according to BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION[1] EFI Unified Kernel Images require VERSION_ID in their .osrel section. some tools like bootctl(1) will be content with build_id also [2]. [1] https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION/#type-2-efi-unified-kernel-images [2] https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/8fc1efa88fb935ab4357fa39ed71ccb70df55d7e/src/shared/bootspec.c#L320 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: grep VERSION_ID /etc/os-release Actual Results: will return empty hand Expected Results: VERSION_ID=some_id
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/baselayout.git/commit/?id=57c250e24c70f8f9581860654cdec0d049345292 commit 57c250e24c70f8f9581860654cdec0d049345292 Author: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2021-09-24 23:05:36 +0000 Commit: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-09-24 23:05:36 +0000 generate /usr/lib/os-release dynamically This allows the os name and version to be dynamic. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/788190 Signed-off-by: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> Makefile | 3 +++ etc.BSD/os-release | 7 ------- etc.Linux/os-release | 7 ------- make_os_release | 15 +++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=4ce50fe689addf7ebc8861af8b290145bb741b6c commit 4ce50fe689addf7ebc8861af8b290145bb741b6c Author: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2021-09-24 23:14:03 +0000 Commit: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-09-24 23:15:11 +0000 sys-apps/baselayout: Move handling of the os-release file upstream. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/788190 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.20, Repoman-3.0.3 Signed-off-by: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> sys-apps/baselayout/baselayout-9999.ebuild | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
