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authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2021-12-07 22:48:39 -0500
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2022-06-14 14:23:21 -0400
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services: dbus: Add a VERBOSE? configuration option.
* gnu/services/dbus.scm (<dbus-configuration>)[verbose?]: New field. (dbus-shepherd-service): Use it. (dbus-service)[verbose?]: Add argument and update doc. * doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Document it.
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@@ -21767,9 +21767,14 @@ The actual service definitions included in @code{%desktop-services} and
provided by @code{(gnu services dbus)} and @code{(gnu services desktop)}
are described below.
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} dbus-service [#:dbus @var{dbus}] [#:services '()]
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} dbus-service [#:dbus @var{dbus}] [#:services '()] @
+ [#:verbose?]
Return a service that runs the ``system bus'', using @var{dbus}, with
-support for @var{services}.
+support for @var{services}. When @var{verbose?} is true, it causes the
+@samp{DBUS_VERBOSE} environment variable to be set to @samp{1}; a
+verbose-enabled D-Bus package such as @code{dbus-verbose} should be
+provided as @var{dbus} in this scenario. The verbose output is logged
+to @file{/var/log/dbus-daemon.log}.
@uref{https://dbus.freedesktop.org/, D-Bus} is an inter-process communication
facility. Its system bus is used to allow system services to communicate