Re: [CentOS] how to check the version of centos
Greg Bailey wrote: Mail Administrator wrote: Thanks guys for the quick reply btw cat /etc/redhat-release gives me CentOS release 5 (Final) so as per the FAQ guess its uptodate thnks again regards simon Interesting that this seems to deviate from upstream. Checking an updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 box, I get: # cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga) Does anyone know what upstream does with the 5.1.z updates? Does /etc/redhat-release show "5.1.z" or something? -Greg OF COURSE it deviates from upstream. We are a separate distribution This has been covered again and again and it is in an FAQ. http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS5#head-51ce9db5abbde6b4dbe39b0531d01b34f80fb606 Upstream is GOING to (supposedly) provide a "Z Series" (as in 5.1.1 and 5.2.0). However, we do not yet know exactly how that will work in practice until they implement it. IF we support the "Z series" update sets separately (we have not decided completely if we have the "RESOURCES" to do that) then once you lock onto a "Z Series" you would have something different in your /etc/redhat-release. IF you DO NOT lock into a "Z Series" release then you would have "Release 5" ... not 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3 ... in your /etc/release. This is because that is exactly what you are doing if you do not deviate to a "Z Series". Deviation (staying on the 5.1.z series, for example) would mean that you will stay on 5.1.1 (and then 5.1.2 and 5.1.3) while 5.2.0, then 5.3.0 (and 5.2.1,5.1.2) and 5.4.0 (and 5.3.1,5.2.2,5.1.3) become available. Of course, at that point, they are "End of Life"ing the 5.1 branch .. so there will not be a 5.1.4 and you would at that point need to plan an upgrade to some other branch (5.5.0, 5.4.1, 5.3.2, or 5.2.3). SO ... being on Release 5 means, you are getting normal updates, just like before ... not being on release 5 means you are on a "Z Series", if/when we support them. This is JUST semantics ... it has nothing to do with anything except some text in a file that helps us to understand what release you are on. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to check the version of centos
Glad it helped! d On 3-Apr-08, at 11:47 PM, Mail Administrator wrote: Thanks DNK, u r absolutely right the cat /etc/redhat-release does not reflect the version correctly but the rpm -q centos-release does it perfectly thnksss n really apprecite cheers regards simon I seem to remember reading a release note somewhere that the way centos 5 worked now was that the /etc/redhat-releases would not reflect properly (man I wish I could find the reference to that). And that you needed to do something like: rpm -qa centos-release For example on one of my systems, I do: cat /etc/redhat-release I get: CentOS release 5 (Final) But I know for sure that this system is a 5.1 So When i run the: rpm -qa centos-release I get: centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1 Which seems more accurate. DNK On 3-Apr-08, at 7:46 AM, Greg Bailey wrote: Mail Administrator wrote: Thanks guys for the quick reply btw cat /etc/redhat-release gives me CentOS release 5 (Final) so as per the FAQ guess its uptodate thnks again regards simon Interesting that this seems to deviate from upstream. Checking an updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 box, I get: # cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga) Does anyone know what upstream does with the 5.1.z updates? Does / etc/redhat-release show "5.1.z" or something? -Greg ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- Network ADMIN: -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to check the version of centos
Thanks DNK, u r absolutely right the cat /etc/redhat-release does not reflect the version correctly but the rpm -q centos-release does it perfectly thnksss n really apprecite cheers regards simon > I seem to remember reading a release note somewhere that the way > centos 5 worked now was that the /etc/redhat-releases would not > reflect properly (man I wish I could find the reference to that). > > And that you needed to do something like: > > rpm -qa centos-release > > > For example on one of my systems, I do: > cat /etc/redhat-release > > I get: > > CentOS release 5 (Final) > > But I know for sure that this system is a 5.1 > > So When i run the: > > rpm -qa centos-release > > I get: > > centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1 > > > Which seems more accurate. > > > DNK > > > > > On 3-Apr-08, at 7:46 AM, Greg Bailey wrote: > >> Mail Administrator wrote: >>> Thanks guys for the quick reply >>> >>> btw cat /etc/redhat-release gives me >>> >>> >>> CentOS release 5 (Final) >>> so as per the FAQ guess its uptodate >>> >>> >>> thnks again >>> regards >>> >>> simon >>> >> >> >> Interesting that this seems to deviate from upstream. Checking an >> updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 box, I get: >> >> # cat /etc/redhat-release >> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga) >> >> Does anyone know what upstream does with the 5.1.z updates? Does / >> etc/redhat-release show "5.1.z" or something? >> >> -Greg >> >> >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- Network ADMIN: -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to check the version of centos
