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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-05-08 16:15:33 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-05-08 16:30:50 +0200
commitdd0804c67e99914eecc471fdb92f4220425a1cbc (patch)
tree47833a17922e16990c2365ddad59456e4c67ce02 /gnu/services/dbus.scm
parent2bb5b1d400b00cb1d577ddb22ea100e1c56dbe01 (diff)
downloadguix-dd0804c67e99914eecc471fdb92f4220425a1cbc.tar.gz
services: Add descriptions.
* gnu/services/dbus.scm (polkit-service-type)[description]: New field.
* gnu/services/dict.scm (dicod-service-type)[description]: New field.
* gnu/services/dns.scm (knot-service-type)[description]: New field.
* gnu/services/networking.scm (dhcpd-service-type)[description]: New field.
* gnu/services/shepherd.scm (shepherd-root-service-type)[description]:
New field.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (slim-service-type)[description]: New field.
(screen-locker-service-type)[description]: New field.
* gnu/system/pam.scm (pam-root-service-type)[description]: New field.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (account-service-type)[description]: New field.
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diff --git a/gnu/services/dbus.scm b/gnu/services/dbus.scm
index 7b3c8100e2..e015d3f68d 100644
--- a/gnu/services/dbus.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/dbus.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Sou Bunnbu <iyzsong@gmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -363,7 +363,13 @@ tuples, are all set as environment variables when the bus daemon launches it."
                             (append (polkit-configuration-actions config)
                                     actions)))))
 
-                (default-value (polkit-configuration))))
+                (default-value (polkit-configuration))
+                (description
+                 "Run the
+@uref{http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit/, Polkit privilege
+management service}, which allows system administrators to grant access to
+privileged operations in a structured way.  Polkit is a requirement for most
+desktop environments, such as GNOME.")))
 
 (define* (polkit-service #:key (polkit polkit))
   "Return a service that runs the