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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2021-10-27 12:26:31 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2021-12-12 23:20:50 +0100
commit5967aee398c26a4814da1d8dba3f2dba84b06a4b (patch)
treebc6b08807abc7ac3eb4afdd3265dc12c341e8ba3 /doc/guix.texi
parent1644f4f1f8957f3f3a88037aed80d501fdceaae7 (diff)
services: Define '%loopback-static-networking'.
* gnu/services/base.scm (%loopback-static-networking): New variable. (%base-services): Use it. * gnu/system/hurd.scm (%base-services/hurd): Use it. * gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Document it.
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@@ -17012,6 +17012,13 @@ List of arguments for this type of link.
@end table
@end deftp
+@cindex loopback device
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} %loopback-static-networking
+This is the @code{static-networking} record representing the ``loopback
+device'', @code{lo}, for IP addresses 127.0.0.1 and ::1, and providing
+the @code{loopback} Shepherd service.
+@end defvr
+
@cindex networking, with QEMU
@cindex QEMU, networking
@defvr {Scheme Variable} %qemu-static-networking