* guix/gnu-maintenance.scm (tarball-regexp, sans-extension,
release-file): New procedures.
(%alpha-tarball-rx): New variable.
(releases): Use them instead of local copies.
(latest-release): Rewrite to not do a recursive search of all
versions and instead jump directly to the latest.
* guix/packages.scm (package-field-location): Rewrite using `read' and
source properties. Change to return #f upon failure.
* tests/packages.scm ("package-field-location"): Check for #f upon failure.
* build-aux/sync-synopses.scm: Adjust accordingly.
* guix/packages.scm (package-field-location): New procedure.
* build-aux/sync-synopses.scm: Use it instead of `package-location'.
* tests/packages.scm ("package-field-location"): New test.
* guix/ui.scm (define-diagnostic, warning, report-error, leave): Move
definitions before any use. Reported by Nikita Karetnikov.
(install-locale): Move back close to `initialize-guix'.
* guix/scripts/hash.scm: New file.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add it.
* po/POTFILES.in: Add it.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): New node.
(Defining Packages): Add a cross-reference to the 'Invoking guix
hash' node.
* guix/ui.scm (define-diagnostic): New macro, which is based on the
previous version of 'warning'.
(warning, leave): Redefine using 'define-diagnostic'.
(report-error): New macro.
(install-locale): Use 'warning' instead of 'format'.
(call-with-error-handling): Adjust 'leave'.
* gnu/packages.scm (package-files): Use 'warning' instead of 'format'.
* guix/gnu-maintenance.scm (http-fetch): Use 'warning' and 'leave'.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (derivations-from-package-expressions, guix-build):
Adjust 'leave'.
* guix/scripts/download.scm (guix-download): Adjust 'leave'.
* guix/scripts/gc.scm (size->number, %options): Adjust 'leave'.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (roll-back, guix-package): Adjust 'leave'.
* po/POTFILES.in: Add 'guix/gnu-maintenance.scm'.
Suggested by Mark H. Weaver.
* nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc (GUIX_OPT_NO_SUBSTITUTES): New macro.
(options): Add `--no-substitutes'.
(parse_opt): Add `GUIX_OPT_NO_SUBSTITUTES' case.
(main): Leave `settings.substituters' empty when
`settings.useSubstitutes' is false.
* guix/derivations.scm (derivation-input-output-paths): New procedure.
(derivation-prerequisites-to-build): New `use-substitutes?' keyword
argument. Change two return the list of substitutable paths as a
second argument.
* guix/ui.scm (show-what-to-build): Turn `dry-run?' into a keyword
argument. New `use-substitutes?' keyword argument. Use `fold2' and
adjust to use both return values of
`derivation-prerequisites-to-build'. Display what will/would be
downloaded.
* guix/scripts/build.scm (guix-build): Adjust accordingly.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (guix-package): Likewise.
* tests/derivations.scm ("derivation-prerequisites-to-build and
substitutes"): New test.
* guix/scripts/packages.scm (guix-package) [process-actions]: When upgrading,
use "" when REGEXP is #f.
* doc/guix.texi: update the documentation accordingly.
* gnu/packages/python.scm: bump to version 2.7.4, remove references to
python-fix-dbm.patch.
* Makefile.am: remove references to python-fix-dbm.patch
* gnu/packages/patches/python-fix-dbm.patch: remove it.
Reported by Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>.
* guix/build-system/gnu.scm (standard-search-paths): New procedure.
(gnu-build): Use it.
* guix/build-system/perl.scm (perl-build):
Append (standard-search-paths) to the search paths of PERL.
* guix/build-system/cmake.scm (cmake-build):
Append (standard-search-paths) to SEARCH-PATHS.
* guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm (lookup-narinfo): Force CACHE when
passing it to `fetch-narinfo'.
(guix-substitute-binary): Delay calls to `open-cache'.
* guix/scripts/substitute-binary.scm (%narinfo-cache-directory,
%narinfo-ttl, %narinfo-negative-ttl): New variables.
(with-atomic-file-output, object->fields, read-narinfo,
write-narinfo, narinfo->string, string->narinfo, lookup-narinfo): New
procedures.
(fetch-narinfo): Adjust to use `read-narinfo'.
(guix-substitute-binary): Ensure the existence of
%NARINFO-CACHE-DIRECTORY. Use `lookup-narinfo' instead of
`fetch-narinfo'.
* gnu/packages.scm (fold2): Remove.
* guix/utils.scm (fold2): New procedure. Generalization of the above to
one and two lists.
* tests/utils.scm ("fold2, 1 list", "fold2, 2 lists"): New tests.
Ludovic Courtès
Mark H Weaver
Nikita Karetnikov
Andreas Enge
Cyril Roelandt