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authorRichard Sent <richard@freakingpenguin.com>2024-06-17 20:49:13 -0400
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2024-06-24 08:50:49 -0400
commitff9942dcc1d719b9acea4953e226659491306e27 (patch)
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doc: Prepend ISC to DHCP client references.
This makes it clearer that this service uses the ISC's dhclient implementation
and does not support DHCP clients that have different command line interfaces.

* doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Prepend ISC to all DHCP client references.

Change-Id: I750ef2ffb4b23445c4a2b97aaa44eba56458f430
Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi22
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index c35e10d877..6257de7583 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -21016,27 +21016,27 @@ the user mode network stack,,, qemu, QEMU Documentation}).
 
 @cindex DHCP, networking service
 @defvar dhcp-client-service-type
-This is the type of services that run @var{dhcp}, a Dynamic Host Configuration
-Protocol (DHCP) client.
+This is the type of services that run @var{dhclient}, the ISC Dynamic
+Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client.
 @end defvar
 
 @deftp {Data Type} dhcp-client-configuration
-Data type representing the configuration of the DHCP client service.
+Data type representing the configuration of the ISC DHCP client service.
 
 @table @asis
 @item @code{package} (default: @code{isc-dhcp})
-DHCP client package to use.
+The ISC DHCP client package to use.
 
 @item @code{interfaces} (default: @code{'all})
-Either @code{'all} or the list of interface names that the DHCP client
-should listen on---e.g., @code{'("eno1")}.
+Either @code{'all} or the list of interface names that the ISC DHCP
+client should listen on---e.g., @code{'("eno1")}.
 
-When set to @code{'all}, the DHCP client listens on all the available
-non-loopback interfaces that can be activated.  Otherwise the DHCP
-client listens only on the specified interfaces.
+When set to @code{'all}, the ISC DHCP client listens on all the
+available non-loopback interfaces that can be activated.  Otherwise the
+ISC DHCP client listens only on the specified interfaces.
 
 @item @code{config-file} (default: @code{#f})
-The configuration file for the DHCP client.
+The configuration file for the ISC DHCP client.
 
 @item @code{shepherd-requirement} (default: @code{'()})
 @itemx @code{shepherd-provision} (default: @code{'(networking)})
@@ -21047,7 +21047,7 @@ networks.
 
 Likewise, @code{shepherd-provision} is a list of Shepherd service names
 (symbols) provided by this service.  You might want to change the
-default value if you intend to run several DHCP clients, only one of
+default value if you intend to run several ISC DHCP clients, only one of
 which provides the @code{networking} Shepherd service.
 @end table
 @end deftp