Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 10:11:48 -0700 From: Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Creating /etc/os-release Message-ID: <6f296606-9a9b-6a0d-a0be-3cb6261280f4@bsdio.com> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfre=jOatW-A1Ke3X10Tt1hPq3ePmR0KpWfFX9z7w9cK3Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfre=jOatW-A1Ke3X10Tt1hPq3ePmR0KpWfFX9z7w9cK3Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/7/19 11:10 AM, Warner Losh wrote: > A standard has evolved in other communities to communicate certain key > aspects of the system to interested parties. The /etc/os-release file. The > standard is defined here http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/os-release and > here https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html . It > has become a de-facto standard for the graphical systems. Also, it's enough of a standard that it's supported in Solaris 11.4 - https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E88353_01/html/E37852/os-release-5.html . -- Rebecca Cran
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