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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi4
-rw-r--r--guix/store.scm12
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 87147802b3..ee9f80ef4d 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -3770,8 +3770,8 @@ These are for Unix-domain sockets.
@item guix
These URIs denote connections over TCP/IP, without encryption nor
-authentication of the remote host. The URI must always specify both the
-host name and port number:
+authentication of the remote host. The URI must specify the host name
+and optionally a port number (by default port 44146 is used):
@example
guix://master.guix.example.org:1234
diff --git a/guix/store.scm b/guix/store.scm
index 9b4c65532e..d1a4c67ae8 100644
--- a/guix/store.scm
+++ b/guix/store.scm
@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@
(connect s a)
s)))
+(define %default-guix-port
+ ;; Default port when connecting to a daemon over TCP/IP.
+ 44146)
+
(define (open-inet-socket host port)
"Connect to the Unix-domain socket at HOST:PORT and return it. Raise a
'&nix-connection-error' upon error."
@@ -446,12 +450,8 @@ name."
(open-unix-domain-socket (uri-path uri))))
('guix
(lambda (_)
- (unless (uri-port uri)
- (raise (condition (&nix-connection-error
- (file (uri->string uri))
- (errno EBADR))))) ;bah!
-
- (open-inet-socket (uri-host uri) (uri-port uri))))
+ (open-inet-socket (uri-host uri)
+ (or (uri-port uri) %default-guix-port))))
((? symbol? scheme)
;; Try to dynamically load a module for SCHEME.
;; XXX: Errors are swallowed.