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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-03-22 17:48:37 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-03-25 23:37:06 +0100
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system: Add 'essential-services' field to <operating-system>.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[essential-services]: New field. (operating-system-directory-base-entries): Remove #:container? keyword and keep only the not-container branch. (essential-services): Likewise. (operating-system-services): Likewise, and call 'operating-system-essential-services' instead of 'essential-services'. (operating-system-activation-script): Remove #:container?. (operating-system-boot-script): Likewise. (operating-system-derivation): Likewise. * gnu/system/linux-container.scm (container-essential-services): New procedure. (containerized-operating-system): Use it and set the 'essential-services' field. (container-script): Remove call to 'operating-system-derivation'. * gnu/system/vm.scm (system-docker-image): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document 'essential-services'.
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@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