqt-4.11.4, python2-pyqt-5.5, python2-requests-2.8.0,
266 python2-scipy-0.16.0, python2-setuptools-18.3.1, python2-sip-4.16.9,
267 python2-six-1.9.0, qemu-2.4.0.1, qemu-headless-2.4.0.1, qpdf-5.1.3,
268 qsynth-0.4.0, qt-5.5.1, r-3.2.2, racket-6.2.1, ratpoison-1.4.8, readline-6.3,
269 retroarch-1.2.2, ripperx-2.8.0, rtorrent-0.9.6, ruby-2.2.3, ruby-arel-6.0.3,
270 ruby-bacon-1.2.0, ruby-i18n-0.7.0, samtools-1.2, sfarklib-2.24, sfml-2.3.2,
271 shadow-4.2.1, sipwitch-1.9.14, sqlite-3.8.11.1, subversion-1.8.14,
272 synergy-1.7.4, tcl-8.6.4, tcpdump-4.7.4, teckit-2.5.4, terminology-0.9.1,
273 texlive-2015, texlive-bin-2015, texlive-texmf-2015, tiled-0.13.1, tk-8.6.4,
274 tmux-2.0, tor-0.2.6.10, ucommon-6.6.2, units-2.12, util-linux-2.27,
275 vala-0.30.0, valgrind-3.11.0, vlc-2.2.1, webkitgtk-2.8.5, weechat-1.3,
276 wine-1.7.52, wpa-supplicant-2.5, xapian-1.2.21, xterm-320,
277 youtube-dl-2015.11.01, zsh-5.1.1
279 ** Programming interfaces
281 *** Rewritten (gnu services) module; (gnu services …) modules adjusted
282 *** New Emacs development tools, see “Development” in the manual
283 *** (guix gexp) provides the declarative ‘computed-file’, ‘program-file’, etc.
284 *** New (guix upstream) module, for generalized upstream release tracking
286 ** Noteworthy bug fixes
288 *** Passwords in /etc/shadow are SHA512-hashed (http://bugs.gnu.org/21318)
289 *** daemon: Require a signature for imports made by root
290 (http://bugs.gnu.org/21354)
291 *** emacs: Fix guix-guile-program default value (http://bugs.gnu.org/21127)
292 *** Compressed initrds no longer include timestamps
293 *** Partly fix handling of encrypted root partitions
294 (http://bugs.gnu.org/19190)
295 *** Python now includes tkinter (http://bugs.gnu.org/20889)
296 *** Memoize the results of ‘package-with-python2’ (http://bugs.gnu.org/21675)
297 *** Use the daemon's substitute URLs by default (http://bugs.gnu.org/20217)
298 *** ‘guix system --no-grub’ works correctly for ‘init’ and ‘reconfigure’
299 (http://bugs.gnu.org/21068)
301 ** Native language support
303 *** Updated translations: da
305 * Changes in 0.8.3 (since 0.8.2)
307 ** Package management
309 *** New ‘guix edit’ and ‘guix size’ commands
310 *** New ‘--manifest’ option for ‘guix package’, for declarative profiles
311 *** Similarly, new ‘M-x guix-apply-manifest’ for the Emacs UI
312 *** Emacs support now includes completion for ‘guix’ commands in shell-mode
313 *** ‘guix package --search-paths’ now takes an optional argument
314 *** ‘guix environment --ad-hoc’ creates a custom development environment
315 *** New ‘--system’ option for ‘guix environment’
316 *** ‘guix environment’ defines $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT, useful to adjust ‘PS1’
317 *** New ‘--optimize’ and ‘--verify’ options to ‘guix gc’
318 *** ‘guix build --with-source’ can now be passed a directory
319 *** New ‘elpa’ importer for ‘guix import’
320 *** ‘guix import pypi’ determines the list of dependencies
321 *** New ‘--substitute-urls’ option for ‘guix build’ and other commands
322 *** ‘guix substitute’ can now alternate between different substitute URLs
323 *** New “Running Guix Before It Is Installed” section in the manual
324 *** Basic manual pages for the ‘guix’ commands are now shipped
325 *** Building the daemon now necessitates a C++11 compiler
329 *** New ‘%base-user-accounts’ variable, for common system accounts
330 *** New ‘--on-error’ option for ‘guix system’
331 *** New ‘plain-file’ construct, for use in ‘operating-system’ declarations
332 *** ‘sudoers’ field of ‘operating-system’ renamed to ‘sudoers-file’
333 *** ‘sudoers-file’ and ‘hosts-file’ fields now take file-like objects
334 *** File systems under /sys/fs/cgroup are now mounted by default
335 *** Default compiler is now GCC 4.9.3 (was 4.8.4)
336 *** ARMv7 port now requires NEON
337 *** The disk footprint of a dozen key packages has been reduced
341 adwaita-icon-theme, amule, aragorn, arpack-ng-openmpi, blast+, bundler,
342 camlp4, camlp5, clutter, clutter-gst, clutter-gtk, cogl, coq, couger, crda,
343 dealii, dealii-openmpi, devhelp, diamond, dunst, edirect, emacs-auctex,
344 emacs-mmm-mode, emacs-pdf-tools, eog, execline, exempi, fasttree, faust,
345 fizmo, gcr, git-modes, gnome-common, gnome-keyring, gnome-klotski,
346 gnu-c-manual, gnujump, gom, grilo, grilo-plugins, gst-plugins-ugly,
347 guile-emacs, guile-for-guile-emacs, guile-gdbm-ffi, guitarix, haskell-mode,
348 hevea, hmmer, hoedown, htslib, hydra, hydrogen, idr, libcmis, libiberty,
349 libmng, libmpeg2, libreoffice, libressl, librest, libstdc++, libstdc++-doc,
350 libstdc++-doc, libsvm, libtar, libx264, libxdg-basedir, lpsolve, lxappearance,
351 magit-svn, metabat, metis, mumps, mumps-metis, mumps-metis-openmpi,
352 mumps-openmpi, orfm, p4est, p4est-openmpi, perl-authen-sasl,
353 perl-catalyst-authentication-store-dbix-class,
354 perl-catalyst-plugin-authorization-roles, perl-data-stag, perl-gssapi,
355 perl-io-string, perl-net-smtp-ssl, perl-set-object, plink, powertabeditor,
356 preseq, prodigal, proof-general, pugixml, pv, python-click,
357 python-feedgenerator, python-flake8, python-gridmap, python-libsvm,
358 python-libxml2, python-mccabe, python-pandas, python-pep8, python-pep8,
359 python-psutil, python-pyflakes, python-pyflakes, python-pyzmq, python-redis,
360 python-rpy2, python-rq, python-scikit-image, python-seaborn, python2-click,
361 python2-fastlmm, python2-feedgenerator, python2-flake8, python2-gridmap,
362 python2-libxml2, python2-mccabe, python2-pandas, python2-pep8, python2-pep8,
363 python2-psutil, python2-pyflakes, python2-pysnptools, python2-pyzmq,
364 python2-redis, python2-rpy2, python2-rq, python2-scikit-image,
365 python2-seaborn, python2-warpedlmm, qsynth, randomjungle, rapidjson, raul, rc,
366 rhythmbox, rsem, rtmidi, ruby-arel, ruby-bacon, ruby-connection-pool,
367 ruby-daemons, ruby-git, ruby-minitest, ruby-minitest-bacon,
368 ruby-minitest-sprint, ruby-multipart-post, ruby-net-http-persistent,
369 ruby-rake-compiler, ruby-rspec, ruby-rspec-core, ruby-rspec-expectations,
370 ruby-rspec-mocks, ruby-slop, ruby-useragent, scalapack, seahorse, setbfree,
371 sfarklib, sfarkxtc, sfxr, skalibs, slepc, slepc-complex,
372 slepc-complex-openmpi, slepc-openmpi, sox, st, totem, wayland, wireless-regdb,
373 withershins, wxmaxima, xfce4-clipman-plugin, xmlsec, zita-resampler
375 *** 181 package updates
377 ardour-4.1-5aa834e, bash-4.3.39, bash-light-4.3.39, bedops-2.4.14,
378 bind-utils-9.10.2-P2, bison-3.0.4, bitlbee-3.4, boost-1.58.0, brasero-3.12.1,
379 calibre-2.29.0, catch-1.1.3, ccache-3.2.2, chibi-scheme-0.7.3, clang-3.6.0,
380 coreutils-8.24, cups-2.0.3, cups-filters-1.0.71, cups-minimal-2.0.3,
381 curl-7.43.0, datamash-1.0.7, dfu-programmer-0.7.2, duplicity-0.6.26, ed-1.12,
382 efl-1.14.2, eigen-3.2.5, elementary-1.14.2, emotion-generic-players-1.14.0,
383 enlightenment-0.19.5, evas-generic-loaders-1.14.0, evince-3.16.1, feh-2.13,
384 ffmpeg-2.7.1, freeipmi-1.4.9, freetype-2.6, gawk-4.1.3, gcal-4, gcc-5.2.0,
385 gcc-cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.9.3, gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-4.9.3,
386 gcc-cross-sans-libc-avr-4.9.3, gcc-cross-sans-libc-xtensa-elf-4.9.3,
387 gcc-objc++-4.8.5, gcc-objc-4.8.5, gcc-stripped-tarball-4.9.3,
388 gcc-toolchain-4.9.3, gcc-toolchain-4.9.3, gcc-toolchain-5.2.0, gccgo-4.8.5,
389 gcj-4.8.5, gdb-7.9.1, geoclue-2.2.0, gettext-0.19.5, gfortran-4.8.5,
390 gfortran-4.9.3, gfortran-4.9.3, girara-0.2.4, git-2.4.3, git-manpages-2.4.3,
391 global-6.5, gnu-pw-mgr-1.4, gnupg-2.1.6, gnutls-3.4.1, goffice-0.10.14,
392 gpgme-1.5.5, gtk+-3.16.3, gtkmm-3.16.0, guile-2.0.11, guile-2.0.11,
393 guile-reader-0.6.1, guile-sdl-0.5.2, guix-0.8.2, guix-0.8.2.72cd8ec,
394 gxmessage-3.4.3, harfbuzz-0.9.40, help2man-1.47.1, httpd-2.4.16, hwloc-1.10.1,
395 icecat-31.8.0-gnu1, imagemagick-6.9.1-3, inetutils-1.9.4, julia-0.3.10,
396 libassuan-2.2.1, libdvdnav-5.0.3, libdvdread-5.0.3, libetonyek-0.1.3,
397 libgpg-error-1.19, libidn-1.31, libksba-1.3.3, libmicrohttpd-0.9.42,
398 libmpdclient-2.10, libmwaw-0.3.5, libpipeline-1.4.0, libpsl-0.7.1,
399 librsvg-2.40.9, libunistring-0.9.6, libusb-1.0.19, libvpx-1.4.0, libwps-0.4.0,
400 libxml2-2.9.2, linux-libre-4.0.8, linux-libre-4.1.2, livestreamer-1.12.2,
401 lv2-1.12.0, magit-1.4.1, man-db-2.7.1, mariadb-10.0.20, maxima-5.36.1,
402 mdds-0.12.1, mpd-0.19.10, mpd-mpc-0.27, mpfr-3.1.3, mysql-5.6.25, nano-2.4.2,
403 ncmpc-0.24, ncmpcpp-0.6.5, nettle-3.1.1, ngs-java-1.1.1, ngs-sdk-1.1.1,
404 npth-1.2, nss-3.19.2, nss-certs-3.19.2, ntp-4.2.8p3, ocaml-4.02.1,
405 openblas-0.2.14, openjpeg-2.0.1, openjpeg-2.1.0, openmpi-1.8.5, openssh-6.9p1,
406 openssl-1.0.2d, parallel-20150622, pari-gp-2.7.4, pcre-8.37, perf-4.1.2,
407 petsc-3.6.0, petsc-complex-3.6.0, petsc-complex-openmpi-3.6.0,
408 petsc-openmpi-3.6.0, pinentry-0.9.5, pius-2.1.1, polkit-0.113,
409 postgresql-9.3.8, pspp-0.8.5, pt-scotch-6.0.4, pumpa-0.9.1, python-3.4.3,
410 python-dateutil-2.2, python-pillow-2.8.1, python-scikit-learn-0.16.1,
411 python2-dateutil-2.2, python2-pillow-2.8.1, python2-pygobject-3.16.1,
412 python2-pyqt-5.4, python2-scikit-learn-0.16.1, qemu-2.3.0,
413 qemu-headless-2.3.0, qt-5.4.2, r-3.2.1, readline-6.3, ruby-2.1.6, ruby-2.2.2,
414 samtools-1.2, scotch-6.0.4, screen-4.3.1, sharutils-4.15.2, sipwitch-1.9.8,
415 sqlite-3.8.10.2, star-2.4.2a, swig-3.0.5, synergy-1.7.3, sysfsutils-2.1.0,
416 talloc-2.1.2, texinfo-6.0, tor-0.2.6.8, ucommon-6.3.4, unrtf-0.21.9, vamp-2.6,
417 webkitgtk-2.8.3, which-2.21, xorriso-1.4.0, youtube-dl-2015.06.25,
420 ** Programming interfaces
422 *** New “package Reference” and “origin Reference” sections in the manual
423 *** New ‘emacs-build-system’, which mimics what package.el does
424 *** New (guix cpio) module, used to produce Linux initrds deterministically
425 *** New ‘clone’, ‘setns’, and ‘pivot_root’ bindings in (guix build syscalls)
426 *** New ‘dependencies’ field in <file-system>
427 *** New #:gem-flags parameter for ‘ruby-build-system’
429 *** monads: ‘foldm’, ‘mapm’, and ‘anym’ now take a list of regular values
430 *** monads: Allow n-ary ‘>>=’ expressions
431 ** Noteworthy bug fixes
433 *** Binary installation tarball now has files root-owned, with zeroed mtime
434 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/21101>)
435 *** GRUB background image is always available (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20591>)
436 *** ‘guix system’ catches references to non-existent user groups
437 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20646>)
438 *** Ignore trailing components for ‘guix gc -d’ (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19757>)
439 *** ‘guix lint’ warns only when all the URIs are unreachable
440 *** ‘guix system init’ overwrites the items in the target store
441 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20722>)
442 *** ‘guix-register’ performs deduplication even when --prefix is passed
443 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19044>)
444 *** The ‘location’ of packages is no longer preserved by ‘inherit’
445 *** GuixSD installation image has udev rules for device-mapper
446 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20791>)
447 *** Daemon distinguishes between “substitutable” and “offloadable” derivations
448 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18747>)
449 *** Avoid infinite loop in ‘guix substitute’
450 *** ‘guix environment’ now returns the exit code of its command
451 *** ‘file-system’ declarations can now really use UUIDs
452 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19778>)
453 *** Daemon preserves build user groups (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18994>)
454 *** Fix quadratic behavior when building packages with many propagated inputs
455 *** Tarballs for origins with patches/snippet are now build deterministically
456 *** Scalability issues in ‘guix publish’ have been fixed
458 ** Native language support
460 *** Updated translations: da, eo
462 * Changes in 0.8.2 (since 0.8.1)
