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Re: /etc/redhat-release fun
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Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
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Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:20:22 -0600
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2011, Tom Rockwell wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On SL5.7 the command 'lsb_release -a' gives 'Distributor ID:' as
> 'ScientificSL'.  On SL6.1 this value is 'Scientific', which is closer to
> how TUV and other distros behave.  I'm trying out some software (opscode
> ohai) on SL5.7 that is referencing this to determine the distribution
> type, but the software knows about 'Scientific' and not 'ScientificSL'.
> Any consideration of changing the /etc/redhat-release contents in SL5.X?
>
> I figuring to work around this by striking 'SL' from
> /etc/redhat-release.  'lsb_release -a' then gives the result I'm looking
> for.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Rockwell
> MSU
>

Tom,

Thanks for reporting this issue.  We will highly consider this for the 
next release of SL 5 .

A question for the "list".   Does anyone know if this would "break" 
anything?

-Connie Sieh

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