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@ -134,7 +134,19 @@ Each element can use the following files to define or affect dependencies:
on element B and element C includes element B in its "element-provides"
file and A and C are included when building an image, then B is not used.
Operating system elements
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Some elements define the base structure for an operating system -- for example,
the ``opensuse`` element builds a base openSUSE system. Such elements have
more requirements than the other elements:
* they must have ``operating-system`` in their element-provides, so this
indicates they are an "operating system".
* they must export the ``DISTRO_NAME`` environment variable with the name
of the distribution built, using an environment.d script. For example,
the ``opensuse`` element exports ``DISTRO_NAME=opensuse``.
Ramdisk Elements
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^