Subject: [bug#71118] [PATCH 1/5] services: nscd: ‘log-file’ defaults to #f.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 16:53:36 +0200

* gnu/services/base.scm (<nscd-configuration>)[log-file]: Default to #f.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Clarify documentation.

Change-Id: Ia75914fc2665db13bef688d53659083a615ebef4
---
 doc/guix.texi         | 8 +++++---
 gnu/services/base.scm | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 8073e3f6d49..0055724e658 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -19446,9 +19446,11 @@ Base Services
 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
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 85160bd3abb..984670cd32c 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ (define-record-type* <nscd-configuration> nscd-configuration
   make-nscd-configuration
   nscd-configuration?
   (log-file    nscd-configuration-log-file        ;string
-               (default "/var/log/nscd.log"))
+               (default #f))
   (debug-level nscd-debug-level                   ;integer
                (default 0))
   ;; TODO: See nscd.conf in glibc for other options to add.
-- 
2.41.0