Subject: Re: [bug#34154] [PATCH] /etc/os-release

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:38:05 +0100

Hello!

Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]> skribis:

> Currently GuixSD ships without an '/etc/os-release' file. This simple
> service aims to correct this.

I’m 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’.