Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: >> Also, that means that the instantiated mcron-service would automatically get >> a rottlog entry even though the mcron-service-types's default job list is >> empty, right ? > > Correct. > >> In that case it would be nice to be able to (optionally) override this >> mcron-service by a custom mcron-service in /etc/config.scm but retain the >> modified configuration with the implicit job in it. Is that possible? > > Sure, the current way to do things (which is to explicitly list rottlog > *and* mcron) would remain valid, and you could pass your own mcron > config this way.
If a user already had an mcron service with a custom configuration, it would still be extended as needed by adding the rottlog-service — or am I mistaken? I think auto-instantiation is great when it all shows up with “guix system extension-graph” and users can thus figure out why certain services were instantiated unexpectedly. -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net
