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author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-02-19 21:08:28 +0100 |
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committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-02-19 21:08:28 +0100 |
commit | 8b198abecde8c846eaa464ac1b41cbc18556b5e8 (patch) | |
tree | 738bd9834c4ac6e7717ab793a0e62efdfc18d701 /doc | |
parent | db4fdc04cc05495788ee54ae25baf8cd056917dc (diff) | |
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gnu: Define '%base-services'.
* gnu/services/base.scm (%base-services): New variable.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[services]: Change the default
value to %BASE-SERVICES.
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Change
'%standard-services' to '%base-services'.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 9a0deeac59..34f6810f34 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2562,7 +2562,7 @@ Linux-Libre kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this: @findex operating-system @lisp -(use-modules (gnu services base) +(use-modules (gnu services base) ; for '%base-services' (gnu services ssh) ; for 'lsh-service' (gnu system shadow) ; for 'user-account' (gnu packages base) ; Coreutils, grep, etc. @@ -2591,7 +2591,7 @@ Linux-Libre kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this: procps psmisc zile less)) (services (cons (lsh-service #:port 2222 #:allow-root-login? #t) - %standard-services)))) + %base-services)))) @end lisp This example should be self-describing. The @code{packages} field lists @@ -2601,8 +2601,9 @@ 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}). +@vindex %base-services The @code{services} field lists @dfn{system services} to be made -available when the system starts. The @var{%standard-services} list, +available when the system starts. The @var{%base-services} list, from the @code{(gnu services base)} module, provides the basic services one would expect from a GNU system: a login service (mingetty) on each tty, syslogd, libc's name service cache daemon (nscd), etc. |