464 ** Package management
466 *** New “binary tarball” installation method is available
468 See “Binary Installation” in the manual.
470 *** New ‘guix publish’ command, to publish one’s store
472 See “Invoking guix publish” in the manual.
474 *** ‘guix package’ runs “profile creation hooks” as needed
476 It creates X.509 certificate bundles in the profile’s etc/ssl directory, if
477 needed, generates a package database cache for GHC if the profile includes GHC
478 (the Haskell compiler), and generates an Info ‘dir’ file (this part was
479 already done before.)
481 *** ‘guix package’ creates an ‘etc/profile’ file in the profile
483 See “Invoking guix package” in the manual.
485 *** Commands understand version prefixes, such as ‘gcc-5’ for ‘gcc-5.1.0’
487 *** ‘guix package --search’ now sorts packages by name and version
489 *** Substitute information is now fetched using HTTP pipelining
491 Before that the “substituter” used threads. Using HTTP pipelining means that
492 resource consumption is reduced on both the client and server sides. As a
493 side effect, a progress report is displayed as substitute info is downloaded.
495 *** ‘guix package’ warns when a $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH module cannot be loaded
497 *** New ‘--sources’ option to ‘guix build’
499 *** New Bash completion file, installed in $sysconfdir/bash_completion.d
501 *** New ‘guix import hackage’ command
503 See “Invoking guix import” in the manual.
505 *** ‘guix lint’ supports FTP for the ‘source’ and ‘home-page’ checkers
507 *** ‘guix lint’ has a new ‘derivation’ checker
509 *** ‘guix import cpan’ better handles dependencies and licenses
511 *** Packages are now build in an environment with a UTF-8 locale
515 *** C library's name service switch (NSS) is now fully configurable
517 See “Name Service Switch” in the manual.
519 *** New services: wicd, lirc, colord, upower, console-keymap, postgresql
521 *** Xorg service supports new drivers, such as Nouveau
523 *** lsh service has new options, initializes its seed by default
525 *** /etc/ssl symlink is created, for X.509 certificates
527 See “X.509 Certificates” in the manual.
529 *** ‘guix system’ reports duplicate service identifiers
531 *** New /etc/bashrc file that loads Bash completion when available
533 *** SLiM service uses sessions from /run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions
535 See “X Window” in the manual.
537 *** The Linux “YAMA” restricting policy on PTRACE_ATTACH is now disabled
539 *** /etc/shells now lists all the user accounts’ shells
541 *** /gnu/store is now remounted read-only, to avoid accidental modification
543 *** /etc/profile is sources each profile’s ‘etc/profile’ file
547 aalib, aarddict, acpid, agg, aisleriot, alsa-modular-synth, ant, ardour,
548 ardour, argtable, arpack-ng, aspell-dict-ru, aubio, audacity, avidemux,
549 avidemux, azr3, bamtools, bash-completion, bedops, bind-utils, bluez, bool,
550 brdf-explorer, bwa, calf, calibre, catch, ccl, chibi-scheme, chmlib,
551 clalsadrv, clipper, clisp, clustal-omega, colord, colordiff, cpufrequtils,
552 crossmap, csound, ctl, cunit, cutadapt, desktop-file-utils, djvulibre,
553 dnsmasq, dosfstools, double-conversion, dovecot, ecl, efl, elementary,
554 elogind, emacs-no-x, emotion-generic-players, enca, enlightenment,
555 evas-generic-loaders, exim, express, extremetuxracer, faad2, fastx-toolkit,
556 fcitx, fdupes, flexbar, fluidsynth, font-adobe-source-han-sans,
557 font-wqy-zenhei, freepats, gambit-c, ganv, geda-gaf, geoclue, geocode-glib,
558 ghc, ghc-case-insensitive, ghc-containers, ghc-fgl, ghc-hashable, ghc-http,
559 ghc-hunit, ghc-mtl, ghc-network, ghc-network-uri, ghc-parallel, ghc-parsec,
560 ghc-paths, ghc-primitive, ghc-quickcheck, ghc-random, ghc-split, ghc-stm,
561 ghc-syb, ghc-text, ghc-tf-random, ghc-unordered-containers, ghc-vector,
562 ghc-zlib, girara, gitolite, glib-networking, glibc-locales,
563 glibc-utf8-locales, glibc-utf8-locales, glm, gnome-mines,
564 gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-terminal, gnucash, gnugo, grit, gst-libav,
565 guile-minikanren, guile-reader, hdparm, hisat, htseq, htsjdk, hunspell,
566 hyphen, i2c-tools, ibus, icecast, icedtea6, icedtea7, ilmbase, ir, isync,
567 ixion, jack2, jalv, jansson, jemalloc, julia, key-mon, ladspa, lash,
568 leptonica, liba52, libabw, libaio, libass, libavc1394, libbluray, libbs2b,
569 libcaca, libcap-ng, libcdio-paranoia, libcdr, libdca, libdv, libdvdcss,
570 libe-book, libedit, libepoxy, libetonyek, libexttextcat, libffcall,
571 libfreehand, libgnomecanvasmm, libgtextutils, libgweather, libical,
572 libiec61883, libinput, liblo, libmodplug, libmspack, libmspub, libmtp,
573 libmwaw, libodfgen, libpagemaker, libqtxdg, libquvi, libquvi-scripts,
574 libraw1394, librecad, librep, librevenge, libsbsms, libsecret, libshout,
575 libsoup, libsrtp, libtocc, libungif, libva, libvisio, libwacom, libwebp,
576 libwpd, libwpg, libwps, libxklavier, libxmp, libyaml, lilv, lilypond, lirc,
577 livestreamer, ltrace, lv2, lv2-mda-epiano, lv2-mda-piano, lvtk, macs, mariadb,
578 markdown, mdadm, mdds, mesa-headers, mesa-utils, miredo, miso, moreutils,
579 mpd-mpc, mpdscribble, mplayer2, mpv, muparser, mythes, ncbi-vdb, ngircd,
580 ngs-java, ngs-sdk, npth, nss-certs, openblas, openexr, openlibm, openntpd,
581 openspecfun, openvpn, orc, orcus, p11-kit, patchage, pbtranscript-tofu, pcb,
582 perl-algorithm-c3, perl-algorithm-diff, perl-aliased,
583 perl-apache-logformat-compiler, perl-appconfig, perl-b-hooks-endofscope,
584 perl-base, perl-bit-vector, perl-boolean, perl-cache-cache,
585 perl-cache-fastmmap, perl-capture-tiny, perl-carp-assert,
586 perl-carp-assert-more, perl-carp-clan, perl-catalyst-action-renderview,
587 perl-catalyst-action-rest, perl-catalyst-component-instancepercontext,
588 perl-catalyst-devel, perl-catalyst-dispatchtype-regex,
589 perl-catalyst-model-dbic-schema, perl-catalyst-plugin-accesslog,
590 perl-catalyst-plugin-authentication, perl-catalyst-plugin-captcha,
591 perl-catalyst-plugin-configloader, perl-catalyst-plugin-session,
592 perl-catalyst-plugin-session-state-cookie,
593 perl-catalyst-plugin-session-store-fastmmap, perl-catalyst-plugin-stacktrace,
594 perl-catalyst-plugin-static-simple, perl-catalyst-runtime,
595 perl-catalyst-traitfor-request-proxybase, perl-catalyst-view-download,
596 perl-catalyst-view-json, perl-catalyst-view-tt,
597 perl-catalystx-component-traits, perl-catalystx-roleapplicator,
598 perl-catalystx-script-server-starman, perl-cgi-simple, perl-cgi-struct,
599 perl-class-accessor, perl-class-accessor-chained, perl-class-accessor-grouped,
600 perl-class-c3, perl-class-c3-adopt-next, perl-class-c3-componentised,
601 perl-class-data-inheritable, perl-class-date, perl-class-factory-util,
602 perl-class-inspector, perl-class-load, perl-class-load-xs,
603 perl-class-method-modifiers, perl-class-methodmaker, perl-class-singleton,
604 perl-class-tiny, perl-class-unload, perl-class-xsaccessor, perl-common-sense,
605 perl-compress-raw-bzip2, perl-compress-raw-zlib, perl-config-any,
606 perl-config-autoconf, perl-config-general, perl-context-preserve,
607 perl-cpan-meta, perl-cpan-meta-check, perl-cpan-meta-requirements,
608 perl-cpan-meta-yaml, perl-cpanel-json-xs, perl-crypt-randpasswd,
609 perl-data-dump, perl-data-dumper-concise, perl-data-optlist, perl-data-page,
610 perl-data-stream-bulk, perl-data-tumbler, perl-data-visitor, perl-date-calc,
611 perl-date-calc-xs, perl-datetime, perl-datetime-event-ical,
612 perl-datetime-event-recurrence, perl-datetime-format-builder,
613 perl-datetime-format-flexible, perl-datetime-format-http,
614 perl-datetime-format-ical, perl-datetime-format-natural,
615 perl-datetime-format-strptime, perl-datetime-locale, perl-datetime-set,
616 perl-datetime-timezone, perl-datetimex-easy, perl-dbd-pg, perl-dbix-class,
617 perl-dbix-class-cursor-cached, perl-dbix-class-introspectablem2m,
618 perl-dbix-class-schema-loader, perl-devel-caller, perl-devel-checkbin,
619 perl-devel-globaldestruction, perl-devel-lexalias, perl-devel-overloadinfo,
620 perl-devel-partialdump, perl-devel-stacktrace, perl-devel-stacktrace-ashtml,
621 perl-devel-symdump, perl-digest-hmac, perl-digest-md5-file,
622 perl-dist-checkconflicts, perl-email-abstract, perl-email-address,
623 perl-email-date-format, perl-email-messageid, perl-email-mime,
624 perl-email-mime-contenttype, perl-email-mime-encodings, perl-email-sender,
625 perl-email-simple, perl-error, perl-eval-closure, perl-exception-class,
626 perl-exporter-tiny, perl-extutils-config, perl-extutils-helpers,
627 perl-extutils-installpaths, perl-file-changenotify, perl-file-copy-recursive,
628 perl-file-find-rule, perl-file-find-rule-perl, perl-file-homedir,
629 perl-file-remove, perl-file-sharedir, perl-file-sharedir-install,
630 perl-file-slurp, perl-file-temp, perl-gd, perl-gd-securityimage,
631 perl-getopt-long-descriptive, perl-hash-merge, perl-hash-multivalue,
632 perl-html-form, perl-html-lint, perl-html-tree, perl-http-body,
633 perl-http-cookiejar, perl-http-parser, perl-http-parser-xs,
634 perl-http-request-ascgi, perl-http-server-simple, perl-http-tiny,
635 perl-image-magick, perl-import-into, perl-inc-latest, perl-io-compress,
636 perl-io-interactive, perl-io-socket-ip, perl-io-stringy, perl-ipc-run,
637 perl-ipc-sharelite, perl-json, perl-json-any, perl-json-maybexs, perl-json-xs,
638 perl-lingua-en-findnumber, perl-lingua-en-inflect,
