Silly question about 5.1

12-03-2007, 06:30 PM

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@bend etc]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5 (Final)

but:

[root@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@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

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12-03-2007, 06:33 PM

Hello,

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

On Dec 3, 2007 2:30 PM, David G. Miller <dave@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@bend etc]# cat /etc/redhat-release
> CentOS release 5 (Final)
>
> but:
>
> [root@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@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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12-03-2007, 11:33 PM

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@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@bend etc]# cat /etc/redhat-release
>> CentOS release 5 (Final)
>>
>> but:
>>
>> [root@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@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
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> CentOS mailing list
>> CentOS@centos.org
>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>>

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12-04-2007, 12:38 AM

On Dec 3, 2007 7:33 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny@centos.org> wrote:
> IT'S ON PURPOSE, IT'S A FEATURE, NOT A BUG :-)

Yes, I know, I've read it. I didn't add "report" to that statment. My bad.

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