2 #+TITLE: Guix NEWS – history of user-visible changes
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5 Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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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 hydra.gnu.org
18 *** Changes in Emacs interface variables
19 In the following names, BUFFER-TYPE means "info" or "list";
20 ENTRY-TYPE means "package", "output" or "generation".
23 - guix-info-fill-column
24 - guix-info-insert-ENTRY-TYPE-function
27 - guix-info-ignore-empty-vals -> guix-info-ignore-empty-values
28 - guix-output-name-width -> guix-generation-output-name-width
29 - guix-buffer-name-function -> guix-ui-buffer-name-function
30 - guix-update-after-operation -> guix-ui-update-after-operation
31 - guix-search-params -> guix-package-search-params
34 - guix-list-column-format, guix-list-column-value-methods ->
35 guix-ENTRY-TYPE-list-format
36 - guix-info-displayed-params, guix-info-insert-methods,
37 guix-package-info-heading-params -> guix-ENTRY-TYPE-info-format
38 - guix-param-titles, guix-list-column-titles ->
39 guix-ENTRY-TYPE-BUFFER-TYPE-titles
40 - guix-list-describe-warning-count ->
41 guix-ENTRY-TYPE-list-describe-warning-count
42 - guix-package-info-fill-heading -> guix-info-fill
44 * Changes in 0.9.0 (since 0.8.3)
48 *** New ‘guix graph’ command, to draw package graphs
49 *** New ‘guix challenge’ command, to challenge the authenticity of binaries
50 *** ‘guix environment’ has a new ‘--container’ option
51 *** ‘guix substitute’ now honors all the specified substitute URLs
52 *** New ‘guix import cran’ command, to import R packages from CRAN
53 *** Package descriptions can now include Texinfo markup rendered on the fly
54 *** ‘guix package’ has a new ‘--install-from-file’ option
55 *** ‘guix package --search’ shows package outputs
56 *** ‘guix refresh’ can refresh selected non-GNU package definitions
57 *** The ‘--ad-hoc’ option of ‘guix environment’ is now positional
58 *** The ‘--exec’ option of ‘guix environment’ is deprecated; use ‘--’ instead
59 *** ‘guix build’ has a new ‘--file’ option
60 *** ‘guix build --log-file’ can now return URLs
61 *** ‘guix size’ now has a ‘--substitute-urls’ option and is much faster
62 *** New ‘guix lint’ checkers: ‘formatting’, ‘license’, ‘source-file-name’
63 *** Download progress report has been improved
64 *** Emacs shell-mode completions for ‘guix’ commands updated
65 *** Emacs: New ‘M-x guix’ popup interface
66 *** Emacs: modes for viewing build logs (‘guix-build-log-mode’)
70 *** New extensible service composition API
72 The operating system service API in (gnu services) has been completely
73 rewritten, significantly improving extensibility and modularity, while
74 providing a framework that makes it easy to reason about service composition.
75 Consequently, several sources of redundancy and confusion in
76 ‘operating-system’ declarations have been eliminated. See “Service
77 Composition” in the manual.
79 *** New ‘extension-graph’ and ‘dmd-graph’ sub-commands for ‘guix system’
80 *** New ‘container’ sub-command for ‘guix system’
81 *** New ‘guix container’ command, to deal with GuixSD containers
82 *** New ‘list-generations’ sub-command for ‘guix system’
83 *** ‘operating-system’ has a new ‘locale-libcs’ field
84 *** New services: ‘nginx-service’, ‘udisks-service’, ‘guix-publish-service’
85 *** ‘%desktop-services’ now includes Polkit, GeoClue, elogind, UDisks, and more
86 *** ‘dbus-daemon’ now has proper support for lazy service activation
87 *** ‘wicd-service’ automatically adds Wicd to the system profile
88 *** ‘slim-service’ automatically adds xterm to the system profile
89 *** hydra.gnu.org now provides substitutes for ‘armhf-linux’
90 *** /run/systemd is mounted as tmpfs by default, for use by elogind
91 *** ‘glibc’ package no longer contains Bash in its bin/ directory
92 *** libc now looks for locale data in a versioned sub-directory
93 *** libc honors the new ‘GUIX_LOCPATH’ environment variable
94 *** Xfce now defaults to the GNOME icon theme
97 abduco, accountsservice, american-fuzzy-lop, ansible, arandr, attic,
98 autobuild, bash-minimal, bash-static, bio-blastxmlparser, bio-locus,
99 bioperl-minimal, bioruby, bitcoin-core, bspwm, byobu, cabal-install, cityhash,
100 clang-runtime, clang-runtime, cm, cmus, conky, coreutils-minimal, cpphs,
101 cvs-fast-export, d-feet, deeptools, diffoscope, dosbox, dvtm, emacs-butler,
102 emacs-dash, emacs-debbugs, emacs-deferred, emacs-f, emacs-flycheck,
103 emacs-let-alist, emacs-ob-ipython, emacs-s, emacs-typo, enblend-enfuse,
104 epiphany, esmtp, ethtool, evilwm, exfat-utils, express-beta-diversity,
105 extra-cmake-modules, extundelete, fastcap, fasthenry, figlet, file-roller,
106 flann, font-anonymous-pro, font-gnu-unifont, font-inconsolata, font-tex-gyre,
107 font-ubuntu, frescobaldi, fuse-exfat, gajim, gamine, gerbv, gexiv2,
108 ghc-adjunctions, ghc-aeson, ghc-alex, ghc-annotated-wl-pprint,
109 ghc-ansi-terminal, ghc-ansi-wl-pprint, ghc-appar, ghc-async, ghc-attoparsec,
110 ghc-auto-update, ghc-base-compat, ghc-base-orphans, ghc-base64-bytestring,
111 ghc-bifunctors, ghc-blaze-builder, ghc-blaze-html, ghc-blaze-markup,
112 ghc-byteorder, ghc-bytestring-builder, ghc-cereal, ghc-cgi, ghc-charset,
113 ghc-cheapskate, ghc-clock, ghc-cmdargs, ghc-comonad, ghc-contravariant,
114 ghc-cookie, ghc-css-text, ghc-data-default, ghc-data-default-class,
115 ghc-data-default-instances-base, ghc-data-default-instances-containers,
116 ghc-data-default-instances-dlist, ghc-data-default-instances-old-locale,
117 ghc-digest, ghc-distributive, ghc-dlist, ghc-doctest, ghc-easy-file,
118 ghc-exceptions, ghc-extensible-exceptions, ghc-extra, ghc-fast-logger,
119 ghc-fingertree, ghc-free, ghc-generic-deriving, ghc-gluraw, ghc-glut,
120 ghc-haddock, ghc-haddock-api, ghc-haddock-library, ghc-half, ghc-happy,
121 ghc-haskell-src, ghc-haskell-src-exts, ghc-hspec, ghc-hspec-core,
122 ghc-hspec-expectations, ghc-hspec-meta, ghc-html, ghc-http-types, ghc-iproute,
123 ghc-kan-extensions, ghc-lens, ghc-lifted-base, ghc-logict, ghc-mmorph,
124 ghc-monad-control, ghc-multipart, ghc-nats, ghc-objectname, ghc-old-locale,
125 ghc-old-time, ghc-opengl, ghc-openglraw, ghc-optparse-applicative,
126 ghc-parsers, ghc-pcre-light, ghc-polyparse, ghc-prelude-extras,
127 ghc-profunctors, ghc-quickcheck-instances, ghc-quickcheck-io,
128 ghc-quickcheck-unicode, ghc-reducers, ghc-reflection, ghc-regex-base,
129 ghc-regex-compat, ghc-regex-posix, ghc-regex-tdfa-rc, ghc-resourcet, ghc-safe,
130 ghc-scientific, ghc-sdl, ghc-sdl-image, ghc-sdl-mixer, ghc-semigroupoids,
131 ghc-semigroups, ghc-setenv, ghc-silently, ghc-simple-reflect, ghc-smallcheck,
132 ghc-statevar, ghc-streaming-commons, ghc-stringbuilder, ghc-stringsearch,
133 ghc-tagged, ghc-tagsoup, ghc-tasty, ghc-tasty-ant-xml, ghc-tasty-golden,
134 ghc-tasty-hunit, ghc-tasty-quickcheck, ghc-tasty-smallcheck, ghc-temporary,
135 ghc-temporary-rc, ghc-transformers-base, ghc-transformers-compat,
136 ghc-trifecta, ghc-unbounded-delays, ghc-uniplate, ghc-unix-compat,
137 ghc-unix-time, ghc-utf8-string, ghc-vault, ghc-vector-binary-instances,
138 ghc-void, ghc-wai, ghc-wai-extra, ghc-wai-logger, ghc-word8, ghc-x11,
139 ghc-x11-xft, ghc-xhtml, ghc-xml, ghc-xmonad-contrib, ghc-xss-sanitize,
140 ghc-zip-archive, glibc-hurd, glibc-hurd-headers, gmtp, graphios, gtk-doc,
141 guile-next, guile-present, guile-redis, guile-rsvg, guile-wisp, gusb, gvfs,
142 gzochi, haunt, hlint, hscolour, hspec-discover, hurd-minimal, i3-wm, i3status,
143 ibus-libpinyin, idris, ifstatus, keepassx, klick, kwindowsystem, lablgtk,
144 libatasmart, libchamplain, libchop, libconfuse, libcue, libesmtp, libev,
145 libfm, libfm-extra, libgee, libgudev, liblxqt, libndp, libpano13, libpinyin,
146 libraw, libusb-compat, libyajl, lxqt-common, lxqt-session, lxrandr, lxtask,
147 lxterminal, lz4, mafft, manaplus, mars, menu-cache, minixml, mosaik,
148 nestopia-ue, newt, non-sequencer, ntk, openimageio, opusfile, patches, pbzip2,
149 pcmanfm, pcre2, pd, pelican, perl-czplib, perl-date-manip, perl-finance-quote,
150 perl-html-element-extended, perl-html-tableextract, perl-pod-simple, physfs,
151 pidgin, pidgin-otr, pigz, po4a, poppler-qt4, pwgen, python-appdirs,
152 python-bandit, python-blinker, python-ccm, python-chardet,
153 python-cryptography, python-cryptography-vectors, python-debian,
154 python-debtcollector, python-ecdsa, python-file, python-fonttools,
155 python-gnupg, python-hacking, python-httplib2, python-idna,
156 python-ipython-genutils, python-iso8601, python-joblib, python-libarchive-c,
157 python-llfuse, python-ly, python-minimal, python-minimal, python-mistune,
158 python-monotonic, python-mox3, python-msgpack, python-nbxmpp, python-netaddr,
159 python-numexpr, python-os-client-config, python-os-testr, python-oslo.config,
160 python-oslo.context, python-oslo.i18n, python-oslo.log,
161 python-oslo.serialization, python-oslo.utils, python-oslosphinx,
162 python-oslotest, python-paramiko, python-passlib, python-pathpy, python-patsy,
163 python-pbr, python-pbr, python-pexpect, python-pickleshare, python-pip,
164 python-poppler-qt4, python-pretend, python-prettytable, python-ptyprocess,
165 python-py-bcrypt, python-pyasn1, python-pyopenssl, python-pytest-runner,
166 python-requests-mock, python-setuptools-scm, python-simplegeneric,
167 python-statsmodels, python-stevedore, python-tempest-lib, python-terminado,
168 python-tlsh, python-traitlets, python-webob, python-wrapt, python-xlrd,
169 python2-appdirs, python2-bandit, python2-blinker, python2-ccm,
170 python2-chardet, python2-cryptography, python2-cryptography-vectors,
171 python2-debian, python2-debtcollector, python2-ecdsa, python2-file,
172 python2-fonttools, python2-gnupg, python2-hacking, python2-httplib2,
173 python2-idna, python2-ipaddress, python2-ipython-genutils, python2-iso8601,
174 python2-joblib, python2-keyring, python2-libarchive-c, python2-llfuse,
175 python2-mistune, python2-monotonic, python2-mox3, python2-msgpack,
176 python2-nbxmpp, python2-netaddr, python2-notmuch, python2-numexpr,
177 python2-os-client-config, python2-os-testr, python2-oslo.config,
178 python2-oslo.context, python2-oslo.i18n, python2-oslo.log,
179 python2-oslo.serialization, python2-oslo.utils, python2-oslosphinx,
180 python2-oslotest, python2-paramiko, python2-passlib, python2-pathpy,
181 python2-patsy, python2-pbr, python2-pbr, python2-pexpect, python2-pickleshare,
182 python2-pip, python2-pretend, python2-prettytable, python2-ptyprocess,
183 python2-py-bcrypt, python2-pyasn1, python2-pycrypto, python2-pyopenssl,
184 python2-pytest-runner, python2-requests-mock, python2-setuptools-scm,
185 python2-simplegeneric, python2-statsmodels, python2-stevedore,
186 python2-tempest-lib, python2-terminado, python2-tlsh, python2-traitlets,
187 python2-webob, python2-wrapt, python2-xlrd, r-assertthat, r-bh, r-chron,
188 r-codetools, r-colorspace, r-crayon, r-data.table, r-dbi, r-dichromat,
189 r-digest, r-dplyr, r-evaluate, r-formatr, r-ggplot2, r-gtable, r-highr,
190 r-htmltools, r-htmlwidgets, r-httpuv, r-jsonlite, r-knitr, r-labeling,
191 r-lazyeval, r-magrittr, r-markdown, r-memoise, r-microbenchmark, r-mime,
192 r-munsell, r-plyr, r-proto, r-pryr, r-qtl, r-r6, r-rcolorbrewer, r-rcpp,
193 r-reshape2, r-scales, r-servr, r-stringi, r-stringr, r-testthat, r-yaml, rage,
194 raincat, redis, rest, rfkill, rpm, ruby-activesupport, ruby-atoulme-antwrap,
195 ruby-bio-logger, ruby-builder, ruby-byebug, ruby-coderay, ruby-cucumber-core,
196 ruby-diff-lcs, ruby-docile, ruby-ffi, ruby-formatador, ruby-gherkin3,
197 ruby-json, ruby-libxml, ruby-listen, ruby-log4r, ruby-lumberjack,
198 ruby-method-source, ruby-mini-portile, ruby-minitar, ruby-nenv, ruby-nokogiri,
199 ruby-notiffany, ruby-orderedhash, ruby-ox, ruby-permutation, ruby-pg,
200 ruby-pry, ruby-rack, ruby-rb-inotify, ruby-rjb, ruby-rubygems-tasks,
201 ruby-shellany, ruby-shindo, ruby-simplecov-html, ruby-thor, ruby-thread-safe,
202 ruby-tzinfo, ruby-xml-simple, ruby-yard, sassc, scmutils, seqmagick, shotwell,
203 shroud, simple-scan, squashfs-tools, sxhkd, tinc, udisks, unison, vsearch,
