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author | Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu> | 2023-02-21 21:37:07 +0000 |
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committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2023-02-23 16:31:36 +0100 |
commit | ce02b23bb9412239e3eb318c266047ef4e95e870 (patch) | |
tree | 5f0886326aec166d612c96d2636b1cdc5d2af305 /doc | |
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doc: hosts-service-type: Relocate to Base Services.
hosts-service-type is under (gnu services base) * doc/guix.texi: Merge duplicated copyright lines. (Service Reference): Move hosts-service-type to ... (Base Services): ... here. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 05615b9549..4143488b93 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -109,11 +109,10 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2022 Reily Siegel@* Copyright @copyright{} 2022 Simon Streit@* Copyright @copyright{} 2022 (@* Copyright @copyright{} 2022 John Kehayias@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2022 Bruno Victal@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2022–2023 Bruno Victal@* Copyright @copyright{} 2022 Ivan Vilata-i-Balaguer@* Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Giacomo Leidi@* Copyright @copyright{} 2022 Antero Mejr@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2023 Bruno Victal@* Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -18021,6 +18020,77 @@ package or any valid argument to @command{setfont}, as in this example: @end lisp @end defvar +@defvar hosts-service-type +Type of the service that populates the entries for (@file{/etc/hosts}). +This service type can be extended by passing it a list of +@code{host} records. + +@c TRANSLATORS: The domain names below SHOULD NOT be translated. +@c They're domains reserved for use in documentation. (RFC6761 Section 6.5) +@c The addresses used are explained in RFC3849 and RFC5737. +@lisp +(simple-service 'add-extra-hosts + hosts-service-type + (list (host "192.0.2.1" "example.com" + '("example.net" "example.org")) + (host "2001:db8::1" "example.com" + '("example.net" "example.org")))) +@end lisp + +@quotation Note +@cindex @file{/etc/host} default entries +By default @file{/etc/host} comes with the following entries: +@example +127.0.0.1 localhost @var{host-name} +::1 localhost @var{host-name} +@end example + +For most setups this is what you want though if you find yourself in +the situation where you want to change the default entries, you can +do so in @code{operating-system}.@pxref{operating-system Reference,@code{essential-services}} + +The following example shows how one would unset @var{host-name} +from being an alias of @code{localhost}. +@lisp +(operating-system + ;; @dots{} + + (essential-services + (modify-services + (operating-system-default-essential-services this-operating-system) + (hosts-service-type config => (list + (host "127.0.0.1" "localhost") + (host "::1" "localhost")))))) +@end lisp +@end quotation + +@deftp {Data Type} host +Available @code{host} fields are: + +@table @asis +@item @code{address} (type: string) +IP address. + +@item @code{canonical-name} (type: string) +Hostname. + +@item @code{aliases} (default: @code{'()}) (type: list-of-string) +Additional aliases that map to the same @code{canonical-name}. + +@end table +@end deftp + +@defun host address canonical-name [aliases] +Procedure for creating @code{host} records. +@end defun + +@quotation Note +The @code{host} data type constructor is @code{%host} though it is +tiresome to create multiple records with it so in practice the procedure +@code{host} (which wraps around @code{%host}) is used instead. +@end quotation +@end defvar + @deffn {Scheme Procedure} login-service @var{config} Return a service to run login according to @var{config}, a @code{<login-configuration>} object, which specifies the message of the day, @@ -40508,77 +40578,6 @@ In this example, the effect would be to add an @file{/etc/issue} file pointing to the given file. @end defvar -@defvar hosts-service-type -Type of the service that populates the entries for (@file{/etc/hosts}). -This service type can be extended by passing it a list of -@code{host} records. - -@c TRANSLATORS: The domain names below SHOULD NOT be translated. -@c They're domains reserved for use in documentation. (RFC6761 Section 6.5) -@c The addresses used are explained in RFC3849 and RFC5737. -@lisp -(simple-service 'add-extra-hosts - hosts-service-type - (list (host "192.0.2.1" "example.com" - '("example.net" "example.org")) - (host "2001:db8::1" "example.com" - '("example.net" "example.org")))) -@end lisp - -@quotation Note -@cindex @file{/etc/host} default entries -By default @file{/etc/host} comes with the following entries: -@example -127.0.0.1 localhost @var{host-name} -::1 localhost @var{host-name} -@end example - -For most setups this is what you want though if you find yourself in -the situation where you want to change the default entries, you can -do so in @code{operating-system}.@pxref{operating-system Reference,@code{essential-services}} - -The following example shows how one would unset @var{host-name} -from being an alias of @code{localhost}. -@lisp -(operating-system - ;; @dots{} - - (essential-services - (modify-services - (operating-system-default-essential-services this-operating-system) - (hosts-service-type config => (list - (host "127.0.0.1" "localhost") - (host "::1" "localhost")))))) -@end lisp -@end quotation - -@deftp {Data Type} host -Available @code{host} fields are: - -@table @asis -@item @code{address} (type: string) -IP address. - -@item @code{canonical-name} (type: string) -Hostname. - -@item @code{aliases} (default: @code{'()}) (type: list-of-string) -Additional aliases that map to the same @code{canonical-name}. - -@end table -@end deftp - -@defun host address canonical-name [aliases] -Procedure for creating @code{host} records. -@end defun - -@quotation Note -The @code{host} data type constructor is @code{%host} though it is -tiresome to create multiple records with it so in practice the procedure -@code{host} (which wraps around @code{%host}) is used instead. -@end quotation -@end defvar - @defvar setuid-program-service-type Type for the ``setuid-program service''. This service collects lists of executable file names, passed as gexps, and adds them to the set of |