From f0b647223ded79068dd1d92da329d2ea95527590 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: William Douglas Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:07:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] man/os-release: Add BUILD_ID field BUILD_ID is a fairly generic field used to identify the system image that was used to install the distribution. --- man/os-release.xml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml index 98320efe3..45babd61b 100644 --- a/man/os-release.xml +++ b/man/os-release.xml @@ -298,6 +298,28 @@ BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/" + + BUILD_ID= + + A string uniquely + identifying the system image used as + the origin for a distribution (it is + not updated with system updates). The + field can be identical between + different VERSION_IDs as BUILD_ID is + an only a unique identifier to a + specific version. Distributions that + release each update as a new version + would only need to use VERSION_ID as + each build is already distinct based + on the VERSION_ID. This field is + optional. Example: + BUILD_ID="2013-03-20.3" + or + BUILD_ID=201303203. + + + -- 2.30.2