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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/services/base.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/base.scm | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm index 24e6d32359..cd1ba0b7b9 100644 --- a/gnu/services/base.scm +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm @@ -526,8 +526,10 @@ given @var{config}---an @code{<nscd-configuration>} object. Optionally, (respawn? #f))))) -(define (syslog-service) - "Return a service that runs @code{syslogd} with reasonable default settings." +(define* (syslog-service #:key config-file) + "Return a service that runs @code{syslogd}. +If configuration file name @var{config-file} is not specified, use some +reasonable default settings." ;; Snippet adapted from the GNU inetutils manual. (define contents " @@ -561,7 +563,7 @@ given @var{config}---an @code{<nscd-configuration>} object. Optionally, (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor (list (string-append #$inetutils "/libexec/syslogd") - "--no-detach" "--rcfile" #$syslog.conf))) + "--no-detach" "--rcfile" #$(or config-file syslog.conf)))) (stop #~(make-kill-destructor)))))) (define* (guix-build-accounts count #:key |