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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-02-03 21:59:47 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-02-03 22:28:28 +0100
commit240b57f0ca576708ebf6cfa0dfe2803fa9ff2323 (patch)
tree9a4c4cfaf298bad165e035e6744eccdd628169dd /doc
parent98416109d571c5c8c643064e5e3365dde8abbe0b (diff)
guix system: 'reconfigure' loads and starts new services.
Partly fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/22039>. * gnu/services/herd.scm: New file. * gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * gnu/services/shepherd.scm (shepherd-service-canonical-name): New procedure. (shepherd-service-file): Export. * guix/scripts/system.scm (upgrade-shepherd-services): New procedure. (switch-to-system): Use it. * guix/ui.scm (info): New procedure. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Mention system services.
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@@ -9211,17 +9211,23 @@ running GuixSD.}.
This effects all the configuration specified in @var{file}: user
accounts, system services, global package list, setuid programs, etc.
+The command starts system services specified in @var{file} that are not
+currently running; if a service is currently running, it does not
+attempt to upgrade it since it would not be possible without stopping it
+first.
It also adds a GRUB menu entry for the new OS configuration, and moves
entries for older configurations to a submenu---unless
@option{--no-grub} is passed.
+@quotation Note
@c The paragraph below refers to the problem discussed at
@c <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-08/msg00057.html>.
It is highly recommended to run @command{guix pull} once before you run
@command{guix system reconfigure} for the first time (@pxref{Invoking
guix pull}). Failing to do that you would see an older version of Guix
once @command{reconfigure} has completed.
+@end quotation
@item build
Build the operating system's derivation, which includes all the