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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 37fef40522..7d80c00530 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -10531,6 +10531,13 @@ details. @item @code{services} (default: @var{%base-services}) A list of service objects denoting system services. @xref{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. + @item @code{pam-services} (default: @code{(base-pam-services)}) @cindex PAM @cindex pluggable authentication modules |