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authorDavid Craven <david@craven.ch>2016-08-27 15:38:55 +0200
committerDavid Craven <david@craven.ch>2016-09-06 17:48:59 +0200
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services: syslog: Use syslog-configuration.
* gnu/services/base.scm (<syslog-configuration>): New variable. (syslog-service-type): Use <syslog-configuration>. (syslog-service): Use <syslog-configuration>. * gnu/tests/base.scm (%avahi-os): Use <syslog-configuration>. * doc/guix.texi (syslog-configuration-type): Add @deftp. (syslog-service): Update @deffn.
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external name servers do not even need to be queried.
@end defvr
+@anchor{syslog-configuration-type}
+@deftp {Data Type} syslog-configuration
+This data type represents the configuration of the syslog daemon.
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} syslog-service @
- [#:config-file @var{%default-syslog.conf}]
-Return a service that runs @command{syslogd}. If the configuration file
-name @var{config-file} is not specified, use some reasonable default
-settings.
+@table @asis
+@item @code{syslogd} (default: @code{#~(string-append #$inetutils "/libexec/syslogd")})
+The syslog daemon to use.
+
+@item @code{config-file} (default: @code{%default-syslog.conf})
+The syslog configuration file to use.
+
+@end table
+@end deftp
+
+@anchor{syslog-service}
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} syslog-service @var{config}
+Return a service that runs a syslog daemon according to @var{config}.
@xref{syslogd invocation,,, inetutils, GNU Inetutils}, for more
information on the configuration file syntax.