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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/base.scm | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system.scm | 2 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 6ff525d0ff..537b8e19f5 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -16640,12 +16640,14 @@ details. @item @code{services} (default: @code{%base-services}) A list of service objects denoting system services. @xref{Services}. +@anchor{operating-system-essential-services} @cindex essential services @item @code{essential-services} (default: ...) The list of ``essential services''---i.e., things like instances of -@code{system-service-type} and @code{host-name-service-type} (@pxref{Service -Reference}), which are derived from the operating system definition itself. -As a user you should @emph{never} need to touch this field. +@code{system-service-type} (@pxref{Service Reference}) and +@code{host-name-service-type}, which are derived from the operating +system definition itself. As a user you should @emph{never} need to +touch this field. @item @code{pam-services} (default: @code{(base-pam-services)}) @cindex PAM @@ -18018,9 +18020,11 @@ symlink: @end lisp @end deffn -@deffn {Scheme Procedure} host-name-service @var{name} -Return a service that sets the host name to @var{name}. -@end deffn +@defvar host-name-service-type +Type of the service that sets the system host name, whose value +is a string. This service is included in @code{operating-system} by +default (@pxref{operating-system-essential-services,@code{essential-services}}). +@end defvar @defvar console-font-service-type Install the given fonts on the specified ttys (fonts are per diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm index 7ad1e765bd..c471107883 100644 --- a/gnu/services/base.scm +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm @@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ file-system-service-type file-system-utilities swap-service - host-name-service + host-name-service ; deprecated + host-name-service-type %default-console-font console-font-service-type console-font-service @@ -778,7 +779,8 @@ host names." (one-shot? #t))) (description "Initialize the machine's host name."))) -(define (host-name-service name) +(define-deprecated (host-name-service name) + host-name-service-type "Return a service that sets the host name to @var{name}." (service host-name-service-type name)) diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm index 53f3c62bb0..bb26d7c9a5 100644 --- a/gnu/system.scm +++ b/gnu/system.scm @@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ bookkeeping." (operating-system-file-systems os))) (session-environment-service (operating-system-environment-variables os)) - (host-name-service host-name) + (service host-name-service-type host-name) procs root-fs (service setuid-program-service-type (operating-system-setuid-programs os)) |