639 perl-lingua-en-inflect-number, perl-lingua-en-inflect-phrase,
640 perl-lingua-en-number-isordinal, perl-lingua-en-tagger,
641 perl-lingua-en-words2nums, perl-lingua-pt-stemmer, perl-lingua-stem,
642 perl-lingua-stem-fr, perl-lingua-stem-it, perl-lingua-stem-ru,
643 perl-lingua-stem-snowball-da, perl-list-allutils, perl-list-moreutils,
644 perl-lwp-protocol-https, perl-lwp-useragent-determined,
645 perl-memoize-expirelru, perl-mime-types, perl-module-build,
646 perl-module-build-tiny, perl-module-find, perl-module-implementation,
647 perl-module-install, perl-module-runtime, perl-module-runtime-conflicts,
648 perl-module-scandeps, perl-module-util, perl-moo, perl-moose,
649 perl-moosex-emulate-class-accessor-fast, perl-moosex-getopt,
650 perl-moosex-markasmethods, perl-moosex-methodattributes, perl-moosex-nonmoose,
651 perl-moosex-params-validate, perl-moosex-relatedclassroles,
652 perl-moosex-role-parameterized, perl-moosex-role-withoverloading,
653 perl-moosex-semiaffordanceaccessor, perl-moosex-strictconstructor,
654 perl-moosex-traits-pluggable, perl-moosex-types, perl-moosex-types-datetime,
655 perl-moosex-types-datetime-morecoercions, perl-moosex-types-loadableclass,
656 perl-moox-types-mooselike, perl-mro-compat, perl-namespace-autoclean,
657 perl-namespace-clean, perl-net-amazon-s3, perl-net-server,
658 perl-number-compare, perl-object-signature, perl-package-anon,
659 perl-package-deprecationmanager, perl-package-stash, perl-package-stash-xs,
660 perl-padwalker, perl-par-dist, perl-params-util, perl-params-validate,
661 perl-parent, perl-parse-cpan-meta, perl-path-class, perl-plack,
662 perl-plack-middleware-fixmissingbodyinredirect,
663 perl-plack-middleware-methodoverride,
664 perl-plack-middleware-removeredundantbody, perl-plack-middleware-reverseproxy,
665 perl-plack-test-externalserver, perl-pod-coverage,
666 perl-posix-strftime-compiler, perl-readonly, perl-role-tiny, perl-safe-isa,
667 perl-scalar-list-utils, perl-scope-guard, perl-set-infinite, perl-set-scalar,
668 perl-snowball-norwegian, perl-snowball-swedish, perl-spiffy,
669 perl-sql-abstract, perl-sql-splitstatement, perl-sql-tokenizer,
670 perl-stream-buffered, perl-strictures, perl-string-camelcase,
671 perl-string-rewriteprefix, perl-string-toidentifier-en, perl-sub-exporter,
672 perl-sub-exporter-progressive, perl-sub-identify, perl-sub-install,
673 perl-sub-name, perl-sub-uplevel, perl-svg, perl-sys-hostname-long,
674 perl-task-weaken, perl-template-timer, perl-template-toolkit,
675 perl-term-encoding, perl-term-progressbar, perl-term-progressbar-quiet,
676 perl-term-progressbar-simple, perl-term-readkey, perl-test-base,
677 perl-test-cleannamespaces, perl-test-differences, perl-test-directory,
678 perl-test-exception, perl-test-fatal, perl-test-harness, perl-test-leaktrace,
679 perl-test-longstring, perl-test-mockobject, perl-test-mocktime,
680 perl-test-most, perl-test-output, perl-test-pod, perl-test-pod-coverage,
681 perl-test-requires, perl-test-sharedfork, perl-test-tcp, perl-test-trap,
682 perl-test-utf8, perl-test-warn, perl-test-warnings, perl-test-without-module,
683 perl-test-writevariants, perl-test-www-mechanize,
684 perl-test-www-mechanize-catalyst, perl-test-www-mechanize-psgi,
685 perl-test-yaml, perl-text-aligner, perl-text-balanced, perl-text-csv,
686 perl-text-diff, perl-text-german, perl-text-glob, perl-text-simpletable,
687 perl-text-table, perl-text-unidecode, perl-throwable, perl-tie-ixhash,
688 perl-tie-toobject, perl-time-duration, perl-time-duration-parse,
689 perl-time-local, perl-time-mock, perl-timedate, perl-tree-simple,
690 perl-tree-simple-visitorfactory, perl-try-tiny, perl-types-serialiser,
691 perl-universal-can, perl-universal-isa, perl-uri-find, perl-uri-ws,
692 perl-variable-magic, perl-www-mechanize, perl-xml-libxml,
693 perl-xml-namespacesupport, perl-xml-sax, perl-xml-sax-base, perl-yaml,
694 perl-yaml-tiny, ploticus, polipo, portaudio, pumpa, python-apsw,
695 python-biopython, python-cssselect, python-dbus, python-decorator,
696 python-drmaa, python-h5py, python-lxml, python-netifaces, python-networkx,
697 python-pyxdg, python-pyyaml, python-requests, python-scikit-learn,
698 python-singledispatch, python-sphinx-rtd-theme, python-sympy, python-testlib,
699 python-tornado, python-urwid, python-waf, python2-apsw,
700 python2-backport-ssl-match-hostname, python2-biopython, python2-bx-python,
701 python2-cssselect, python2-cssutils, python2-dbus, python2-decorator,
702 python2-drmaa, python2-h5py, python2-lxml, python2-netifaces,
703 python2-networkx, python2-pbcore, python2-pil, python2-pybedtools,
704 python2-pycairo, python2-pyxdg, python2-pyyaml, python2-rdflib, python2-rsvg,
705 python2-scikit-learn, python2-singledispatch, python2-six,
706 python2-sphinx-rtd-theme, python2-sympy, python2-testlib, python2-tornado,
707 python2-urwid, python2-waf, python2-xlib, quvi, r, rdesktop, recode, rep-gtk,
708 rseqc, rsound, rubberband, ruby-hoe, rxvt-unicode, s2tc, sawfish, sbcl, seqan,
709 serd, serf, sfml, shogun, sloccount, smartmontools, snakemake, soil, solfege,
710 sord, soundtouch, soxr, sra-tools, sratom, srt2vtt, star, starman, stow,
711 subread, suil, suitesparse, swt, sysfsutils, sysfsutils, taskwarrior, tbb,
712 terminology, tesseract-ocr, texlive-bin, texlive-texmf, the-silver-searcher,
713 tidy, tig, timidity++, tocc, totem-pl-parser, tree, tuxguitar, tvtime,
714 twolame, txt2man, unqlite, upower, utf8proc, vamp, vapoursynth, vcftools,
715 vigra, wavpack, webkitgtk, webkitgtk, weex, wicd, wpa-supplicant-light,
716 wxwidgets, wxwidgets, xbindkeys, xcape, xdg-utils, xf86-input-libinput,
717 xf86-input-wacom, xf86-video-nouveau, xfce, xmp, xosd, xournal, xvid, zathura,
718 zathura-cb, zathura-djvu, zathura-pdf-poppler, zathura-ps, zeromq,
719 zita-alsa-pcmi, zita-convolver
721 *** 189 package updates
723 acpica-20150410, apl-1.5, apr-1.5.2, arb-2.3.0, at-spi2-atk-2.16.0,
724 at-spi2-core-2.16.0, atk-2.16.0, autogen-5.18.5, bison-3.0.4, boost-1.57.0,
725 cairo-1.14.2, ccrtp-2.1.2, check-0.9.14, clang-3.6.0, cmake-3.2.2,
726 complexity-1.2, cups-filters-1.0.68, curl-7.42.1, dbus-1.8.16,
727 dbus-glib-0.104, dejagnu-1.5.3, docbook-xml-4.4, docbook-xml-4.5,
728 e2fsck-static-1.42.12, e2fsprogs-1.42.12, ed-1.11, eigen-3.2.4,
729 elfutils-0.161, emacs-24.5, emacs-no-x-toolkit-24.5, exo-0.10.3, ffmpeg-2.6.2,
730 fish-2.1.2, flac-1.3.1, flint-2.4.5, fltk-1.3.3, freetype-2.5.5, garcon-0.4.0,
731 gcc-5.1.0, gcc-toolchain-5.1.0, gdb-7.9, geiser-0.7, glib-2.44.0, glibc-2.21,
732 glibc-2.21, glibc-stripped-tarball-2.21, glibmm-2.44.0, global-6.4,
733 gnome-desktop-3.16.0, gnome-icon-theme-3.12.0, gnome-themes-standard-3.16.0,
734 gnu-pw-mgr-1.3, gnubik-2.4.2, gnumach-headers-1.5, gnunet-0.10.1,
735 gnupg-1.4.19, gnupg-2.0.27, gnupg-2.1.4, gnutls-3.4.0,
736 gobject-introspection-1.44.0, gpgme-1.5.4, gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.16.0,
737 gst-plugins-base-1.4.5, gst-plugins-good-1.4.5, gstreamer-1.4.5, gtk+-3.16.2,
738 gtkmm-2.24.4, gtkmm-3.16.0, guile-ssh-0.7.2, guix-0.8.1, guix-0.8.1.fc34dee,
739 help2man-1.46.6, httpd-2.4.12, hurd-headers-0.6, icecat-31.6.0-gnu1,
740 icu4c-55.1, imagemagick-6.9.0-4, imlib2-1.4.7, inetutils-1.9.3, inkscape-0.91,
741 isc-dhcp-4.3.1, itstool-2.0.2, kbd-2.0.2, libgcrypt-1.6.3, libgpg-error-1.18,
742 libidn-1.30, libltdl-2.4.6, libmicrohttpd-0.9.40, libmikmod-3.3.7,
743 libotr-4.1.0, libsigc++-2.4.1, libtasn1-4.5, libtool-2.4.6,
744 libunistring-0.9.5, libuv-1.4.2, libvorbis-1.3.5, libxfce4ui-4.12.0,
745 libxfce4util-4.12.1, libxfont-1.5.1, lightning-2.1.0, linux-libre-4.0.2,
746 linux-libre-headers-3.14.37, llvm-3.6.0, lua-5.2.3, man-pages-3.82,
747 mesa-10.5.4, mig-1.5, minetest-0.4.12, moe-1.7, mpc-1.0.3, mpd-0.19.9,
748 mu-0.9.12, nano-2.4.1, ncmpcpp-0.6.2, nettle-3.1, nginx-1.8.0, node-0.12.2,
749 notmuch-0.19, nspr-4.10.8, nss-3.18, ntp-4.2.8p2, ocrad-0.25, octave-3.8.2,
750 openconnect-7.05, openjpeg-2.0.1, openjpeg-2.1.0, openldap-2.4.40,
751 openssh-6.8p1, openssl-1.0.2a, pangomm-2.36.0, parallel-20150422,
752 pari-gp-2.7.3, patch-2.7.5, perf-4.0.2, perl-libwww-6.13, perl-net-http-6.07,
753 perl-net-ssleay-1.68, perl-test-simple-1.001014, perl-uri-1.67,
754 pinentry-0.9.0, pius-2.0.11, podofo-0.9.3, poppler-0.32.0, postgresql-9.3.6,
755 pulseaudio-6.0, python-3.4.3, python-pillow-2.7.0, python-pygobject-3.16.1,
756 python-setuptools-12.1, python-wrapper-3.4.3, python2-dateutil-2.2,
757 python2-pillow-2.7.0, python2-pygobject-3.16.1, python2-setuptools-12.1,
758 qt-5.4.1, ruby-2.2.2, samba-3.6.25, scons-2.3.4, sdl2-2.0.3, sharutils-4.15.1,
759 sipwitch-1.9.7, slock-1.2, source-highlight-3.1.8, sqlite-3.8.9,
760 subversion-1.8.13, texinfo-5.2, thunar-1.6.6, thunar-volman-0.8.1,
761 tor-0.2.5.12, tumbler-0.1.31, tzdata-2015c, ucommon-6.3.1, vala-0.28.0,
762 valgrind-3.10.1, vlc-2.2.0, vte-0.40.0, wget-1.16.3, wine-1.7.40,
763 wpa-supplicant-2.4, xboard-4.8.0, xfce4-appfinder-4.12.0, xfce4-panel-4.12.0,
764 xfce4-session-4.12.0, xfce4-settings-4.12.0, xfconf-4.12.0, xfdesktop-4.12.0,
765 xfwm4-4.12.0, xorg-server-1.16.4, xterm-317
767 ** Programming interfaces
769 *** New (guix build gremlin) to parse and validate ELF dynamic link info
771 *** (guix build-system gnu) has a new ‘validate-runpath’ phase
773 This phase reads the dynamic entries of ELF files and reports libraries listed
774 as NEEDED that are not found in the RUNPATH.
