[CentOS] Silly question about 5.1

Johnny Hughes johnny at centos.org
Tue Dec 4 00:33:38 UTC 2007


Curt Micol wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Yes, there is a bug open for this, listed here:
> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2481

IT'S ON PURPOSE, IT'S A FEATURE, NOT A BUG :-)

> 
> On Dec 3, 2007 2:30 PM, David G. Miller <dave at davenjudy.org> wrote:
>> I just rebooted my desktop system to pick up the 5.1 kernel, etc.  One
>> oddity I noticed is that the contents of /etc/redhat-release still says:
>>
>> [root at bend etc]# cat /etc/redhat-release
>> CentOS release 5 (Final)
>>
>> but:
>>
>> [root at bend etc]# rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/redhat-release
>> centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1
>>
>> On my CentOS 4 box, /etc/redhat-release says:
>>
>> [dave at fraud ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
>> CentOS release 4.5 (Final)
>>
>> Shouldn't /etc/redhat-release on the CentOS 5 box say "5.1?"
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>>
>> --
>> Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
>> -- Ambrose Bierce
>>
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