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| author | David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com> | 2015-09-07 10:57:50 +0200 |
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| committer | David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com> | 2015-09-07 10:57:50 +0200 |
| commit | 74c1d3e74ed42e8ba81f439a6b4d484bdca40ff8 (patch) | |
| tree | 5c987d8990a73c1795e0ce72988d14ecbda7a71a | |
| parent | 9ec0fc9a3959b6d82fd2d4c4ef515e7953aaae6b (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.xml | 7 |
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> |