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From e31c6804ca177ab911f6212b34930969b83f2d30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com>
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Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:19:05 -0400
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Subject: [PATCH] Add VARIANT as a standard value for /etc/os-release
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Some distributions (such as Fedora) are using the VARIANT field to
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indicate to select packages which of several default configurations
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they should be using. For example, VARIANT=Server provides a
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different default firewall configuration (blocking basically
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everything but SSH and the management console) whereas
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VARIANT=Workstation opens many other ports for application
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compatibility.
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By adding this patch to the manual pages, we can standardize on a
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cross-distribution mechanism for accomplishing this.
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Fedora implementation details are available at
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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Per-Product_Configuration
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(David: drop double paranthesis)
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(cherry picked from commit be7d0048ddda1e994f651e2825f96266d537d10d)
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Cherry-picked from: be7d004
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Resolves: #1222517
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---
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man/os-release.xml | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml
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index 4f57323d4..4ca2e5970 100644
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--- a/man/os-release.xml
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+++ b/man/os-release.xml
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@@ -273,6 +273,41 @@
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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+ <varlistentry>
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+ <term><varname>VARIANT=</varname></term>
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+
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+ <listitem><para>
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+ A string identifying a specific variant or edition of the
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+ operating system suitable for presentation to the user. This
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+ field may be used to inform the user that the configuration of
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+ this system is subject to a specific divergent set of rules or
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+ default configuration settings. This field is optional and may
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+ not be implemented on all systems.
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+ Examples:
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+ <literal>VARIANT="Server Edition"</literal>,
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+ <literal>VARIANT="Smart Refrigerator Edition"</literal>
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+ Note: this field is for display purposes only. The
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+ <varname>VARIANT_ID</varname> field should be used for making
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+ programmatic decisions.
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+ </para></listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry>
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+ <term><varname>VARIANT_ID=</varname></term>
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+
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+ <listitem><para>
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+ A lower-case string (no spaces or other characters outside of
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+ 0-9, a-z, ".", "_" and "-"), identifying a specific variant or
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+ edition of the operating system. This may be interpreted by
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+ other packages in order to determine a divergent default
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+ configuration. This field is optional and may not be
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+ implemented on all systems.
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+ Examples:
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+ <literal>VARIANT_ID=server</literal>,
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+ <literal>VARIANT_ID=embedded</literal>
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+ </para></listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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</variablelist>
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<para>If you are reading this file from C code or a shell script
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