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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-07-22 23:13:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-07-23 02:02:07 +0200 |
| commit | 7f239fd33ff7bf2f1ec48de37f14479699d4096f (patch) | |
| tree | ab1a5a5689a5053cf45493e9f0f3393fbdafc9e5 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 4e469051a77d02435eafb1df93224a2ce1bb3146 (diff) | |
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system: Add 'file-system' decl. for /dev/pts, and use the right options.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18081>.
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%devtmpfs-file-system): Add
'needed-for-boot?' field.
(%tty-gid, %pseudo-terminal-file-system): New variables.
(%base-file-systems): Add %PSEUDO-TERMINAL-FILE-SYSTEM.
* gnu/services/base.scm (udev-service): Remove dependency on
'file-system-/dev'.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (%base-groups): Add 'id' field for group 'tty'.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (boot-system): Remove 'mount' call for
/dev/pts.
* doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add %pseudo-terminal-file-system.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a88b546380..4490ff1deb 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3074,6 +3074,14 @@ The @code{devtmpfs} file system to be mounted on @file{/dev}. This is a requirement for udev (@pxref{Base Services, @code{udev-service}}). @end defvr +@defvr {Scheme Variable} %pseudo-terminal-file-system +This is the file system to be mounted as @file{/dev/pts}. It supports +@dfn{pseudo-terminals} created @i{via} @code{openpty} and similar +functions (@pxref{Pseudo-Terminals,,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference +Manual}). Pseudo-terminals are used by terminal emulators such as +@command{xterm}. +@end defvr + @defvr {Scheme Variable} %binary-format-file-system The @code{binfmt_misc} file system, which allows handling of arbitrary executable file types to be delegated to user space. This requires the |