From: Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu>
To: 61688@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu>
Subject: [bug#61688] [PATCH 3/3] doc: hosts-service-type: Improve documentation.
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:37:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c17ff24b1128c3452e77b4f7703bce275bb40978.1677015071.git.mirai@makinata.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1677015070.git.mirai@makinata.eu>
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Improve hosts-service-type documentation.
---
doc/guix.texi | 15 ++++++++-------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 4143488b93..85768a4b60 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -18022,7 +18022,7 @@ Base Services
@defvar hosts-service-type
Type of the service that populates the entries for (@file{/etc/hosts}).
-This service type can be extended by passing it a list of
+This service type can be @emph{extended} by passing it a list of
@code{host} records.
@c TRANSLATORS: The domain names below SHOULD NOT be translated.
@@ -18047,10 +18047,11 @@ Base Services
For most setups this is what you want though if you find yourself in
the situation where you want to change the default entries, you can
-do so in @code{operating-system}.@pxref{operating-system Reference,@code{essential-services}}
+do so in @code{operating-system} via @code{modify-services}
+(@pxref{Service Reference,@code{modify-services}}).
-The following example shows how one would unset @var{host-name}
-from being an alias of @code{localhost}.
+The following example shows how to unset @var{host-name} from being an
+alias of @code{localhost}.
@lisp
(operating-system
;; @dots{}
@@ -18085,9 +18086,9 @@ Base Services
@end defun
@quotation Note
-The @code{host} data type constructor is @code{%host} though it is
-tiresome to create multiple records with it so in practice the procedure
-@code{host} (which wraps around @code{%host}) is used instead.
+The constructor for the @code{host} record-type is @code{%host} though
+the procedure @code{host} results in more concise definitions when there are
+multiple @code{host} records.
@end quotation
@end defvar
--
2.39.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-21 21:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-21 21:34 [bug#61688] [PATCH 0/3] doc: hosts-service-type: Improve documentation Bruno Victal
2023-02-21 21:37 ` [bug#61688] [PATCH 1/3] doc: hosts-service-type: Relocate to Base Services Bruno Victal
2023-02-21 21:37 ` [bug#61688] [PATCH 2/3] system: Do not export local-host-entries Bruno Victal
2023-02-21 21:37 ` Bruno Victal [this message]
2023-02-23 15:19 ` bug#61688: [PATCH 0/3] doc: hosts-service-type: Improve documentation Ludovic Courtès
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