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authorMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2017-10-31 21:38:21 +0100
committerMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2017-12-29 14:06:26 +0100
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services: networking: Add a dependency override mechanism to <static-networking>.
* gnu/services/networking.scm (<static-networking>)[requirement]: New field.
(static-networking-shepherd-service): Don't override requirement for loopback.
(static-networking-service): Expose 'requirement' parameter.  Default to UDEV.
* gnu/services/base.scm (%base-services): Add (requirement '()) for loopback service.
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
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@@ -10392,9 +10392,12 @@ This is the type for statically-configured network interfaces.
 
 @deffn {Scheme Procedure} static-networking-service @var{interface} @var{ip} @
        [#:netmask #f] [#:gateway #f] [#:name-servers @code{'()}]
+       [#:requirement @code{'(udev)}]
 Return a service that starts @var{interface} with address @var{ip}.  If
 @var{netmask} is true, use it as the network mask.  If @var{gateway} is true,
-it must be a string specifying the default network gateway.
+it must be a string specifying the default network gateway.  @var{requirement}
+can be used to declare a dependency on another service before configuring the
+interface.
 
 This procedure can be called several times, one for each network
 interface of interest.  Behind the scenes what it does is extend