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authorSimon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>2020-12-01 10:10:17 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-12-03 23:18:30 +0100
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doc: Give references and examples for services-to-restart.
* doc/guix.texi (Unattended Upgrades): Give references and examples for services-to-restart. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@@ -17198,6 +17198,10 @@ only restarts services that are not currently running, which is
conservative: it minimizes disruption but leaves outdated services
running.
+Use @command{herd status} to find out candidates for restarting.
+@xref{Services}, for general information about services. Common
+services to restart would include @code{ntpd} and @code{ssh-daemon}.
+
By default, the @code{mcron} service is restarted. This ensures that
the latest version of the unattended upgrade job will be used next time.