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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add rpc-daemon service
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 22:38:36 +0200
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John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au> skribis:

>      Also, the preferred way now is to expose service-type objects and not
>      provide procedures like the one above.  So you can omit this procedu=
re
>      and instead make sure to #:export (rpcbind-service-type).
>
> So what do I then put in /etc/config.scm ?

(operating-system
  ;; =E2=80=A6
  (services (cons (service rpcbind-service-type
                           (rpcbind-configuration =E2=80=A6))
                  %base-services)))

>      If you=E2=80=99re willing to play a bit, it would be nice to have a =
system test
>      that spawns a GuixSD with this service, and then makes sure that, sa=
y,
>      the =E2=80=98rpcinfo=E2=80=99 program is able to connect to the daem=
on.  But that=E2=80=99s
>      bonus.  :-)
>=20=20=20=20=20=20
> Are there some examples of existing system tests?

Yes, in gnu/tests/*.scm.

See also <https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=3D8605> and
<https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Running-the-Test-Suite.=
html>.

HTH!
Ludo=E2=80=99.