[systemd-devel] [PATCH] Add BUILD_ID to os-release

[William Douglas]

BUILD_ID is a generic field that can uniquely identify all a
distributions default packages in a release or image build
when VERSION is used as broader identifier.

Signed-off-by: William Douglas <william.douglas at intel.com>
---
 man/os-release.xml | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml
index 98320ef..e6f31f7 100644
--- a/man/os-release.xml
+++ b/man/os-release.xml
@@ -298,6 +298,17 @@
                                 <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 packages installed by
+                                default from a distribution. This field
+                                is optional. Example:
+
<literal>BUILD_ID="2013-03-20.3"</literal>
+                                or
<literal>BUILD_ID=201303203</literal>.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
 
                 </variablelist>
 
-- 
1.8.1.5


-- 
William Douglas, Intel Open Source Technology Center