On 03/04/2008, Mail Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how do i check the version of my new installated OS # rpm -q centos-release centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1 <- Indicates CentOS 5, update 1. # Alan. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to check the version of centos
I seem to remember reading a release note somewhere that the way centos 5 worked now was that the /etc/redhat-releases would not reflect properly (man I wish I could find the reference to that). And that you needed to do something like: rpm -qa centos-release For example on one of my systems, I do: cat /etc/redhat-release I get: CentOS release 5 (Final) But I know for sure that this system is a 5.1 So When i run the: rpm -qa centos-release I get: centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1 Which seems more accurate. DNK On 3-Apr-08, at 7:46 AM, Greg Bailey wrote: Mail Administrator wrote: Thanks guys for the quick reply btw cat /etc/redhat-release gives me CentOS release 5 (Final) so as per the FAQ guess its uptodate thnks again regards simon Interesting that this seems to deviate from upstream. Checking an updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 box, I get: # cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga) Does anyone know what upstream does with the 5.1.z updates? Does / etc/redhat-release show "5.1.z" or something? -Greg ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to check the version of centos
Mail Administrator wrote: Thanks guys for the quick reply btw cat /etc/redhat-release gives me CentOS release 5 (Final) so as per the FAQ guess its uptodate thnks again regards simon Interesting that this seems to deviate from upstream. Checking an updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 box, I get: # cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga) Does anyone know what upstream does with the 5.1.z updates? Does /etc/redhat-release show "5.1.z" or something? -Greg ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to check the version of centos
Thanks guys for the quick reply btw cat /etc/redhat-release gives me CentOS release 5 (Final) so as per the FAQ guess its uptodate thnks again regards simon > Hi, > > On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 01:25:00PM +0300, Mail Administrator wrote: >> >> >> Dear All, >> >> I had a server running centos 5 and have recently upgraded with centos >> 5.1 >> dvd > you don't need to "upgrade" with the dvd between point release of CentOS-5 > (ie from 5.0 to 5.1 to 5.2 ) it's being taken care by yum. > >> how do i check the version of my new installated OS > see the FAQ: > http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS5#head-51ce9db5abbde6b4dbe39b0531d01b34f80fb606 > > Cheers, > > Tru > -- > Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Network ADMIN: -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to check the version of centos
Hi, On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 01:25:00PM +0300, Mail Administrator wrote: > > > Dear All, > > I had a server running centos 5 and have recently upgraded with centos 5.1 > dvd you don't need to "upgrade" with the dvd between point release of CentOS-5 (ie from 5.0 to 5.1 to 5.2 ) it's being taken care by yum. > how do i check the version of my new installated OS see the FAQ: http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS5#head-51ce9db5abbde6b4dbe39b0531d01b34f80fb606 Cheers, Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B pgpSRkmGUPoFC.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to check the version of centos
> I had a server running centos 5 and have recently upgraded with centos 5.1 > dvd > > how do i check the version of my new installated OS pls try below cat /etc/redhat-release -- Thank you Indunil Jayasooriya ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] how to check the version of centos
Dear All, I had a server running centos 5 and have recently upgraded with centos 5.1 dvd how do i check the version of my new installated OS thnks and regards simon -- Network ADMIN: -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
