@@ -16640,12 +16640,14 @@ operating-system Reference
@item @code{services} (default: @code{%base-services})
A list of service objects denoting system services. @xref{Services}.
+@anchor{operating-system-essential-services}
@cindex essential services
@item @code{essential-services} (default: ...)
The list of ``essential services''---i.e., things like instances of
-@code{system-service-type} and @code{host-name-service-type} (@pxref{Service
-Reference}), which are derived from the operating system definition itself.
-As a user you should @emph{never} need to touch this field.
+@code{system-service-type} (@pxref{Service Reference}) and
+@code{host-name-service-type}, which are derived from the operating
+system definition itself. As a user you should @emph{never} need to
+touch this field.
@item @code{pam-services} (default: @code{(base-pam-services)})
@cindex PAM
@@ -18018,9 +18020,11 @@ Base Services
@end lisp
@end deffn
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} host-name-service @var{name}
-Return a service that sets the host name to @var{name}.
-@end deffn
+@defvar host-name-service-type
+Type of the service that sets the system host name, whose value
+is a string. This service is included in @code{operating-system} by
+default (@pxref{operating-system-essential-services,@code{essential-services}}).
+@end defvar
@defvar console-font-service-type
Install the given fonts on the specified ttys (fonts are per
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ (define-module (gnu services base)
file-system-service-type
file-system-utilities
swap-service
- host-name-service
+ host-name-service ; deprecated
+ host-name-service-type
%default-console-font
console-font-service-type
console-font-service
@@ -778,7 +779,8 @@ (define host-name-service-type
(one-shot? #t)))
(description "Initialize the machine's host name.")))
-(define (host-name-service name)
+(define-deprecated (host-name-service name)
+ host-name-service-type
"Return a service that sets the host name to @var{name}."
(service host-name-service-type name))
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ (define (operating-system-default-essential-services os)
(operating-system-file-systems os)))
(session-environment-service
(operating-system-environment-variables os))
- (host-name-service host-name)
+ (service host-name-service-type host-name)
procs root-fs
(service setuid-program-service-type
(operating-system-setuid-programs os))