[CentOS] After 5.1 update $releasever is still 5

Tue Dec 11 13:51:02 UTC 2007
Tim Verhoeven <tim.verhoeven.be at gmail.com>

On Dec 11, 2007 2:47 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
> I have performed the 5.1 update via the 5 repo on a couple of systems.
> I then went to switch these systems to my new local repo using ther
> $releasever variable.  It still has the value of 5, not 5.1
>
> Where is this set?  Why was it not changed to 5.1?
>
> On the one clean install from the 5.1 isos, $releasever is at 5.1   I think.

See http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS5#q8, it is related.

Regards,
Tim

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