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Ludovic Courtès 18633d4f35 distro: Move bootstrap packages to (distro packages bootstrap).
* distro/packages/base.scm (glibc-dynamic-linker, %bootstrap-guile,
  bootstrap-origin, package-from-tarball, %bootstrap-base-url,
  %bootstrap-coreutils&co, %bootstrap-binutils, %bootstrap-glibc,
  %bootstrap-gcc, %bootstrap-inputs, package-with-bootstrap-guile): Move
  to ...
* distro/packages/bootstrap.scm: ... here.  New file.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it.
* tests/builders.scm: Use (distro packages bootstrap).
  (%bootstrap-guile): Remove.
* tests/packages.scm: Likewise.
* tests/union.scm: Likewise, and remove @@ to access %bootstrap-inputs.
* tests/derivations.scm: Use (distro packages bootstrap) and remove @@
  to access %bootstrap-coreutils&co.
* HACKING (When the platform is supported by Nixpkgs): Update
  accordingly.
2012-11-04 22:04:41 +01:00
build-aux distro: Use our own pre-built Guile to bootstrap. 2012-10-17 23:25:25 +02:00
distro/packages distro: Move bootstrap packages to (distro packages bootstrap). 2012-11-04 22:04:41 +01:00
doc doc: Add the stub of a manual. 2012-10-13 16:05:01 +02:00
guix Add (guix snix) and the `guix-import' command. 2012-11-04 19:38:31 +01:00
m4 build: Require GNU libgcrypt. 2012-11-03 21:49:54 +01:00
po distro: Go for one module per package. 2012-11-04 21:46:14 +01:00
srfi SRFI-64: Remove use of (ice-9 syntax-case). 2012-06-05 11:21:13 +02:00
tests distro: Move bootstrap packages to (distro packages bootstrap). 2012-11-04 22:04:41 +01:00
.dir-locals.el Add (guix ui). 2012-11-01 00:52:44 +01:00
.gitignore Add (guix snix) and the `guix-import' command. 2012-11-04 19:38:31 +01:00
AUTHORS Add the usual top-level files. 2012-06-03 23:46:56 +02:00
ChangeLog build: Use Automake's `gnu' option. 2012-07-07 22:53:01 +02:00
configure.ac Add (guix snix) and the `guix-import' command. 2012-11-04 19:38:31 +01:00
COPYING Add the usual top-level files. 2012-06-03 23:46:56 +02:00
distro.scm distro: Change $DISTRO_{PATCH,BOOTSTRAP}_DIRECTORY to search paths. 2012-10-27 22:30:42 +02:00
guix-build.in ui: Factorize `--version'. 2012-11-03 21:19:43 +01:00
guix-download.in ui: Factorize `--version'. 2012-11-03 21:19:43 +01:00
guix-import.in Add (guix snix) and the `guix-import' command. 2012-11-04 19:38:31 +01:00
guix-package.in guix-package: Remove extraneous procedures. 2012-11-04 18:19:28 +01:00
guix.scm Remove non-existent module from (guix). 2012-10-08 23:13:51 +02:00
HACKING distro: Move bootstrap packages to (distro packages bootstrap). 2012-11-04 22:04:41 +01:00
Makefile.am distro: Move bootstrap packages to (distro packages bootstrap). 2012-11-04 22:04:41 +01:00
NEWS build: Use Automake's `gnu' option. 2012-07-07 22:53:01 +02:00
pre-inst-env.in build: Produce (guix config) instead of using compile-time tricks. 2012-11-03 21:11:28 +01:00
README build: Require GNU libgcrypt. 2012-11-03 21:49:54 +01:00
release.nix release.nix: Pass --with-libgcrypt-prefix' in the tarball' job. 2012-11-04 13:03:15 +01:00
THANKS Add `THANKS'. 2012-07-07 22:39:57 +02:00

-*- mode: org -*-

Guix is Nix[0] from Guile[1]!

Concretely, it allows Nix package management to be done entirely in
Scheme. The goal is to investigate whether Scheme, and in particular
the ability to define EDSLs, would allow it to fulfill the role of the
Nix language.

[0] http://nixos.org/nix/
[1] http://gnu.org/software/guile/


* Hacking

Guix currently depends on the following packages:

  - [[http://gnu.org/software/guile/][GNU Guile 2.0.x]]
  - [[http://nixos.org/nix/][Nix]]
  - [[http://gnupg.org/][GNU libgcrypt]]

Optionally, packages from Nixpkgs may be transparently reused from Guix.
For this to work, you need to have a checkout of the Nixpkgs repository;
the `--with-nixpkgs' option allows you to let `configure' know where the
Nixpkgs checkout is.

  - [[http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/][Nixpkgs]]

When building Guix from a checkout, the following packages are also
required:

  - [[http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/][GNU Autoconf]]
  - [[http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/][GNU Automake]]
  - [[http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/][GNU Gettext]]

The "autoreconf -vi" command can be used to generate the build system
infrastructure; it reports an error if an inappropriate version of the
above packages is being used.

* How It Works

Guix does the high-level preparation of a /derivation/.  A derivation is
the promise of a build; it is stored as a text file under
=/nix/store/xxx.drv=.  The (guix derivations) module provides the
`derivation' primitive, as well as higher-level wrappers such as
`build-expression->derivation'.

Guix does remote procedure calls (RPCs) to the Nix daemon (the
=nix-worker --daemon= command), which in turn performs builds and
accesses to the Nix store on its behalf.  The RPCs are implemented in
the (guix store) module.

* Contact

The repository is at <https://gitorious.org/guix/>.

Please email <ludo@gnu.org> or <nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl>, or
join #guile or #nixos on irc.freenode.net or `civodul'.