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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm18
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 2913478e4a..0f119cc2f9 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -1316,17 +1316,13 @@ Service Switch}, for an example."
(documentation "Run the syslog daemon (syslogd).")
(provision '(syslogd))
(requirement '(user-processes))
- (start #~(let ((spawn (make-forkexec-constructor
- (list #$(syslog-configuration-syslogd config)
- "--rcfile"
- #$(syslog-configuration-config-file config))
- #:pid-file "/var/run/syslog.pid")))
- (lambda ()
- ;; Set the umask such that file permissions are #o640.
- (let ((mask (umask #o137))
- (pid (spawn)))
- (umask mask)
- pid))))
+ (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
+ (list #$(syslog-configuration-syslogd config)
+ "--rcfile"
+ #$(syslog-configuration-config-file config))
+ ;; Set the umask such that file permissions are #o640.
+ #:file-creation-mask #o137
+ #:pid-file "/var/run/syslog.pid"))
(stop #~(make-kill-destructor))))))
;; Snippet adapted from the GNU inetutils manual.