Paul A. Rombouts wrote:
> I am currently running Scientific Linux 4.0.
> 
> I have noticed that /etc/yum.conf installed by the yum-conf-40-4.SL
> package contains the line "distroverpkg=redhat-release".
> There is no package called "redhat-release" installed on my system.
> Shouldn't that be "distroverpkg=sl-release" ?
> 
> The yum.conf man page says:
> 
>     distroverpkg
>     The package used by yum to determine the "version" of the
>     distribution.
> 
> 
> This might be an issue if you try to do a "yum upgrade" instead of "yum
> update".

I haven't tried that, using sl-release, but actually redhat-release is 
the proper format, as it will work for the various sites as well.

Why?  Because sl-release 'provides' redhat-release.  If it didn't, about 
10% of the core rpm's, wouldn't install or upgrade.  Yum is smart enough 
to figure out what provides redhat-release.

Troy
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