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authorBruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu>2023-02-25 18:57:53 +0000
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2023-03-03 17:55:32 +0100
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services: base: Deprecate 'syslog-service' procedure.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Replace syslog-service with syslog-service-type.
* gnu/services/base.scm (%default-syslog.conf): Place before <syslog-configuration>.
(syslog-service-type): Set default value.
(syslog-service): Deprecate procedure.
(%base-services): Use syslog-service-type.
* gnu/system/hurd.scm (%base-services/hurd): Ditto.
* gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Ditto.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi19
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index e849728b4e..7b4ecf9e81 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -18494,11 +18494,15 @@ privacy---often the result of host name lookups is in local cache, so
 external name servers do not even need to be queried.
 @end defvar
 
-@anchor{syslog-configuration-type}
 @cindex syslog
 @cindex logging
+@defvar syslog-service-type
+Type of the service that runs the syslog daemon, whose value is a
+@code{<syslog-configuration>} object.
+@end defvar
+
 @deftp {Data Type} syslog-configuration
-This data type represents the configuration of the syslog daemon.
+Data type representing the configuration of the syslog daemon.
 
 @table @asis
 @item @code{syslogd} (default: @code{#~(string-append #$inetutils "/libexec/syslogd")})
@@ -18506,19 +18510,12 @@ The syslog daemon to use.
 
 @item @code{config-file} (default: @code{%default-syslog.conf})
 The syslog configuration file to use.
+@xref{syslogd invocation,,, inetutils, GNU Inetutils}, for more
+information on the configuration file syntax.
 
 @end table
 @end deftp
 
-@anchor{syslog-service}
-@cindex syslog
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} syslog-service @var{config}
-Return a service that runs a syslog daemon according to @var{config}.
-
-@xref{syslogd invocation,,, inetutils, GNU Inetutils}, for more
-information on the configuration file syntax.
-@end deffn
-
 @defvar guix-service-type
 This is the type of the service that runs the build daemon,
 @command{guix-daemon} (@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon}).  Its value must be a