Re: [PATCH] os-release: add more variables to list

[richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org]

On Mon, 2018-10-29 at 12:36 -0700, akuster808 wrote:
> On 10/29/18 10:12 AM, richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > This sounds very much like "I want to be a distro but I don't want
> > to
> > be a distro".
> > 
> > Changing os-release just because a layer was included is a really
> > bad
> > idea. Its distro policy what would be included there, including
> > what
> > the cpe name might be.
> 
> This is why I think its appropriate to have at least  "CPE_NAME"
> added.
> > 
> > Whether the nodistro defaults are right is a different question but
> > meta-security should not be poking there.
> 
> I really didn't want to do another layer for something as simple as
> "CPE_NAME" but why not.

Does OE have a standard "CPE_NAME" which works for everything/everyone?
Should it have?

I get the feeling I'm missing something here but you're not giving me
much to work with and the original patch didn't just add CPE_NAME...

Cheers,

Richard