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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-11-13 22:07:51 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-11-13 23:26:36 +0100
commita01d2e300abf8721866c8d1f984b0db90d192f9d (patch)
tree7970ce92e28041c24aee6b630e24643660608ac6 /gnu/services
parent298fb2907e3f432cea7dee9f58e89ab8d9dbd56f (diff)
downloadguix-a01d2e300abf8721866c8d1f984b0db90d192f9d.tar.gz
services: dbus: Add description.
* gnu/services/dbus.scm (dbus-root-service-type)[description]: New
field.
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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/dbus.scm5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/dbus.scm b/gnu/services/dbus.scm
index a697a8820e..db634fe0d8 100644
--- a/gnu/services/dbus.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/dbus.scm
@@ -229,7 +229,10 @@ includes the @code{etc/dbus-1/system.d} directories of each package listed in
                             (append (dbus-configuration-services config)
                                     services)))))
 
-                (default-value (dbus-configuration))))
+                (default-value (dbus-configuration))
+                (description "Run the system-wide D-Bus inter-process message
+bus.  It allows programs and daemons to communicate and is also responsible
+for spawning (@dfn{activating}) D-Bus services on demand.")))
 
 (define* (dbus-service #:key (dbus dbus) (services '()))
   "Return a service that runs the \"system bus\", using @var{dbus}, with