776 *** New (gnu services desktop) module and ‘%desktop-services’ variable
778 *** New (guix cvs-download) module, for CVS checkouts
780 *** New (guix build-system waf) module, for the Waf build system
782 *** New (guix build-system haskell) module, to build Haskell packages
784 *** (guix build-system gnu) now supports zip archives
786 *** New convenience syntax ‘modify-phases’ added in (guix build utils)
788 *** The ‘ld’ wrapper more finely determines whether to use ‘-rpath’
790 *** (guix gexp) exports ‘gexp-input’ to describe input unambiguously
792 *** The ‘define-gexp-compiler’ form allows (guix gexp) to be extended
794 *** New ‘local-file’ constructor exported by (guix gexp)
796 ** Noteworthy bug fixes
798 *** Profiles created with ‘guix package -p’ as indirect GC roots
800 Before that they were made permanent GC roots–i.e., uncollectable.
802 *** ‘guix package’ distinguishes downgrades from upgrades
804 *** Handle HTTP redirects to relative URI references
805 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19840>)
807 *** Downloads now honor the ‘http_proxy’ environment variable
808 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20402>)
810 *** ‘--no-*’ options are now always correctly handled
811 (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-02/msg00702.html>)
813 *** SLiM no longer leaks open file descriptors
815 *** Don't compare <pam-service> objects with 'equal?'
816 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20037>)
818 *** x86_64 and i686 bootstrap binaries updated (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19780>)
820 *** ‘find-files’ no longer follows symlinks (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20081>)
822 *** libc message catalog (‘libc.mo’) is now installed
824 *** libstdc++ has appropriate RUNPATH (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20358>)
826 *** ‘dhcp-client-service’ now correctly tracks dhclient’s PID
828 ** Native language support
830 *** New translations: da (Danish)
832 *** Updated translations: eo
834 * Changes in 0.8.1 (since 0.8)
836 ** Package management
838 *** New ‘--share’ and ‘--expose’ options for ‘guix system vm’
840 See “Invoking guix system” in the manual.
842 *** Emacs mode now automatically loads newly installed Emacs packages
844 See “Emacs Initial Setup” in the manual.
846 *** ‘guix-daemon’ now defaults to ‘--cores=0 --jobs=1’
848 In other words, at any given time, only one derivation is being built or
849 substituted, and it can use as many cores as available. Before, there could
850 be N derivations using N cores, which was obviously not desirable.
852 *** Command-line tools support the ‘GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS’ environment variable
854 See “Invoking guix build” in the manual.
856 *** ‘guix environment’ is faster
858 *** New ‘--recursive’ option for ‘guix archive’
860 See “Invoking guix archive” in the manual.
862 *** Missing patches required by a package definition are gracefully reported
864 *** ‘guix lint’ supports additional checkers
866 The new checkers are ‘gnu-description’, ‘home-page’, and ‘source’.
867 See “Invoking guix lint” in the manual.
869 *** New CPAN importer for ‘guix import’
871 See “Invoking guix import” in the manual.
875 *** USB installation image has more tools
877 Tools added since 0.8: wpa_supplicant, cryptsetup, and iw.
879 *** Linux kernel module dependencies are automatically handled
881 Before that, all the modules needed in the initrd would need to be explicitly
882 listed, including their dependencies, and in topological order.
884 *** Font packages now all have a name starting with ‘font-’
886 See “Fonts” in the manual.
888 *** Shell startup files have been cleaned up
890 /etc/profile contains only environment variable definitions, which may also be
891 used when running a different shell. The skeletons for user’s ‘.bash_profile’
892 and ‘.bashrc’ files behave as documented in the Bash manual. Zsh is supported.
894 *** The ‘root’ account gets a copy of the account skeleton files
896 Before that, the skeleton files would only be copied to non-root accounts.
898 *** The name service cache daemon (nscd) is configurable
900 By default it aggressively caches host and service lookups. See “Base
901 Services” in the manual.
903 *** Available locale definitions are now declared in ‘operating-system’
905 Before, the ‘glibc’ package would contain all the existing locales, as well as
906 the ‘locale-archive’ file, amounting to 110 MiB. See “Locales” in the manual.
908 *** SLiM sessions are configurable
910 Pressing F1 in the SLiM graphical log-in screen allows users to choose among
911 the pre-configured session types. See “X Window” in the manual.
913 *** Man pages and Info files are systematically gzip-compressed
915 *** ‘gnu-build-system’ ensures that documentation is in share/{man,info}
917 If a package installs to $prefix/{man,info}, this is automatically fixed to be
918 $prefix/share/{man,info}.
920 *** ‘strip’ is invoked only on ELF files and ‘ar’ archives
922 *** ‘libtool’ and ‘libltdl’ are now separate packages
924 *** Emacs mode is readily usable on the Guix System Distribution
926 *** Substitutes are now enabled by default on freshly installed systems
929 abcde, astyle, avr-libc, bbdb, bedtools, bowtie, bullet, c-reduce, cd-discid,
930 cgal, clang, claws-mail, cups, cups-filters, cups-minimal, dconf, delta,
931 dmenu, eigen, emms, exo, fastjar, font-bitstream-vera, font-dejavu,
932 font-gnu-freefont-ttf, font-liberation, font-terminus, fvwm, garcon,
933 gcc-cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf, gcc-cross-sans-libc-avr, gcj, getmail,
934 git-flow, git-manpages, git-test-sequence, glew, glulxe, gourmet,
935 gst-plugins-good, gtk-xfce-engine, hexchat, ijs, iw, jack, json-glib,
936 libdvdnav, libdvdread, libetpan, libevdev, libltdl, libtorrent, libupnp,
937 libwnck, libwnck, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, libxshmfence, libyubikey, llvm,
938 lrdf, mg, mp3info, msmtp, ncftp, nginx, ninja, nss, openbox,
939 perl-benchmark-timer, perl-clone, perl-digest-sha1, perl-exporter-lite,
940 perl-file-which, perl-getopt-tabular, perl-ipc-run3, perl-probe-perl,
941 perl-regexp-common, perl-sys-cpu, perl-test-deep, perl-test-nowarnings,
942 perl-test-script, perl-test-simple, perl-test-tester, pflask,
943 python-cairocffi, python-cffi, python-distutils-extra, python-html5lib,
944 python-ipython, python-isodate, python-matplotlib, python-numpy,
945 python-numpydoc, python-pillow, python-pycairo, python-pycparser,
946 python-pygobject, python-pyparsing, python-pyqt, python-pysam, python-rdflib,
947 python-scipy, python-sip, python-sqlalchemy, python-xcffib, python2-cairocffi,
948 python2-cffi, python2-distutils-extra, python2-elib.intl, python2-html5lib,
949 python2-ipython, python2-isodate, python2-matplotlib, python2-numpy,
950 python2-numpydoc, python2-pillow, python2-py2cairo, python2-pycparser,
951 python2-pygobject, python2-pygtk, python2-pyparsing, python2-pyqt,
952 python2-pysam, python2-scipy, python2-sip, python2-sqlalchemy, python2-xcffib,
953 qpdf, retroarch, rtorrent, samtools, shflags, slang, slock, socat,
954 startup-notification, sxiv, taglib, telepathy-glib, thunar, thunar-volman,
955 tre, tumbler, vala, vte, vte, wine, wmctrl, xclip, xdotool, xf86-video-geode,
956 xfce4-appfinder, xfce4-battery-plugin, xfce4-panel, xfce4-session,
957 xfce4-settings, xfce4-terminal, xfconf, xfdesktop, xfwm4, xinit, ykclient,
960 *** 222 package updates
962 apr-util-1.5.4, atk-2.15.3, automake-1.15, bash-4.3.33, bash-light-4.3.33,
963 bdftopcf-1.0.4, binutils-2.25, binutils-static-stripped-tarball-2.25,
964 cairo-1.12.18, cairomm-1.11.2, ccrtp-2.1.1, curl-7.40.0, dbus-1.8.12,
965 dbus-glib-0.102, ddrescue-1.19, dri2proto-2.8, e2fsck-static-1.42.11,
966 e2fsprogs-1.42.11, eudev-2.1.1, ffmpeg-2.5.3, file-5.22, fish-2.1.1,
967 fontconfig-2.11.92, fontsproto-2.1.3, freeipmi-1.4.8,
968 gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-4.8.4, gcc-cross-sans-libc-xtensa-elf-4.8.4,
969 gcc-objc++-4.8.4, gcc-objc-4.8.4, gcc-stripped-tarball-4.8.4, gccgo-4.8.4,
970 gcl-2.6.12, gd-2.1.1, gdb-7.8.2, gdk-pixbuf-2.31.1, gettext-0.19.4,
971 gfortran-4.8.4, ghostscript-9.14.0, ghostscript-with-x-9.14.0, gimp-2.8.14,
972 git-2.2.1, glib-2.42.1, glibmm-2.42.0, global-6.3.3, glproto-1.4.17,
973 gnutls-3.2.21, gobject-introspection-1.42.0, gp2c-0.0.9pl2, grep-2.21,
974 groff-1.22.3, gss-1.0.3, gst-plugins-base-1.0.10, gtk+-3.14.7, gtkmm-3.14.0,
975 guix-0.8, guix-0.8.4ad8789, help2man-1.46.4, iceauth-1.0.6, icu4c-54.1,
976 inkscape-0.48.5, inputproto-2.3.1, lcms-2.6, lftp-4.6.1, libassuan-2.2.0,
977 libcdio-0.93, libdmx-1.1.3, libdrm-2.4.58, libfontenc-1.1.2, libfs-1.0.6,
978 libgcrypt-1.6.2, libgpg-error-1.17, libice-1.0.9, libjpeg-9a, libksba-1.3.2,
979 libmicrohttpd-0.9.39, libnl-3.2.25, libpciaccess-0.13.2, libpeas-1.12.1,
980 libpng-1.5.21, librsvg-2.40.6, libsm-1.2.2, libtasn1-4.2, libtool-2.4.5,
981 libx11-1.6.2, libxau-1.0.8, libxaw-1.0.12, libxcb-1.11, libxcomposite-0.4.4,
982 libxcursor-1.1.14, libxdamage-1.1.4, libxext-1.3.3, libxfixes-5.0.1,
983 libxfont-1.5.0, libxft-2.3.2, libxi-1.7.4, libxinerama-1.1.3,
984 libxkbcommon-0.5.0, libxmu-1.1.2, libxp-1.0.2, libxpm-3.5.11, libxrandr-1.4.2,
985 libxrender-0.9.8, libxres-1.0.7, libxt-1.1.4, libxtst-1.2.2, libxv-1.0.10,
986 libxvmc-1.0.8, libxxf86dga-1.1.4, libxxf86vm-1.1.3, linux-libre-3.18.4,
987 lua-5.2.3, makedepend-1.0.5, mercurial-3.2.4, mesa-10.4.0, minetest-0.4.11,
988 mkfontscale-1.1.1, neon-0.30.0, nix-1.8, ntp-4.2.8, ocrad-0.24,
989 openjpeg-2.0.1, openssl-1.0.1k, pango-1.36.8, parallel-20150122,
990 pari-gp-2.7.2, patchelf-0.8, pcre-8.36, perf-3.18.4, phonon-4.8.3,
991 pixman-0.32.6, pkg-config-0.28, poppler-0.28.1, python-3.3.5,
992 python-dateutil-2.2, python2-dateutil-2.2, qemu-2.2.0, qemu-headless-2.2.0,
993 qt-5.4.0, racket-6.1.1, randrproto-1.4.0, raptor2-2.0.15, rasqal-0.9.33,
994 rcs-5.9.4, ruby-2.1.5, sessreg-1.0.8, sipwitch-1.9.3, sqlite-3.8.7.4,
995 tiled-0.11.0, tmux-1.9a, tzdata-2014j, ucommon-6.2.3, util-linux-2.25.2,
996 util-macros-1.19.0, vera-1.22, videoproto-2.3.2, wget-1.16.1, xauth-1.0.9,
997 xbacklight-1.2.1, xcb-proto-1.11, xcb-util-0.4.0, xcb-util-image-0.4.0,
998 xcb-util-keysyms-0.4.0, xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.9, xcb-util-wm-0.4.1,
999 xcursor-themes-1.0.4, xcursorgen-1.0.6, xdpyinfo-1.3.1, xev-1.2.1,
1000 xextproto-7.3.0, xf86-input-evdev-2.8.4, xf86-input-joystick-1.6.2,
1001 xf86-input-keyboard-1.8.0, xf86-input-mouse-1.9.1, xf86-input-synaptics-1.8.1,
1002 xf86-video-ark-0.7.5, xf86-video-ati-7.5.0, xf86-video-cirrus-1.5.2,
1003 xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.4, xf86-video-glint-1.2.8, xf86-video-i128-1.3.6,
1004 xf86-video-intel-2.21.15, xf86-video-mach64-6.9.4, xf86-video-mga-1.6.3,
1005 xf86-video-neomagic-1.2.8, xf86-video-nv-2.1.20, xf86-video-openchrome-0.3.3,
1006 xf86-video-r128-6.9.2, xf86-video-savage-2.3.7,
1007 xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.7, xf86-video-sis-0.10.7,
1008 xf86-video-suncg6-1.1.2, xf86-video-sunffb-1.2.2, xf86-video-tdfx-1.4.5,
1009 xf86-video-tga-1.2.2, xf86-video-trident-1.3.6, xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3,
1010 xf86-video-vmware-13.0.2, xf86-video-voodoo-1.2.5, xhost-1.0.6, xinput-1.6.1,
1011 xkbcomp-1.3.0, xkbutils-1.0.4, xkeyboard-config-2.13, xkill-1.0.4,
1012 xlockmore-5.45, xlsclients-1.1.3, xmodmap-1.0.8, xnee-3.19,
1013 xorg-server-1.16.3, xprop-1.2.2, xproto-7.0.26, xrandr-1.4.3, xrdb-1.1.0,
1014 xrefresh-1.0.5, xset-1.2.3, xsetroot-1.1.1, xtrans-1.3.5, xvinfo-1.1.2,
1015 xwd-1.0.6, xwininfo-1.1.3, youtube-dl-2015.01.23.4, zsh-5.0.7
1017 ** Programming interfaces
1019 *** New (guix elf) and (gnu build linux-modules) modules
1021 These provide resolution of Linux kernel module dependencies. See
1022 <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-11/msg00670.html>.
