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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2019-03-22 17:48:37 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2019-03-25 23:37:06 +0100 |
| commit | 69cae3d3356a69b7fe69481338f760545995485e (patch) | |
| tree | 4d191f2b530837a0be058f3f804ab984c715962c /doc | |
| parent | cf848cc0a17a3a58d600116896f6e7abfb0440d4 (diff) | |
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system: Add 'essential-services' field to <operating-system>.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[essential-services]: New field.
(operating-system-directory-base-entries): Remove #:container? keyword
and keep only the not-container branch.
(essential-services): Likewise.
(operating-system-services): Likewise, and call
'operating-system-essential-services' instead of 'essential-services'.
(operating-system-activation-script): Remove #:container?.
(operating-system-boot-script): Likewise.
(operating-system-derivation): Likewise.
* gnu/system/linux-container.scm (container-essential-services): New procedure.
(containerized-operating-system): Use it and set the
'essential-services' field.
(container-script): Remove call to 'operating-system-derivation'.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-docker-image): Likewise.
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document 'essential-services'.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 37fef40522..7d80c00530 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -10531,6 +10531,13 @@ details. @item @code{services} (default: @var{%base-services}) A list of service objects denoting system services. @xref{Services}. +@cindex essential services +@item @code{essential-services} (default: ...) +The list of ``essential services''---i.e., things like instances of +@code{system-service-type} and @code{host-name-service-type} (@pxref{Service +Reference}), which are derived from the operating system definition itself. +As a user you should @emph{never} need to touch this field. + @item @code{pam-services} (default: @code{(base-pam-services)}) @cindex PAM @cindex pluggable authentication modules |