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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-11-02 21:52:28 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-11-02 22:25:12 +0100
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services: Add 'profile-service-type'.
* gnu/services.scm (packages->profile-entry): New procedure. (profile-service-type): New variable. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-directory-base-entries): Remove the "profile" entry. (essential-services): Add a PROFILE-SERVICE-TYPE instance. (operating-system-profile): Rewrite in terms of 'fold-services'. * doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): Add 'profile-service-type'. * doc/images/service-graph.dot: Likewise.
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-rw-r--r--doc/images/service-graph.dot2
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 6ab98deef3..897675291e 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -7899,6 +7899,12 @@ executable file names, passed as gexps, and adds them to the set of
setuid-root programs on the system (@pxref{Setuid Programs}).
@end defvr
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} profile-service-type
+Type of the service that populates the @dfn{system profile}---i.e., the
+programs under @file{/run/current-system/profile}. Other services can
+extend it by passing it lists of packages to add to the system profile.
+@end defvr
+
@node dmd Services
@subsubsection dmd Services
diff --git a/doc/images/service-graph.dot b/doc/images/service-graph.dot
index 04f231bb09..b084005984 100644
--- a/doc/images/service-graph.dot
+++ b/doc/images/service-graph.dot
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ digraph "Service Type Dependencies" {
dmd [shape = box, fontname = Helvetica];
pam [shape = box, fontname = Helvetica];
etc [shape = box, fontname = Helvetica];
+ profile [shape = box, fontname = Helvetica];
accounts [shape = box, fontname = Helvetica];
activation [shape = box, fontname = Helvetica];
boot [shape = box, fontname = Helvetica];
@@ -35,4 +36,5 @@ digraph "Service Type Dependencies" {
guix -> accounts;
boot -> system;
etc -> system;
+ profile -> system;
}