1024 *** ‘glib-or-gtk-build-system’ has been extended
1026 It now handles GIO and XDG themes, takes care of generating the icon cache,
1027 and has a new #:glib-or-gtk-wrap-excluded-outputs parameter.
1029 *** ‘search-path-specification’ can now specify non-directory items
1031 For example, the ‘search-path-specification’ attached to libxml2 specifies a
1032 file pattern, which allows all the ‘catalog.xml’ files to be added to the
1033 ‘XML_CATALOG_FILES’ environment variable.
1035 *** (guix build syscalls) has more network-related procedures
1037 ‘set-network-interface-flags’, ‘set-network-interface-address’,
1038 ‘network-interface-address’, and ‘configure-network-interface’ are ioctl
1039 bindings used by network-handling dmd services.
1041 *** (guix monads) refactoring
1043 ‘%store-monad’ is now in (guix store) and is an alias for the new
1044 ‘%state-monad’ provided by (guix monads). Monadic procedures dealing with the
1045 store, with derivations, and with packages have been moved from (guix monads)
1046 to (guix store), (guix derivations), and (guix packages). See “The Store
1047 Monad” in the manual.
1049 *** (guix build utils) provides ‘parallel-job-count’
1051 *** ‘wrap-program’ preserves the original argv[0]
1053 *** New (guix sets) module
1055 *** ‘define-record-type*’ now support “delayed” fields
1057 ** Noteworthy bug fixes
1059 *** X session is executed from a login shell (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19119>)
1060 *** grub.cfg is now a garbage-collector root (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19160>)
1061 *** Substituter progress report properly formatted
1062 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19313>)
1063 *** Document permissions for /gnu/store (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19316>)
1064 *** Make sure config.go is newer than config.scm
1065 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19317>)
1066 *** Emacs knows where to find its GLib schemas (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19138>)
1067 *** Adjust 'grub.cfg' to work on systems with a separate /boot
1068 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19220>)
1069 *** Fix removal of next-to-last item in a profile
1070 (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-12/msg00292.html>)
1071 *** Apply patches with "patch --force" (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19402>)
1072 *** Extend ‘search-path-specification’ for libxml2-style use cases
1073 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18033>)
1074 *** Search for patches under $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19364>)
1075 *** Use executables from the target inputs in 'patch-shebangs'
1076 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18895>)
1077 *** guix-daemon now automatically creates '…/profiles/per-user'
1078 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19315>)
1079 *** Make /etc/mtab a symlink to /proc/self/mounts
1080 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19491>)
1081 *** Don't build the mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 cross-compiler on i686
1082 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19598>)
1083 *** Read archive signatures as Latin-1 strings (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19610>)
1084 *** Raise an error for references to non-existent outputs
1085 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19630>)
1086 *** Initialize libgcrypt before use (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19677>)
1088 ** Native language support
1090 *** New translations: fr (French), hu (Hungarian)
1091 *** Updated translation: eo, vi
1093 * Changes in 0.8 (since 0.7)
1095 ** Package management
1097 *** New visual user interface in Emacs
1099 See “Emacs Interface” in the manual.
1101 *** New ‘guix environment’ command to produce development environment
1103 See “Invoking guix environment” in the manual.
1105 *** The ‘guix import’ command has been extended and documented
1107 It can now import packages from pypi.python.org and from GNU.
1108 See “Invoking guix import” in the manual.
1110 *** New ‘guix lint’ command, for use by Guix developers
1112 See “Invoking guix lint” in the manual.
1114 *** Packages can now be “grafted” with replacements of their dependencies
1116 See “Security Updates” in the manual.
1118 *** The distribution can be extended with ‘--load-path’ or $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH
1120 This allows users to maintain their own package definitions, and make them
1121 visible to the various user interfaces. See “Package Modules” in the manual.
1123 *** ‘guix package’ better reports package upgrades
1125 *** ‘guix package’ has a new ‘--switch-generation’ option
1127 See “Invoking guix package” in the manual.
1129 *** ‘guix-daemon’ has a new ‘--substitute-urls’ option
1131 See “Invoking guix-daemon” in the manual.
1135 *** The stand-alone operating system now supports Linux mapped devices
1137 See “Mapped Devices” in the manual.
1139 *** New fields in ‘operating-system’ declarations, better documentation
1141 New fields include ‘hosts-file’, ‘mapped-devices’, and ‘swap-devices’.
1142 See “operating-system Reference” in the manual.
1144 *** New services: ‘dhcp-client-service’, ‘bitlbee-service’, ‘ntp-service’
1146 See “Services” in the manual.
1148 *** Free firmware can be loaded
1150 This notably enables support for some Atheros-based WiFi devices (ath9k-htc.)
1151 See “operating-system Reference” in the manual.
1153 *** ‘grub-configuration’ declarations can now specify a theme
1155 See “GRUB Configuration” in the manual.
1157 *** The ‘base-initrd’ now has a different signature
1159 Existing uses in ‘operating-system’ declarations need to be updated. See
1160 “Initial RAM Disk” in the manual for details.
1162 *** eudev is now used by default, instead of an old udev release
1164 *** ‘guix system vm’ has a new ‘--full-boot’ option
1166 See “Invoking guix system” in the manual.
1168 *** The ‘file’ command is now part of the package build environment
1170 Autoconf-generated ‘configure’ scripts for packages using Libtool use ‘file’
1171 to determine the target ABI, notably on MIPS, hence this change.
1173 *** 162 new packages
1175 abiword, acpica, adns, arb, ath9k-htc-firmware, atlas, avrdude, cppunit,
1176 dblatex, detox, dfu-programmer, dionysus, direvent, dmidecode, dri3proto,
1177 emacs-no-x-toolkit, emacs-w3m, emacs-wget, enchant, eudev, feh, flashrom,
1178 flint, fontforge, freedink, freeimage, fribidi,
1179 gcc-cross-sans-libc-xtensa-elf, giblib, gnome-themes-standard, gpsbabel,
1180 gpscorrelate, graphite2, gtypist, guile-charting, guile-sdl, imake, imlib2,
1181 irrlicht, jbig2dec, libpsl, libspiro, libuninameslist, libwmf, lm-sensors,
1182 magit, minetest, miscfiles, mozjs, mupdf, nix, nspr, nss-mdns, ntp, nvi, opam,
1183 openal, openjpeg, opus-tools, orpheus, ots, oxygen-icons, paredit, perf,
1184 perl-archive-zip, perl-dbd-sqlite, perl-dbi, perl-image-exiftool,
1185 perl-io-socket-ssl, perl-net-ssleay, perl-www-curl, perl-zip, polkit,
1186 polkit-qt, postgresql, potrace, presentproto, python-certifi, python-coverage,
1187 python-cython, python-discover, python-docutils, python-exif-read,
1188 python-extras, python-fixtures, python-itsdangerous, python-jinja2,
1189 python-jsonschema, python-markupsafe, python-mimeparse, python-nose,
1190 python-oauthlib, python-py, python-pygments, python-pyjwt, python-pyld,
1191 python-pytest, python-scripttest, python-sphinx, python-subunit,
1192 python-testrepository, python-testresources, python-testscenarios,
1193 python-testtools, python-unidecode, python-unittest2, python-virtualenv,
1194 python2-certifi, python2-coverage, python2-cython, python2-discover,
1195 python2-docutils, python2-exif-read, python2-extras, python2-fixtures,
1196 python2-itsdangerous, python2-jinja2, python2-jsonschema, python2-markupsafe,
1197 python2-mimeparse, python2-nose, python2-oauthlib, python2-py,
1198 python2-pygments, python2-pyjwt, python2-pyld, python2-pytest,
1199 python2-requests, python2-scripttest, python2-sphinx, python2-subunit,
1200 python2-testrepository, python2-testresources, python2-testscenarios,
1201 python2-testtools, python2-unidecode, python2-unittest2, python2-virtualenv,
1202 rrdtool, ruby, ruby, ruby-i18n, sane-backends, scrot, sound-theme-freedesktop,
1203 stress, synergy, tdb, terminus-font, testdisk, texi2html, tiled, transfig,
1204 unclutter, unixodbc, weechat, wv, xboing, xf86-video-modesetting, xfig,
1207 *** 117 package updates
1209 acct-6.6.2, acl-2.2.52, apl-1.4, apr-1.5.1, apr-util-1.5.3, autoconf-2.68,
1210 autoconf-2.69, autogen-5.18.4, bash-4.3.30, bash-light-4.3.30, bazaar-2.6.0,
1211 bison-2.7, calcurse-3.2.1, ccache-3.1.10, chicken-4.9.0.1, coreutils-8.23,
1212 curl-7.37.1, datamash-1.0.6, dbus-1.8.8, docbook-xml-4.2, docbook-xml-4.4,
1213 docbook-xml-4.5, emacs-24.4, ffmpeg-2.2.10, ffmpeg-2.4.3, file-5.19,
1214 file-5.20, freeipmi-1.4.5, gcc-4.7.4, gcc-4.9.2, gcc-toolchain-4.9.2,
1215 gcl-2.6.11, gdb-7.8.1, geiser-0.6, gettext-0.19.3, git-2.1.2, glibc-2.20,
1216 glibc-2.20, glibc-stripped-tarball-2.20, global-6.3.2, glpk-4.55,
1217 gnupg-1.4.18, gnupg-2.0.26, gnurl-7.37.0, gnutls-3.2.20, gpgme-1.5.1,
1218 gst-plugins-base-1.0.10, gstreamer-1.0.10, gtk+-3.10.1, gtkmm-3.9.16,
1219 guile-1.8.8, guile-json-0.4.0, guile-ncurses-1.6, guile-ssh-0.7.1, guix-0.7,
1220 guix-0.7.48bd76e, hello-2.10, help2man-1.46.3, icecat-31.2.0,
1221 libart-lgpl-2.3.21, libassuan-2.1.3, libatomic-ops-7.4.2, libdrm-2.4.33,
1222 libffi-3.1, libgc-7.2f, libgc-7.4.2, libgcrypt-1.5.4, libgcrypt-1.6.2,
1223 libidn-1.29, libjpeg-9a, libotr-4.0.0, libsodium-1.0.0, libtasn1-4.1,
1224 libunistring-0.9.4, libwebsockets-1.3, lightning-2.0.5, linux-libre-3.17.3,
1225 lsof-4.88, lua-5.2.3, lvm2-2.02.109, lzip-1.16, make-4.1, maxima-5.34.1,
1226 mit-scheme-9.2, mysql-5.1.73, neon-0.30.0, net-base-5.3, nettle-2.7.1,
1227 notmuch-0.18.1, openssh-6.7p1, openssl-1.0.1j, parallel-20141022,
1228 phonon-4.8.2, pspp-0.8.4, python-3.3.5, python-dateutil-1.5,
1229 python2-dateutil-1.5, python2-pyicu-1.8, qt-4.8.6, qt-5.3.2, rcs-5.9.3,
1230 readline-6.3, subversion-1.7.18, swig-3.0.2, tar-1.28, texinfo-5.2,
1231 tor-0.2.5.10, transmission-2.84, ucommon-6.1.11, valgrind-3.10.0, vlc-2.1.5,
1232 wget-1.16, windowmaker-0.95.6, xapian-1.2.18, xf86-video-ati-6.14.6,
1233 xpdf-3.04, youtube-dl-2014.09.06
1235 ** Programming interfaces
1237 *** New ‘ruby-build-system’, for Ruby packages
1239 See “Build Systems” in the manual.
1241 *** New ‘glib-or-gtk-build-system’, for packages using GLib schemas
1243 See “Build Systems” in the manual.
1245 *** ‘gnu-build-system’ has a new #:substitutable? parameter
1247 This allows packagers to mark a package as requiring a local build, thus
1248 preventing it from being substituted by a pre-built binary.
