status: Mention rpm-ostree vs bootc #1645
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Signed-off-by: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
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This pull request adds a documentation section to bootc-status.8.md to explain how to differentiate between a bootc-managed and an rpm-ostree-managed system. The explanation is valuable. My feedback focuses on improving the clarity and readability of the new text to make it even more helpful for users.
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| and tools like rpm-ostree end up sharing the same code and doing effectively the same thing. | ||
| Hence, there isn't a mechanism to detect if a system "is bootc" or "is rpm-ostree". | ||
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| However, if the `incompatible` flag is set on a deployment, then there are layered packages and |
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| However, if the `incompatible` flag is set on a deployment, then there are layered packages and | |
| However, if the `incompatible` flag is set on a deployment in the `bootc status --json` output, then there are layered packages and |
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Opened coreos/zincati#1316 related to this. |
jmarrero
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Thanks for adding this, I was just looking for this. LGTM |
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