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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/avahi.scm | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/avahi.scm b/gnu/services/avahi.scm index b576c395ff..18131fe561 100644 --- a/gnu/services/avahi.scm +++ b/gnu/services/avahi.scm @@ -129,7 +129,10 @@ (domains-to-browse '())) "Return a service that runs @command{avahi-daemon}, a system-wide mDNS/DNS-SD responder that allows for service discovery and -\"zero-configuration\" host name lookups (see @uref{http://avahi.org/}). +\"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}. 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. |