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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2011-06-15 21:09:04 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2011-06-15 21:09:04 +0200
commitf9f0c31ae58250341636c3be9aa439c77c26fcc1 (patch)
tree5877d3f0778d4b4b22fa624d31bb0c786c263cc0
parent23b2a3300c11535022f3f54b4e0bd37153c129ba (diff)
man: clarify os-release in regards to spaces a bit
-rw-r--r--TODO2
-rw-r--r--man/os-release.xml14
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 7e0c725174..5d813a6cda 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Features:
* add prefix match to sysctl, tmpfiles, ...
+* send out "finished" signal when we are finished booting
+
* drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
* add inode stat() check to readahead to suppress preloading changed files
diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml
index d8a45b303f..f85119d26a 100644
--- a/man/os-release.xml
+++ b/man/os-release.xml
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@
<term><varname>ID=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>A lower-case string
- identifying the operating system,
- excluding any version information and
- suitable for processing by scripts. If
- not set defaults to
+ (no spaces) identifying the operating
+ system, excluding any version
+ information and suitable for
+ processing by scripts or usage in
+ generated file names. If not set
+ defaults to
<literal>linux</literal>. Example:
<literal>ID=fedora</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -128,10 +130,10 @@
<term><varname>VERSION_ID=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>A lower-case string
- (mostly numeric) identifying the
+ (mostly numeric, no spaces) identifying the
operating system version, excluding
any name information and suitable for
- processing by scripts. Example:
+ processing by scripts or usage in generated file names. Example:
<literal>VERSION_ID=15</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>