From db8ed7cee81cbd60b0f8d89a7bee377b369fdac1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marius Bakke Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 21:38:21 +0100 Subject: services: networking: Add a dependency override mechanism to . * gnu/services/networking.scm ()[requirement]: New field. (static-networking-shepherd-service): Don't override requirement for loopback. (static-networking-service): Expose 'requirement' parameter. Default to UDEV. * gnu/services/base.scm (%base-services): Add (requirement '()) for loopback service. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it. --- doc/guix.texi | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index d925b4edac..ad018ffc8e 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -10392,9 +10392,12 @@ This is the type for statically-configured network interfaces. @deffn {Scheme Procedure} static-networking-service @var{interface} @var{ip} @ [#:netmask #f] [#:gateway #f] [#:name-servers @code{'()}] + [#:requirement @code{'(udev)}] Return a service that starts @var{interface} with address @var{ip}. If @var{netmask} is true, use it as the network mask. If @var{gateway} is true, -it must be a string specifying the default network gateway. +it must be a string specifying the default network gateway. @var{requirement} +can be used to declare a dependency on another service before configuring the +interface. This procedure can be called several times, one for each network interface of interest. Behind the scenes what it does is extend -- cgit v1.2.3