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authorJan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>2020-06-15 21:03:30 +0200
committerJan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>2020-06-15 21:08:02 +0200
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doc: Clarify 'hurd-vm' and 'childhurd' names.
Suggested by Maxim Cournoyer via IRC. * doc/guix.texi (The Hurd in a Virtual Machine): Explicitly mention that hurd-vm and childhurd are two names for this service.
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@@ -24637,7 +24637,8 @@ Return the name of @var{platform}---a string such as @code{"arm"}.
Service @code{hurd-vm} provides support for running GNU/Hurd in a
virtual machine (VM), a so-called ``Childhurd''. The virtual machine is
-a Shepherd service that can be controlled with commands such as:
+a Shepherd service that can be referred to by the names @code{hurd-vm}
+and @code{childhurd} and be controlled with commands such as:
@example
herd start hurd-vm