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authorPierre Labastie <pieere@linuxfromscratch.org>2020-01-09 09:02:55 +0000
committerPierre Labastie <pieere@linuxfromscratch.org>2020-01-09 09:02:55 +0000
commit6a57b4c2ec735563361f14a05bf2634908b7350c (patch)
treea2b4e35ec8974c51548572ece8a1f8f147fc1b1f /chapter09
parent7e42b398615c56bc47375cb807d1246008863df3 (diff)
Add /etc/os-release to SysV,
and reword instructions in "The End" git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11721 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter09')
-rw-r--r--chapter09/theend.xml52
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/chapter09/theend.xml b/chapter09/theend.xml
index 0df3de5a5..9f2ca17cc 100644
--- a/chapter09/theend.xml
+++ b/chapter09/theend.xml
@@ -18,25 +18,14 @@
<primary sortas="e-/etc/lsb-release">/etc/lsb-release</primary>
</indexterm>
- <indexterm zone="ch-finish-theend" revision="systemd">
+ <indexterm zone="ch-finish-theend">
<primary sortas="e-/etc/os-release">/etc/os-release</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>Well done! The new LFS system is installed! We wish you much
success with your shiny new custom-built Linux system.</para>
- <para revision="systemd">Create an <filename>/etc/os-release</filename>
- file required by systemd:</para>
-
-<screen revision="systemd"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/os-release &lt;&lt; "EOF"
-NAME="Linux From Scratch"
-VERSION="&versiond;"
-ID=lfs
-PRETTY_NAME="Linux From Scratch &versiond;"
-VERSION_CODENAME="&lt;your name here&gt;"
-EOF</userinput></screen>
-
- <para revision="sysv">It may be a good idea to create an
+ <para>It may be a good idea to create an
<filename>/etc/lfs-release</filename> file. By having this file, it is very
easy for you (and for us if you need to ask for help at some point) to find
out which LFS version is installed on the system. Create this file by
@@ -44,15 +33,13 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
<screen revision="sysv"><userinput>echo &version; &gt; /etc/lfs-release</userinput></screen>
- <para revision="systemd">Creating the file
- <filename>/etc/lfs-release</filename> is recommended for compatibility with
- the non-systemd branch. By having this file, it is very easy for you (and for
- us if you need to ask for help at some point) to find out which LFS version
- is installed on the system. Create this file by running:</para>
-
<screen revision="systemd"><userinput>echo &versiond; &gt; /etc/lfs-release</userinput></screen>
- <para>It is also a good idea to create a file to show the status of your
+ <para>Two files describing the installed system may be used by packages
+ that will be installed on the system, either in binary form or by building
+ them.</para>
+
+ <para>The first one shows the status of your
new system with respect to the Linux Standards Base (LSB). To create
this file, run:</para>
@@ -70,7 +57,28 @@ DISTRIB_CODENAME="&lt;your name here&gt;"
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux From Scratch"
EOF</userinput></screen>
- <para>Be sure to put some sort of customization for the field
- 'DISTRIB_CODENAME' to make the system uniquely yours.</para>
+ <para>The second one contains roughly the same information, and is used
+ by systemd and some graphical desktop environments. To create
+ this file, run:</para>
+
+<screen revision="sysv"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/os-release &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+NAME="Linux From Scratch"
+VERSION="&version;"
+ID=lfs
+PRETTY_NAME="Linux From Scratch &version;"
+VERSION_CODENAME="&lt;your name here&gt;"
+EOF</userinput></screen>
+
+<screen revision="systemd"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/os-release &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+NAME="Linux From Scratch"
+VERSION="&versiond;"
+ID=lfs
+PRETTY_NAME="Linux From Scratch &versiond;"
+VERSION_CODENAME="&lt;your name here&gt;"
+EOF</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Be sure to put some sort of customization for the fields
+ 'DISTRIB_CODENAME' and 'VERSION_CODENAME' to make the system uniquely
+ yours.</para>
</sect1>