From 1b5d26c967b17b635c88a094e010cd42a9afb220 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 17:06:11 +0200
Subject: doc: Add note to 'udisks-service'.
* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Specify how to add file-systems
utilities to 'udisks-service'.
---
doc/guix.texi | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
(limited to 'doc')
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 13e3c017d3..15e077a41c 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -16523,9 +16523,14 @@ Possible values are:
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} udisks-service [#:udisks @var{udisks}]
Return a service for @uref{https://udisks.freedesktop.org/docs/latest/,
-UDisks}, a @dfn{disk management} daemon that provides user interfaces with
-notifications and ways to mount/unmount disks. Programs that talk to UDisks
-include the @command{udisksctl} command, part of UDisks, and GNOME Disks.
+UDisks}, a @dfn{disk management} daemon that provides user interfaces
+with notifications and ways to mount/unmount disks. Programs that talk
+to UDisks include the @command{udisksctl} command, part of UDisks, and
+GNOME Disks. Note that Udisks relies on the @command{mount} command, so
+it will only be able to use the file-system utilities installed in the
+system profile. For example if you want to be able to mount NTFS
+file-systems in read and write fashion, you'll need to have
+@code{ntfs-3g} installed system-wide.
@end deffn
@deffn {Scheme Variable} colord-service-type
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