Re: [PATCH] base-files: make os-release symbolic link absolute

2021-09-10 Thread Paul Spooren
On 9/9/21 19:53, Florian Eckert wrote: * resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf * /tmp/TZmtab -> /proc/mounts For consistency, this should also apply to `/usr/lib/os-release`. Is there any other reason than consistency to change this? Yes, I have to elaborate on that. I have a small script that

Re: [PATCH] base-files: make os-release symbolic link absolute

2021-09-10 Thread Florian Eckert
* resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf * /tmp/TZmtab -> /proc/mounts For consistency, this should also apply to `/usr/lib/os-release`. Is there any other reason than consistency to change this? Yes, I have to elaborate on that. I have a small script that boots the system into a called it

Re: [PATCH] base-files: make os-release symbolic link absolute

2021-09-08 Thread Jo-Philipp Wich
Hi, > Did you check that none of the build scripts try to access this file? In > case they do, they'd fail since an absolute path wouldn't exists on the > building host system. apart from that it might break 3rd party workflows for no obvious reason. The existing absolute symlinks mentioned all

Re: [PATCH] base-files: make os-release symbolic link absolute

2021-09-08 Thread Hauke Mehrtens
On 9/8/21 2:50 PM, Florian Eckert wrote: The file `/etc/os-release` is currently a relative link to `../usr/lib/os-release`. The follwing links on my `/etc` are also absolute: * localtime -> /tmp/localtime * resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf * /tmp/TZmtab -> /proc/mounts For consistency, this

Re: [PATCH] base-files: make os-release symbolic link absolute

2021-09-08 Thread Paul Spooren
On 9/8/21 02:50, Florian Eckert wrote: The file `/etc/os-release` is currently a relative link to `../usr/lib/os-release`. The follwing links on my `/etc` are also absolute: * localtime -> /tmp/localtime * resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf * /tmp/TZmtab -> /proc/mounts For consistency, this

[PATCH] base-files: make os-release symbolic link absolute

2021-09-08 Thread Florian Eckert
The file `/etc/os-release` is currently a relative link to `../usr/lib/os-release`. The follwing links on my `/etc` are also absolute: * localtime -> /tmp/localtime * resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf * /tmp/TZmtab -> /proc/mounts For consistency, this should also apply to `/usr/lib/os-release`.