1250 *** ‘cmake-build-system’ has a new #:build-type parameter
1252 See “Build Systems” in the manual.
1254 *** The ‘supported-systems’ field of packages is used more consistently
1256 This allows packagers to prevent attempts to build a package on a given
1257 architecture when that architecture is known not to be supported. The
1258 ‘package-transitive-supported-systems’ procedure returns the intersection of
1259 the systems supported by the given package and by its dependencies.
1261 *** The ‘wrap-program’ procedure can now be called multiple times
1263 *** New ‘graft-derivations’ and ‘package-grafts’ procedures
1265 They implement “grafts”, as described under “Security Updates” in the manual.
1267 *** New “bag” intermediate representation for use by build systems
1269 “Bags” are used internally as an intermediate representation between packages
1270 and derivations. See “Build Systems” in the manual.
1272 *** New (guix monad-repl) module, for monadic interaction at the REPL
1274 See “The Store Monad” in the manual.
1276 *** New (guix build emacs-utils) module, to facilitate building Emacs packages
1278 *** New (guix tests) module, with tools used by the test suite
1280 *** The internal ‘guix-register’ command now deduplicates files in store items
1282 *** Several system modules moved from (guix build …) to (gnu build …)
1284 Also, the (gnu build linux-boot) module has been introduced, with code
1285 typically used by initial RAM disks when booting on GNU/Linux-libre.
1287 *** (guix profiles) provides a representation of package transactions
1289 This factorizes code between ‘guix package’ and the Emacs user interface.
1291 *** Bootstrapping packages moved to (gnu packages commencement) modules
1295 *** ‘guix-daemon’ now really deduplicates store items by default
1297 Deduplication means that identical files found in /gnu/store are stored only
1298 once, using hard links. This feature was wrongfully disabled, and is now
1299 enabled by default. The former ‘--disable-store-optimization’ option has been
1300 renamed to ‘--disable-deduplication’.
1302 *** ‘guix-daemon’ no longer uses ‘vfork’
1304 This could cause problems with ancient Linux kernel.
1306 *** Fixed compilation of ‘gccgo’ (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18101>)
1307 *** 'make clean' doesn't delete os-config.tmpl (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18243>)
1308 *** Fix handling of periods by fill-paragraph (<http://bugs.gnu.org/17468>)
1309 *** Produce a top-level Info 'dir' file (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18305>)
1310 *** guix offload ignores unreachable machines (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18070>)
1311 *** guix offload: Ignore EEXIST when registering a .drv as a GC root
1312 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18115>)
1313 *** perl-tk: Build sequentially (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18262>)
1314 *** download: Use the 'SERVER NAME' TLS extension when possible
1315 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18526>)
1316 *** libdaemon: Add alternate source URLs (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18639>)
1317 *** icu4c: Reinstate RUNPATH on shared libraries
1318 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18695>)
1319 *** nss-mdns: Add alternate source URLs (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18704>)
1320 *** download: Add "Accept: */*" to the HTTP headers
1321 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18768>)
1322 *** guix-register: Do not attempt to create NIX_STORE_DIR
1323 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18689>)
1324 *** Allow Linux-libre to find our 'modprobe' command
1325 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18525>)
1326 *** man-pages: Build sequentially (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18701>)
1327 *** Fix intermittent test failures involving GC (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18935>)
1328 *** guix import: pypi: Gracefully handle non-existent packages
1329 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18831>)
1330 *** Make sure the shared library has the '.so' extension
1331 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18521>)
1332 *** pull: Use the build procedure provided by the newly-downloaded Guix.
1333 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18534>)
1334 *** WindowMaker no longer pollutes $PATH (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18698>)
1336 ** Native language support
1337 *** New translation: cs (Czech)
1338 *** Updated translations: de, sr, vi
1340 * Changes in 0.7 (since 0.6)
1341 ** Package management
1342 *** Binaries for mips64el-linux now available from hydra.gnu.org
1344 These come in addition to the x86_64-linux and i686-linux binaries already
1345 provided, thanks to our generous donor and friendly admins. See
1346 “Substitutes” in the manual.
1348 *** ‘guix package’ has a new ‘--show’ option
1349 *** ‘guix refresh’ has a new ‘--list-dependent’ option
1351 ** Programming interfaces
1352 *** New (guix gexp) module, which implements “G-expressions”
1354 G-expressions are a new mechanism to embed build-side code in host-side
1355 code. See “G-Expressions” in the manual.
1357 *** (gnu system) and related modules now use G-expressions
1359 This greatly simplifies code, and guarantees that build code carries
1360 references to the packages or derivations it uses.
1362 *** ‘build-expression->derivation’ is deprecated in favor of G-expressions
1363 *** The (gnu system) module has been largely augmented and factorized
1364 *** New (guix build vm) module, support for virtual machine images
1365 *** New (guix build activation) module, for “system activation”
1366 *** New (guix build syscalls) module
1367 *** New (guix build install) and module for whole system installation
1368 *** New (gnu system install) module, for the installation system
1369 *** New (gnu system file-systems) module, for ‘file-system’ declarations
1370 *** New (gnu) module, which aggregates common (gnu …) modules
1371 *** ‘service’ records now have an optional ‘activate’ field
1373 This allows services to specify code to run at system activation time.
1376 *** An image to install the GNU system from a USB stick is provided
1378 This is the first time an installation image is provided. See “System
1379 Installation” in the manual for details. This is work in progress as noted
1380 in “Limitations”. Your feedback and help are welcome!
1382 *** Support for more parameters in ‘operating-system’ declarations
1384 Operating system declarations can now provide a list of file systems, a list
1385 of setuid programs, bootloader options, and more. See “System Configuration”
1388 *** ‘guix system’ supports more actions
1390 Newly supported actions are ‘init’, ‘build’, ‘reconfigure’, and ‘disk-image’.
1391 See “Invoking guix system” in the manual.
1393 *** User accounts and groups are created at system activation time
1394 *** Virtual machine support uses para-virtualized devices
1395 *** GCC package now has an additional ‘lib’ output, for run-time support libs
1396 *** GLib package now has a separate “bin” output (<http://bugs.gnu.org/17853>)
1397 *** 134 new packages
1399 abbaye, aegis, attica, babl, barcode, behave, btar, busybox, ccache, ccrtp,
1400 chess, clucene, cmatrix, commoncpp, conkeror, cook, cssc, datamash, diffstat,
1401 doxygen, dropbear, dtach, duplicity, e2fsck-static, exosip, fftw-openmpi,
1402 fish, gconf, gegl, gimp, gmsh, gnome-mime-data, gnome-vfs, gnumeric, goffice,
1403 gsegrafix, guile-opengl, guile-static-stripped, hdup, hwloc, inotify-tools,
1404 jrnl, kbd, kmod, lftp, libarchive, libart-lgpl, libbonobo, libbonoboui,
1405 libcroco, libdbusmenu-qt, libftdi, libglade, libgnome, libgnomecanvas,
1406 libgnomeprint, libgnomeprintui, libgnomeui, libgsf, libidl, libmcrypt,
1407 libmhash, librsvg, librsync, libsodium, libuv, libvpx, links, lzop, man-pages,
1408 maxima, mcrypt, mosh, mpg123, mplayer, mu, ncmpcpp, node, notmuch, numactl,
1409 offlineimap, openmpi, orbit2, osip, pangox-compat, perl-io-tty, petsc,
1410 petsc-complex, petsc-complex-openmpi, petsc-openmpi, pingus, podofo, protobuf,
1411 pt-scotch, python-enum34, python-keyring, python-lockfile, python-mock,
1412 python-parse, python-parse-type, python-parsedatetime, python-pycrypto,
1413 python-six, python-tzlocal, python2-lockfile, python2-mock, qjson, qrencode,
1414 rasqal, rdiff-backup, rdup, redland, rottlog, scotch, sipwitch, sshfs-fuse,
1415 strigi, sudo, superlu, superlu-dist, talkfilters, talloc, tcpdump, tinyproxy,
1416 transmission, ucommon, udev, vlc, vtk, wakelan, wireless-tools,
1417 wpa-supplicant, xboard, youtube-dl
1419 *** 87 package updates
1421 bitlbee-3.2.2, cursynth-1.5, ddrescue-1.18.1, dfc-3.0.4, dmd-0.2,
1422 docbook-xml-4.3, docbook-xml-4.4, docbook-xsl-1.78.1, dvdisaster-0.72.6,
1423 ffmpeg-2.3, fftw-3.3.4, fftwf-3.3.4, flac-1.3.0, gawk-4.1.1, gcc-4.7.4,
1424 gcc-4.8.3, gcc-4.8.3, gcc-4.9.1, gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-4.8.3,
1425 gcc-objc++-4.8.3, gcc-objc-4.8.3, gcc-stripped-tarball-4.8.3,
1426 gcc-toolchain-4.8.3, gcc-toolchain-4.9.1, gccgo-4.8.3, gdb-7.7.1,
1427 gettext-0.19.2, gfortran-4.8.3, glib-2.40.0, global-6.3, gmp-6.0.0a,
1428 gnupg-1.4.18, gnupg-2.0.25, gnutls-3.2.15, gp2c-0.0.9pl1, grep-2.20,
1429 gst-plugins-base-1.0.10, gstreamer-0.10.36, gtk+-3.10.1, gtkmm-2.24.2,
1430 guile-2.0.11, guile-2.0.11, guix-0.6, guix-0.6.0ae8c15, htop-1.0.3,
1431 icu4c-53.1, imagemagick-6.8.9-0, json-c-0.12, libdrm-2.4.33, libgc-7.2e,
1432 libgcrypt-1.5.3, libgpg-error-1.13, libjpeg-8d, libmicrohttpd-0.9.37,
1433 libogg-1.3.2, libotr-4.0.0, libtasn1-3.6, libvorbis-1.3.4, lightning-2.0.4,
1434 linux-libre-3.15.6, lua-5.1.5, lua-5.2.3, mcron-1.0.8, moe-1.6, nano-2.3.6,
1435 neon-0.29.6, nettle-3.0, openssl-1.0.1h, parallel-20140722, pari-gp-2.7.1,
1436 pspp-0.8.3, python-2.7.6, python-dateutil-2.2, python2-dateutil-2.2,
1437 qemu-2.0.0, qemu-headless-2.0.0, qt-4.8.6, qt-5.2.1, readline-6.2,
1438 screen-4.2.1, soprano-2.9.4, texinfo-5.2, texlive-2014, tor-0.2.4.22,
1439 wdiff-1.2.2, xorriso-1.3.8, xterm-304
1441 ** Native language support
1442 *** New translations: de (German), and hu (Hungarian)
1443 *** Updated translations: eo, pt_BR, sr, vi
1444 *** Package descriptions moved from the ‘guix’ text domain to ‘guix-packages’
1446 *** Downloads are now faster (<http://bugs.gnu.org/15368>)
1447 *** ‘guix authenticate’ properly writes signatures to stdout
1448 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/17312>)
1449 *** Progress report of downloads is now properly displayed
1450 *** Error reporting of pk-crypto errors has been improved
1451 *** The 'patches' field now works for origins with no extension
1452 *** Synchronization and GC issues fixed in the offload hook
1453 *** (guix ftp-client) emits USER commands suitable for all servers
1455 * Changes in 0.6 (since 0.5)
1456 ** Package management
1457 *** Default store directory changed to /gnu/store
1459 Although it is still possible to configure Guix to use the old store
1460 directory, we recommend that you start with a fresh install to /gnu/store.
