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authorChristopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>2020-10-02 19:15:44 +0100
committerChristopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>2020-10-20 22:39:43 +0100
commitbdcf4d88d58798eca7811c8b1fbd4638168d05c3 (patch)
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parent21b712acc73f6a0a8f9d44ae32438539b78b3db6 (diff)
downloadguix-bdcf4d88d58798eca7811c8b1fbd4638168d05c3.tar.gz
services: databases: Don't specify a default postgresql version.
Currently, if the postgresql package major version changes, this is going to
break the service upon upgrade, because PostgreSQL will reject the data files
from the differing major version of the service.

Because it's important to either keep running a particular major version, or
intentionally upgrade, I think the configuration would be better with no
default. I think this is also going to be helpful when trying to assist users
upgrading PostgreSQL.

* gnu/services/databases.scm (<postgresql-configuration>): Remove default for
postgresql.
(postgresql-service-type): Remove the default value.
* gnu/tests/databases.scm (%postgresql-os): Update accordingly.
* gnu/tests/guix.scm (%guix-data-service-os): Update accordingly.
* gnu/tests/monitoring.scm (%zabbix-os): Update accordingly.
* gnu/tests/web.scm (patchwork-os): Update accordingly.
* doc/guix.texi (PostgreSQL): Update accordingly.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 582ab0fd2b..05111d4327 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -18457,7 +18457,9 @@ The following example describes a PostgreSQL service with the default
 configuration.
 
 @lisp
-(service postgresql-service-type)
+(service postgresql-service-type
+         (postgresql-configuration
+          (postgresql postgresql-10)))
 @end lisp
 
 If the services fails to start, it may be due to an incompatible
@@ -18483,7 +18485,7 @@ Data type representing the configuration for the
 @code{postgresql-service-type}.
 
 @table @asis
-@item @var{postgresql} (default: @code{postgresql})
+@item @var{postgresql}
 PostgreSQL package to use for the service.
 
 @item @var{port} (default: @code{5432})