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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi4
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm5
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index faad3ad6bb..94d4d8f92d 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -10031,12 +10031,12 @@ well as in the @var{groups} field of the @var{operating-system} record.
@end example
@end deffn
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} urandom-seed-service
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} urandom-seed-service-type
Save some entropy in @var{%random-seed-file} to seed @file{/dev/urandom}
when rebooting. It also tries to seed @file{/dev/urandom} from
@file{/dev/hwrng} while booting, if @file{/dev/hwrng} exists and is
readable.
-@end deffn
+@end defvr
@defvr {Scheme Variable} %random-seed-file
This is the name of the file where some random bytes are saved by
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 26525714a5..acc5c33f58 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -597,12 +597,13 @@ in KNOWN-MOUNT-POINTS when it is stopped."
;; start until we have seeded the PRNG.
(service-extension user-processes-service-type
(const '(urandom-seed)))))
+ (default-value #f)
(description
"Seed the @file{/dev/urandom} pseudo-random number
generator (RNG) with the value recorded when the system was last shut
down.")))
-(define (urandom-seed-service)
+(define (urandom-seed-service) ;deprecated
(service urandom-seed-service-type #f))
@@ -1984,7 +1985,7 @@ This service is not part of @var{%base-services}."
(ip "127.0.0.1")
(provision '(loopback)))))
(syslog-service)
- (urandom-seed-service)
+ (service urandom-seed-service-type)
(guix-service)
(nscd-service)