[PATCH] base-files: make os-release symbolic link absolute

[Hauke Mehrtens]

On 9/8/21 2:50 PM, Florian Eckert wrote:
> The file `/etc/os-release` is currently a relative link to
> `../usr/lib/os-release`.
> 
> The follwing links on my `/etc` are also absolute:
> * localtime -> /tmp/localtime
> * resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf
> * /tmp/TZmtab -> /proc/mounts
> 
> For consistency, this should also apply to `/usr/lib/os-release`.

Is there any other reason than consistency to change this?

I prefer relative links because they also work when the file system is 
accessed by the build system like Paul said.

Hauke

> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Eckert <fe at dev.tdt.de>
> ---
>   package/base-files/files/etc/os-release | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/os-release b/package/base-files/files/etc/os-release
> index c4c75b419c..d98fc7a7ac 120000
> --- a/package/base-files/files/etc/os-release
> +++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/os-release
> @@ -1 +1 @@
> -../usr/lib/os-release
> \ No newline at end of file
> +/usr/lib/os-release
> \ No newline at end of file
>