[CentOS-devel] enhancing /etc/*-release

On 22/02/2015 23:19, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> /etc/centos-release:
> CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core)
>
> /etc/redhat-release
> Derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (Source)
>

Yay, thread necromancy.

This change is causing some surprise, because (as least some) config 
management tools are mis-identifying centos 7.  What problem did it solve?

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HJ