204 webkitgtk-gtk2, wesnoth, wpa-supplicant-minimal, xcb-util-cursor, xcompmgr,
205 xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin, xjackfreak, xlsfonts, xmonad, yapet, yelp,
206 yelp-tools, yelp-xsl, znc, zynaddsubfx
208 *** 268 package updates
210 abcde-2.7, arb-2.7.0, ardour-4.2, at-spi2-atk-2.18.1, at-spi2-core-2.18.1,
211 ath9k-htc-firmware-1.4.0, atk-2.18.0, atkmm-2.24.1, autogen-5.18.6,
212 avidemux-2.6.10, bedtools-2.24.0, binutils-2.25.1,
213 binutils-static-stripped-tarball-2.25.1, bison-3.0.4, bluez-5.35,
214 bundler-1.10.6, c-reduce-2.3.0, cairomm-1.12.0, calcurse-4.0.0,
215 calibre-2.41.0, camlp5-6.14, cgal-4.6.3, chess-6.2.2, clang-3.6.2,
216 claws-mail-3.13.0, cmake-3.3.2, complexity-1.3, conkeror-1.0pre1.20150730,
217 cpio-2.12, crossmap-0.2.1, csound-6.05, cups-2.1.0, cups-filters-1.0.75,
218 cups-minimal-2.1.0, curl-7.45.0, dbus-1.10.0, dbus-1.10.0.a, ddrescue-1.20,
219 dmd-0.2.01, docbook-xml-4.4, docbook-xml-4.5, dosfstools-3.0.28,
220 e2fsck-static-1.42.13, e2fsprogs-1.42.13, efl-1.15.2, eigen-3.2.6,
221 elementary-1.15.2, emotion-generic-players-1.15.0, enlightenment-0.19.12,
222 eudev-3.1.5, evas-generic-loaders-1.15.0, feh-2.14, ffmpeg-2.8, fish-2.2.0,
223 flint-2.5.2, fontconfig-2.11.94, freeglut-3.0.0, freeimage-3.17.0,
224 freeipmi-1.4.11, gcc-4.9.3, gcc-4.9.3, gcc-4.9.3, gcc-5.2.0,
225 gcc-toolchain-5.2.0, gcj-4.9.3, gdb-7.10, gdk-pixbuf-2.32.1, geiser-0.8.1,
226 gettext-0.19.6, ghc-7.10.2, ghc-hashable-1.2.3.3, ghc-http-4000.2.20,
227 ghc-mtl-2.2.1, ghc-network-2.6.2.1, ghc-network-uri-2.6.0.3,
228 ghc-primitive-0.6.1.0, ghc-quickcheck-2.8.1, ghc-syb-0.6, ghc-text-1.2.1.3,
229 ghc-vector-0.11.0.0, giflib-5.1.1, git-2.5.0, git-manpages-2.5.0,
230 git-modes-1.2.0, glib-2.46.1, glib-networking-2.46.1, glibc-2.22,
231 glibc-locales-2.22, glibc-stripped-tarball-2.22, glibc-utf8-locales-2.22,
232 glibmm-2.46.1, global-6.5.1, glpk-4.56, gnome-desktop-3.16.2,
233 gnome-themes-standard-3.16.2, gnu-pw-mgr-1.6, gnumach-headers-1.6,
234 gnupg-2.1.9, gnurl-7.45.0, gnutls-3.4.5, gobject-introspection-1.46.0,
235 gp2c-0.0.9pl3, graphite2-1.3.3, graphviz-2.38.0,
236 gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.18.0, gsl-2.0, gst-libav-1.6.1,
237 gst-plugins-base-1.6.1, gst-plugins-good-1.6.1, gst-plugins-ugly-1.6.1,
238 gstreamer-1.6.1, gtk+-3.18.2, gtkmm-3.18.0, guile-ssh-0.8.0, guitarix-0.33.0,
239 guix-0.8.3, guix-0.8.3.b485f75, harfbuzz-1.0.5, help2man-1.47.2,
240 hurd-headers-0.7, ibus-1.5.11, icecat-38.3.0-gnu1, icedtea6-1.13.8,
241 icedtea7-2.6.2, imagemagick-6.9.2-1, intltool-0.51.0, json-glib-1.0.4,
242 leptonica-1.72, less-481, libbluray-0.9.0, libcap-2.24, libdrm-2.4.65,
243 libdvdcss-1.3.99, libedit-20150325-3.1, libgcrypt-1.6.3, libgsf-1.14.34,
244 libidn-1.32, libinput-0.21.0, libmicrohttpd-0.9.45, libmtp-1.1.9,
245 libotr-4.1.0, libpcap-1.7.4, libpciaccess-0.13.4, libqtxdg-1.2.0,
246 librsvg-2.40.11, libsigc++-2.6.1, libsoup-2.52.1, libssh-0.6.5, libtiff-4.0.5,
247 libtorrent-0.13.6, libva-1.6.1, lilypond-2.19.27, links-2.12,
248 linux-libre-4.2.5, linux-pam-1.2.1, lirc-0.9.3, llvm-3.6.2, lua-5.2.3,
249 lzo-2.09, magit-2.3.0, mesa-11.0.3, mesa-headers-11.0.3, mig-1.6,
250 minetest-0.4.13, mosh-1.2.5, mpg123-1.22.4, mplayer-1.2, mpv-0.11.0,
251 mu-0.9.13, mutt-1.5.24, ncdu-1.11, ncmpcpp-0.6.7, ncurses-6.0, node-0.12.7,
252 notmuch-0.20.2, ntp-4.2.8p4, ocaml-4.02.3, offlineimap-6.5.7, openblas-0.2.15,
253 openjpeg-2.1.0, openldap-2.4.42, openssh-7.0p1, orc-0.4.24, pango-1.38.1,
254 pangomm-2.38.1, parallel-20151022, pavucontrol-3.0,
255 pbtranscript-tofu-2.2.3.8f5467fe6, pciutils-3.3.1, perf-4.2.5,
256 perl-xml-parser-2.44, pixman-0.32.8, poppler-0.37.0, powertop-2.7,
257 python-cffi-1.2.1, python-dateutil-2.2, python-fixtures-1.3.1,
258 python-ipython-3.2.1, python-pyflakes-0.9.2, python-pygobject-3.18.0,
259 python-pyqt-4.11.4, python-pyqt-5.5, python-requests-2.8.0,
260 python-scipy-0.16.0, python-setuptools-18.3.1, python-sip-4.16.9,
261 python-six-1.9.0, python2-cffi-1.2.1, python2-dateutil-2.2,
262 python2-fixtures-1.3.1, python2-ipython-3.2.1, python2-pygobject-3.18.0,
263 python2-pyqt-4.11.4, python2-pyqt-5.5, python2-requests-2.8.0,
264 python2-scipy-0.16.0, python2-setuptools-18.3.1, python2-sip-4.16.9,
265 python2-six-1.9.0, qemu-2.4.0.1, qemu-headless-2.4.0.1, qpdf-5.1.3,
266 qsynth-0.4.0, qt-5.5.1, r-3.2.2, racket-6.2.1, ratpoison-1.4.8, readline-6.3,
267 retroarch-1.2.2, ripperx-2.8.0, rtorrent-0.9.6, ruby-2.2.3, ruby-arel-6.0.3,
268 ruby-bacon-1.2.0, ruby-i18n-0.7.0, samtools-1.2, sfarklib-2.24, sfml-2.3.2,
269 shadow-4.2.1, sipwitch-1.9.14, sqlite-3.8.11.1, subversion-1.8.14,
270 synergy-1.7.4, tcl-8.6.4, tcpdump-4.7.4, teckit-2.5.4, terminology-0.9.1,
271 texlive-2015, texlive-bin-2015, texlive-texmf-2015, tiled-0.13.1, tk-8.6.4,
272 tmux-2.0, tor-0.2.6.10, ucommon-6.6.2, units-2.12, util-linux-2.27,
273 vala-0.30.0, valgrind-3.11.0, vlc-2.2.1, webkitgtk-2.8.5, weechat-1.3,
274 wine-1.7.52, wpa-supplicant-2.5, xapian-1.2.21, xterm-320,
275 youtube-dl-2015.11.01, zsh-5.1.1
277 ** Programming interfaces
279 *** Rewritten (gnu services) module; (gnu services …) modules adjusted
280 *** New Emacs development tools, see “Development” in the manual
281 *** (guix gexp) provides the declarative ‘computed-file’, ‘program-file’, etc.
282 *** New (guix upstream) module, for generalized upstream release tracking
284 ** Noteworthy bug fixes
286 *** Passwords in /etc/shadow are SHA512-hashed (http://bugs.gnu.org/21318)
287 *** daemon: Require a signature for imports made by root
288 (http://bugs.gnu.org/21354)
289 *** emacs: Fix guix-guile-program default value (http://bugs.gnu.org/21127)
290 *** Compressed initrds no longer include timestamps
291 *** Partly fix handling of encrypted root partitions
292 (http://bugs.gnu.org/19190)
293 *** Python now includes tkinter (http://bugs.gnu.org/20889)
294 *** Memoize the results of ‘package-with-python2’ (http://bugs.gnu.org/21675)
295 *** Use the daemon's substitute URLs by default (http://bugs.gnu.org/20217)
296 *** ‘guix system --no-grub’ works correctly for ‘init’ and ‘reconfigure’
297 (http://bugs.gnu.org/21068)
299 ** Native language support
301 *** Updated translations: da
303 * Changes in 0.8.3 (since 0.8.2)
305 ** Package management
307 *** New ‘guix edit’ and ‘guix size’ commands
308 *** New ‘--manifest’ option for ‘guix package’, for declarative profiles
309 *** Similarly, new ‘M-x guix-apply-manifest’ for the Emacs UI
310 *** Emacs support now includes completion for ‘guix’ commands in shell-mode
311 *** ‘guix package --search-paths’ now takes an optional argument
312 *** ‘guix environment --ad-hoc’ creates a custom development environment
313 *** New ‘--system’ option for ‘guix environment’
314 *** ‘guix environment’ defines $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT, useful to adjust ‘PS1’
315 *** New ‘--optimize’ and ‘--verify’ options to ‘guix gc’
316 *** ‘guix build --with-source’ can now be passed a directory
317 *** New ‘elpa’ importer for ‘guix import’
318 *** ‘guix import pypi’ determines the list of dependencies
319 *** New ‘--substitute-urls’ option for ‘guix build’ and other commands
320 *** ‘guix substitute’ can now alternate between different substitute URLs
321 *** New “Running Guix Before It Is Installed” section in the manual
322 *** Basic manual pages for the ‘guix’ commands are now shipped
323 *** Building the daemon now necessitates a C++11 compiler
327 *** New ‘%base-user-accounts’ variable, for common system accounts
328 *** New ‘--on-error’ option for ‘guix system’
329 *** New ‘plain-file’ construct, for use in ‘operating-system’ declarations
330 *** ‘sudoers’ field of ‘operating-system’ renamed to ‘sudoers-file’
331 *** ‘sudoers-file’ and ‘hosts-file’ fields now take file-like objects
332 *** File systems under /sys/fs/cgroup are now mounted by default
333 *** Default compiler is now GCC 4.9.3 (was 4.8.4)
334 *** ARMv7 port now requires NEON
335 *** The disk footprint of a dozen key packages has been reduced
339 adwaita-icon-theme, amule, aragorn, arpack-ng-openmpi, blast+, bundler,
340 camlp4, camlp5, clutter, clutter-gst, clutter-gtk, cogl, coq, couger, crda,
341 dealii, dealii-openmpi, devhelp, diamond, dunst, edirect, emacs-auctex,
342 emacs-mmm-mode, emacs-pdf-tools, eog, execline, exempi, fasttree, faust,
343 fizmo, gcr, git-modes, gnome-common, gnome-keyring, gnome-klotski,
344 gnu-c-manual, gnujump, gom, grilo, grilo-plugins, gst-plugins-ugly,
345 guile-emacs, guile-for-guile-emacs, guile-gdbm-ffi, guitarix, haskell-mode,
346 hevea, hmmer, hoedown, htslib, hydra, hydrogen, idr, libcmis, libiberty,
347 libmng, libmpeg2, libreoffice, libressl, librest, libstdc++, libstdc++-doc,
348 libstdc++-doc, libsvm, libtar, libx264, libxdg-basedir, lpsolve, lxappearance,
349 magit-svn, metabat, metis, mumps, mumps-metis, mumps-metis-openmpi,
350 mumps-openmpi, orfm, p4est, p4est-openmpi, perl-authen-sasl,
351 perl-catalyst-authentication-store-dbix-class,
352 perl-catalyst-plugin-authorization-roles, perl-data-stag, perl-gssapi,
353 perl-io-string, perl-net-smtp-ssl, perl-set-object, plink, powertabeditor,
354 preseq, prodigal, proof-general, pugixml, pv, python-click,
355 python-feedgenerator, python-flake8, python-gridmap, python-libsvm,
356 python-libxml2, python-mccabe, python-pandas, python-pep8, python-pep8,
357 python-psutil, python-pyflakes, python-pyflakes, python-pyzmq, python-redis,
358 python-rpy2, python-rq, python-scikit-image, python-seaborn, python2-click,
359 python2-fastlmm, python2-feedgenerator, python2-flake8, python2-gridmap,
360 python2-libxml2, python2-mccabe, python2-pandas, python2-pep8, python2-pep8,
361 python2-psutil, python2-pyflakes, python2-pysnptools, python2-pyzmq,
362 python2-redis, python2-rpy2, python2-rq, python2-scikit-image,
363 python2-seaborn, python2-warpedlmm, qsynth, randomjungle, rapidjson, raul, rc,
364 rhythmbox, rsem, rtmidi, ruby-arel, ruby-bacon, ruby-connection-pool,
365 ruby-daemons, ruby-git, ruby-minitest, ruby-minitest-bacon,
366 ruby-minitest-sprint, ruby-multipart-post, ruby-net-http-persistent,
367 ruby-rake-compiler, ruby-rspec, ruby-rspec-core, ruby-rspec-expectations,
368 ruby-rspec-mocks, ruby-slop, ruby-useragent, scalapack, seahorse, setbfree,
369 sfarklib, sfarkxtc, sfxr, skalibs, slepc, slepc-complex,
370 slepc-complex-openmpi, slepc-openmpi, sox, st, totem, wayland, wireless-regdb,
371 withershins, wxmaxima, xfce4-clipman-plugin, xmlsec, zita-resampler
373 *** 181 package updates
375 ardour-4.1-5aa834e, bash-4.3.39, bash-light-4.3.39, bedops-2.4.14,
376 bind-utils-9.10.2-P2, bison-3.0.4, bitlbee-3.4, boost-1.58.0, brasero-3.12.1,
377 calibre-2.29.0, catch-1.1.3, ccache-3.2.2, chibi-scheme-0.7.3, clang-3.6.0,
378 coreutils-8.24, cups-2.0.3, cups-filters-1.0.71, cups-minimal-2.0.3,
379 curl-7.43.0, datamash-1.0.7, dfu-programmer-0.7.2, duplicity-0.6.26, ed-1.12,
380 efl-1.14.2, eigen-3.2.5, elementary-1.14.2, emotion-generic-players-1.14.0,
381 enlightenment-0.19.5, evas-generic-loaders-1.14.0, evince-3.16.1, feh-2.13,
382 ffmpeg-2.7.1, freeipmi-1.4.9, freetype-2.6, gawk-4.1.3, gcal-4, gcc-5.2.0,
383 gcc-cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.9.3, gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-4.9.3,
384 gcc-cross-sans-libc-avr-4.9.3, gcc-cross-sans-libc-xtensa-elf-4.9.3,
385 gcc-objc++-4.8.5, gcc-objc-4.8.5, gcc-stripped-tarball-4.9.3,
386 gcc-toolchain-4.9.3, gcc-toolchain-4.9.3, gcc-toolchain-5.2.0, gccgo-4.8.5,
387 gcj-4.8.5, gdb-7.9.1, geoclue-2.2.0, gettext-0.19.5, gfortran-4.8.5,
388 gfortran-4.9.3, gfortran-4.9.3, girara-0.2.4, git-2.4.3, git-manpages-2.4.3,
389 global-6.5, gnu-pw-mgr-1.4, gnupg-2.1.6, gnutls-3.4.1, goffice-0.10.14,
390 gpgme-1.5.5, gtk+-3.16.3, gtkmm-3.16.0, guile-2.0.11, guile-2.0.11,
391 guile-reader-0.6.1, guile-sdl-0.5.2, guix-0.8.2, guix-0.8.2.72cd8ec,
392 gxmessage-3.4.3, harfbuzz-0.9.40, help2man-1.47.1, httpd-2.4.16, hwloc-1.10.1,
393 icecat-31.8.0-gnu1, imagemagick-6.9.1-3, inetutils-1.9.4, julia-0.3.10,
394 libassuan-2.2.1, libdvdnav-5.0.3, libdvdread-5.0.3, libetonyek-0.1.3,
395 libgpg-error-1.19, libidn-1.31, libksba-1.3.3, libmicrohttpd-0.9.42,
