[CentOS] what people really mean when they say they're running "5.3"?

[John R. Dennison]

On Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 01:29:48PM -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> 
> Depends.  Most people do update as new updates come out. Doing 'yum
> update' regularly will update to newer point releases automagically. 
> Some people (for various reasons) don't regularly update their systems.
> 
> Look in /etc/issue

	Why?  That file bears no relation to system identification
	purposes.  "uname -a" followed by "rpm -q centos-release"
	will properly identify a system release level.



							John

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offence. Rather, it's the product of the direct, cut-through-the-bullshit
communications style that is natural to people who are more concerned about
solving problems than making others feel warm and fuzzy.

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