1462 *** Substitutes from hydra.gnu.org must now be signed and authorized
1463 *** Support for offloading builds to other Guix machines over SSH
1464 *** New ‘guix archive’ command
1465 *** New ‘guix system’ command; it can currently build VM images
1466 *** ‘guix package’ accepts several arguments after -i, -r, and -u
1467 *** Updating a profile with ‘guix package’ is now noticeably faster
1468 *** ‘guix build’ can override a package’s source with the new ‘--with-source’
1469 *** ‘guix build’ has a new ‘--no-build-hook’ option
1470 *** ‘guix’ commands that build packages have a common set of options
1471 *** ‘guix hash’ has a new ‘--recursive’ option
1472 *** Daemon no longer bind-mounts the host’s /dev (improves reproducibility)
1473 ** Programming interfaces
1474 *** New (guix pk-crypto) and (guix pki) modules for public key cryptography
1475 *** New #:local-build? parameter for derivations that shouldn’t be offloaded
1476 *** (gnu system vm) has procedures to build VMs that share the host’s store
1477 *** New ‘text-file*’ procedure in (guix monads)
1478 *** System service definitions are now provided by the (guix services) modules
1479 *** New X and SLiM services in (gnu services xorg)
1480 *** New (guix git-download) and (guix svn-download) for git/svn checkouts
1484 a2ps, asciidoc, aspell-dict-en, aspell-dict-eo, aspell-dict-es,
1485 aspell-dict-fr, aumix, bitlbee, bogofilter, boost, calcurse, clusterssh,
1486 corkscrew, cursynth, docbook-xml, docbook-xsl, elfutils, enscript, fftwf,
1487 fltk, fuse, gcc-toolchain, giflib, glade, gmime, gnome-desktop, gnubg, gnubik,
1488 gnumach-headers, gnunet, gnuplot, gnurl, gphoto2, gtkglext, guile-json,
1489 guile-reader-for-guile_2.0.11, gxmessage, hdf5, hurd-headers, inkscape, iotop,
1490 isc-dhcp, iso-codes, jnettop, libatomic-ops, libexif, libgphoto2, libmpcdec,
1491 libmpdclient, libotr, libpcap, libpeas, libpipeline, libtirpc, libwebsockets,
1492 ltrace, luajit, lynx, man-db, mc, mig, miniupnpc, moe, mpc123, mpd, ncdc,
1493 ncdu, ncmpc, neon, neon, octave, opus, paperkey, patchutils, perl-tk,
1494 perl-x11-protocol, pinentry, python2-element-tree, python2-pybugz, quilt,
1495 source-highlight, stalonetray, trueprint, ttf-dejavu, unionfs-fuse,
1496 unionfs-fuse-static, uucp, vera, windowmaker, xapian, xterm
1498 *** 90 package updates
1500 apl-1.3, autoconf-2.68, automake-1.14.1, bash-4.3, bash-light-4.3,
1501 bigloo-4.1a, binutils-2.24, binutils-static-stripped-tarball-2.24,
1502 coreutils-8.22, curl-7.35.0, ed-1.10, ffmpeg-2.1.4, file-5.18, freeipmi-1.4.1,
1503 gcc-4.8.2, gcc-4.8.2, gdb-7.7, gdbm-1.11, gettext-0.18.3.2, glib-2.39.1,
1504 glibc-2.19, glibc-stripped-tarball-2.19, global-6.2.12, glpk-4.54,
1505 gnu-pw-mgr-1.2, gnupg-1.4.16, gnutls-3.2.12, gp2c-0.0.8pl1, grep-2.18,
1506 gst-plugins-base-0.10.36, gstreamer-1.0.10, gtk+-3.10.1, gtkmm-2.24.2,
1507 guile-2.0.11, guile-ssh-0.6.0, guile-static-stripped-tarball-2.0.11,
1508 guile-wm-1.0, guile-xcb-1.3, guix-0.5, help2man-1.45.1, icu4c-52.1,
1509 imagemagick-6.8.8-10, inetutils-1.9.2, lapack-3.5.0, libcdio-0.92,
1510 libdrm-2.4.46, libextractor-1.3, libgc-7.2e, libgc-7.4.0, libgcrypt-1.6.1,
1511 libjpeg-9, libmicrohttpd-0.9.34, libssh-0.6.3, libtasn1-3.4, lightning-2.0.3,
1512 linux-libre-3.13.7, mpc-1.0.2, mutt-1.5.23, net-base-5.2, ocrad-0.23,
1513 openssh-6.6p1, openssl-1.0.1g, parallel-20140322, pari-gp-2.7.0, pspp-0.8.2,
1514 pulseaudio-5.0, python-2.7.6, python-3.3.5, python-wrapper-3.3.5,
1515 python2-pysqlite-2.6.3a, qemu-1.7.1, qemu-headless-1.7.1,
1516 qemu-with-multiple-smb-shares-1.7.1, qt-4.8.5, qt-5.2.0, readline-6.3,
1517 recutils-1.7, slim-1.3.6, sqlite-3.8.4.3, subversion-1.7.14, texinfo-4.13a,
1518 tor-0.2.4.21, tzdata-2014a, units-2.11, valgrind-3.9.0, vim-7.4, wget-1.15,
1519 xnee-3.18, xorriso-1.3.6.pl01, zile-2.4.11
1521 *** New ‘gcc-toolchain’ meta-package, makes it easy to install a GCC tool chain
1522 *** libc’s Info manual is now installed
1523 *** Binutils is built with --enable-deterministic-archives
1524 *** Packages that populated man/man* now populate share/man/man*
1525 *** Many other packaging improvements
1527 *** ‘guix pull’ consumes less memory, compiles in parallel
1528 *** ‘guix package --list-*’ gracefully handles EPIPE when used in a pipeline
1529 *** ‘guix package’ handles collisions between a symlink and a directory
1530 (http://bugs.gnu.org/17083)
1531 *** HTTP downloads provide a ‘User-Agent’ field (http://bugs.gnu.org/16703)
1532 *** ‘guix package’ no longer shows misleading installed package number
1533 (http://bugs.gnu.org/16484)
1534 *** Manual suggests ‘useradd --system’ (http://bugs.gnu.org/16289)
1535 *** Python is built with ctypes support (http://bugs.gnu.org/16569)
1536 *** HTTP/TLS connection not terminated properly (http://bugs.gnu.org/14884)
1537 *** Gracefully handle poorly behaved HTTP servers (http://bugs.gnu.org/15733)
1539 * Changes in 0.5 (since 0.4)
1540 ** Package management
1541 *** GNU package descriptions synchronized with the ‘gnumaint’ repository
1543 In addition to synopses, descriptions of GNU packages are now kept in sync
1544 with the ‘gnumaint’ repository, which is the canonical place for GNU package
1547 ** Programming interfaces
1548 *** Patches are now listed as part of ‘origin’
1550 The ‘origin’ form supports two new fields: ‘patches’ (list of patches), and
1551 ‘snippet’ (code snippet to modify the source.) These are applied when running
1552 ‘guix build --source’. See “Defining Packages” in the manual.
1554 *** New (guix monads) monadic interface to operate on the store
1556 See “The Store Monad” in the manual. The (gnu system …) modules have been
1557 rewritten to use this monadic interface.
1559 *** New (guix profiles) module
1561 It provides an API for dealing with profiles, as with the ‘guix package’
1564 *** New (gnu system) module
1566 This module provides a generic way to describe the system’s configuration,
1567 and to instantiate it, regardless of the final medium (QEMU image, etc.)
1568 See “System Configuration” in the manual.
1570 This is work in progress. Send feedback to guix-devel@gnu.org!
1572 *** ‘build-expression->derivation’ uses more parameters
1574 Some positional parameters have been changed to keyword parameters.
1575 See “Derivations” in the manual.
1578 *** New port to the Loongson MIPS64 processors, n32 ABI (‘mips64el-linux’)
1580 Bootstrap binaries have been built for that architecture, and several
1581 Loongson-specific patches not yet available upstream have been applied to core
1582 packages. See “GNU Distribution” and “Porting” in the manual.
1584 Pre-built binaries are not yet available via hydra.gnu.org, so Guix will
1585 build from source on this platform.
1587 *** 110 new packages
1589 acct, alive, alsa-utils, apl, at-spi2-atk, at-spi2-core, atkmm, autogen,
1590 automoc4, brasero, bridge-utils, cairomm, catkin, complexity, evince, ffmpeg,
1591 fftw, ftgl, gcc-objc, gcc-objc++, gccgo, gcl, gfortran, glibmm, glpk,
1592 gnome-icon-theme, gnu-pw-mgr, gp2c, gpgme, gsettings-desktop-schemas, gtkmm,
1593 gtksourceview, guile-ssh, guile-wm, gvpe, hicolor-icon-theme, httpd, icecat,
1594 icon-naming-utils, json-c, lapack, libcanberra, libcap, libgnome-keyring,
1595 libmikmod, libnl, libnotify, libsamplerate, libsigc++, libsndfile, libssh,
1596 libtheora, libxkbcommon, mercurial, mtools, netcat, pangomm, parallel,
1597 pavucontrol, pciutils, pem, perl-encode-locale, perl-file-list,
1598 perl-file-listing, perl-html-parser, perl-html-tagset, perl-http-cookies,
1599 perl-http-daemon, perl-http-date, perl-http-message, perl-http-negotiate,
1600 perl-io-html, perl-libwww, perl-libxml, perl-lwp-mediatypes, perl-net-http,
1601 perl-uri, perl-www-robotrules, perl-xml-dom, perl-xml-regexp, perl-xml-simple,
1602 phonon, powertop, pulseaudio, python2-dogtail, python2-empy, qemu-headless,
1603 qt, qt, raptor2, scons, sdl, sdl-gfx, sdl-image, sdl-mixer, sdl-net, sdl-ttf,
1604 sdl2, serveez, shared-mime-info, sharutils, skribilo, slim, soprano, swig,
1605 xcb-util, xcb-util-image, xcb-util-keysyms, xcb-util-renderutil, xcb-util-wm
1607 *** 47 package updates
1609 atk 2.10.0, bison 3.0.2, cmake 2.8.12, dmd 0.1, freeipmi 1.3.3, gcc 4.8.2,
1610 gcc 4.8.2, gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 4.8.2, gcc-stripped-tarball 4.8.2,
1611 gdb 7.6.2, gettext 0.18.3.1, glib 2.38.0, global 6.2.9, gmp 5.1.3,
1612 gnupg 2.0.22, gobject-introspection 1.38.0, grep 2.15, gsl 1.16,
1613 gtk+ 2.24.21, gtk+ 3.10.1, guile 2.0.9, guile 2.0.9, guile-xcb 1.2,
1614 harfbuzz 0.9.22, hello 2.9, iproute2 3.12.0, libdrm 2.4.46,
1615 libextractor 1.2, libjpeg 9, libmicrohttpd 0.9.32, lightning 2.0.2,
1616 linux-libre 3.12, lzip 1.15, make 4.0, mit-krb5 1.11.3, pari-gp 2.5.5,
1617 pixman 0.32.4, python 3.3.2, qemu 1.6.1,
1618 qemu-with-multiple-smb-shares 1.6.1, rcs 5.9.2, recutils 1.6, rsync 3.1.0,
1619 tar 1.27.1, texinfo 5.2, units 2.02, xorriso 1.3.2
1621 *** Packages are now built with GCC 4.8.2 by default (was 4.7.3)
1623 ** Native language support
1624 *** New ‘sr’ (Serbian) translation
1625 *** New ‘vi’ (Vietnamese) translation
1626 *** Updated ‘pt_BR’ (Brazilian Portuguese) translation
1628 *** ‘guix pull’ compiles Guix deterministically and correctly
1630 Previously, the build environment was not cleared in between ‘compile-file’
1631 calls, leading to build errors due to Guile bug http://bugs.gnu.org/15602 .
1633 *** ‘guix package’ allows removal of a specific package output
1634 (http://bugs.gnu.org/15756)
1635 *** ‘guix-daemon’ always sets umask to 022
1636 (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-07/msg00033.html)
1637 *** Files referenced by environment variables are protected from GC
1638 *** Yet unbuilt packages get correctly installed (http://bugs.gnu.org/15283)
1639 *** ‘bootstrap-graph.{png,eps,pdf}’ built in srcdir (http://bugs.gnu.org/15640)
1641 * Changes in 0.4 (since 0.3)
1643 ** Package management
1645 *** New ‘--list-generations’ and ‘--delete-generations’ options
1647 The ‘guix package’ command has these two new options, which make it easier to
1648 deal with a profile’s generation. See “Invoking guix package” in the manual.
1650 *** New ‘guix-register’ program
1652 This program allows the meta-data of a new store to be initialized, by
1653 copying info from an existing store. It is mostly an internal tool.
