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From:
Gaal Yahas
Date:
October 26, 1999 13:31
Subject:
Re: Detecting RedHat distribution version
Message ID:
19991026223007.B338@netvision.net.il
On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 02:55:15PM -0400, Andy Dougherty wrote:
> I'm currently trying to patch Configure to tell you the Linux
> distribution (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, others as folks supply the
> information), and I'm unsure of how to best parse RedHat's
> /etc/redhat-release file. I have the following 1 example:
> 
> 	Red Hat Linux release 6.1 (Cartman)
> 
> I'm guessing that the '6.1' is what would be most useful. Does anyone have
> a variety of Red Hat systems around or enough familiarity with Red Hat to
> say how stable that format is or give me other examples?

I think the output of

	rpm -q --queryformat '%{VERSION}' redhat-release

is your best bet.

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