396 libmpdclient-2.10, libmwaw-0.3.5, libpipeline-1.4.0, libpsl-0.7.1,
397 librsvg-2.40.9, libunistring-0.9.6, libusb-1.0.19, libvpx-1.4.0, libwps-0.4.0,
398 libxml2-2.9.2, linux-libre-4.0.8, linux-libre-4.1.2, livestreamer-1.12.2,
399 lv2-1.12.0, magit-1.4.1, man-db-2.7.1, mariadb-10.0.20, maxima-5.36.1,
400 mdds-0.12.1, mpd-0.19.10, mpd-mpc-0.27, mpfr-3.1.3, mysql-5.6.25, nano-2.4.2,
401 ncmpc-0.24, ncmpcpp-0.6.5, nettle-3.1.1, ngs-java-1.1.1, ngs-sdk-1.1.1,
402 npth-1.2, nss-3.19.2, nss-certs-3.19.2, ntp-4.2.8p3, ocaml-4.02.1,
403 openblas-0.2.14, openjpeg-2.0.1, openjpeg-2.1.0, openmpi-1.8.5, openssh-6.9p1,
404 openssl-1.0.2d, parallel-20150622, pari-gp-2.7.4, pcre-8.37, perf-4.1.2,
405 petsc-3.6.0, petsc-complex-3.6.0, petsc-complex-openmpi-3.6.0,
406 petsc-openmpi-3.6.0, pinentry-0.9.5, pius-2.1.1, polkit-0.113,
407 postgresql-9.3.8, pspp-0.8.5, pt-scotch-6.0.4, pumpa-0.9.1, python-3.4.3,
408 python-dateutil-2.2, python-pillow-2.8.1, python-scikit-learn-0.16.1,
409 python2-dateutil-2.2, python2-pillow-2.8.1, python2-pygobject-3.16.1,
410 python2-pyqt-5.4, python2-scikit-learn-0.16.1, qemu-2.3.0,
411 qemu-headless-2.3.0, qt-5.4.2, r-3.2.1, readline-6.3, ruby-2.1.6, ruby-2.2.2,
412 samtools-1.2, scotch-6.0.4, screen-4.3.1, sharutils-4.15.2, sipwitch-1.9.8,
413 sqlite-3.8.10.2, star-2.4.2a, swig-3.0.5, synergy-1.7.3, sysfsutils-2.1.0,
414 talloc-2.1.2, texinfo-6.0, tor-0.2.6.8, ucommon-6.3.4, unrtf-0.21.9, vamp-2.6,
415 webkitgtk-2.8.3, which-2.21, xorriso-1.4.0, youtube-dl-2015.06.25,
418 ** Programming interfaces
420 *** New “package Reference” and “origin Reference” sections in the manual
421 *** New ‘emacs-build-system’, which mimics what package.el does
422 *** New (guix cpio) module, used to produce Linux initrds deterministically
423 *** New ‘clone’, ‘setns’, and ‘pivot_root’ bindings in (guix build syscalls)
424 *** New ‘dependencies’ field in <file-system>
425 *** New #:gem-flags parameter for ‘ruby-build-system’
427 *** monads: ‘foldm’, ‘mapm’, and ‘anym’ now take a list of regular values
428 *** monads: Allow n-ary ‘>>=’ expressions
429 ** Noteworthy bug fixes
431 *** Binary installation tarball now has files root-owned, with zeroed mtime
432 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/21101>)
433 *** GRUB background image is always available (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20591>)
434 *** ‘guix system’ catches references to non-existent user groups
435 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20646>)
436 *** Ignore trailing components for ‘guix gc -d’ (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19757>)
437 *** ‘guix lint’ warns only when all the URIs are unreachable
438 *** ‘guix system init’ overwrites the items in the target store
439 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20722>)
440 *** ‘guix-register’ performs deduplication even when --prefix is passed
441 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19044>)
442 *** The ‘location’ of packages is no longer preserved by ‘inherit’
443 *** GuixSD installation image has udev rules for device-mapper
444 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20791>)
445 *** Daemon distinguishes between “substitutable” and “offloadable” derivations
446 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18747>)
447 *** Avoid infinite loop in ‘guix substitute’
448 *** ‘guix environment’ now returns the exit code of its command
449 *** ‘file-system’ declarations can now really use UUIDs
450 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19778>)
451 *** Daemon preserves build user groups (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18994>)
452 *** Fix quadratic behavior when building packages with many propagated inputs
453 *** Tarballs for origins with patches/snippet are now build deterministically
454 *** Scalability issues in ‘guix publish’ have been fixed
456 ** Native language support
458 *** Updated translations: da, eo
460 * Changes in 0.8.2 (since 0.8.1)
462 ** Package management
464 *** New “binary tarball” installation method is available
466 See “Binary Installation” in the manual.
468 *** New ‘guix publish’ command, to publish one’s store
470 See “Invoking guix publish” in the manual.
472 *** ‘guix package’ runs “profile creation hooks” as needed
474 It creates X.509 certificate bundles in the profile’s etc/ssl directory, if
475 needed, generates a package database cache for GHC if the profile includes GHC
476 (the Haskell compiler), and generates an Info ‘dir’ file (this part was
477 already done before.)
479 *** ‘guix package’ creates an ‘etc/profile’ file in the profile
481 See “Invoking guix package” in the manual.
483 *** Commands understand version prefixes, such as ‘gcc-5’ for ‘gcc-5.1.0’
485 *** ‘guix package --search’ now sorts packages by name and version
487 *** Substitute information is now fetched using HTTP pipelining
489 Before that the “substituter” used threads. Using HTTP pipelining means that
490 resource consumption is reduced on both the client and server sides. As a
491 side effect, a progress report is displayed as substitute info is downloaded.
493 *** ‘guix package’ warns when a $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH module cannot be loaded
495 *** New ‘--sources’ option to ‘guix build’
497 *** New Bash completion file, installed in $sysconfdir/bash_completion.d
499 *** New ‘guix import hackage’ command
501 See “Invoking guix import” in the manual.
503 *** ‘guix lint’ supports FTP for the ‘source’ and ‘home-page’ checkers
505 *** ‘guix lint’ has a new ‘derivation’ checker
507 *** ‘guix import cpan’ better handles dependencies and licenses
509 *** Packages are now build in an environment with a UTF-8 locale
513 *** C library's name service switch (NSS) is now fully configurable
515 See “Name Service Switch” in the manual.
517 *** New services: wicd, lirc, colord, upower, console-keymap, postgresql
519 *** Xorg service supports new drivers, such as Nouveau
521 *** lsh service has new options, initializes its seed by default
523 *** /etc/ssl symlink is created, for X.509 certificates
525 See “X.509 Certificates” in the manual.
527 *** ‘guix system’ reports duplicate service identifiers
529 *** New /etc/bashrc file that loads Bash completion when available
531 *** SLiM service uses sessions from /run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions
533 See “X Window” in the manual.
535 *** The Linux “YAMA” restricting policy on PTRACE_ATTACH is now disabled
537 *** /etc/shells now lists all the user accounts’ shells
539 *** /gnu/store is now remounted read-only, to avoid accidental modification
541 *** /etc/profile is sources each profile’s ‘etc/profile’ file
545 aalib, aarddict, acpid, agg, aisleriot, alsa-modular-synth, ant, ardour,
546 ardour, argtable, arpack-ng, aspell-dict-ru, aubio, audacity, avidemux,
547 avidemux, azr3, bamtools, bash-completion, bedops, bind-utils, bluez, bool,
548 brdf-explorer, bwa, calf, calibre, catch, ccl, chibi-scheme, chmlib,
549 clalsadrv, clipper, clisp, clustal-omega, colord, colordiff, cpufrequtils,
550 crossmap, csound, ctl, cunit, cutadapt, desktop-file-utils, djvulibre,
551 dnsmasq, dosfstools, double-conversion, dovecot, ecl, efl, elementary,
552 elogind, emacs-no-x, emotion-generic-players, enca, enlightenment,
553 evas-generic-loaders, exim, express, extremetuxracer, faad2, fastx-toolkit,
554 fcitx, fdupes, flexbar, fluidsynth, font-adobe-source-han-sans,
555 font-wqy-zenhei, freepats, gambit-c, ganv, geda-gaf, geoclue, geocode-glib,
556 ghc, ghc-case-insensitive, ghc-containers, ghc-fgl, ghc-hashable, ghc-http,
557 ghc-hunit, ghc-mtl, ghc-network, ghc-network-uri, ghc-parallel, ghc-parsec,
558 ghc-paths, ghc-primitive, ghc-quickcheck, ghc-random, ghc-split, ghc-stm,
559 ghc-syb, ghc-text, ghc-tf-random, ghc-unordered-containers, ghc-vector,
560 ghc-zlib, girara, gitolite, glib-networking, glibc-locales,
561 glibc-utf8-locales, glibc-utf8-locales, glm, gnome-mines,
562 gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-terminal, gnucash, gnugo, grit, gst-libav,
563 guile-minikanren, guile-reader, hdparm, hisat, htseq, htsjdk, hunspell,
564 hyphen, i2c-tools, ibus, icecast, icedtea6, icedtea7, ilmbase, ir, isync,
565 ixion, jack2, jalv, jansson, jemalloc, julia, key-mon, ladspa, lash,
566 leptonica, liba52, libabw, libaio, libass, libavc1394, libbluray, libbs2b,
567 libcaca, libcap-ng, libcdio-paranoia, libcdr, libdca, libdv, libdvdcss,
568 libe-book, libedit, libepoxy, libetonyek, libexttextcat, libffcall,
569 libfreehand, libgnomecanvasmm, libgtextutils, libgweather, libical,
570 libiec61883, libinput, liblo, libmodplug, libmspack, libmspub, libmtp,
571 libmwaw, libodfgen, libpagemaker, libqtxdg, libquvi, libquvi-scripts,
572 libraw1394, librecad, librep, librevenge, libsbsms, libsecret, libshout,
573 libsoup, libsrtp, libtocc, libungif, libva, libvisio, libwacom, libwebp,
574 libwpd, libwpg, libwps, libxklavier, libxmp, libyaml, lilv, lilypond, lirc,
575 livestreamer, ltrace, lv2, lv2-mda-epiano, lv2-mda-piano, lvtk, macs, mariadb,
576 markdown, mdadm, mdds, mesa-headers, mesa-utils, miredo, miso, moreutils,
577 mpd-mpc, mpdscribble, mplayer2, mpv, muparser, mythes, ncbi-vdb, ngircd,
578 ngs-java, ngs-sdk, npth, nss-certs, openblas, openexr, openlibm, openntpd,
579 openspecfun, openvpn, orc, orcus, p11-kit, patchage, pbtranscript-tofu, pcb,
580 perl-algorithm-c3, perl-algorithm-diff, perl-aliased,
581 perl-apache-logformat-compiler, perl-appconfig, perl-b-hooks-endofscope,
582 perl-base, perl-bit-vector, perl-boolean, perl-cache-cache,
583 perl-cache-fastmmap, perl-capture-tiny, perl-carp-assert,
584 perl-carp-assert-more, perl-carp-clan, perl-catalyst-action-renderview,
585 perl-catalyst-action-rest, perl-catalyst-component-instancepercontext,
586 perl-catalyst-devel, perl-catalyst-dispatchtype-regex,
587 perl-catalyst-model-dbic-schema, perl-catalyst-plugin-accesslog,
588 perl-catalyst-plugin-authentication, perl-catalyst-plugin-captcha,
589 perl-catalyst-plugin-configloader, perl-catalyst-plugin-session,
590 perl-catalyst-plugin-session-state-cookie,
591 perl-catalyst-plugin-session-store-fastmmap, perl-catalyst-plugin-stacktrace,
592 perl-catalyst-plugin-static-simple, perl-catalyst-runtime,
593 perl-catalyst-traitfor-request-proxybase, perl-catalyst-view-download,
594 perl-catalyst-view-json, perl-catalyst-view-tt,
595 perl-catalystx-component-traits, perl-catalystx-roleapplicator,
596 perl-catalystx-script-server-starman, perl-cgi-simple, perl-cgi-struct,
597 perl-class-accessor, perl-class-accessor-chained, perl-class-accessor-grouped,
598 perl-class-c3, perl-class-c3-adopt-next, perl-class-c3-componentised,
599 perl-class-data-inheritable, perl-class-date, perl-class-factory-util,
600 perl-class-inspector, perl-class-load, perl-class-load-xs,
601 perl-class-method-modifiers, perl-class-methodmaker, perl-class-singleton,
602 perl-class-tiny, perl-class-unload, perl-class-xsaccessor, perl-common-sense,
603 perl-compress-raw-bzip2, perl-compress-raw-zlib, perl-config-any,
604 perl-config-autoconf, perl-config-general, perl-context-preserve,
605 perl-cpan-meta, perl-cpan-meta-check, perl-cpan-meta-requirements,
606 perl-cpan-meta-yaml, perl-cpanel-json-xs, perl-crypt-randpasswd,
607 perl-data-dump, perl-data-dumper-concise, perl-data-optlist, perl-data-page,
608 perl-data-stream-bulk, perl-data-tumbler, perl-data-visitor, perl-date-calc,
609 perl-date-calc-xs, perl-datetime, perl-datetime-event-ical,
610 perl-datetime-event-recurrence, perl-datetime-format-builder,
611 perl-datetime-format-flexible, perl-datetime-format-http,
612 perl-datetime-format-ical, perl-datetime-format-natural,
613 perl-datetime-format-strptime, perl-datetime-locale, perl-datetime-set,
614 perl-datetime-timezone, perl-datetimex-easy, perl-dbd-pg, perl-dbix-class,
615 perl-dbix-class-cursor-cached, perl-dbix-class-introspectablem2m,
616 perl-dbix-class-schema-loader, perl-devel-caller, perl-devel-checkbin,
617 perl-devel-globaldestruction, perl-devel-lexalias, perl-devel-overloadinfo,
