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authorDavid Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>2015-09-07 10:57:50 +0200
committerDavid Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>2015-09-07 10:57:50 +0200
commit74c1d3e74ed42e8ba81f439a6b4d484bdca40ff8 (patch)
tree5c987d8990a73c1795e0ce72988d14ecbda7a71a
parent9ec0fc9a3959b6d82fd2d4c4ef515e7953aaae6b (diff)
man: clarify wording of os-release.CPE_NAME
We expect the CPE_NAME to be formatted in URI binding syntax. Make that clear in the documentation. Furthermore, the CPE-spec has been taken over by NIST, so adjust the links as well. Reported by: Ben Harris <bjh21@cam.ac.uk>
-rw-r--r--man/os-release.xml7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml
index 4ca2e59706..d2e2598204 100644
--- a/man/os-release.xml
+++ b/man/os-release.xml
@@ -214,10 +214,11 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>CPE_NAME=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>A CPE name for the operating system, following
- the <ulink url="https://cpe.mitre.org/specification/">Common
+ <listitem><para>A CPE name for the operating system, in URI
+ binding syntax, following the
+ <ulink url="http://scap.nist.gov/specifications/cpe/">Common
Platform Enumeration Specification</ulink> as proposed by the
- MITRE Corporation. This field is optional. Example:
+ NIST. This field is optional. Example:
<literal>CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17"</literal>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>