fedora-release-$PRODUCT, /etc/issue, /etc/os-release, Per-Product Configs and more!

[Lennart Poettering]

On Mon, 30.06.14 16:43, Stephen Gallagher (sgallagh at redhat.com) wrote:

> >> Well, ideally we'd like the majority of the file to be owned by 
> >> fedora-release and then just add the one or two additional
> >> fields specific to the products programmatically.
> >> 
> >> I suppose though that we could just carry complete duplicates in
> >> each fedora-release-* package. Particularly if we end up adding
> >> a fedora-release-nonproduct (or however we name it) package to
> >> solve the depsolving issues as suggested by James Antill.
> > 
> > I really don't understand why /usr/lib/os-release should have an
> > API to modify. It describes the vendor operating system image,
> > really, and his hence strictly not dynamic. We should never invent
> > mechanisms that make files in /usr subject to runtime
> > configuration. That would be completely backwards.
> 
> Well, it's semi-dynamic. I suppose I'm treating it more like an
> additive drop directory.
> 
> In a sense, there's a certain amount of this definition that every
> Fedora install will have. The Products then add to this definition. A
> basic piece of it is mandatory, but the outer edges are add-ons.

I am not sure this is really what /etc/os-release is for. It's for
declaring operating system names and versions, not really for containing
a list of packages you have installed.

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat