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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-06-27 23:20:26 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-06-27 23:38:21 +0200
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doc: Improve wording and example in "Using the Configuration System".
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Make the intro more user-oriented. Change example to return an operating system. Fix typos. Mention mandatory/optional fields.
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@@ -3114,10 +3114,11 @@ instance to support new system services.
@node Using the Configuration System
@subsection Using the Configuration System
-The operating system is configured by filling in an
-@code{operating-system} structure, as defined by the @code{(gnu system)}
-module. A simple setup, with the default system services, the default
-Linux-Libre kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this:
+The operating system is configured by providing an
+@code{operating-system} declaration in a file that can then be passed to
+the @command{guix system} command (@pxref{Invoking guix system}). A
+simple setup, with the default system services, the default Linux-Libre
+kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this:
@findex operating-system
@lisp
@@ -3125,33 +3126,38 @@ Linux-Libre kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this:
(gnu packages emacs) ; for 'emacs'
(gnu services ssh)) ; for 'lsh-service'
-(define komputilo
- (operating-system
- (host-name "komputilo")
- (timezone "Europe/Paris")
- (locale "fr_FR.UTF-8")
- (bootloader (grub-configuration
- (device "/dev/sda")))
- (file-systems (list (file-system
- (device "/dev/sda1") ; or partition label
- (mount-point "/")
- (type "ext3"))))
- (users (list (user-account
- (name "alice")
- (password "")
- (uid 1000) (gid 100)
- (comment "Bob's sister")
- (home-directory "/home/alice"))))
- (packages (cons emacs %base-packages))
- (services (cons (lsh-service #:port 2222 #:allow-root-login? #t)
- %base-services))))
+(operating-system
+ (host-name "komputilo")
+ (timezone "Europe/Paris")
+ (locale "fr_FR.UTF-8")
+ (bootloader (grub-configuration
+ (device "/dev/sda")))
+ (file-systems (list (file-system
+ (device "/dev/sda1") ; or partition label
+ (mount-point "/")
+ (type "ext3"))))
+ (users (list (user-account
+ (name "alice")
+ (password "")
+ (uid 1000) (gid 100)
+ (comment "Bob's sister")
+ (home-directory "/home/alice"))))
+ (packages (cons emacs %base-packages))
+ (services (cons (lsh-service #:port 2222 #:allow-root-login? #t)
+ %base-services)))
@end lisp
-This example should be self-describing. The @code{packages} field lists
+This example should be self-describing. Some of the fields defined
+above, such as @code{host-name} and @code{bootloader}, are mandatory.
+Others, such as @code{packages} and @code{services}, can be omitted, in
+which case they get a default value.
+
+@vindex %base-packages
+The @code{packages} field lists
packages that will be globally visible on the system, for all user
accounts---i.e., in every user's @code{PATH} environment variable---in
addition to the per-user profiles (@pxref{Invoking guix package}). The
-@var{%base-packages} variables provides all the tools one would expect
+@var{%base-packages} variable provides all the tools one would expect
for basic user and administrator tasks---including the GNU Core
Utilities, the GNU Networking Utilities, the GNU Zile lightweight text
editor, @command{find}, @command{grep}, etc. The example above adds