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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2021-11-19 16:19:19 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2021-11-23 22:55:11 +0100
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os-release: add new PORTABLE_PREFIXES= field for declaring valid portable service match prefixes
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regular systems and to portable service environments, but not to initrd
environments.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PORTABLE_PREFIXES=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a space-separated list of one or more valid prefix match strings for the
+ <ulink url="https://systemd.io/PORTABLE_SERVICES">Portable Services</ulink> logic. This field
+ serves two purposes: it's informational, identifying portable service images as such (and thus
+ allowing them to be distinguished from other OS images, such as bootable system images); whenever a
+ portable service image is attached the specified or implied portable service prefix is checked
+ against this list, to enforce restrictions how images may be attached to a
+ system.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>