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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-08-28 12:53:20 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-08-28 15:11:18 +0200
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system: Add 'create-home-directory?' field to <user-account>.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (<user-account>)[create-home-directory?]: New
field.
(user-account->gexp): Serialize it.
* gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-users+groups)[activate-user]:
Update 'match-lambda' pattern accordingly.  Pass #:create-home? to
'ensure-user'.
(add-user, modify-user, ensure-user): Add #:create-home? parameter and
honor it.
* doc/guix.texi (User Accounts): Document it.
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@@ -7223,6 +7223,10 @@ A comment about the account, such as the account owner's full name.
 @item @code{home-directory}
 This is the name of the home directory for the account.
 
+@item @code{create-home-directory?} (default: @code{#t})
+Indicates whether the home directory of this account should be created
+if it does not exist yet.
+
 @item @code{shell} (default: Bash)
 This is a G-expression denoting the file name of a program to be used as
 the shell (@pxref{G-Expressions}).