From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jan 22 16:38:11 2019 Received: (at 34154) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Jan 2019 21:38:11 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41629 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gm3kJ-0001qM-KB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:38:11 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([185.233.100.1]:50534) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gm3kI-0001qE-5i for 34154@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:38:10 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FDE84ED5; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:38:08 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 3-FPhy5zoVAF; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:38:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from ribbon (unknown [IPv6:2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 37A4A4D9E; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:38:06 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Efraim Flashner Subject: Re: [bug#34154] [PATCH] /etc/os-release References: <20190121101740.GB11658@macbook41> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:38:05 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20190121101740.GB11658@macbook41> (Efraim Flashner's message of "Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:17:40 +0200") Message-ID: <87y37cjruq.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 34154 Cc: 34154@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) Hello! Efraim Flashner skribis: > Currently GuixSD ships without an '/etc/os-release' file. This simple > service aims to correct this. I=E2=80=99m not very enthusiastic. :-) I think /etc/os-release is a hack and the primary motivation behind it was (I believe) to allow proprietary programs to make assumptions on the file system layout, available services, etc. based on the distribution running. WDYT? Did you encounter situations where lack of this file was causing problems? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.