Changeset 6a57b4c for chapter09/theend.xml

Timestamp:

01/09/2020 09:02:55 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

Pierre Labastie <pieere@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

ae5423f

Parents:

7e42b39

Message:

Add /etc/os-release to SysV,
and reword instructions in "The End"

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11721 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter09/theend.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

chapter09/theend.xml

@@ -19 +19 @@
   </indexterm>
 
-  <indexterm zone="ch-finish-theend" revision="systemd">
+  <indexterm zone="ch-finish-theend">
     <primary sortas="e-/etc/os-release">/etc/os-release</primary>
   </indexterm>
@@ -26 +26 @@
   success with your shiny new custom-built Linux system.</para>
 
-  <para revision="systemd">Create an <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> 
-        file required by systemd:</para>
-
-<screen revision="systemd"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/os-release &lt;&lt; "EOF"
-NAME="Linux From Scratch"
-VERSION="&versiond;"
-ID=lfs
-PRETTY_NAME="Linux From Scratch &versiond;"
-VERSION_CODENAME="&lt;your name here&gt;"
-EOF</userinput></screen>
-
-  <para revision="sysv">It may be a good idea to create an
+  <para>It may be a good idea to create an
   <filename>/etc/lfs-release</filename> file. By having this file, it is very
   easy for you (and for us if you need to ask for help at some point) to find
@@ -45 +34 @@
 <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>echo &version; &gt; /etc/lfs-release</userinput></screen>
 
-  <para revision="systemd">Creating the file
-  <filename>/etc/lfs-release</filename> is recommended for compatibility with
-  the non-systemd branch. By having this file, it is very easy for you (and for
-  us if you need to ask for help at some point) to find out which LFS version
-  is installed on the system. Create this file by running:</para>
-
 <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>echo &versiond; &gt; /etc/lfs-release</userinput></screen>
 
-  <para>It is also a good idea to create a file to show the status of your
+  <para>Two files describing the installed system may be used by packages
+  that will be installed on the system, either in binary form or by building
+  them.</para>
+
+  <para>The first one shows the status of your
   new system with respect to the Linux Standards Base (LSB).  To create
   this file, run:</para>
@@ -71 +58 @@
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
-  <para>Be sure to put some sort of customization for the field
-  'DISTRIB_CODENAME' to make the system uniquely yours.</para>
+  <para>The second one contains roughly the same information, and is used
+  by systemd and some graphical desktop environments.  To create
+  this file, run:</para>
+
+<screen revision="sysv"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/os-release &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+NAME="Linux From Scratch"
+VERSION="&version;"
+ID=lfs
+PRETTY_NAME="Linux From Scratch &version;"
+VERSION_CODENAME="&lt;your name here&gt;"
+EOF</userinput></screen>
+
+<screen revision="systemd"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/os-release &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+NAME="Linux From Scratch"
+VERSION="&versiond;"
+ID=lfs
+PRETTY_NAME="Linux From Scratch &versiond;"
+VERSION_CODENAME="&lt;your name here&gt;"
+EOF</userinput></screen>
+
+  <para>Be sure to put some sort of customization for the fields
+  'DISTRIB_CODENAME' and 'VERSION_CODENAME' to make the system uniquely
+  yours.</para>
 
 </sect1>