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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-11-02 21:52:28 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-11-02 22:25:12 +0100
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services: Add 'profile-service-type'.
* gnu/services.scm (packages->profile-entry): New procedure. (profile-service-type): New variable. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-directory-base-entries): Remove the "profile" entry. (essential-services): Add a PROFILE-SERVICE-TYPE instance. (operating-system-profile): Rewrite in terms of 'fold-services'. * doc/guix.texi (Service Reference): Add 'profile-service-type'. * doc/images/service-graph.dot: Likewise.
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@@ -7899,6 +7899,12 @@ executable file names, passed as gexps, and adds them to the set of
setuid-root programs on the system (@pxref{Setuid Programs}).
@end defvr
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} profile-service-type
+Type of the service that populates the @dfn{system profile}---i.e., the
+programs under @file{/run/current-system/profile}. Other services can
+extend it by passing it lists of packages to add to the system profile.
+@end defvr
+
@node dmd Services
@subsubsection dmd Services