[OE-core] [RFC 1/2] os-release: add new operating system identification recipe

[Koen Kooi]

Op 13 dec. 2013, om 15:56 heeft Christopher Larson <kergoth at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:

> From: Christopher Larson <chris_larson at mentor.com>
> 
> This is needed by systemd, among other useful applications. All fields are
> metadata driven, and initial values come from our DISTRO variables.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christopher Larson <kergoth at gmail.com>
> ---
> meta/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bb | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 meta/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bb
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bb b/meta/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bb
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..0f67597
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/os-release/os-release.bb
> @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
> +inherit allarch
> +
> +SUMMARY = "Operating system identification"
> +DESCRIPTION = "The /etc/os-release file contains operating system identification data."
> +LICENSE = "MIT"
> +INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
> +
> +do_fetch[noexec] = "1"
> +do_unpack[noexec] = "1"
> +do_patch[noexec] = "1"
> +do_configure[noexec] = "1"
> +
> +# Other valid fields: BUILD_ID ANSI_COLOR CPE_NAME HOME_URL SUPPORT_URL BUG_REPORT_URL
> +OS_RELEASE_FIELDS = "ID ID_LIKE NAME VERSION VERSION_ID PRETTY_NAME"
> +
> +export ID = "${DISTRO}"
> +export NAME = "${DISTRO_NAME}"
> +export VERSION = "${DISTRO_VERSION}${@' (%s)' % DISTRO_CODENAME if 'DISTRO_CODENAME' in d else ''}"
> +export VERSION_ID = "${DISTRO_VERSION}"
> +export PRETTY_NAME = "${DISTRO_NAME} ${VERSION}"

Is DISTRO_NAME allowed to have spaces and weird characters? In OE-classic is was used as part of the outputnames in various things, but it looks that's safe in OE-core (not in meta-angstrom, though).

regards,

Koen