identifying the operating system,
excluding any version information and
suitable for processing by scripts or
- usage in generated file names. If not
+ usage in generated filenames. If not
set defaults to
<literal>ID=linux</literal>. Example:
<literal>ID=fedora</literal> or
system version, excluding any OS name
information or release code name, and
suitable for processing by scripts or
- usage in generated file names. This
+ usage in generated filenames. This
field is optional. Example:
<literal>VERSION_ID=17</literal> or
<literal>VERSION_ID=11.04</literal>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>A CPE name for the
operating system, following the <ulink
- url="http://cpe.mitre.org/specification/">Common
+ url="https://cpe.mitre.org/specification/">Common
Platform Enumeration
Specification</ulink> as proposed by
the MITRE Corporation. This field
<literal>BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"</literal></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>BUILD_ID=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>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:
+ <literal>BUILD_ID="2013-03-20.3"</literal>
+ or
+ <literal>BUILD_ID=201303203</literal>.
+
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>