Scott Moseman wrote:
On Dec 10, 2007 10:24 AM, Ray Van Dolson rvandolson@esri.com wrote:
# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5 (Final)
Check the output of rpm -q centos-release. /etc/redhat-release isn't updated as in previous releases.
# rpm -q centos-release centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1
I'm not sure how to read that version. To me, it says I'm on 5, unless the 1.0 is suppose to tell me the update version.
this issue has been covered here on the list as well as on the wiki and the issue tracker. It might be worth looking through those first.
and yes, the /etc/redhat-release file will only tell you what release you are on. and as you yum update, that should move along to whatever is the latest set of packages published.
if you choose to manually branch your machine off into a .z-release line, that would be a manual choice you need to make, hopefully being aware of the pitfalls of such a move.