Merge branch 'master' into core-updates

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 3a772d3121..d93796c5d8 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -1316,17 +1316,13 @@ Service Switch}, for an example."
       (documentation "Run the syslog daemon (syslogd).")
       (provision '(syslogd))
       (requirement '(user-processes))
-      (start #~(let ((spawn (make-forkexec-constructor
-                             (list #$(syslog-configuration-syslogd config)
-                                   "--rcfile"
-                                   #$(syslog-configuration-config-file config))
-                             #:pid-file "/var/run/syslog.pid")))
-                 (lambda ()
-                   ;; Set the umask such that file permissions are #o640.
-                   (let ((mask (umask #o137))
-                         (pid  (spawn)))
-                     (umask mask)
-                     pid))))
+      (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
+                (list #$(syslog-configuration-syslogd config)
+                      "--rcfile"
+                      #$(syslog-configuration-config-file config))
+                ;; Set the umask such that file permissions are #o640.
+                #:file-creation-mask #o137
+                #:pid-file "/var/run/syslog.pid"))
       (stop #~(make-kill-destructor))))))
 
 ;; Snippet adapted from the GNU inetutils manual.