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units: define appropriate job timeout actions when boot or shutdown timeouts are hit
[elogind.git]
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os-release.xml
diff --git
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--- a/
man/os-release.xml
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man/os-release.xml
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-90,11
+90,15
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files at the same
time. <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> is the
recommended place to store OS release information as
files at the same
time. <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> is the
recommended place to store OS release information as
- part of vendor trees. Frequently,
- <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> is simply a
- symlink to <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename>,
+ part of vendor trees.
+ <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> should be a
+ relative symlink to
+ <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename>,
to provide compatibility with applications only
to provide compatibility with applications only
- looking at <filename>/etc</filename>.</para>
+ looking at <filename>/etc</filename>. A relative
+ symlink instead of an absolute symlink is
+ necessary to avoid breaking the link in a chroot or
+ initrd environment such as dracut.</para>
<para><filename>os-release</filename> contains data
that is defined by the operating system vendor and
<para><filename>os-release</filename> contains data
that is defined by the operating system vendor and