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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-11-02 22:13:01 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-11-02 22:25:12 +0100
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services: avahi: Add Avahi to the system profile.
* gnu/services/avahi.scm (avahi-service-type): Extend PROFILE-SERVICE-TYPE. (avahi-service): Adjust docstring. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl (packages): Remove AVAHI.
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/avahi.scm b/gnu/services/avahi.scm
index 18131fe561..49a737f090 100644
--- a/gnu/services/avahi.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/avahi.scm
@@ -107,19 +107,24 @@
(stop #~(make-kill-destructor))))))
(define avahi-service-type
- (service-type (name 'avahi)
- (extensions
- (list (service-extension dmd-root-service-type
- avahi-dmd-service)
- (service-extension dbus-root-service-type
- (compose list
- avahi-configuration-avahi))
- (service-extension account-service-type
- (const %avahi-accounts))
- (service-extension activation-service-type
- (const %avahi-activation))
- (service-extension nscd-service-type
- (const (list nss-mdns)))))))
+ (let ((avahi-package (compose list avahi-configuration-avahi)))
+ (service-type (name 'avahi)
+ (extensions
+ (list (service-extension dmd-root-service-type
+ avahi-dmd-service)
+ (service-extension dbus-root-service-type
+ avahi-package)
+ (service-extension account-service-type
+ (const %avahi-accounts))
+ (service-extension activation-service-type
+ (const %avahi-activation))
+ (service-extension nscd-service-type
+ (const (list nss-mdns)))
+
+ ;; Provide 'avahi-browse', 'avahi-resolve', etc. in
+ ;; the system profile.
+ (service-extension profile-service-type
+ avahi-package))))))
(define* (avahi-service #:key (avahi avahi)
host-name
@@ -132,7 +137,9 @@ mDNS/DNS-SD responder that allows for service discovery and
\"zero-configuration\" host name lookups (see @uref{http://avahi.org/}), and
extends the name service cache daemon (nscd) so that it can resolve
@code{.local} host names using
-@uref{http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-mdns/, nss-mdns}.
+@uref{http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-mdns/, nss-mdns}. Additionally,
+add the @var{avahi} package to the system profile so that commands such as
+@command{avahi-browse} are directly usable.
If @var{host-name} is different from @code{#f}, use that as the host name to
publish for this machine; otherwise, use the machine's actual host name.