1655 ** Programming interfaces
1657 *** New API to bootstrap Autotools-based packages
1659 The (guix build-system gnu) has a new ‘dist-package’ procedure that takes a
1660 package object and source directory, and returns a new package object that
1661 runs ‘./bootstrap && make dist’ or anything similar.
1663 *** ‘derivation’ and related procedures have a #:references-graphs parameter
1665 This parameter instructs the build daemon to populate the derivation’s build
1666 tree with files containing the list of references of the given store files.
1667 This is useful to write code that copies a packages and all its dependencies
1668 to another storage device, such as a QEMU disk image.
1670 *** Extended API to build a GNU system virtual machine image
1672 The (gnu system vm) module has been augmented in many ways: the ‘qemu-image’
1673 procedure can now populate and initialize the image’s store; the new
1674 ‘system-qemu-image’ procedure returns a QEMU image that runs dmd as its init
1675 system, has ‘login’ running on several consoles, has a set of installed
1676 packages, and where Guix can be used.
1678 New (gnu system …) modules have been added to handle the configuration of the
1679 various parts of a GNU/Linux system. For instance, (gnu system dmd) provides
1680 support for instantiating dmd services; (gnu system linux) helps with Linux
1681 PAM configuration; and so on.
1683 *** <derivation> objects supersede .drv file names in the API
1685 ‘derivation’ and similar procedures no longer return two values (a
1686 <derivation> and a .drv file name); they now return a single value, which is
1687 a <derivation> object. The <derivation> object embeds the corresponding .drv
1688 file name. See “Derivations” in the manual for details.
1694 apr, apr-util, cdparanoia, dbus-glib, dfc, dmd, dvdisaster, exiv2, fetchmail,
1695 freefont-ttf, freeglut, geeqie, git, gkrellm, glu, gnome-doc-utils,
1696 gst-plugins-base, gstreamer, guile-cairo, guile-lib, guile-xcb, guix, htop,
1697 itstool, lame, libextractor, libmicrohttpd, lightning, lzip, mingetty, mutt,
1698 net-base, net-tools, ocrad, pspp, python-babel, python-dateutil, python-pytz,
1699 python-setuptools, python-simplejson, python-wrapper, python2-babel,
1700 python2-dateutil, python2-mechanize, python2-pyicu, python2-pysqlite,
1701 python2-pytz, python2-setuptools, python2-simplejson, qemu-system-initrd,
1702 qemu-with-multiple-smb-shares, ripperx, shadow, ttf-bitstream-vera, units,
1703 valgrind, xmlto, xnee, yasm
1705 *** 27 package updates
1707 bigloo 4.0b, cairo 1.12.16, ddrescue 1.17, fontconfig 2.10.93, fplll 4.0.4,
1708 gcc 4.7.3, gcc 4.7.3, glibc 2.18, glibc 2.18, glibc-stripped-tarball 2.18,
1709 gnupg 2.0.21, gnutls 3.2.4, guile 2.0.9, guile 2.0.9, harfbuzz 0.9.21,
1710 imagemagick 6.8.6-9, libdrm 2.4.46, libgcrypt 1.5.3, libjpeg 9, libksba 1.3.0,
1711 linux-libre 3.11, m4 1.4.17, mpfrcx 0.4.2, pari-gp 2.5.4, python 2.7.5, python
1714 *** Fontconfig font search path made more convenient
1716 Fontconfig, the library used by many graphical applications, such as those
1717 based on GTK+, now knows where to find the default set of fonts. Additional
1718 fonts installed in the user profile are automatically picked up.
1720 *** More GUI applications
1722 The ‘emacs’ and ‘racket’ packages are now linked against GTK+. New GTK+
1723 applications have been added (see above.)
1725 *** Packaging guidelines
1727 The documentation of packaging guidelines has been augmented. See the manual
1728 under “GNU Distribution”.
1730 *** Support for Python 3 along with Python 2
1732 Python 3 has been added to the distribution, and Python packages that support
1733 it are now built for both Python 2 and Python 3. See the “Python Modules”
1734 section of the manual for details.
1736 ** Internationalization
1738 Updated translations: eo.
1742 *** Workarounds for Guile 2.0.5 now work on Debian derivatives
1743 *** The dependency graph image has correct size in PDF output
1744 *** 'ldd' now works correctly on x86_64
1745 *** Xorg server test suite no longer fails (http://bugs.gnu.org/15392)
1746 *** module-init-tools now builds (http://bugs.gnu.org/15182, http://bugs.gnu.org/15187)
1747 *** Hop 2.4 builds with newer Bigloo (http://bugs.gnu.org/15194)
1749 * Changes in 0.3 (since 0.2)
1751 ** Package management
1753 *** Cross-compilation support
1755 Guix can now cross-build packages. On the command-line, this is achieved with
1756 the new ‘--target’ command-line option of ‘guix build’. At the Scheme level,
1757 the guts of this is the ‘package-cross-derivation’ procedure. Core packages
1758 of the distribution can already be cross-compiled. See the manual for
1761 *** New ‘--max-silent-time’ option for “guix build” and “guix package”
1763 See the manual for details.
1765 *** New ‘--fallback’ option for “guix build” and “guix package”
1767 This option instructs to fall back to local builds when the substituter fails
1768 to download a substitute.
1770 *** New ‘--requisites’ option for “guix gc”
1772 See the manual for details.
1774 *** New ‘--key-download’ option for “guix refresh”
1776 See the manual for details.
1778 ** Programming interfaces
1780 *** New ‘package-cross-derivation’ procedure in (guix derivations)
1782 See the manual for details.
1784 *** New ‘%current-target-system’ SRFI-39 parameter
1786 This parameter is like ‘%current-system’, but for cross-compilation. It
1787 allows code in package definitions (such as in the ‘arguments’ field) to know
1788 whether it is being cross-compiled, and what the target system is.
1790 *** New (guix hash) module; new ‘open-sha256-port’ and ‘sha256-port’ procedures
1792 This improves performance of SHA256 computations.
1799 alsa-lib, babel, cairo, cvs, gcal, gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, gd,
1800 gdk-pixbuf, graphviz, grue-hunter, gtk+, gts, harfbuzz, imagemagick, iproute2,
1801 iptables, libspectre, mpg321, noweb, pango, plotutils, privoxy, pytz, racket,
1802 rubber, rush, strace, tk, torsocks, unrtf, vc-dwim, wordnet, xlockmore
1804 *** 25 package updates
1806 automake 1.14, ed 1.9, freeipmi 1.2.8, gawk 4.1.0, gcc 4.8.1, gettext 0.18.3,
1807 glib 2.37.1, gmp 5.1.2, gnutls 3.2.1, gzip 1.6, help2man 1.43.3, libapr 1.4.8,
1808 libaprutil 1.5.2, libassuan 2.1.1, libffi 3.0.13, libgc 7.2d, libgpg-error
1809 1.12, libidn 1.28, libpng 1.5.17, lout 3.40, lsh 2.1, nettle 2.7.1, qemu
1810 1.5.1, tzdata 2013d, xorriso 1.3.0
1812 *** Binary packages now available for i686-linux
1814 The build farm at http://hydra.gnu.org now provides 32-bit GNU/Linux binaries
1815 (i686-linux), in addition to the x86_64-linux binaries. Both can be
1816 transparently used as substitutes for local builds on these platforms.
1818 *** Debug info packages
1820 Some packages now have a “debug” output containing debugging information. The
1821 “debug” output can be used by GDB, and can be installed separately from the
1822 other outputs of the package. See “Installing Debugging Files” in the manual.
1824 *** Bootstrap binaries can be cross-compiled
1826 The distribution can now be ported to new architectures (currently
1827 GNU/Linux-only) by cross-compiling the “bootstrap binaries”. See “Porting”
1830 *** Bootstrapping documented
1832 See “Bootstrapping” in the manual, for information on how the GNU
1833 distribution builds “from scratch”.
1835 ** Internationalization
1837 New translations: eo, pt_BR.
1840 *** “guix --help” now works when using Guile 2.0.5
1841 *** Binary substituter multi-threading and pipe issues fixed
1843 These could lead to random substituter crashes while substituting a binary.
1844 See commits 0332386 and 101d9f3 for details.
1846 *** Binary substituter gracefully handles lack of network connectivity
1848 *** Daemon properly handles rebuilds of multiple-output derivations
1850 Previously it would fail when rebuilding a multiple-output derivation when
1851 some (but not all) of its outputs were already present. See
1852 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-06/msg00038.html and
1853 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/122 .
1855 *** ‘guix package -i foo:out’ no longer removes other outputs of ‘foo’
1857 Previously only the ‘out’ output of package ‘foo’ would be kept in the
1860 *** Replacement (srfi srfi-37) provided if the user’s one is broken
1862 When the user’s (srfi srfi-37) is affected by http://bugs.gnu.org/13176 (Guile
1863 < 2.0.9), a replacement with the bug fix is provided. This bug would affect
1864 command-line argument processing in some cases.
1866 * Changes in 0.2 (since 0.1)
1868 ** Package management
1870 *** Guix commands are now sub-commands of the “guix” program
1872 Instead of typing “guix-package”, one now has to type “guix package”, and so
1873 on. This has allowed us to homogenize the user interface and initial program
1874 setup, and to allow commands to be upgradable through “guix pull”.
1876 *** New “guix package --upgrade” option
1878 As the name implies, this option atomically upgrades all the packages
1879 installed in a profile or the set of packages matching a given regexp.
1880 See “Invoking guix package” in the manual.
1882 *** New “guix package --search” option
1884 Performs a full text search in package synopses and descriptions, and returns
1885 the matching packages in recutils format. See “Invoking guix package” in the
1886 manual, for details.
1888 *** New “guix pull” command
1890 The command pulls the latest version of Guix–both the package management
1891 modules and the distribution. See the manual for details.
1893 *** New binary substituter
1895 The “substituter” mechanism allows pre-built binaries to be transparently
1896 downloaded instead of performing a build locally. Currently binaries are
1897 available for x86_64 Linux-based GNU systems from http://hydra.gnu.org. The
1898 distribution is continuously built and binaries are made available from there.
1900 See http://hydra.gnu.org/jobset/gnu/master under “Job status” for the list of
1901 available binary packages.
1903 *** New “guix refresh” command
1905 The command is used by Guix maintainers. It automatically updates the
1906 distribution to the latest upstream releases of GNU software.
1908 *** New “guix hash” command
1910 Convenience command to compute the hash of a file. See the manual for
1913 *** Nix daemon code updated
1915 The daemon code from Nix, used by the ‘guix-daemon’ command, has been updated
1916 to current Nix ‘master’.
1918 ** Programming interfaces
1920 *** (guix download) now supports HTTPS, using GnuTLS
1922 It allows package source tarballs to be retrieved over HTTPS.
1924 *** New ‘native-search-path’ and ‘search-path’ package fields
1926 Packages can define in their ‘native-search-path’ field environment variables
1927 that define search paths and need to be set for proper functioning of the
1928 package. For instance, GCC has ‘CPATH’ and ‘LIBRARY_PATH’ in its
1929 ‘native-search-path’, Perl has ‘PERL5LIB’, Python has ‘PYTHONPATH’, etc.
1930 These environment variables are automatically set when building a package that
1933 *** Package inputs can be a function of the target system type
1935 The ‘inputs’ field of a package can now be conditional on the value of
1936 (%current-system). This is useful for packages that take system-dependent
1937 tarballs as inputs, such as GNU/MIT Scheme.
1939 *** New build systems
1941 The ‘perl-build-system’, ‘python-build-system’, and ‘cmake-build-system’ have
1942 been added. They implement the standard build systems for Perl, Python, and
1945 *** Tools to build Linux initrds, QEMU images, and more
1947 The (gnu packages linux-initrd) module provides a procedure to build a Linux
1948 initrd (“initial RAM disk”). The initrd embeds Guile, which is used to
1949 evaluate the given expression. The example below returns an initrd that
1950 mounts the /proc file system and starts a REPL:
1955 (mount "none" "/proc" "proc")
1956 ((@ (system repl repl) start-repl))))
1958 More examples in the linux-initrd.scm file.
1960 Experimental interfaces to produce and use QEMU images are provided by the
1961 (gnu system vm) module. For instance, the
1962 ‘expression->derivation-in-linux-vm’ evaluates the given Scheme expression in
1963 a QEMU virtual machine running the Linux kernel and Guile.
1967 Many updates and additions have been made to the distribution. Here are the
1972 GCC 4.7.3 (the default) and GCC 4.8.0, Binutils 2.23.2, Guile 2.0.9,
1973 Coreutils 8.20, GDB 7.6, Texinfo 5.1.
1975 *** Noteworthy new packages
1977 TeXLive, Xorg, GNU GRUB, GNU Parted, QEMU and QEMU-KVM, Avahi, Bigloo,
1978 CHICKEN, Scheme48, Hugs, Python, Lua, Samba.