618 perl-devel-partialdump, perl-devel-stacktrace, perl-devel-stacktrace-ashtml,
619 perl-devel-symdump, perl-digest-hmac, perl-digest-md5-file,
620 perl-dist-checkconflicts, perl-email-abstract, perl-email-address,
621 perl-email-date-format, perl-email-messageid, perl-email-mime,
622 perl-email-mime-contenttype, perl-email-mime-encodings, perl-email-sender,
623 perl-email-simple, perl-error, perl-eval-closure, perl-exception-class,
624 perl-exporter-tiny, perl-extutils-config, perl-extutils-helpers,
625 perl-extutils-installpaths, perl-file-changenotify, perl-file-copy-recursive,
626 perl-file-find-rule, perl-file-find-rule-perl, perl-file-homedir,
627 perl-file-remove, perl-file-sharedir, perl-file-sharedir-install,
628 perl-file-slurp, perl-file-temp, perl-gd, perl-gd-securityimage,
629 perl-getopt-long-descriptive, perl-hash-merge, perl-hash-multivalue,
630 perl-html-form, perl-html-lint, perl-html-tree, perl-http-body,
631 perl-http-cookiejar, perl-http-parser, perl-http-parser-xs,
632 perl-http-request-ascgi, perl-http-server-simple, perl-http-tiny,
633 perl-image-magick, perl-import-into, perl-inc-latest, perl-io-compress,
634 perl-io-interactive, perl-io-socket-ip, perl-io-stringy, perl-ipc-run,
635 perl-ipc-sharelite, perl-json, perl-json-any, perl-json-maybexs, perl-json-xs,
636 perl-lingua-en-findnumber, perl-lingua-en-inflect,
637 perl-lingua-en-inflect-number, perl-lingua-en-inflect-phrase,
638 perl-lingua-en-number-isordinal, perl-lingua-en-tagger,
639 perl-lingua-en-words2nums, perl-lingua-pt-stemmer, perl-lingua-stem,
640 perl-lingua-stem-fr, perl-lingua-stem-it, perl-lingua-stem-ru,
641 perl-lingua-stem-snowball-da, perl-list-allutils, perl-list-moreutils,
642 perl-lwp-protocol-https, perl-lwp-useragent-determined,
643 perl-memoize-expirelru, perl-mime-types, perl-module-build,
644 perl-module-build-tiny, perl-module-find, perl-module-implementation,
645 perl-module-install, perl-module-runtime, perl-module-runtime-conflicts,
646 perl-module-scandeps, perl-module-util, perl-moo, perl-moose,
647 perl-moosex-emulate-class-accessor-fast, perl-moosex-getopt,
648 perl-moosex-markasmethods, perl-moosex-methodattributes, perl-moosex-nonmoose,
649 perl-moosex-params-validate, perl-moosex-relatedclassroles,
650 perl-moosex-role-parameterized, perl-moosex-role-withoverloading,
651 perl-moosex-semiaffordanceaccessor, perl-moosex-strictconstructor,
652 perl-moosex-traits-pluggable, perl-moosex-types, perl-moosex-types-datetime,
653 perl-moosex-types-datetime-morecoercions, perl-moosex-types-loadableclass,
654 perl-moox-types-mooselike, perl-mro-compat, perl-namespace-autoclean,
655 perl-namespace-clean, perl-net-amazon-s3, perl-net-server,
656 perl-number-compare, perl-object-signature, perl-package-anon,
657 perl-package-deprecationmanager, perl-package-stash, perl-package-stash-xs,
658 perl-padwalker, perl-par-dist, perl-params-util, perl-params-validate,
659 perl-parent, perl-parse-cpan-meta, perl-path-class, perl-plack,
660 perl-plack-middleware-fixmissingbodyinredirect,
661 perl-plack-middleware-methodoverride,
662 perl-plack-middleware-removeredundantbody, perl-plack-middleware-reverseproxy,
663 perl-plack-test-externalserver, perl-pod-coverage,
664 perl-posix-strftime-compiler, perl-readonly, perl-role-tiny, perl-safe-isa,
665 perl-scalar-list-utils, perl-scope-guard, perl-set-infinite, perl-set-scalar,
666 perl-snowball-norwegian, perl-snowball-swedish, perl-spiffy,
667 perl-sql-abstract, perl-sql-splitstatement, perl-sql-tokenizer,
668 perl-stream-buffered, perl-strictures, perl-string-camelcase,
669 perl-string-rewriteprefix, perl-string-toidentifier-en, perl-sub-exporter,
670 perl-sub-exporter-progressive, perl-sub-identify, perl-sub-install,
671 perl-sub-name, perl-sub-uplevel, perl-svg, perl-sys-hostname-long,
672 perl-task-weaken, perl-template-timer, perl-template-toolkit,
673 perl-term-encoding, perl-term-progressbar, perl-term-progressbar-quiet,
674 perl-term-progressbar-simple, perl-term-readkey, perl-test-base,
675 perl-test-cleannamespaces, perl-test-differences, perl-test-directory,
676 perl-test-exception, perl-test-fatal, perl-test-harness, perl-test-leaktrace,
677 perl-test-longstring, perl-test-mockobject, perl-test-mocktime,
678 perl-test-most, perl-test-output, perl-test-pod, perl-test-pod-coverage,
679 perl-test-requires, perl-test-sharedfork, perl-test-tcp, perl-test-trap,
680 perl-test-utf8, perl-test-warn, perl-test-warnings, perl-test-without-module,
681 perl-test-writevariants, perl-test-www-mechanize,
682 perl-test-www-mechanize-catalyst, perl-test-www-mechanize-psgi,
683 perl-test-yaml, perl-text-aligner, perl-text-balanced, perl-text-csv,
684 perl-text-diff, perl-text-german, perl-text-glob, perl-text-simpletable,
685 perl-text-table, perl-text-unidecode, perl-throwable, perl-tie-ixhash,
686 perl-tie-toobject, perl-time-duration, perl-time-duration-parse,
687 perl-time-local, perl-time-mock, perl-timedate, perl-tree-simple,
688 perl-tree-simple-visitorfactory, perl-try-tiny, perl-types-serialiser,
689 perl-universal-can, perl-universal-isa, perl-uri-find, perl-uri-ws,
690 perl-variable-magic, perl-www-mechanize, perl-xml-libxml,
691 perl-xml-namespacesupport, perl-xml-sax, perl-xml-sax-base, perl-yaml,
692 perl-yaml-tiny, ploticus, polipo, portaudio, pumpa, python-apsw,
693 python-biopython, python-cssselect, python-dbus, python-decorator,
694 python-drmaa, python-h5py, python-lxml, python-netifaces, python-networkx,
695 python-pyxdg, python-pyyaml, python-requests, python-scikit-learn,
696 python-singledispatch, python-sphinx-rtd-theme, python-sympy, python-testlib,
697 python-tornado, python-urwid, python-waf, python2-apsw,
698 python2-backport-ssl-match-hostname, python2-biopython, python2-bx-python,
699 python2-cssselect, python2-cssutils, python2-dbus, python2-decorator,
700 python2-drmaa, python2-h5py, python2-lxml, python2-netifaces,
701 python2-networkx, python2-pbcore, python2-pil, python2-pybedtools,
702 python2-pycairo, python2-pyxdg, python2-pyyaml, python2-rdflib, python2-rsvg,
703 python2-scikit-learn, python2-singledispatch, python2-six,
704 python2-sphinx-rtd-theme, python2-sympy, python2-testlib, python2-tornado,
705 python2-urwid, python2-waf, python2-xlib, quvi, r, rdesktop, recode, rep-gtk,
706 rseqc, rsound, rubberband, ruby-hoe, rxvt-unicode, s2tc, sawfish, sbcl, seqan,
707 serd, serf, sfml, shogun, sloccount, smartmontools, snakemake, soil, solfege,
708 sord, soundtouch, soxr, sra-tools, sratom, srt2vtt, star, starman, stow,
709 subread, suil, suitesparse, swt, sysfsutils, sysfsutils, taskwarrior, tbb,
710 terminology, tesseract-ocr, texlive-bin, texlive-texmf, the-silver-searcher,
711 tidy, tig, timidity++, tocc, totem-pl-parser, tree, tuxguitar, tvtime,
712 twolame, txt2man, unqlite, upower, utf8proc, vamp, vapoursynth, vcftools,
713 vigra, wavpack, webkitgtk, webkitgtk, weex, wicd, wpa-supplicant-light,
714 wxwidgets, wxwidgets, xbindkeys, xcape, xdg-utils, xf86-input-libinput,
715 xf86-input-wacom, xf86-video-nouveau, xfce, xmp, xosd, xournal, xvid, zathura,
716 zathura-cb, zathura-djvu, zathura-pdf-poppler, zathura-ps, zeromq,
717 zita-alsa-pcmi, zita-convolver
719 *** 189 package updates
721 acpica-20150410, apl-1.5, apr-1.5.2, arb-2.3.0, at-spi2-atk-2.16.0,
722 at-spi2-core-2.16.0, atk-2.16.0, autogen-5.18.5, bison-3.0.4, boost-1.57.0,
723 cairo-1.14.2, ccrtp-2.1.2, check-0.9.14, clang-3.6.0, cmake-3.2.2,
724 complexity-1.2, cups-filters-1.0.68, curl-7.42.1, dbus-1.8.16,
725 dbus-glib-0.104, dejagnu-1.5.3, docbook-xml-4.4, docbook-xml-4.5,
726 e2fsck-static-1.42.12, e2fsprogs-1.42.12, ed-1.11, eigen-3.2.4,
727 elfutils-0.161, emacs-24.5, emacs-no-x-toolkit-24.5, exo-0.10.3, ffmpeg-2.6.2,
728 fish-2.1.2, flac-1.3.1, flint-2.4.5, fltk-1.3.3, freetype-2.5.5, garcon-0.4.0,
729 gcc-5.1.0, gcc-toolchain-5.1.0, gdb-7.9, geiser-0.7, glib-2.44.0, glibc-2.21,
730 glibc-2.21, glibc-stripped-tarball-2.21, glibmm-2.44.0, global-6.4,
731 gnome-desktop-3.16.0, gnome-icon-theme-3.12.0, gnome-themes-standard-3.16.0,
732 gnu-pw-mgr-1.3, gnubik-2.4.2, gnumach-headers-1.5, gnunet-0.10.1,
733 gnupg-1.4.19, gnupg-2.0.27, gnupg-2.1.4, gnutls-3.4.0,
734 gobject-introspection-1.44.0, gpgme-1.5.4, gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.16.0,
735 gst-plugins-base-1.4.5, gst-plugins-good-1.4.5, gstreamer-1.4.5, gtk+-3.16.2,
736 gtkmm-2.24.4, gtkmm-3.16.0, guile-ssh-0.7.2, guix-0.8.1, guix-0.8.1.fc34dee,
737 help2man-1.46.6, httpd-2.4.12, hurd-headers-0.6, icecat-31.6.0-gnu1,
738 icu4c-55.1, imagemagick-6.9.0-4, imlib2-1.4.7, inetutils-1.9.3, inkscape-0.91,
739 isc-dhcp-4.3.1, itstool-2.0.2, kbd-2.0.2, libgcrypt-1.6.3, libgpg-error-1.18,
740 libidn-1.30, libltdl-2.4.6, libmicrohttpd-0.9.40, libmikmod-3.3.7,
741 libotr-4.1.0, libsigc++-2.4.1, libtasn1-4.5, libtool-2.4.6,
742 libunistring-0.9.5, libuv-1.4.2, libvorbis-1.3.5, libxfce4ui-4.12.0,
743 libxfce4util-4.12.1, libxfont-1.5.1, lightning-2.1.0, linux-libre-4.0.2,
744 linux-libre-headers-3.14.37, llvm-3.6.0, lua-5.2.3, man-pages-3.82,
745 mesa-10.5.4, mig-1.5, minetest-0.4.12, moe-1.7, mpc-1.0.3, mpd-0.19.9,
746 mu-0.9.12, nano-2.4.1, ncmpcpp-0.6.2, nettle-3.1, nginx-1.8.0, node-0.12.2,
747 notmuch-0.19, nspr-4.10.8, nss-3.18, ntp-4.2.8p2, ocrad-0.25, octave-3.8.2,
748 openconnect-7.05, openjpeg-2.0.1, openjpeg-2.1.0, openldap-2.4.40,
749 openssh-6.8p1, openssl-1.0.2a, pangomm-2.36.0, parallel-20150422,
750 pari-gp-2.7.3, patch-2.7.5, perf-4.0.2, perl-libwww-6.13, perl-net-http-6.07,
751 perl-net-ssleay-1.68, perl-test-simple-1.001014, perl-uri-1.67,
752 pinentry-0.9.0, pius-2.0.11, podofo-0.9.3, poppler-0.32.0, postgresql-9.3.6,
753 pulseaudio-6.0, python-3.4.3, python-pillow-2.7.0, python-pygobject-3.16.1,
754 python-setuptools-12.1, python-wrapper-3.4.3, python2-dateutil-2.2,
755 python2-pillow-2.7.0, python2-pygobject-3.16.1, python2-setuptools-12.1,
756 qt-5.4.1, ruby-2.2.2, samba-3.6.25, scons-2.3.4, sdl2-2.0.3, sharutils-4.15.1,
757 sipwitch-1.9.7, slock-1.2, source-highlight-3.1.8, sqlite-3.8.9,
758 subversion-1.8.13, texinfo-5.2, thunar-1.6.6, thunar-volman-0.8.1,
759 tor-0.2.5.12, tumbler-0.1.31, tzdata-2015c, ucommon-6.3.1, vala-0.28.0,
760 valgrind-3.10.1, vlc-2.2.0, vte-0.40.0, wget-1.16.3, wine-1.7.40,
761 wpa-supplicant-2.4, xboard-4.8.0, xfce4-appfinder-4.12.0, xfce4-panel-4.12.0,
762 xfce4-session-4.12.0, xfce4-settings-4.12.0, xfconf-4.12.0, xfdesktop-4.12.0,
763 xfwm4-4.12.0, xorg-server-1.16.4, xterm-317
765 ** Programming interfaces
767 *** New (guix build gremlin) to parse and validate ELF dynamic link info
769 *** (guix build-system gnu) has a new ‘validate-runpath’ phase
771 This phase reads the dynamic entries of ELF files and reports libraries listed
772 as NEEDED that are not found in the RUNPATH.
774 *** New (gnu services desktop) module and ‘%desktop-services’ variable
776 *** New (guix cvs-download) module, for CVS checkouts
778 *** New (guix build-system waf) module, for the Waf build system
780 *** New (guix build-system haskell) module, to build Haskell packages
782 *** (guix build-system gnu) now supports zip archives
784 *** New convenience syntax ‘modify-phases’ added in (guix build utils)
786 *** The ‘ld’ wrapper more finely determines whether to use ‘-rpath’
788 *** (guix gexp) exports ‘gexp-input’ to describe input unambiguously
790 *** The ‘define-gexp-compiler’ form allows (guix gexp) to be extended
792 *** New ‘local-file’ constructor exported by (guix gexp)
794 ** Noteworthy bug fixes
796 *** Profiles created with ‘guix package -p’ as indirect GC roots
798 Before that they were made permanent GC roots–i.e., uncollectable.
800 *** ‘guix package’ distinguishes downgrades from upgrades
802 *** Handle HTTP redirects to relative URI references
803 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19840>)
805 *** Downloads now honor the ‘http_proxy’ environment variable
806 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20402>)
808 *** ‘--no-*’ options are now always correctly handled
809 (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-02/msg00702.html>)
811 *** SLiM no longer leaks open file descriptors
813 *** Don't compare <pam-service> objects with 'equal?'
