yum grabs the variable 'distroverpkg' from /etc/yum.conf. It then looks in the RPM database for a package with that name. So on CentOS it looks for a package called centos-release. Fedora, at least as of version 4, seems to act a little differently, but it should work this way for RH 7.2/7.3. Consequently, the ***-release RPM package also installs the /etc/***-release data. You may want to grab the latest redhat-release package from rpm.pbone.net or other source. I checked and it looks like there is one out there. Good luck! -Eric On 11/14/06, Josh Welch <josh at joshwelch.com> wrote: > I'm not sure where Yum gets that, but there is an /etc/redhat-release > that contains that information, perhaps it is getting it there? > > Quoting "Smith, Craig A (MN14)" <Craig.A.Smith at honeywell.com>: > > > I have a couple old systems that were upgraded from Red Hat 7.2 to 7.3. > > The Fedora Legacy Project says they will discontinue support for Red Hat > > Linux 7.3 and 9 effective December 31st of this year (2006). > > http://fedoralegacy.org/ > > > > I want to do one final update, but yum still thinks it's running 7.2. > > Where does Yum get the $releasever variable? > > > > # cat /proc/version > > Linux version 2.4.20-28.7 (bhcompile at porky.devel.redhat.com) (gcc > > version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-126)) #1 Thu Dec 18 > > 11:31:59 EST 2003 > > > > # yum update > > Gathering package information from servers > > Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 7.2 base > > Getting headers from: Fedora Legacy utilities for Red Hat Linux 7.2 > > Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 7.2 updates > > Finding updated packages > > Downloading needed headers > > No Packages Available for Update > > No actions to take > > > > # cat /etc/yum.conf > > [main] > > cachedir=/var/cache/yum > > debuglevel=2 > > logfile=/var/log/yum.log > > pkgpolicy=newest > > exactarch=1 > > exclude=kernel* > > > > [base] > > name=Red Hat Linux $releasever base > > baseurl=http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/$releasever/os/$basearch > > gpgcheck=1 > > > > [updates] > > name=Red Hat Linux $releasever updates > > baseurl=http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/$releasever/updates/$bas > > earch > > gpgcheck=1 > > > > [legacy-utils] > > name=Fedora Legacy utilities for Red Hat Linux $releasever > > baseurl=http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/$releasever/legacy-utils > > /$basearch > > gpgcheck=1 > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > == Craig A. Smith > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >