rPUA-2007-0165-1 distro-conary-config distro-release

[rPath Update Announcements]

rPath Update Advisory: 2007-0165-1
Published: 2007-08-17
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Informational
Updated Versions:
    distro-conary-config=/conary.rpath.com at rpl:devel//1/1.0.6-0.1-1
    distro-release=/conary.rpath.com at rpl:devel//1/1.0.6-0.3-1

References:
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1278

Description:
    In this update, the files previously provided in the distro-release
    package have been split between two separate packages, distro-release
    and distro-conary-config, in order to make it easier to customize
    appliances.
    
    You can customize your appliance merely by creating the files
    /etc/sysconfig/appliance-name and /etc/sysconfig/appliance-group
    in any package included in your appliance, without modifying
    either the distro-releasee or distro-conary-config packages.
    For further customization, rebuilding the distro-release package
    is now much simpler than it was previously.
    
    The new distro-release init script reads the appliance name from the
    /etc/sysconfig/appliance-name file (if that file does not exist,
    the default is "rPath Linux"), and the Conary group to query for
    version information from the /etc/sysconfig/appliance-group file
    (the default is the top-level group, if only one exists, or no
    version information otherwise).  It then appropriately modifies
    the /etc/issue, /etc/issue.net, and /etc/distro-release files.
    
    The new package distro-conary-config contains the Conary use flags
    that are specific to the distribution, particularly those that are
    different in different flavors of the distribution, and is built
    in multiple different flavors.  It is not normally customized for
    appliances.  If you need to customize the distro-release package
    to enable deeper appliance branding, you no longer need to build
    multiple flavors.

Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc.
This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html