From 8faaf8d7cc466c8caa55905798c9ff9aaad9a1c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:13:54 +0100 Subject: services: urandom-seed: Deprecate the 'urandom-seed-service' procedure. * gnu/services/base.scm (urandom-seed-service-type)[default-value]: New field. (urandom-seed-service): Mark as deprecated. (%base-services): Use URANDOM-SEED-SERVICE-TYPE directly. * gnu/services/base.scm (%base-services): * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document 'urandom-seed-service-type' instead of 'urandom-seed-service'. --- doc/guix.texi | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index faad3ad6bb..94d4d8f92d 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -10031,12 +10031,12 @@ well as in the @var{groups} field of the @var{operating-system} record. @end example @end deffn -@deffn {Scheme Procedure} urandom-seed-service +@defvr {Scheme Variable} urandom-seed-service-type Save some entropy in @var{%random-seed-file} to seed @file{/dev/urandom} when rebooting. It also tries to seed @file{/dev/urandom} from @file{/dev/hwrng} while booting, if @file{/dev/hwrng} exists and is readable. -@end deffn +@end defvr @defvr {Scheme Variable} %random-seed-file This is the name of the file where some random bytes are saved by -- cgit 1.4.1