From 1065bed9c41f8a9b0718ae2db0fd42f286c1b8be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 22:13:01 +0100 Subject: services: avahi: Add Avahi to the system profile. * gnu/services/avahi.scm (avahi-service-type): Extend PROFILE-SERVICE-TYPE. (avahi-service): Adjust docstring. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Adjust accordingly. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl (packages): Remove AVAHI. --- doc/guix.texi | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 28c9a9c0cf..3afa496ea3 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -6571,7 +6571,9 @@ mDNS/DNS-SD responder that allows for service discovery and "zero-configuration" host name lookups (see @uref{http://avahi.org/}), and extends the name service cache daemon (nscd) so that it can resolve @code{.local} host names using -@uref{http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-mdns/, nss-mdns}. +@uref{http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-mdns/, nss-mdns}. Additionally, +add the @var{avahi} package to the system profile so that commands such as +@command{avahi-browse} are directly usable. If @var{host-name} is different from @code{#f}, use that as the host name to publish for this machine; otherwise, use the machine's actual host name. -- cgit 1.4.1