Systems should not override it according to the spec. It's supposed to be a 
symlink to `/usr/lib/os-release`. The idea is that you can override it in 
`/etc`.

Unfortunately, some systems get this wrong and ony write the file in `/etc`. 
(RHEL for example)

On Sun, Dec 15, 2019, at 21:19, Daniel Hilst wrote:
> Hi Lars,
> 
> Yeah I just figured this out, is it okay to edit this file? A system update 
> wouldn't overwrite it?
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> *De:* Lars Karlitski <[email protected]>
> *Enviado:* domingo, 15 de dezembro de 2019 07:30
> *Para:* [email protected] 
> <[email protected]>
> *Assunto:* Re: How to use VARIANT_ID to change branding folder that is 
> searched? 
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> Cockpit looks in `/etc/os-release`[1] for the `VARIANT` and `VARIANT_ID` 
> keys. You can override the keys there.
> 
> Lars
> 
> [1]  https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html
> 
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2019, at 20:27, Daniel Hilst wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> I'm trying to change the branding folder that is used by cockpit, I read 
>> this in at  
>> https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/blob/master/doc/branding.md#how-cockpit-selects-branding
>> 
>> I tried by placing it at systemd unit file, here is how
>> 
>> # cat /etc/systemd/system/cockpit.service 
>> [Unit]
>> Description=Cockpit Web Service
>> Documentation=man:cockpit-ws(8)
>> Requires=cockpit.socket
>> 
>> [Service]
>> ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/remotectl certificate --ensure --user=root 
>> --group=cockpit-ws --selinux-type=etc_t
>> ExecStart=/usr/libexec/cockpit-ws
>> PermissionsStartOnly=true
>> User=cockpit-ws
>> Group=cockpit-ws
>> Environment=VARIANT_ID=MyVariant #<-- my variant
>> 
>> Also I tried to stop cockpit.service and run with the variable setted, no 
>> effect
>> 
>> I copied centos folder to centos-MyVariant and changed the logo image. I 
>> expected to see the new image, but nothing changed
>> 
>> Any ideas? What I'm missing?
>> 
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