From dd17bc38213d72a06d9a2a1e5402abcf24b0c21a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Kost Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:33:47 +0300 Subject: doc: Replace references to 'dmd' with 'shepherd'. * doc/guix.texi: Use 'shepherd'/'herd' instead of 'dmd'/'deco'. Fix info references. --- doc/guix.texi | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 3969cc04d9..7dd66a86ab 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Defining Services * Service Composition:: The model for composing services. * Service Types and Services:: Types and services. * Service Reference:: API reference. -* dmd Services:: A particular type of service. +* Shepherd Services:: A particular type of service. Packaging Guidelines @@ -5614,7 +5614,7 @@ ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems. Once that is done, mount the target root partition under @file{/mnt}. @item -Lastly, run @code{deco start cow-store /mnt}. +Lastly, run @code{herd start cow-store /mnt}. This will make @file{/gnu/store} copy-on-write, such that packages added to it during the installation phase will be written to the target disk @@ -6511,22 +6511,22 @@ Configuration System}). System services are typically daemons launched when the system boots, or other actions needed at that time---e.g., configuring network access. -Services are managed by GNU@tie{}dmd (@pxref{Introduction,,, dmd, GNU -dmd Manual}). On a running system, the @command{deco} command allows -you to list the available services, show their status, start and stop -them, or do other specific operations (@pxref{Jump Start,,, dmd, GNU dmd -Manual}). For example: +Services are managed by the GNU@tie{}Shepherd (@pxref{Introduction,,, +shepherd, The GNU Shepherd Manual}). On a running system, the +@command{herd} command allows you to list the available services, show +their status, start and stop them, or do other specific operations +(@pxref{Jump Start,,, shepherd, The GNU Shepherd Manual}). For example: @example -# deco status dmd +# herd status @end example The above command, run as @code{root}, lists the currently defined -services. The @command{deco doc} command shows a synopsis of the given +services. The @command{herd doc} command shows a synopsis of the given service: @example -# deco doc nscd +# herd doc nscd Run libc's name service cache daemon (nscd). @end example @@ -6535,9 +6535,9 @@ have the effect you would expect. For instance, the commands below stop the nscd service and restart the Xorg display server: @example -# deco stop nscd +# herd stop nscd Service nscd has been stopped. -# deco restart xorg-server +# herd restart xorg-server Service xorg-server has been stopped. Service xorg-server has been started. @end example @@ -8966,7 +8966,7 @@ Tell the initial RAM disk to load @var{boot}, a file containing a Scheme program, once it has mounted the root file system. GuixSD uses this option to yield control to a boot program that runs the -service activation programs and then spawns GNU@tie{}dmd, the +service activation programs and then spawns the GNU@tie{}Shepherd, the initialization system. @item --root=@var{root} @@ -9351,8 +9351,9 @@ produces a PDF file showing the extension relations among services. @anchor{system-dmd-graph} @item dmd-graph Emit in Dot/Graphviz format to standard output the @dfn{dependency -graph} of dmd services of the operating system defined in @var{file}. -@xref{dmd Services}, for more information and for an example graph. +graph} of shepherd services of the operating system defined in +@var{file}. @xref{Shepherd Services}, for more information and for an +example graph. @end table @@ -9419,7 +9420,7 @@ them in the first place? And what is a service anyway? * Service Composition:: The model for composing services. * Service Types and Services:: Types and services. * Service Reference:: API reference. -* dmd Services:: A particular type of service. +* Shepherd Services:: A particular type of service. @end menu @node Service Composition @@ -9442,16 +9443,16 @@ directory. @cindex service extensions GuixSD services are connected by @dfn{extensions}. For instance, the -secure shell service @emph{extends} dmd---GuixSD's initialization system, -running as PID@tie{}1---by giving it the command lines to start and stop -the secure shell daemon (@pxref{Networking Services, -@code{lsh-service}}); the UPower service extends the D-Bus service by -passing it its @file{.service} specification, and extends the udev -service by passing it device management rules (@pxref{Desktop Services, -@code{upower-service}}); the Guix daemon service extends dmd by passing -it the command lines to start and stop the daemon, and extends the -account service by passing it a list of required build user accounts -(@pxref{Base Services}). +secure shell service @emph{extends} the Shepherd---GuixSD's +initialization system, running as PID@tie{}1---by giving it the command +lines to start and stop the secure shell daemon (@pxref{Networking +Services, @code{lsh-service}}); the UPower service extends the D-Bus +service by passing it its @file{.service} specification, and extends the +udev service by passing it device management rules (@pxref{Desktop +Services, @code{upower-service}}); the Guix daemon service extends the +Shepherd by passing it the command lines to start and stop the daemon, +and extends the account service by passing it a