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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-12-22 00:25:40 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-12-22 00:29:21 +0100
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file-systems: Add a 'mount?' field.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/22176>.
Reported by Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas@gmx.net>.

* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (<file-system>)[mount?]: New field.
(file-system->spec): Adjust accordingly.
* gnu/services/base.scm (file-system-dmd-service): Return the empty list
when FILE-SYSTEM has 'mount?' set to false.
(user-processes-service): Select the subset of FILE-SYSTEMS that matches
'file-system-mount?'.
* doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Document it.
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@@ -5936,6 +5936,12 @@ bits), and @code{no-exec} (disallow program execution.)
 @item @code{options} (default: @code{#f})
 This is either @code{#f}, or a string denoting mount options.
 
+@item @code{mount?} (default: @code{#t})
+This value indicates whether to automatically mount the file system when
+the system is brought up.  When set to @code{#f}, the file system gets
+an entry in @file{/etc/fstab} (read by the @command{mount} command) but
+is not automatically mounted.
+
 @item @code{needed-for-boot?} (default: @code{#f})
 This Boolean value indicates whether the file system is needed when
 booting.  If that is true, then the file system is mounted when the