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| author | Antero Mejr <antero@mailbox.org> | 2023-05-26 16:26:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2024-03-22 11:40:32 +0100 |
| commit | 883e69cdfd226c8f40b6e3b76ce0740b59857de6 (patch) | |
| tree | eb1c620681597384e4502acd679a01bdef50d804 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 3d2966e0b7dbf15a5cb497037ace73d1be92febf (diff) | |
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services: guix: Add ‘channels’ field.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document
'guix-configuration-channels' field.
(Invoking guix pull): Add cross-reference.
* gnu/services/base.scm (install-channels-file): New procedure.
(guix-configuration): Add channels field.
(guix-activation): Use 'install-channels-file' procedure.
Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Change-Id: I4d89235bf0bc6dde69984138ccb894b48ace9d76
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index b353d91bd5..e419b8d1a4 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4727,7 +4727,9 @@ the user's @file{~/.config/guix/channels.scm} file, unless @option{-q} is passed; @item the system-wide @file{/etc/guix/channels.scm} file, unless @option{-q} -is passed; +is passed (on Guix System, this file can be declared in the operating +system configuration, @pxref{guix-configuration-channels, +@code{channels} field of @code{guix-configuration}}); @item the built-in default channels specified in the @code{%default-channels} variable. @@ -19806,6 +19808,20 @@ few seconds when enough entropy is available and is only done once; you might want to turn it off for instance in a virtual machine that does not need it and where the extra boot time is a problem. +@anchor{guix-configuration-channels} +@item @code{channels} (default: @code{%default-channels}) +List of channels to be specified in @file{/etc/guix/channels.scm}, which +is what @command{guix pull} uses by default (@pxref{Invoking guix +pull}). + +@quotation Note +When reconfiguring a system, the existing @file{/etc/guix/channels.scm} +file is backed up as @file{/etc/guix/channels.scm.bak} if it was +determined to be a manually modified file. This is to facilitate +migration from earlier versions, which allowed for in-place +modifications to @file{/etc/guix/channels.scm}. +@end quotation + @item @code{max-silent-time} (default: @code{3600}) @itemx @code{timeout} (default: @code{(* 3600 24)}) The number of seconds of silence and the number of seconds of activity, |