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bug#44986: [PATCH] doc: Give references and examples for services-to-res
From: |
Simon Josefsson |
Subject: |
bug#44986: [PATCH] doc: Give references and examples for services-to-restart. |
Date: |
Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:14:44 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi! I started using unattended-upgrades, and was confused which service
names (config.scm vs herd) to use. I think this small documentation
patch would help others. What do you think?
/Simon
From c414dd60652ecdd124b189b2c46ce30ae9db986d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 10:10:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Give references and examples for services-to-restart.
* doc/guix.texi (Unattended Upgrades): Give references and examples
for services-to-restart.
---
doc/guix.texi | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 889f380108..02d3077983 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -17175,6 +17175,10 @@ only restarts services that are not currently running,
which is
conservative: it minimizes disruption but leaves outdated services
running.
+Use @command{herd status} to find out candidates for restarting.
+@xref{Services}, for general information about services. Common
+services to restart would include @code{ntpd} and @code{ssh-daemon}.
+
By default, the @code{mcron} service is restarted. This ensures that
the latest version of the unattended upgrade job will be used next time.
--
2.20.1
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