[CentOS] After 5.1 update $releasever is still 5

Sun Dec 16 17:27:15 UTC 2007
Dan Maranville <likuidkewl at gmail.com>

Chris Mauritz wrote:
> Bernard Lheureux wrote:
>> On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 06:58 -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>
>> But in the 4.xx version when you do a 'cat /etc/redhat-release' it shows
>> you the version "CentOS release 4.5 (Final)" for example, now with
>> version 5 after the upgrade to version 5.1 if you do a
>> 'cat /etc/redhat-release' it always shows "CentOS release 5 (Final)" and
>> not "CentOS release 5.1 (Final)"
>>   
> 
> Agreed.  That was the source of a bit of head scratching here as well.
> 

I do believe this was covered in recent mailings located in the archive 
and also in the Wiki:
http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS5#q8

Regards,
Dan