814 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20037>)
816 *** x86_64 and i686 bootstrap binaries updated (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19780>)
818 *** ‘find-files’ no longer follows symlinks (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20081>)
820 *** libc message catalog (‘libc.mo’) is now installed
822 *** libstdc++ has appropriate RUNPATH (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20358>)
824 *** ‘dhcp-client-service’ now correctly tracks dhclient’s PID
826 ** Native language support
828 *** New translations: da (Danish)
830 *** Updated translations: eo
832 * Changes in 0.8.1 (since 0.8)
834 ** Package management
836 *** New ‘--share’ and ‘--expose’ options for ‘guix system vm’
838 See “Invoking guix system” in the manual.
840 *** Emacs mode now automatically loads newly installed Emacs packages
842 See “Emacs Initial Setup” in the manual.
844 *** ‘guix-daemon’ now defaults to ‘--cores=0 --jobs=1’
846 In other words, at any given time, only one derivation is being built or
847 substituted, and it can use as many cores as available. Before, there could
848 be N derivations using N cores, which was obviously not desirable.
850 *** Command-line tools support the ‘GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS’ environment variable
852 See “Invoking guix build” in the manual.
854 *** ‘guix environment’ is faster
856 *** New ‘--recursive’ option for ‘guix archive’
858 See “Invoking guix archive” in the manual.
860 *** Missing patches required by a package definition are gracefully reported
862 *** ‘guix lint’ supports additional checkers
864 The new checkers are ‘gnu-description’, ‘home-page’, and ‘source’.
865 See “Invoking guix lint” in the manual.
867 *** New CPAN importer for ‘guix import’
869 See “Invoking guix import” in the manual.
873 *** USB installation image has more tools
875 Tools added since 0.8: wpa_supplicant, cryptsetup, and iw.
877 *** Linux kernel module dependencies are automatically handled
879 Before that, all the modules needed in the initrd would need to be explicitly
880 listed, including their dependencies, and in topological order.
882 *** Font packages now all have a name starting with ‘font-’
884 See “Fonts” in the manual.
886 *** Shell startup files have been cleaned up
888 /etc/profile contains only environment variable definitions, which may also be
889 used when running a different shell. The skeletons for user’s ‘.bash_profile’
890 and ‘.bashrc’ files behave as documented in the Bash manual. Zsh is supported.
892 *** The ‘root’ account gets a copy of the account skeleton files
894 Before that, the skeleton files would only be copied to non-root accounts.
896 *** The name service cache daemon (nscd) is configurable
898 By default it aggressively caches host and service lookups. See “Base
899 Services” in the manual.
901 *** Available locale definitions are now declared in ‘operating-system’
903 Before, the ‘glibc’ package would contain all the existing locales, as well as
904 the ‘locale-archive’ file, amounting to 110 MiB. See “Locales” in the manual.
906 *** SLiM sessions are configurable
908 Pressing F1 in the SLiM graphical log-in screen allows users to choose among
909 the pre-configured session types. See “X Window” in the manual.
911 *** Man pages and Info files are systematically gzip-compressed
913 *** ‘gnu-build-system’ ensures that documentation is in share/{man,info}
915 If a package installs to $prefix/{man,info}, this is automatically fixed to be
916 $prefix/share/{man,info}.
918 *** ‘strip’ is invoked only on ELF files and ‘ar’ archives
920 *** ‘libtool’ and ‘libltdl’ are now separate packages
922 *** Emacs mode is readily usable on the Guix System Distribution
924 *** Substitutes are now enabled by default on freshly installed systems
927 abcde, astyle, avr-libc, bbdb, bedtools, bowtie, bullet, c-reduce, cd-discid,
928 cgal, clang, claws-mail, cups, cups-filters, cups-minimal, dconf, delta,
929 dmenu, eigen, emms, exo, fastjar, font-bitstream-vera, font-dejavu,
930 font-gnu-freefont-ttf, font-liberation, font-terminus, fvwm, garcon,
931 gcc-cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf, gcc-cross-sans-libc-avr, gcj, getmail,
932 git-flow, git-manpages, git-test-sequence, glew, glulxe, gourmet,
933 gst-plugins-good, gtk-xfce-engine, hexchat, ijs, iw, jack, json-glib,
934 libdvdnav, libdvdread, libetpan, libevdev, libltdl, libtorrent, libupnp,
935 libwnck, libwnck, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, libxshmfence, libyubikey, llvm,
936 lrdf, mg, mp3info, msmtp, ncftp, nginx, ninja, nss, openbox,
937 perl-benchmark-timer, perl-clone, perl-digest-sha1, perl-exporter-lite,
938 perl-file-which, perl-getopt-tabular, perl-ipc-run3, perl-probe-perl,
939 perl-regexp-common, perl-sys-cpu, perl-test-deep, perl-test-nowarnings,
940 perl-test-script, perl-test-simple, perl-test-tester, pflask,
941 python-cairocffi, python-cffi, python-distutils-extra, python-html5lib,
942 python-ipython, python-isodate, python-matplotlib, python-numpy,
943 python-numpydoc, python-pillow, python-pycairo, python-pycparser,
944 python-pygobject, python-pyparsing, python-pyqt, python-pysam, python-rdflib,
945 python-scipy, python-sip, python-sqlalchemy, python-xcffib, python2-cairocffi,
946 python2-cffi, python2-distutils-extra, python2-elib.intl, python2-html5lib,
947 python2-ipython, python2-isodate, python2-matplotlib, python2-numpy,
948 python2-numpydoc, python2-pillow, python2-py2cairo, python2-pycparser,
949 python2-pygobject, python2-pygtk, python2-pyparsing, python2-pyqt,
950 python2-pysam, python2-scipy, python2-sip, python2-sqlalchemy, python2-xcffib,
951 qpdf, retroarch, rtorrent, samtools, shflags, slang, slock, socat,
952 startup-notification, sxiv, taglib, telepathy-glib, thunar, thunar-volman,
953 tre, tumbler, vala, vte, vte, wine, wmctrl, xclip, xdotool, xf86-video-geode,
954 xfce4-appfinder, xfce4-battery-plugin, xfce4-panel, xfce4-session,
955 xfce4-settings, xfce4-terminal, xfconf, xfdesktop, xfwm4, xinit, ykclient,
958 *** 222 package updates
960 apr-util-1.5.4, atk-2.15.3, automake-1.15, bash-4.3.33, bash-light-4.3.33,
961 bdftopcf-1.0.4, binutils-2.25, binutils-static-stripped-tarball-2.25,
962 cairo-1.12.18, cairomm-1.11.2, ccrtp-2.1.1, curl-7.40.0, dbus-1.8.12,
963 dbus-glib-0.102, ddrescue-1.19, dri2proto-2.8, e2fsck-static-1.42.11,
964 e2fsprogs-1.42.11, eudev-2.1.1, ffmpeg-2.5.3, file-5.22, fish-2.1.1,
965 fontconfig-2.11.92, fontsproto-2.1.3, freeipmi-1.4.8,
966 gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-4.8.4, gcc-cross-sans-libc-xtensa-elf-4.8.4,
967 gcc-objc++-4.8.4, gcc-objc-4.8.4, gcc-stripped-tarball-4.8.4, gccgo-4.8.4,
968 gcl-2.6.12, gd-2.1.1, gdb-7.8.2, gdk-pixbuf-2.31.1, gettext-0.19.4,
969 gfortran-4.8.4, ghostscript-9.14.0, ghostscript-with-x-9.14.0, gimp-2.8.14,
970 git-2.2.1, glib-2.42.1, glibmm-2.42.0, global-6.3.3, glproto-1.4.17,
971 gnutls-3.2.21, gobject-introspection-1.42.0, gp2c-0.0.9pl2, grep-2.21,
972 groff-1.22.3, gss-1.0.3, gst-plugins-base-1.0.10, gtk+-3.14.7, gtkmm-3.14.0,
973 guix-0.8, guix-0.8.4ad8789, help2man-1.46.4, iceauth-1.0.6, icu4c-54.1,
974 inkscape-0.48.5, inputproto-2.3.1, lcms-2.6, lftp-4.6.1, libassuan-2.2.0,
975 libcdio-0.93, libdmx-1.1.3, libdrm-2.4.58, libfontenc-1.1.2, libfs-1.0.6,
976 libgcrypt-1.6.2, libgpg-error-1.17, libice-1.0.9, libjpeg-9a, libksba-1.3.2,
977 libmicrohttpd-0.9.39, libnl-3.2.25, libpciaccess-0.13.2, libpeas-1.12.1,
978 libpng-1.5.21, librsvg-2.40.6, libsm-1.2.2, libtasn1-4.2, libtool-2.4.5,
979 libx11-1.6.2, libxau-1.0.8, libxaw-1.0.12, libxcb-1.11, libxcomposite-0.4.4,
980 libxcursor-1.1.14, libxdamage-1.1.4, libxext-1.3.3, libxfixes-5.0.1,
981 libxfont-1.5.0, libxft-2.3.2, libxi-1.7.4, libxinerama-1.1.3,
982 libxkbcommon-0.5.0, libxmu-1.1.2, libxp-1.0.2, libxpm-3.5.11, libxrandr-1.4.2,
983 libxrender-0.9.8, libxres-1.0.7, libxt-1.1.4, libxtst-1.2.2, libxv-1.0.10,
984 libxvmc-1.0.8, libxxf86dga-1.1.4, libxxf86vm-1.1.3, linux-libre-3.18.4,
985 lua-5.2.3, makedepend-1.0.5, mercurial-3.2.4, mesa-10.4.0, minetest-0.4.11,
986 mkfontscale-1.1.1, neon-0.30.0, nix-1.8, ntp-4.2.8, ocrad-0.24,
987 openjpeg-2.0.1, openssl-1.0.1k, pango-1.36.8, parallel-20150122,
988 pari-gp-2.7.2, patchelf-0.8, pcre-8.36, perf-3.18.4, phonon-4.8.3,
989 pixman-0.32.6, pkg-config-0.28, poppler-0.28.1, python-3.3.5,
990 python-dateutil-2.2, python2-dateutil-2.2, qemu-2.2.0, qemu-headless-2.2.0,
991 qt-5.4.0, racket-6.1.1, randrproto-1.4.0, raptor2-2.0.15, rasqal-0.9.33,
992 rcs-5.9.4, ruby-2.1.5, sessreg-1.0.8, sipwitch-1.9.3, sqlite-3.8.7.4,
993 tiled-0.11.0, tmux-1.9a, tzdata-2014j, ucommon-6.2.3, util-linux-2.25.2,
994 util-macros-1.19.0, vera-1.22, videoproto-2.3.2, wget-1.16.1, xauth-1.0.9,
995 xbacklight-1.2.1, xcb-proto-1.11, xcb-util-0.4.0, xcb-util-image-0.4.0,
996 xcb-util-keysyms-0.4.0, xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.9, xcb-util-wm-0.4.1,
997 xcursor-themes-1.0.4, xcursorgen-1.0.6, xdpyinfo-1.3.1, xev-1.2.1,
998 xextproto-7.3.0, xf86-input-evdev-2.8.4, xf86-input-joystick-1.6.2,
999 xf86-input-keyboard-1.8.0, xf86-input-mouse-1.9.1, xf86-input-synaptics-1.8.1,
1000 xf86-video-ark-0.7.5, xf86-video-ati-7.5.0, xf86-video-cirrus-1.5.2,
1001 xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.4, xf86-video-glint-1.2.8, xf86-video-i128-1.3.6,
1002 xf86-video-intel-2.21.15, xf86-video-mach64-6.9.4, xf86-video-mga-1.6.3,
1003 xf86-video-neomagic-1.2.8, xf86-video-nv-2.1.20, xf86-video-openchrome-0.3.3,
1004 xf86-video-r128-6.9.2, xf86-video-savage-2.3.7,
1005 xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.7, xf86-video-sis-0.10.7,
1006 xf86-video-suncg6-1.1.2, xf86-video-sunffb-1.2.2, xf86-video-tdfx-1.4.5,
1007 xf86-video-tga-1.2.2, xf86-video-trident-1.3.6, xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3,
1008 xf86-video-vmware-13.0.2, xf86-video-voodoo-1.2.5, xhost-1.0.6, xinput-1.6.1,
1009 xkbcomp-1.3.0, xkbutils-1.0.4, xkeyboard-config-2.13, xkill-1.0.4,
1010 xlockmore-5.45, xlsclients-1.1.3, xmodmap-1.0.8, xnee-3.19,
1011 xorg-server-1.16.3, xprop-1.2.2, xproto-7.0.26, xrandr-1.4.3, xrdb-1.1.0,
1012 xrefresh-1.0.5, xset-1.2.3, xsetroot-1.1.1, xtrans-1.3.5, xvinfo-1.1.2,
1013 xwd-1.0.6, xwininfo-1.1.3, youtube-dl-2015.01.23.4, zsh-5.0.7
1015 ** Programming interfaces
1017 *** New (guix elf) and (gnu build linux-modules) modules
1019 These provide resolution of Linux kernel module dependencies. See
1020 <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-11/msg00670.html>.
1022 *** ‘glib-or-gtk-build-system’ has been extended
1024 It now handles GIO and XDG themes, takes care of generating the icon cache,
1025 and has a new #:glib-or-gtk-wrap-excluded-outputs parameter.
1027 *** ‘search-path-specification’ can now specify non-directory items
1029 For example, the ‘search-path-specification’ attached to libxml2 specifies a
1030 file pattern, which allows all the ‘catalog.xml’ files to be added to the
1031 ‘XML_CATALOG_FILES’ environment variable.
1033 *** (guix build syscalls) has more network-related procedures
1035 ‘set-network-interface-flags’, ‘set-network-interface-address’,
1036 ‘network-interface-address’, and ‘configure-network-interface’ are ioctl
1037 bindings used by network-handling dmd services.
1039 *** (guix monads) refactoring
1041 ‘%store-monad’ is now in (guix store) and is an alias for the new
1042 ‘%state-monad’ provided by (guix monads). Monadic procedures dealing with the
1043 store, with derivations, and with packages have been moved from (guix monads)
1044 to (guix store), (guix derivations), and (guix packages). See “The Store
1045 Monad” in the manual.
1047 *** (guix build utils) provides ‘parallel-job-count’
1049 *** ‘wrap-program’ preserves the original argv[0]
1051 *** New (guix sets) module
1053 *** ‘define-record-type*’ now support “delayed” fields
1055 ** Noteworthy bug fixes
1057 *** X session is executed from a login shell (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19119>)
1058 *** grub.cfg is now a garbage-collector root (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19160>)
1059 *** Substituter progress report properly formatted
1060 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19313>)
1061 *** Document permissions for /gnu/store (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19316>)
1062 *** Make sure config.go is newer than config.scm
1063 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19317>)
1064 *** Emacs knows where to find its GLib schemas (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19138>)
1065 *** Adjust 'grub.cfg' to work on systems with a separate /boot
1066 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19220>)
1067 *** Fix removal of next-to-last item in a profile
1068 (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-12/msg00292.html>)
1069 *** Apply patches with "patch --force" (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19402>)
1070 *** Extend ‘search-path-specification’ for libxml2-style use cases
1071 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18033>)
1072 *** Search for patches under $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19364>)
1073 *** Use executables from the target inputs in 'patch-shebangs'
1074 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18895>)
1075 *** guix-daemon now automatically creates '…/profiles/per-user'
1076 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19315>)
1077 *** Make /etc/mtab a symlink to /proc/self/mounts
1078 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19491>)
1079 *** Don't build the mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 cross-compiler on i686
1080 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19598>)
1081 *** Read archive signatures as Latin-1 strings (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19610>)
1082 *** Raise an error for references to non-existent outputs
1083 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19630>)
1084 *** Initialize libgcrypt before use (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19677>)
1086 ** Native language support
1088 *** New translations: fr (French), hu (Hungarian)
1089 *** Updated translation: eo, vi
1091 * Changes in 0.8 (since 0.7)
1093 ** Package management
1095 *** New visual user interface in Emacs
1097 See “Emacs Interface” in the manual.
1099 *** New ‘guix environment’ command to produce development environment
1101 See “Invoking guix environment” in the manual.
1103 *** The ‘guix import’ command has been extended and documented
1105 It can now import packages from pypi.python.org and from GNU.
1106 See “Invoking guix import” in the manual.
1108 *** New ‘guix lint’ command, for use by Guix developers
1110 See “Invoking guix lint” in the manual.
1112 *** Packages can now be “grafted” with replacements of their dependencies
1114 See “Security Updates” in the manual.
1116 *** The distribution can be extended with ‘--load-path’ or $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH
1118 This allows users to maintain their own package definitions, and make them
1119 visible to the various user interfaces. See “Package Modules” in the manual.
