From 8f0878da8d139b5890206f3d2b867bee36015dd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 22:06:50 +0200 Subject: services: nscd: ‘log-file’ defaults to #f. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * gnu/services/base.scm ()[log-file]: Default to #f. * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Clarify documentation. Change-Id: Ia75914fc2665db13bef688d53659083a615ebef4 --- doc/guix.texi | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1224104038..8cc01b2e65 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -19458,9 +19458,11 @@ the nscd---e.g., @code{(list @var{nss-mdns})}. Package object denoting the GNU C Library providing the @command{nscd} command. -@item @code{log-file} (default: @code{"/var/log/nscd.log"}) -Name of the nscd log file. This is where debugging output goes when -@code{debug-level} is strictly positive. +@item @code{log-file} (default: @code{#f}) +Name of the nscd log file. Debugging output goes to that file when +@code{debug-level} is strictly positive, or to standard error if it is +@code{#f}. Regular messages are written to syslog when +@code{debug-level} is zero, regardless of the value of @code{log-file}. @item @code{debug-level} (default: @code{0}) Integer denoting the debugging levels. Higher numbers mean that more -- cgit v1.2.3