X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fos-release.xml;h=c1dd62f7156d2c1c978eab7229d522d0681cf565;hp=045dd08f1f899b520921e3134a596e91e1c8af53;hb=79640424059328268b9fb6c5fa8eb777b27a177e;hpb=982e44dbc3e70c97e83464a30354b80973d52b41 diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml index 045dd08f1..c1dd62f71 100644 --- a/man/os-release.xml +++ b/man/os-release.xml @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ list of environment-like shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible to source the configuration from shell scripts, however, beyond mere - variable assignments no shell features are supported + variable assignments, no shell features are supported (this means variable expansion is explicitly not supported), allowing applications to read the file without implementing a shell compatible execution @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ a-z, 0-9. All strings should be in UTF-8 format, and non-printable characters should not be used. If double or single quotes or backslashes are to be used within - variable assignments they should be escaped with + variable assignments, they should be escaped with backslashes, following shell style. It is not supported to concatenate multiple individually quoted strings. Lines beginning with "#" shall be ignored as @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ A string identifying the operating system, without a version component, and suitable for - presentation to the user. If not set + presentation to the user. If not set, defaults to NAME=Linux. Example: NAME=Fedora or @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ excluding any version information and suitable for processing by scripts or usage in generated filenames. If not - set defaults to + set, defaults to ID=linux. Example: ID=fedora or ID=debian. @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ A space-separated list of operating system identifiers in the same syntax as the - ID= setting. Should + ID= setting. It should list identifiers of operating systems that are closely related to the local operating system in regards to @@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ OS is a derivative from. An OS should generally only list other OS identifiers it itself is a derivative - from, and not any OSes that - are derived from it, but symmetric + of, and not any OSes that + are derived from it, though symmetric relationships are possible. Build scripts and similar should check this variable if they need to identify the @@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ closest. This field is optional. Example: for an operating system with - ID=centos an + ID=centos, an assignment of ID_LIKE="rhel fedora" would be appropriate. For an operating system - with ID=ubuntu an + with ID=ubuntu, an assignment of ID_LIKE=debian is appropriate. @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ presentation to the user. May or may not contain a release code name or OS version of some kind, as suitable. If - not set defaults to + not set, defaults to PRETTY_NAME="Linux". Example: PRETTY_NAME="Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle)". @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ tel:. Only one URL shall be listed in each setting. If multiple resources need to be - referenced it is recommended to + referenced, it is recommended to provide an online landing page linking all available resources. Examples: HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/" @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Note that operating system vendors may choose not to provide version information, for example to - accommodate for rolling releases. In this case VERSION + accommodate for rolling releases. In this case, VERSION and VERSION_ID may be unset. Applications should not rely on these fields to be set.