On 23.6.2012 14:18, Sorin Srbu wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Keith Roberts Sent: den 23 juni 2012 14:08 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] Upgrading from 5.7 to 5.8
My box did upgrade itself automatically from the initial 5.5 DVD installation to 5.7
How can I tell if my box has been automatically upgraded from 5.7 to 5.8 please?
# cat /etc/redhat-release
$ rpm -qf /etc/redhat-release centos-release-5-8.el5.centos
$ rpm -q centos-release centos-release-5-8.el5.centos $ rpm -q --qf "%{version}\n" centos-release 5 $ rpm -q --qf "%{release}\n" centos-release 8.el5.centos
I don't know if it is more sane to ask the content of the file or to ask rpm, but I tend to the rpm method. I vaguely remember that modification of /etc/redhat-release was used to trick some third-party software that depends on the content of the file.
yum also does an rpm lookup AFAIU , see distroverpkg in yum.conf(5)
On Sat, 23 Jun 2012, Markus Falb wrote:
$ rpm -qf /etc/redhat-release centos-release-5-8.el5.centos
$ rpm -q centos-release centos-release-5-8.el5.centos $ rpm -q --qf "%{version}\n" centos-release 5 $ rpm -q --qf "%{release}\n" centos-release 8.el5.centos
I don't know if it is more sane to ask the content of the file or to ask rpm, but I tend to the rpm method. I vaguely remember that modification of /etc/redhat-release was used to trick some third-party software that depends on the content of the file.
Yes it's the same Markus.
[root@karsites ~]# rpm -qf /etc/redhat-release centos-release-5-8.el5.centos
Thanks,
Keith
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