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@@ -5795,11 +5795,9 @@ The Mingetty package to use.
@cindex nscd
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} nscd-service [@var{config}] [#:glibc glibc] @
[#:name-services '()]
-Return a service that runs libc's name service cache daemon (nscd) with
-the given @var{config}---an @code{<nscd-configuration>} object.
-Optionally, @code{#:name-services} is a list of packages that provide
-name service switch (NSS) modules needed by nscd. @xref{Name Service
-Switch}, for an example.
+Return a service that runs libc's name service cache daemon (nscd) with the
+given @var{config}---an @code{<nscd-configuration>} object. @xref{Name
+Service Switch}, for an example.
@end deffn
@defvr {Scheme Variable} %nscd-default-configuration
@@ -5814,6 +5812,14 @@ configuration.
@table @asis
+@item @code{name-services} (default: @code{'()})
+List of packages denoting @dfn{name services} that must be visible to
+the nscd---e.g., @code{(list @var{nss-mdns})}.
+
+@item @code{glibc} (default: @var{glibc})
+Package object denoting the GNU C Library providing the @command{nscd}
+command.
+
@item @code{log-file} (default: @code{"/var/log/nscd.log"})
Name of nscd's log file. This is where debugging output goes when
@code{debug-level} is strictly positive.
@@ -6542,8 +6548,8 @@ configuration file:
;; about nss-mdns.
(map (lambda (service)
(if (member 'nscd (service-provision service))
- (nscd-service (nscd-configuration)
- #:name-services (list nss-mdns))
+ (nscd-service (nscd-configuration
+ (name-services (list nss-mdns))))
service))
%base-services))
@end example