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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 |