1121 *** ‘guix package’ better reports package upgrades
1123 *** ‘guix package’ has a new ‘--switch-generation’ option
1125 See “Invoking guix package” in the manual.
1127 *** ‘guix-daemon’ has a new ‘--substitute-urls’ option
1129 See “Invoking guix-daemon” in the manual.
1133 *** The stand-alone operating system now supports Linux mapped devices
1135 See “Mapped Devices” in the manual.
1137 *** New fields in ‘operating-system’ declarations, better documentation
1139 New fields include ‘hosts-file’, ‘mapped-devices’, and ‘swap-devices’.
1140 See “operating-system Reference” in the manual.
1142 *** New services: ‘dhcp-client-service’, ‘bitlbee-service’, ‘ntp-service’
1144 See “Services” in the manual.
1146 *** Free firmware can be loaded
1148 This notably enables support for some Atheros-based WiFi devices (ath9k-htc.)
1149 See “operating-system Reference” in the manual.
1151 *** ‘grub-configuration’ declarations can now specify a theme
1153 See “GRUB Configuration” in the manual.
1155 *** The ‘base-initrd’ now has a different signature
1157 Existing uses in ‘operating-system’ declarations need to be updated. See
1158 “Initial RAM Disk” in the manual for details.
1160 *** eudev is now used by default, instead of an old udev release
1162 *** ‘guix system vm’ has a new ‘--full-boot’ option
1164 See “Invoking guix system” in the manual.
1166 *** The ‘file’ command is now part of the package build environment
1168 Autoconf-generated ‘configure’ scripts for packages using Libtool use ‘file’
1169 to determine the target ABI, notably on MIPS, hence this change.
1171 *** 162 new packages
1173 abiword, acpica, adns, arb, ath9k-htc-firmware, atlas, avrdude, cppunit,
1174 dblatex, detox, dfu-programmer, dionysus, direvent, dmidecode, dri3proto,
1175 emacs-no-x-toolkit, emacs-w3m, emacs-wget, enchant, eudev, feh, flashrom,
1176 flint, fontforge, freedink, freeimage, fribidi,
1177 gcc-cross-sans-libc-xtensa-elf, giblib, gnome-themes-standard, gpsbabel,
1178 gpscorrelate, graphite2, gtypist, guile-charting, guile-sdl, imake, imlib2,
1179 irrlicht, jbig2dec, libpsl, libspiro, libuninameslist, libwmf, lm-sensors,
1180 magit, minetest, miscfiles, mozjs, mupdf, nix, nspr, nss-mdns, ntp, nvi, opam,
1181 openal, openjpeg, opus-tools, orpheus, ots, oxygen-icons, paredit, perf,
1182 perl-archive-zip, perl-dbd-sqlite, perl-dbi, perl-image-exiftool,
1183 perl-io-socket-ssl, perl-net-ssleay, perl-www-curl, perl-zip, polkit,
1184 polkit-qt, postgresql, potrace, presentproto, python-certifi, python-coverage,
1185 python-cython, python-discover, python-docutils, python-exif-read,
1186 python-extras, python-fixtures, python-itsdangerous, python-jinja2,
1187 python-jsonschema, python-markupsafe, python-mimeparse, python-nose,
1188 python-oauthlib, python-py, python-pygments, python-pyjwt, python-pyld,
1189 python-pytest, python-scripttest, python-sphinx, python-subunit,
1190 python-testrepository, python-testresources, python-testscenarios,
1191 python-testtools, python-unidecode, python-unittest2, python-virtualenv,
1192 python2-certifi, python2-coverage, python2-cython, python2-discover,
1193 python2-docutils, python2-exif-read, python2-extras, python2-fixtures,
1194 python2-itsdangerous, python2-jinja2, python2-jsonschema, python2-markupsafe,
1195 python2-mimeparse, python2-nose, python2-oauthlib, python2-py,
1196 python2-pygments, python2-pyjwt, python2-pyld, python2-pytest,
1197 python2-requests, python2-scripttest, python2-sphinx, python2-subunit,
1198 python2-testrepository, python2-testresources, python2-testscenarios,
1199 python2-testtools, python2-unidecode, python2-unittest2, python2-virtualenv,
1200 rrdtool, ruby, ruby, ruby-i18n, sane-backends, scrot, sound-theme-freedesktop,
1201 stress, synergy, tdb, terminus-font, testdisk, texi2html, tiled, transfig,
1202 unclutter, unixodbc, weechat, wv, xboing, xf86-video-modesetting, xfig,
1205 *** 117 package updates
1207 acct-6.6.2, acl-2.2.52, apl-1.4, apr-1.5.1, apr-util-1.5.3, autoconf-2.68,
1208 autoconf-2.69, autogen-5.18.4, bash-4.3.30, bash-light-4.3.30, bazaar-2.6.0,
1209 bison-2.7, calcurse-3.2.1, ccache-3.1.10, chicken-4.9.0.1, coreutils-8.23,
1210 curl-7.37.1, datamash-1.0.6, dbus-1.8.8, docbook-xml-4.2, docbook-xml-4.4,
1211 docbook-xml-4.5, emacs-24.4, ffmpeg-2.2.10, ffmpeg-2.4.3, file-5.19,
1212 file-5.20, freeipmi-1.4.5, gcc-4.7.4, gcc-4.9.2, gcc-toolchain-4.9.2,
1213 gcl-2.6.11, gdb-7.8.1, geiser-0.6, gettext-0.19.3, git-2.1.2, glibc-2.20,
1214 glibc-2.20, glibc-stripped-tarball-2.20, global-6.3.2, glpk-4.55,
1215 gnupg-1.4.18, gnupg-2.0.26, gnurl-7.37.0, gnutls-3.2.20, gpgme-1.5.1,
1216 gst-plugins-base-1.0.10, gstreamer-1.0.10, gtk+-3.10.1, gtkmm-3.9.16,
1217 guile-1.8.8, guile-json-0.4.0, guile-ncurses-1.6, guile-ssh-0.7.1, guix-0.7,
1218 guix-0.7.48bd76e, hello-2.10, help2man-1.46.3, icecat-31.2.0,
1219 libart-lgpl-2.3.21, libassuan-2.1.3, libatomic-ops-7.4.2, libdrm-2.4.33,
1220 libffi-3.1, libgc-7.2f, libgc-7.4.2, libgcrypt-1.5.4, libgcrypt-1.6.2,
1221 libidn-1.29, libjpeg-9a, libotr-4.0.0, libsodium-1.0.0, libtasn1-4.1,
1222 libunistring-0.9.4, libwebsockets-1.3, lightning-2.0.5, linux-libre-3.17.3,
1223 lsof-4.88, lua-5.2.3, lvm2-2.02.109, lzip-1.16, make-4.1, maxima-5.34.1,
1224 mit-scheme-9.2, mysql-5.1.73, neon-0.30.0, net-base-5.3, nettle-2.7.1,
1225 notmuch-0.18.1, openssh-6.7p1, openssl-1.0.1j, parallel-20141022,
1226 phonon-4.8.2, pspp-0.8.4, python-3.3.5, python-dateutil-1.5,
1227 python2-dateutil-1.5, python2-pyicu-1.8, qt-4.8.6, qt-5.3.2, rcs-5.9.3,
1228 readline-6.3, subversion-1.7.18, swig-3.0.2, tar-1.28, texinfo-5.2,
1229 tor-0.2.5.10, transmission-2.84, ucommon-6.1.11, valgrind-3.10.0, vlc-2.1.5,
1230 wget-1.16, windowmaker-0.95.6, xapian-1.2.18, xf86-video-ati-6.14.6,
1231 xpdf-3.04, youtube-dl-2014.09.06
1233 ** Programming interfaces
1235 *** New ‘ruby-build-system’, for Ruby packages
1237 See “Build Systems” in the manual.
1239 *** New ‘glib-or-gtk-build-system’, for packages using GLib schemas
1241 See “Build Systems” in the manual.
1243 *** ‘gnu-build-system’ has a new #:substitutable? parameter
1245 This allows packagers to mark a package as requiring a local build, thus
1246 preventing it from being substituted by a pre-built binary.
1248 *** ‘cmake-build-system’ has a new #:build-type parameter
1250 See “Build Systems” in the manual.
1252 *** The ‘supported-systems’ field of packages is used more consistently
1254 This allows packagers to prevent attempts to build a package on a given
1255 architecture when that architecture is known not to be supported. The
1256 ‘package-transitive-supported-systems’ procedure returns the intersection of
1257 the systems supported by the given package and by its dependencies.
1259 *** The ‘wrap-program’ procedure can now be called multiple times
1261 *** New ‘graft-derivations’ and ‘package-grafts’ procedures
1263 They implement “grafts”, as described under “Security Updates” in the manual.
1265 *** New “bag” intermediate representation for use by build systems
1267 “Bags” are used internally as an intermediate representation between packages
1268 and derivations. See “Build Systems” in the manual.
1270 *** New (guix monad-repl) module, for monadic interaction at the REPL
1272 See “The Store Monad” in the manual.
1274 *** New (guix build emacs-utils) module, to facilitate building Emacs packages
1276 *** New (guix tests) module, with tools used by the test suite
1278 *** The internal ‘guix-register’ command now deduplicates files in store items
1280 *** Several system modules moved from (guix build …) to (gnu build …)
1282 Also, the (gnu build linux-boot) module has been introduced, with code
1283 typically used by initial RAM disks when booting on GNU/Linux-libre.
1285 *** (guix profiles) provides a representation of package transactions
1287 This factorizes code between ‘guix package’ and the Emacs user interface.
1289 *** Bootstrapping packages moved to (gnu packages commencement) modules
1293 *** ‘guix-daemon’ now really deduplicates store items by default
1295 Deduplication means that identical files found in /gnu/store are stored only
1296 once, using hard links. This feature was wrongfully disabled, and is now
1297 enabled by default. The former ‘--disable-store-optimization’ option has been
1298 renamed to ‘--disable-deduplication’.
1300 *** ‘guix-daemon’ no longer uses ‘vfork’
1302 This could cause problems with ancient Linux kernel.
1304 *** Fixed compilation of ‘gccgo’ (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18101>)
1305 *** 'make clean' doesn't delete os-config.tmpl (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18243>)
1306 *** Fix handling of periods by fill-paragraph (<http://bugs.gnu.org/17468>)
1307 *** Produce a top-level Info 'dir' file (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18305>)
1308 *** guix offload ignores unreachable machines (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18070>)
1309 *** guix offload: Ignore EEXIST when registering a .drv as a GC root
1310 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18115>)
1311 *** perl-tk: Build sequentially (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18262>)
1312 *** download: Use the 'SERVER NAME' TLS extension when possible
1313 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18526>)
1314 *** libdaemon: Add alternate source URLs (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18639>)
1315 *** icu4c: Reinstate RUNPATH on shared libraries
1316 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18695>)
1317 *** nss-mdns: Add alternate source URLs (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18704>)
1318 *** download: Add "Accept: */*" to the HTTP headers
1319 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18768>)
1320 *** guix-register: Do not attempt to create NIX_STORE_DIR
1321 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18689>)
1322 *** Allow Linux-libre to find our 'modprobe' command
1323 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18525>)
1324 *** man-pages: Build sequentially (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18701>)
1325 *** Fix intermittent test failures involving GC (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18935>)
1326 *** guix import: pypi: Gracefully handle non-existent packages
1327 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18831>)
1328 *** Make sure the shared library has the '.so' extension
1329 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18521>)
1330 *** pull: Use the build procedure provided by the newly-downloaded Guix.
1331 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18534>)
1332 *** WindowMaker no longer pollutes $PATH (<http://bugs.gnu.org/18698>)
1334 ** Native language support
1335 *** New translation: cs (Czech)
1336 *** Updated translations: de, sr, vi
1338 * Changes in 0.7 (since 0.6)
1339 ** Package management
1340 *** Binaries for mips64el-linux now available from hydra.gnu.org
1342 These come in addition to the x86_64-linux and i686-linux binaries already
1343 provided, thanks to our generous donor and friendly admins. See
1344 “Substitutes” in the manual.
1346 *** ‘guix package’ has a new ‘--show’ option
1347 *** ‘guix refresh’ has a new ‘--list-dependent’ option
1349 ** Programming interfaces
1350 *** New (guix gexp) module, which implements “G-expressions”
1352 G-expressions are a new mechanism to embed build-side code in host-side
1353 code. See “G-Expressions” in the manual.
1355 *** (gnu system) and related modules now use G-expressions
1357 This greatly simplifies code, and guarantees that build code carries
1358 references to the packages or derivations it uses.
1360 *** ‘build-expression->derivation’ is deprecated in favor of G-expressions
1361 *** The (gnu system) module has been largely augmented and factorized
1362 *** New (guix build vm) module, support for virtual machine images
1363 *** New (guix build activation) module, for “system activation”
1364 *** New (guix build syscalls) module
1365 *** New (guix build install) and module for whole system installation
1366 *** New (gnu system install) module, for the installation system
1367 *** New (gnu system file-systems) module, for ‘file-system’ declarations
1368 *** New (gnu) module, which aggregates common (gnu …) modules
1369 *** ‘service’ records now have an optional ‘activate’ field
1371 This allows services to specify code to run at system activation time.
1374 *** An image to install the GNU system from a USB stick is provided
1376 This is the first time an installation image is provided. See “System
1377 Installation” in the manual for details. This is work in progress as noted
1378 in “Limitations”. Your feedback and help are welcome!
