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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7c7729859b..732f4312a4 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -443,8 +443,15 @@ Run the daemon, and set it to automatically start on boot. If your host distro uses the systemd init system, this can be achieved with these commands: +@c Versions of systemd that supported symlinked service files are not +@c yet widely deployed, so we should suggest that users copy the service +@c files into place. +@c +@c See this thread for more information: +@c http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-01/msg01199.html + @example -# ln -s ~root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service \ +# cp ~root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service \ /etc/systemd/system/ # systemctl start guix-daemon && systemctl enable guix-daemon @end example @@ -452,8 +459,8 @@ with these commands: If your host distro uses the Upstart init system: @example -# ln -s ~root/.guix-profile/lib/upstart/system/guix-daemon.conf /etc/init/ # initctl reload-configuration +# cp ~root/.guix-profile/lib/upstart/system/guix-daemon.conf /etc/init/ # start guix-daemon @end example |