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Author SHA1 Message Date
Ludovic Courtès
f0b98b8483 doc: Mention GNU Make as a requirement.
* README (Requirements): Add GNU Make.
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Likewise.
2015-05-10 11:20:35 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
47c66da00b build: Require Guile >= 2.0.7.
* configure.ac: Require guile-2.0 >= 2.0.7.
* README: Adjust accordingly.
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Likewise.
2015-05-10 11:07:51 +02:00
Ian Denhardt
8a96bd4bb0 doc: Add a note about optional GnuTLS dependency.
* README (Requirements): add a note about 'guix download''s GnuTLS dependency.
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Likewise.

Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
2014-10-27 13:53:46 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
288dca55a8 doc: Mention optional dependency on Guile-JSON.
* README (Requirements): Add Guile-JSON.
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Likewise.
2014-10-06 19:34:27 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
fa747b27fc doc: Update "Installing Guix from Guix".
* README: Make 'guix package' command line more readable.  Mention
  --localstatedir.
2014-09-02 17:44:56 +02:00
John Darrington
d17ef35620 doc: Replace /nix/store with /gnu/store in README.
* README update anachronistic reference to /nix/store
2014-08-26 20:00:40 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
47d347b725 doc: Mention 'gcc-toolchain' in README.
* README (Installing Guix from Guix): Use "gcc-toolchain" instead of
  "gcc,binutils,ld-wrapper,glibc".
2014-04-10 21:41:58 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
8db351e338 doc: Improve "Installing Guix from Guix" section.
Reported by Mark H. Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.

* README (Installing Guix from Guix): Explicitly mention $PATH
  separately.  Mention $ACLOCAL_PATH, not $ACLOCAL.  Give the exact
  command to install the dependencies.  Remove mention of
  $GUIX_LD_WRAPPER_ALLOW_IMPURITIES, which is no longer needed.
2013-11-16 21:56:44 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
8b2d9e5d44 doc: Improve build instructions in README and HACKING.
* README (Requirements): Remove Nixpkgs.  Remove mentions of building
  from Git.
  (Installation): Refer to the manual.
* HACKING: List requirements for when building from Git.
  Remove the `dot: Command not found' error.
2013-07-19 00:07:03 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
4a328f7342 doc: Mark 2.0.5 as being the minimum Guile version.
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Require Guile 2.0.5+.
* README: Ditto.
2013-07-17 11:01:42 +02:00
Konrad Hinsen
d4c7486079 doc: Describe the build procedure in more detail.
* README (Requirements): Replace "autoreconf" by "bootstrap".
  (Installing Guix from Guix): Augment and update.
2013-06-12 09:16:54 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
43d8f4904c doc: Add note on installing Guix from Guix.
* README (Installing Guix from Guix): New section.
  Suggested by Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>.
2013-04-25 23:01:05 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
e1b7096acd daemon: Build `nix-setuid-helper'.
* daemon.am (libexec_PROGRAMS, nix_setuid_helper_SOURCES,
  nix_setuid_helper_CPPFLAGS, nix_setuid_helper_LDADD): New variables.
* test-env.in: Set and export `NIX_SETUID_HELPER'.
* README (Installing Guix as non-root): New section.
2012-12-14 18:15:37 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
e9f6d6dd45 doc: Add new dependencies in `README'.
* README (Hacking): Rename to...
  (Requirements): ... this.  Add the daemon's dependencies.
2012-12-06 22:54:10 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
c80e7e55b3 doc: Mention the pronunciation of "Guix".
* README: Mention pronunciation of "Guix".
* doc/guix.texi (Introduction): Likewise.
2012-11-25 16:08:10 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
a65e3306d1 doc: Update `README'.
* README: Update introductory summary.  Point to Savannah instead of
  Gitorious.  Mention <bug-guix@gnu.org>.
  (Guix & Nix): New section.
2012-11-24 15:20:05 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
d38487e9ca doc: Add a "Related software" section to `README'.
* README (Related software): New section.
2012-11-18 15:25:01 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
f8348b91ad Turn Guix into "GNU Guix".
* configure.ac: Change package name to "GNU Guix", and bug-report
  address to `gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org'.
* doc/guix.texi: Replace "Guix" by "GNU Guix" in some places.
  (Top, Introduction): Mention "for the GNU system".
* HACKING, README: Use "GNU Guix" instead of "Guix" in some places.
2012-11-18 15:22:00 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
d388c2c435 build: Require GNU libgcrypt.
* guix/utils.scm (sha256): Remove Coreutils- and libchop-based
  implementations.
* README: Update accordingly.

* m4/guix.m4: New file.
* configure.ac: Use `GUIX_ASSERT_LIBGCRYPT_USABLE'.  Set and substitute
  `LIBGCRYPT_PREFIX'.
* Makefile.am (AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): Pass
  `--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$(LIBGCRYPT_PREFIX)'.
2012-11-03 21:49:54 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
e76bdf8b87 build: Clearly mark Nixpkgs as optional.
* configure.ac: Always show the result of checking for Nixpkgs.  Don't
  warn when Nixpkgs is not found.
* Makefile.am (AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): Remove `--with-nixpkgs'
  flag.
* guix/utils.scm (%nixpkgs-directory): Use either the compile-time or
  the run-time `NIXPKGS' environment variable.
* release.nix (jobs.tarball, jobs.build): Remove `--with-nixpkgs'
  configure flag.
* README: Mark Nixpkgs as optional.

* distro/packages/databases.scm, distro/packages/guile.scm,
  distro/packages/typesetting.scm: Change uses of `nixpkgs-derivation*'
  to `nixpkgs-derivation', to avoid failing at compile-time.
2012-11-03 21:11:26 +01:00
Ludovic Courtès
7da7ae937e Augment `README'.
* README (Hacking): Mention `--with-nixpkgs'.  List the autotools and
  Gettext, as suggested by Nikita Karetnikov <nikita.karetnikov@gmail.com>.
2012-10-05 00:19:29 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
a1e4a93693 Update list of dependencies.
* README: Require libgcrypt or libchop.
2012-07-01 15:11:14 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
4255d4e3c5 Augment `README'. 2012-06-08 23:13:33 +02:00
Ludovic Courtès
b7a7f59847 Add the usual top-level files. 2012-06-03 23:46:56 +02:00