1380 *** Support for more parameters in ‘operating-system’ declarations
1382 Operating system declarations can now provide a list of file systems, a list
1383 of setuid programs, bootloader options, and more. See “System Configuration”
1386 *** ‘guix system’ supports more actions
1388 Newly supported actions are ‘init’, ‘build’, ‘reconfigure’, and ‘disk-image’.
1389 See “Invoking guix system” in the manual.
1391 *** User accounts and groups are created at system activation time
1392 *** Virtual machine support uses para-virtualized devices
1393 *** GCC package now has an additional ‘lib’ output, for run-time support libs
1394 *** GLib package now has a separate “bin” output (<http://bugs.gnu.org/17853>)
1395 *** 134 new packages
1397 abbaye, aegis, attica, babl, barcode, behave, btar, busybox, ccache, ccrtp,
1398 chess, clucene, cmatrix, commoncpp, conkeror, cook, cssc, datamash, diffstat,
1399 doxygen, dropbear, dtach, duplicity, e2fsck-static, exosip, fftw-openmpi,
1400 fish, gconf, gegl, gimp, gmsh, gnome-mime-data, gnome-vfs, gnumeric, goffice,
1401 gsegrafix, guile-opengl, guile-static-stripped, hdup, hwloc, inotify-tools,
1402 jrnl, kbd, kmod, lftp, libarchive, libart-lgpl, libbonobo, libbonoboui,
1403 libcroco, libdbusmenu-qt, libftdi, libglade, libgnome, libgnomecanvas,
1404 libgnomeprint, libgnomeprintui, libgnomeui, libgsf, libidl, libmcrypt,
1405 libmhash, librsvg, librsync, libsodium, libuv, libvpx, links, lzop, man-pages,
1406 maxima, mcrypt, mosh, mpg123, mplayer, mu, ncmpcpp, node, notmuch, numactl,
1407 offlineimap, openmpi, orbit2, osip, pangox-compat, perl-io-tty, petsc,
1408 petsc-complex, petsc-complex-openmpi, petsc-openmpi, pingus, podofo, protobuf,
1409 pt-scotch, python-enum34, python-keyring, python-lockfile, python-mock,
1410 python-parse, python-parse-type, python-parsedatetime, python-pycrypto,
1411 python-six, python-tzlocal, python2-lockfile, python2-mock, qjson, qrencode,
1412 rasqal, rdiff-backup, rdup, redland, rottlog, scotch, sipwitch, sshfs-fuse,
1413 strigi, sudo, superlu, superlu-dist, talkfilters, talloc, tcpdump, tinyproxy,
1414 transmission, ucommon, udev, vlc, vtk, wakelan, wireless-tools,
1415 wpa-supplicant, xboard, youtube-dl
1417 *** 87 package updates
1419 bitlbee-3.2.2, cursynth-1.5, ddrescue-1.18.1, dfc-3.0.4, dmd-0.2,
1420 docbook-xml-4.3, docbook-xml-4.4, docbook-xsl-1.78.1, dvdisaster-0.72.6,
1421 ffmpeg-2.3, fftw-3.3.4, fftwf-3.3.4, flac-1.3.0, gawk-4.1.1, gcc-4.7.4,
1422 gcc-4.8.3, gcc-4.8.3, gcc-4.9.1, gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-4.8.3,
1423 gcc-objc++-4.8.3, gcc-objc-4.8.3, gcc-stripped-tarball-4.8.3,
1424 gcc-toolchain-4.8.3, gcc-toolchain-4.9.1, gccgo-4.8.3, gdb-7.7.1,
1425 gettext-0.19.2, gfortran-4.8.3, glib-2.40.0, global-6.3, gmp-6.0.0a,
1426 gnupg-1.4.18, gnupg-2.0.25, gnutls-3.2.15, gp2c-0.0.9pl1, grep-2.20,
1427 gst-plugins-base-1.0.10, gstreamer-0.10.36, gtk+-3.10.1, gtkmm-2.24.2,
1428 guile-2.0.11, guile-2.0.11, guix-0.6, guix-0.6.0ae8c15, htop-1.0.3,
1429 icu4c-53.1, imagemagick-6.8.9-0, json-c-0.12, libdrm-2.4.33, libgc-7.2e,
1430 libgcrypt-1.5.3, libgpg-error-1.13, libjpeg-8d, libmicrohttpd-0.9.37,
1431 libogg-1.3.2, libotr-4.0.0, libtasn1-3.6, libvorbis-1.3.4, lightning-2.0.4,
1432 linux-libre-3.15.6, lua-5.1.5, lua-5.2.3, mcron-1.0.8, moe-1.6, nano-2.3.6,
1433 neon-0.29.6, nettle-3.0, openssl-1.0.1h, parallel-20140722, pari-gp-2.7.1,
1434 pspp-0.8.3, python-2.7.6, python-dateutil-2.2, python2-dateutil-2.2,
1435 qemu-2.0.0, qemu-headless-2.0.0, qt-4.8.6, qt-5.2.1, readline-6.2,
1436 screen-4.2.1, soprano-2.9.4, texinfo-5.2, texlive-2014, tor-0.2.4.22,
1437 wdiff-1.2.2, xorriso-1.3.8, xterm-304
1439 ** Native language support
1440 *** New translations: de (German), and hu (Hungarian)
1441 *** Updated translations: eo, pt_BR, sr, vi
1442 *** Package descriptions moved from the ‘guix’ text domain to ‘guix-packages’
1444 *** Downloads are now faster (<http://bugs.gnu.org/15368>)
1445 *** ‘guix authenticate’ properly writes signatures to stdout
1446 (<http://bugs.gnu.org/17312>)
1447 *** Progress report of downloads is now properly displayed
1448 *** Error reporting of pk-crypto errors has been improved
1449 *** The 'patches' field now works for origins with no extension
1450 *** Synchronization and GC issues fixed in the offload hook
1451 *** (guix ftp-client) emits USER commands suitable for all servers
1453 * Changes in 0.6 (since 0.5)
1454 ** Package management
1455 *** Default store directory changed to /gnu/store
1457 Although it is still possible to configure Guix to use the old store
1458 directory, we recommend that you start with a fresh install to /gnu/store.
1460 *** Substitutes from hydra.gnu.org must now be signed and authorized
1461 *** Support for offloading builds to other Guix machines over SSH
1462 *** New ‘guix archive’ command
1463 *** New ‘guix system’ command; it can currently build VM images
1464 *** ‘guix package’ accepts several arguments after -i, -r, and -u
1465 *** Updating a profile with ‘guix package’ is now noticeably faster
1466 *** ‘guix build’ can override a package’s source with the new ‘--with-source’
1467 *** ‘guix build’ has a new ‘--no-build-hook’ option
1468 *** ‘guix’ commands that build packages have a common set of options
1469 *** ‘guix hash’ has a new ‘--recursive’ option
1470 *** Daemon no longer bind-mounts the host’s /dev (improves reproducibility)
1471 ** Programming interfaces
1472 *** New (guix pk-crypto) and (guix pki) modules for public key cryptography
1473 *** New #:local-build? parameter for derivations that shouldn’t be offloaded
1474 *** (gnu system vm) has procedures to build VMs that share the host’s store
1475 *** New ‘text-file*’ procedure in (guix monads)
1476 *** System service definitions are now provided by the (guix services) modules
1477 *** New X and SLiM services in (gnu services xorg)
1478 *** New (guix git-download) and (guix svn-download) for git/svn checkouts
1482 a2ps, asciidoc, aspell-dict-en, aspell-dict-eo, aspell-dict-es,
1483 aspell-dict-fr, aumix, bitlbee, bogofilter, boost, calcurse, clusterssh,
1484 corkscrew, cursynth, docbook-xml, docbook-xsl, elfutils, enscript, fftwf,
1485 fltk, fuse, gcc-toolchain, giflib, glade, gmime, gnome-desktop, gnubg, gnubik,
1486 gnumach-headers, gnunet, gnuplot, gnurl, gphoto2, gtkglext, guile-json,
1487 guile-reader-for-guile_2.0.11, gxmessage, hdf5, hurd-headers, inkscape, iotop,
1488 isc-dhcp, iso-codes, jnettop, libatomic-ops, libexif, libgphoto2, libmpcdec,
1489 libmpdclient, libotr, libpcap, libpeas, libpipeline, libtirpc, libwebsockets,
1490 ltrace, luajit, lynx, man-db, mc, mig, miniupnpc, moe, mpc123, mpd, ncdc,
1491 ncdu, ncmpc, neon, neon, octave, opus, paperkey, patchutils, perl-tk,
1492 perl-x11-protocol, pinentry, python2-element-tree, python2-pybugz, quilt,
1493 source-highlight, stalonetray, trueprint, ttf-dejavu, unionfs-fuse,
1494 unionfs-fuse-static, uucp, vera, windowmaker, xapian, xterm
1496 *** 90 package updates
1498 apl-1.3, autoconf-2.68, automake-1.14.1, bash-4.3, bash-light-4.3,
1499 bigloo-4.1a, binutils-2.24, binutils-static-stripped-tarball-2.24,
1500 coreutils-8.22, curl-7.35.0, ed-1.10, ffmpeg-2.1.4, file-5.18, freeipmi-1.4.1,
1501 gcc-4.8.2, gcc-4.8.2, gdb-7.7, gdbm-1.11, gettext-0.18.3.2, glib-2.39.1,
1502 glibc-2.19, glibc-stripped-tarball-2.19, global-6.2.12, glpk-4.54,
1503 gnu-pw-mgr-1.2, gnupg-1.4.16, gnutls-3.2.12, gp2c-0.0.8pl1, grep-2.18,
1504 gst-plugins-base-0.10.36, gstreamer-1.0.10, gtk+-3.10.1, gtkmm-2.24.2,
1505 guile-2.0.11, guile-ssh-0.6.0, guile-static-stripped-tarball-2.0.11,
1506 guile-wm-1.0, guile-xcb-1.3, guix-0.5, help2man-1.45.1, icu4c-52.1,
1507 imagemagick-6.8.8-10, inetutils-1.9.2, lapack-3.5.0, libcdio-0.92,
1508 libdrm-2.4.46, libextractor-1.3, libgc-7.2e, libgc-7.4.0, libgcrypt-1.6.1,
1509 libjpeg-9, libmicrohttpd-0.9.34, libssh-0.6.3, libtasn1-3.4, lightning-2.0.3,
1510 linux-libre-3.13.7, mpc-1.0.2, mutt-1.5.23, net-base-5.2, ocrad-0.23,
1511 openssh-6.6p1, openssl-1.0.1g, parallel-20140322, pari-gp-2.7.0, pspp-0.8.2,
1512 pulseaudio-5.0, python-2.7.6, python-3.3.5, python-wrapper-3.3.5,
1513 python2-pysqlite-2.6.3a, qemu-1.7.1, qemu-headless-1.7.1,
1514 qemu-with-multiple-smb-shares-1.7.1, qt-4.8.5, qt-5.2.0, readline-6.3,
1515 recutils-1.7, slim-1.3.6, sqlite-3.8.4.3, subversion-1.7.14, texinfo-4.13a,
1516 tor-0.2.4.21, tzdata-2014a, units-2.11, valgrind-3.9.0, vim-7.4, wget-1.15,
1517 xnee-3.18, xorriso-1.3.6.pl01, zile-2.4.11
1519 *** New ‘gcc-toolchain’ meta-package, makes it easy to install a GCC tool chain
1520 *** libc’s Info manual is now installed
1521 *** Binutils is built with --enable-deterministic-archives
1522 *** Packages that populated man/man* now populate share/man/man*
1523 *** Many other packaging improvements
1525 *** ‘guix pull’ consumes less memory, compiles in parallel
1526 *** ‘guix package --list-*’ gracefully handles EPIPE when used in a pipeline
1527 *** ‘guix package’ handles collisions between a symlink and a directory
1528 (http://bugs.gnu.org/17083)
1529 *** HTTP downloads provide a ‘User-Agent’ field (http://bugs.gnu.org/16703)
1530 *** ‘guix package’ no longer shows misleading installed package number
1531 (http://bugs.gnu.org/16484)
1532 *** Manual suggests ‘useradd --system’ (http://bugs.gnu.org/16289)
1533 *** Python is built with ctypes support (http://bugs.gnu.org/16569)
1534 *** HTTP/TLS connection not terminated properly (http://bugs.gnu.org/14884)
1535 *** Gracefully handle poorly behaved HTTP servers (http://bugs.gnu.org/15733)
1537 * Changes in 0.5 (since 0.4)
1538 ** Package management
1539 *** GNU package descriptions synchronized with the ‘gnumaint’ repository
1541 In addition to synopses, descriptions of GNU packages are now kept in sync
1542 with the ‘gnumaint’ repository, which is the canonical place for GNU package
1545 ** Programming interfaces
1546 *** Patches are now listed as part of ‘origin’
1548 The ‘origin’ form supports two new fields: ‘patches’ (list of patches), and
1549 ‘snippet’ (code snippet to modify the source.) These are applied when running
1550 ‘guix build --source’. See “Defining Packages” in the manual.
1552 *** New (guix monads) monadic interface to operate on the store
1554 See “The Store Monad” in the manual. The (gnu system …) modules have been
1555 rewritten to use this monadic interface.
1557 *** New (guix profiles) module
1559 It provides an API for dealing with profiles, as with the ‘guix package’
1562 *** New (gnu system) module
1564 This module provides a generic way to describe the system’s configuration,
1565 and to instantiate it, regardless of the final medium (QEMU image, etc.)
1566 See “System Configuration” in the manual.
1568 This is work in progress. Send feedback to guix-devel@gnu.org!
1570 *** ‘build-expression->derivation’ uses more parameters
1572 Some positional parameters have been changed to keyword parameters.
1573 See “Derivations” in the manual.
1576 *** New port to the Loongson MIPS64 processors, n32 ABI (‘mips64el-linux’)
1578 Bootstrap binaries have been built for that architecture, and several
1579 Loongson-specific patches not yet available upstream have been applied to core
1580 packages. See “GNU Distribution” and “Porting” in the manual.
1582 Pre-built binaries are not yet available via hydra.gnu.org, so Guix will
1583 build from source on this platform.
1585 *** 110 new packages
1587 acct, alive, alsa-utils, apl, at-spi2-atk, at-spi2-core, atkmm, autogen,
1588 automoc4, brasero, bridge-utils, cairomm, catkin, complexity, evince, ffmpeg,
1589 fftw, ftgl, gcc-objc, gcc-objc++, gccgo, gcl, gfortran, glibmm, glpk,
1590 gnome-icon-theme, gnu-pw-mgr, gp2c, gpgme, gsettings-desktop-schemas, gtkmm,
1591 gtksourceview, guile-ssh, guile-wm, gvpe, hicolor-icon-theme, httpd, icecat,
1592 icon-naming-utils, json-c, lapack, libcanberra, libcap, libgnome-keyring,
1593 libmikmod, libnl, libnotify, libsamplerate, libsigc++, libsndfile, libssh,
1594 libtheora, libxkbcommon, mercurial, mtools, netcat, pangomm, parallel,
1595 pavucontrol, pciutils, pem, perl-encode-locale, perl-file-list,
1596 perl-file-listing, perl-html-parser, perl-html-tagset, perl-http-cookies,
1597 perl-http-daemon, perl-http-date, perl-http-message, perl-http-negotiate,
1598 perl-io-html, perl-libwww, perl-libxml, perl-lwp-mediatypes, perl-net-http,
1599 perl-uri, perl-www-robotrules, perl-xml-dom, perl-xml-regexp, perl-xml-simple,
1600 phonon, powertop, pulseaudio, python2-dogtail, python2-empy, qemu-headless,
1601 qt, qt, raptor2, scons, sdl, sdl-gfx, sdl-image, sdl-mixer, sdl-net, sdl-ttf,
1602 sdl2, serveez, shared-mime-info, sharutils, skribilo, slim, soprano, swig,
1603 xcb-util, xcb-util-image, xcb-util-keysyms, xcb-util-renderutil, xcb-util-wm
1605 *** 47 package updates
1607 atk 2.10.0, bison 3.0.2, cmake 2.8.12, dmd 0.1, freeipmi 1.3.3, gcc 4.8.2,
1608 gcc 4.8.2, gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 4.8.2, gcc-stripped-tarball 4.8.2,
1609 gdb 7.6.2, gettext 0.18.3.1, glib 2.38.0, global 6.2.9, gmp 5.1.3,
1610 gnupg 2.0.22, gobject-introspection 1.38.0, grep 2.15, gsl 1.16,
1611 gtk+ 2.24.21, gtk+ 3.10.1, guile 2.0.9, guile 2.0.9, guile-xcb 1.2,
1612 harfbuzz 0.9.22, hello 2.9, iproute2 3.12.0, libdrm 2.4.46,
1613 libextractor 1.2, libjpeg 9, libmicrohttpd 0.9.32, lightning 2.0.2,
1614 linux-libre 3.12, lzip 1.15, make 4.0, mit-krb5 1.11.3, pari-gp 2.5.5,
1615 pixman 0.32.4, python 3.3.2, qemu 1.6.1,
1616 qemu-with-multiple-smb-shares 1.6.1, rcs 5.9.2, recutils 1.6, rsync 3.1.0,
1617 tar 1.27.1, texinfo 5.2, units 2.02, xorriso 1.3.2
1619 *** Packages are now built with GCC 4.8.2 by default (was 4.7.3)
1621 ** Native language support
1622 *** New ‘sr’ (Serbian) translation
1623 *** New ‘vi’ (Vietnamese) translation
1624 *** Updated ‘pt_BR’ (Brazilian Portuguese) translation
1626 *** ‘guix pull’ compiles Guix deterministically and correctly
1628 Previously, the build environment was not cleared in between ‘compile-file’
1629 calls, leading to build errors due to Guile bug http://bugs.gnu.org/15602 .
