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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-10-12 21:24:59 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-10-13 00:06:11 +0200
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doc: Update "Name Service Switch" to new service framework.
* gnu/services/avahi.scm (avahi-service): Mention the extension of nscd. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Update accordingly. (Name Service Switch): Remove '%my-base-services' example and explanation.
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diff --git a/gnu/services/avahi.scm b/gnu/services/avahi.scm
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--- 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.