list of required build +user accounts (@pxref{Base Services}). All in all, services and their ``extends'' relations form a directed acyclic graph (DAG). If we represent services as boxes and extensions @@ -9515,9 +9516,10 @@ In this example, @var{guix-service-type} extends three services: @table @var @item dmd-root-service-type -The @var{guix-dmd-service} procedure defines how the dmd service is +The @var{guix-dmd-service} procedure defines how the Shepherd service is extended. Namely, it returns a @code{} object that defines -how @command{guix-daemon} is started and stopped (@pxref{dmd Services}). +how @command{guix-daemon} is started and stopped (@pxref{Shepherd +Services}). @item account-service-type This extension for this service is computed by @var{guix-accounts}, @@ -9776,21 +9778,21 @@ extend it by passing it lists of packages to add to the system profile. @end defvr -@node dmd Services -@subsubsection dmd Services +@node Shepherd Services +@subsubsection Shepherd Services @cindex PID 1 @cindex init system The @code{(gnu services dmd)} provides a way to define services managed -by GNU@tie{}dmd, which is GuixSD initialization system---the first -process that is started when the system boots, aka. PID@tie{}1 -(@pxref{Introduction,,, dmd, GNU dmd Manual}). +by the GNU@tie{}Shepherd, which is GuixSD initialization system---the +first process that is started when the system boots, aka. PID@tie{}1 +(@pxref{Introduction,,, shepherd, The GNU Shepherd Manual}). -Services in dmd can depend on each other. For instance, the SSH daemon -may need to be started after the syslog daemon has been started, which -in turn can only happen once all the file systems have been mounted. -The simple operating system defined earlier (@pxref{Using the -Configuration System}) results in a service graph like this: +Services in the Shepherd can depend on each other. For instance, the +SSH daemon may need to be started after the syslog daemon has been +started, which in turn can only happen once all the file systems have +been mounted. The simple operating system defined earlier (@pxref{Using +the Configuration System}) results in a service graph like this: @image{images/dmd-graph,,5in,Typical dmd service graph.} @@ -9803,19 +9805,19 @@ of type @var{dmd-root-service-type}; it can be extended by passing it lists of @code{} objects. @deftp {Data Type} dmd-service -The data type representing a service managed by dmd. +The data type representing a service managed by the Shepherd. @table @asis @item @code{provision} This is a list of symbols denoting what the service provides. -These are the names that may be passed to @command{deco start}, -@command{deco status}, and similar commands (@pxref{Invoking deco,,, -dmd, GNU dmd Manual}). @xref{Slots of services, the @code{provides} -slot,, dmd, GNU dmd Manual}, for details. +These are the names that may be passed to @command{herd start}, +@command{herd status}, and similar commands (@pxref{Invoking herd,,, +shepherd, The GNU Shepherd Manual}). @xref{Slots of services, the +@code{provides} slot,, shepherd, The GNU Shepherd Manual}, for details. @item @code{requirements} (default: @code{'()}) -List of symbols denoting the dmd services this one depends on. +List of symbols denoting the Shepherd services this one depends on. @item @code{respawn?} (default: @code{#t}) Whether to restart the service when it stops, for instance when the @@ -9823,20 +9825,21 @@ underlying process dies. @item @code{start} @itemx @code{stop} (default: @code{#~(const #f)}) -The @code{start} and @code{stop} fields refer to dmd's facilities to -start and stop processes (@pxref{Service De- and Constructors,,, dmd, -GNU dmd Manual}). They are given as G-expressions that get expanded in -the dmd configuration file (@pxref{G-Expressions}). +The @code{start} and @code{stop} fields refer to the Shepherd's +facilities to start and stop processes (@pxref{Service De- and +Constructors,,, shepherd, The GNU Shepherd Manual}). They are given as +G-expressions that get expanded in the Shepherd configuration file +(@pxref{G-Expressions}). @item @code{documentation} A documentation string, as shown when running: @example -deco doc @var{service-name} +herd doc @var{service-name} @end example where @var{service-name} is one of the symbols in @var{provision} -(@pxref{Invoking deco,,, dmd, GNU dmd Manual}). +(@pxref{Invoking herd,,, shepherd, The GNU Shepherd Manual}). @item @code{modules} (default: @var{%default-modules}) This is the list of modules that must be in scope when @code{start} and @@ -9844,17 +9847,17 @@ This is the list of modules that must be in scope when @code{start} and @item @code{imported-modules} (default: @var{%default-imported-modules}) This is the list of modules to import in the execution environment of -dmd. +the Shepherd. @end table @end deftp @defvr {Scheme Variable} dmd-root-service-type -The service type for the dmd ``root service''---i.e., PID@tie{}1. +The service type for the Shepherd ``root service''---i.e., PID@tie{}1. This is the service type that extensions target when they want to create -dmd services (@pxref{Service Types and Services}, for an example). Each -extension must pass a list of @code{}. +shepherd services (@pxref{Service Types and Services}, for an example). +Each extension must pass a list of @code{}. @end defvr @defvr {Scheme Variable} %dmd-root-service -- cgit v1.2.3