1631 *** ‘guix package’ allows removal of a specific package output
1632 (http://bugs.gnu.org/15756)
1633 *** ‘guix-daemon’ always sets umask to 022
1634 (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-07/msg00033.html)
1635 *** Files referenced by environment variables are protected from GC
1636 *** Yet unbuilt packages get correctly installed (http://bugs.gnu.org/15283)
1637 *** ‘bootstrap-graph.{png,eps,pdf}’ built in srcdir (http://bugs.gnu.org/15640)
1639 * Changes in 0.4 (since 0.3)
1641 ** Package management
1643 *** New ‘--list-generations’ and ‘--delete-generations’ options
1645 The ‘guix package’ command has these two new options, which make it easier to
1646 deal with a profile’s generation. See “Invoking guix package” in the manual.
1648 *** New ‘guix-register’ program
1650 This program allows the meta-data of a new store to be initialized, by
1651 copying info from an existing store. It is mostly an internal tool.
1653 ** Programming interfaces
1655 *** New API to bootstrap Autotools-based packages
1657 The (guix build-system gnu) has a new ‘dist-package’ procedure that takes a
1658 package object and source directory, and returns a new package object that
1659 runs ‘./bootstrap && make dist’ or anything similar.
1661 *** ‘derivation’ and related procedures have a #:references-graphs parameter
1663 This parameter instructs the build daemon to populate the derivation’s build
1664 tree with files containing the list of references of the given store files.
1665 This is useful to write code that copies a packages and all its dependencies
1666 to another storage device, such as a QEMU disk image.
1668 *** Extended API to build a GNU system virtual machine image
1670 The (gnu system vm) module has been augmented in many ways: the ‘qemu-image’
1671 procedure can now populate and initialize the image’s store; the new
1672 ‘system-qemu-image’ procedure returns a QEMU image that runs dmd as its init
1673 system, has ‘login’ running on several consoles, has a set of installed
1674 packages, and where Guix can be used.
1676 New (gnu system …) modules have been added to handle the configuration of the
1677 various parts of a GNU/Linux system. For instance, (gnu system dmd) provides
1678 support for instantiating dmd services; (gnu system linux) helps with Linux
1679 PAM configuration; and so on.
1681 *** <derivation> objects supersede .drv file names in the API
1683 ‘derivation’ and similar procedures no longer return two values (a
1684 <derivation> and a .drv file name); they now return a single value, which is
1685 a <derivation> object. The <derivation> object embeds the corresponding .drv
1686 file name. See “Derivations” in the manual for details.
1692 apr, apr-util, cdparanoia, dbus-glib, dfc, dmd, dvdisaster, exiv2, fetchmail,
1693 freefont-ttf, freeglut, geeqie, git, gkrellm, glu, gnome-doc-utils,
1694 gst-plugins-base, gstreamer, guile-cairo, guile-lib, guile-xcb, guix, htop,
1695 itstool, lame, libextractor, libmicrohttpd, lightning, lzip, mingetty, mutt,
1696 net-base, net-tools, ocrad, pspp, python-babel, python-dateutil, python-pytz,
1697 python-setuptools, python-simplejson, python-wrapper, python2-babel,
1698 python2-dateutil, python2-mechanize, python2-pyicu, python2-pysqlite,
1699 python2-pytz, python2-setuptools, python2-simplejson, qemu-system-initrd,
1700 qemu-with-multiple-smb-shares, ripperx, shadow, ttf-bitstream-vera, units,
1701 valgrind, xmlto, xnee, yasm
1703 *** 27 package updates
1705 bigloo 4.0b, cairo 1.12.16, ddrescue 1.17, fontconfig 2.10.93, fplll 4.0.4,
1706 gcc 4.7.3, gcc 4.7.3, glibc 2.18, glibc 2.18, glibc-stripped-tarball 2.18,
1707 gnupg 2.0.21, gnutls 3.2.4, guile 2.0.9, guile 2.0.9, harfbuzz 0.9.21,
1708 imagemagick 6.8.6-9, libdrm 2.4.46, libgcrypt 1.5.3, libjpeg 9, libksba 1.3.0,
1709 linux-libre 3.11, m4 1.4.17, mpfrcx 0.4.2, pari-gp 2.5.4, python 2.7.5, python
1712 *** Fontconfig font search path made more convenient
1714 Fontconfig, the library used by many graphical applications, such as those
1715 based on GTK+, now knows where to find the default set of fonts. Additional
1716 fonts installed in the user profile are automatically picked up.
1718 *** More GUI applications
1720 The ‘emacs’ and ‘racket’ packages are now linked against GTK+. New GTK+
1721 applications have been added (see above.)
1723 *** Packaging guidelines
1725 The documentation of packaging guidelines has been augmented. See the manual
1726 under “GNU Distribution”.
1728 *** Support for Python 3 along with Python 2
1730 Python 3 has been added to the distribution, and Python packages that support
1731 it are now built for both Python 2 and Python 3. See the “Python Modules”
1732 section of the manual for details.
1734 ** Internationalization
1736 Updated translations: eo.
1740 *** Workarounds for Guile 2.0.5 now work on Debian derivatives
1741 *** The dependency graph image has correct size in PDF output
1742 *** 'ldd' now works correctly on x86_64
1743 *** Xorg server test suite no longer fails (http://bugs.gnu.org/15392)
1744 *** module-init-tools now builds (http://bugs.gnu.org/15182, http://bugs.gnu.org/15187)
1745 *** Hop 2.4 builds with newer Bigloo (http://bugs.gnu.org/15194)
1747 * Changes in 0.3 (since 0.2)
1749 ** Package management
1751 *** Cross-compilation support
1753 Guix can now cross-build packages. On the command-line, this is achieved with
1754 the new ‘--target’ command-line option of ‘guix build’. At the Scheme level,
1755 the guts of this is the ‘package-cross-derivation’ procedure. Core packages
1756 of the distribution can already be cross-compiled. See the manual for
1759 *** New ‘--max-silent-time’ option for “guix build” and “guix package”
1761 See the manual for details.
1763 *** New ‘--fallback’ option for “guix build” and “guix package”
1765 This option instructs to fall back to local builds when the substituter fails
1766 to download a substitute.
1768 *** New ‘--requisites’ option for “guix gc”
1770 See the manual for details.
1772 *** New ‘--key-download’ option for “guix refresh”
1774 See the manual for details.
1776 ** Programming interfaces
1778 *** New ‘package-cross-derivation’ procedure in (guix derivations)
1780 See the manual for details.
1782 *** New ‘%current-target-system’ SRFI-39 parameter
1784 This parameter is like ‘%current-system’, but for cross-compilation. It
1785 allows code in package definitions (such as in the ‘arguments’ field) to know
1786 whether it is being cross-compiled, and what the target system is.
1788 *** New (guix hash) module; new ‘open-sha256-port’ and ‘sha256-port’ procedures
1790 This improves performance of SHA256 computations.
1797 alsa-lib, babel, cairo, cvs, gcal, gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, gd,
1798 gdk-pixbuf, graphviz, grue-hunter, gtk+, gts, harfbuzz, imagemagick, iproute2,
1799 iptables, libspectre, mpg321, noweb, pango, plotutils, privoxy, pytz, racket,
1800 rubber, rush, strace, tk, torsocks, unrtf, vc-dwim, wordnet, xlockmore
1802 *** 25 package updates
1804 automake 1.14, ed 1.9, freeipmi 1.2.8, gawk 4.1.0, gcc 4.8.1, gettext 0.18.3,
1805 glib 2.37.1, gmp 5.1.2, gnutls 3.2.1, gzip 1.6, help2man 1.43.3, libapr 1.4.8,
1806 libaprutil 1.5.2, libassuan 2.1.1, libffi 3.0.13, libgc 7.2d, libgpg-error
1807 1.12, libidn 1.28, libpng 1.5.17, lout 3.40, lsh 2.1, nettle 2.7.1, qemu
1808 1.5.1, tzdata 2013d, xorriso 1.3.0
1810 *** Binary packages now available for i686-linux
1812 The build farm at http://hydra.gnu.org now provides 32-bit GNU/Linux binaries
1813 (i686-linux), in addition to the x86_64-linux binaries. Both can be
1814 transparently used as substitutes for local builds on these platforms.
1816 *** Debug info packages
1818 Some packages now have a “debug” output containing debugging information. The
1819 “debug” output can be used by GDB, and can be installed separately from the
1820 other outputs of the package. See “Installing Debugging Files” in the manual.
1822 *** Bootstrap binaries can be cross-compiled
1824 The distribution can now be ported to new architectures (currently
1825 GNU/Linux-only) by cross-compiling the “bootstrap binaries”. See “Porting”
1828 *** Bootstrapping documented
1830 See “Bootstrapping” in the manual, for information on how the GNU
1831 distribution builds “from scratch”.
1833 ** Internationalization
1835 New translations: eo, pt_BR.
1838 *** “guix --help” now works when using Guile 2.0.5
1839 *** Binary substituter multi-threading and pipe issues fixed
1841 These could lead to random substituter crashes while substituting a binary.
1842 See commits 0332386 and 101d9f3 for details.
1844 *** Binary substituter gracefully handles lack of network connectivity
1846 *** Daemon properly handles rebuilds of multiple-output derivations
1848 Previously it would fail when rebuilding a multiple-output derivation when
1849 some (but not all) of its outputs were already present. See
1850 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-06/msg00038.html and
1851 https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/122 .
1853 *** ‘guix package -i foo:out’ no longer removes other outputs of ‘foo’
1855 Previously only the ‘out’ output of package ‘foo’ would be kept in the
1858 *** Replacement (srfi srfi-37) provided if the user’s one is broken
1860 When the user’s (srfi srfi-37) is affected by http://bugs.gnu.org/13176 (Guile
1861 < 2.0.9), a replacement with the bug fix is provided. This bug would affect
1862 command-line argument processing in some cases.
1864 * Changes in 0.2 (since 0.1)
1866 ** Package management
1868 *** Guix commands are now sub-commands of the “guix” program
1870 Instead of typing “guix-package”, one now has to type “guix package”, and so
1871 on. This has allowed us to homogenize the user interface and initial program
1872 setup, and to allow commands to be upgradable through “guix pull”.
1874 *** New “guix package --upgrade” option
1876 As the name implies, this option atomically upgrades all the packages
1877 installed in a profile or the set of packages matching a given regexp.
1878 See “Invoking guix package” in the manual.
1880 *** New “guix package --search” option
1882 Performs a full text search in package synopses and descriptions, and returns
1883 the matching packages in recutils format. See “Invoking guix package” in the
1884 manual, for details.
1886 *** New “guix pull” command
1888 The command pulls the latest version of Guix–both the package management
1889 modules and the distribution. See the manual for details.
1891 *** New binary substituter
1893 The “substituter” mechanism allows pre-built binaries to be transparently
1894 downloaded instead of performing a build locally. Currently binaries are
1895 available for x86_64 Linux-based GNU systems from http://hydra.gnu.org. The
1896 distribution is continuously built and binaries are made available from there.
1898 See http://hydra.gnu.org/jobset/gnu/master under “Job status” for the list of
1899 available binary packages.
1901 *** New “guix refresh” command
1903 The command is used by Guix maintainers. It automatically updates the
1904 distribution to the latest upstream releases of GNU software.
1906 *** New “guix hash” command
1908 Convenience command to compute the hash of a file. See the manual for
1911 *** Nix daemon code updated
1913 The daemon code from Nix, used by the ‘guix-daemon’ command, has been updated
1914 to current Nix ‘master’.
1916 ** Programming interfaces
1918 *** (guix download) now supports HTTPS, using GnuTLS
1920 It allows package source tarballs to be retrieved over HTTPS.
1922 *** New ‘native-search-path’ and ‘search-path’ package fields
1924 Packages can define in their ‘native-search-path’ field environment variables
1925 that define search paths and need to be set for proper functioning of the
1926 package. For instance, GCC has ‘CPATH’ and ‘LIBRARY_PATH’ in its
1927 ‘native-search-path’, Perl has ‘PERL5LIB’, Python has ‘PYTHONPATH’, etc.
1928 These environment variables are automatically set when building a package that
1931 *** Package inputs can be a function of the target system type
1933 The ‘inputs’ field of a package can now be conditional on the value of
1934 (%current-system). This is useful for packages that take system-dependent
1935 tarballs as inputs, such as GNU/MIT Scheme.
1937 *** New build systems
1939 The ‘perl-build-system’, ‘python-build-system’, and ‘cmake-build-system’ have
1940 been added. They implement the standard build systems for Perl, Python, and
1943 *** Tools to build Linux initrds, QEMU images, and more
1945 The (gnu packages linux-initrd) module provides a procedure to build a Linux
1946 initrd (“initial RAM disk”). The initrd embeds Guile, which is used to
1947 evaluate the given expression. The example below returns an initrd that
1948 mounts the /proc file system and starts a REPL:
1953 (mount "none" "/proc" "proc")
1954 ((@ (system repl repl) start-repl))))
1956 More examples in the linux-initrd.scm file.
1958 Experimental interfaces to produce and use QEMU images are provided by the
1959 (gnu system vm) module. For instance, the
1960 ‘expression->derivation-in-linux-vm’ evaluates the given Scheme expression in
1961 a QEMU virtual machine running the Linux kernel and Guile.
1965 Many updates and additions have been made to the distribution. Here are the
1970 GCC 4.7.3 (the default) and GCC 4.8.0, Binutils 2.23.2, Guile 2.0.9,
1971 Coreutils 8.20, GDB 7.6, Texinfo 5.1.
1973 *** Noteworthy new packages
1975 TeXLive, Xorg, GNU GRUB, GNU Parted, QEMU and QEMU-KVM, Avahi, Bigloo,
1976 CHICKEN, Scheme48, Hugs, Python, Lua, Samba.