[CentOS] Helper variables like %{rhel} on CentOS

Fri Jan 7 13:03:55 UTC 2011
Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel at gmail.com>

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:29 AM,  <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
> Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 3:34 AM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> %rhel           0%(/bin/rpm -q -f /etc/redhat-release --qf
>>>>> '%{VERSION}\n' )
>>>>
>>>> Gahhh. Proportional fonts in this mail interfaces. We hates it, yes,
>>>> we hates it!!!!
>
> Into Mount Doom with HTML email!
>>>>
>>>> Good catch, though. But why use '%{VERSION}' when '%{version}' will
>>>> serve?
>>>
>>> Well then, you can save even more ...  '%{v}'
>>>
>>> :-)
>>
>> I'd prefer not to "save" myself out of legibility.....
>
> What, there's no Obfuscaed Kickstart competition?

Can I give my award to the winner of that in person? Please? I have
something very, very, very special for them. And a few candidates from
companies that include their own "we'll build a kickstart file with
our GUI" applications....