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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-05-24 18:09:11 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-05-24 18:10:05 +0200
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services: nscd: Provide an 'activate' script to make /var/run/nscd.
* gnu/services/base.scm (nscd-service): Add 'activate' field. * guix/build/install.scm (directives): Remove /var/run/nscd; add /var/run. * doc/guix.texi (Defining Services): Add 'activate' field in example. Document it.
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@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ stopped before 'kill' is called."
(documentation "Run libc's name service cache daemon (nscd).")
(provision '(nscd))
(requirement '(user-processes))
+
+ (activate #~(begin
+ (use-modules (guix build utils))
+ (mkdir-p "/var/run/nscd")))
+
(start
#~(make-forkexec-constructor (string-append #$glibc "/sbin/nscd")
"-f" "/dev/null"