Some distributions (such as Fedora) are using the VARIANT field to indicate to select packages which of several default configurations they should be using. For example, VARIANT=Server provides a different default firewall configuration (blocking basically everything but SSH and the management console) whereas VARIANT=Workstation opens many other ports for application compatibility.
By adding this patch to the manual pages, we can standardize on a cross-distribution mechanism for accomplishing this. Fedora implementation details are available at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Per-Product_Configuration --- man/os-release.xml | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml index 8f4ab10fed78b0f5c0c3842eb27bdef650fbdd93..71261ce77fa0c4f36553b182b54ef6b4a8ee0df7 100644 --- a/man/os-release.xml +++ b/man/os-release.xml @@ -272,10 +272,23 @@ or <literal>BUILD_ID=201303203</literal>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>VARIANT=</varname></term> + + <listitem><para> + A string identifying a specific variant or edition of the + operating system. This may be interpreted by other packages in + order to determine a divergent default configuration. This + field is optional and may not be implemented on all systems. + Examples: <literal>VARIANT=Server</literal>, + <literal>VARIANT=Embedded</literal> + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> <para>If you are reading this file from C code or a shell script to determine the OS or a specific version of it, use the <varname>ID</varname> and <varname>VERSION_ID</varname> fields, -- 2.3.6 _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
