[systemd-devel] [PATCH 1/4] Add ENVIRONMENT to hostnamectl

[Kay Sievers]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Michael Biebl <mbiebl at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2014-07-08 13:40 GMT+02:00 Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net>:
>> I'd go for something generic like "description" or "comment" or so. Or
>> maybe "purpose". I think simply "description" appears to be the best
>> option for me.
>>
>> BTW, something I also wanted to see for a long time, was a "location"
>> field, that can be freely configured by the admin, but is initially
>> filled in from geoip or so. In many setups it's quite relevant to know
>> where a server is located. Depending on the usecase ot could be as
>> generic as "Berlin, Germany" or maybe as specific as "3rd shelf, left
>> cabinet" or so, whatever people need. (Of course, on laptops it makes
>> little sense...)
>
> This information looks like local state, i.e. can't be part of
> /usr/lib/os-release.

machine-info

> So, will this create a copy of /usr/lib/os-release at /etc/os-release
> if this additional information is added?
>
> If so, what happens if the os itself is upgraded and
> /usr/lib/os-release get's an update?

Kay