[ale] CentOS 5.0 -> 5.1

[Jim Lynch]

What does cat /etc/issue say?
Chris Fowler wrote:
> Now I'm a bit confused.  I just realized that I DID install 5.1.  I'm 
> confused because
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> [root at qos yum.repos.d]# cat /etc/redhat-release
> CentOS release 5 (Final)
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> timothy at meanor.net wrote:
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>> Ah, I forgot that it has the $releasever variable in the path to the repos.  According to the man page for yum.conf, $releasever is replaced with the version of the package specified by distroverpkg in yum.conf (which by default is redhat-release).  His redhat-release says 5, so "yum -y update" will only get updates for version 5.  
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>> Perhaps the thing to do is to download the redhat-release package for 5.1, install that, than run "yum -y update" again.
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>> -Tim
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>>>> I'm kind of confused.  Unless he's changed the repo files manually,
>>>> they should point to $releasever, which upon releasing 5.1, should now
>>>> point to the new updated files, and he should be able to upgrade...
>>>>
>>>> If they are changed, then yes, that explains the breakage.  If not,
>>>> something weird is going on...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:52 AM,  <timothy at meanor.net> wrote:
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>>>>> You'll need to update the files in /etc/yum.d to point to the centos 5.1 
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>>>> repo (you should simply be able to change /pub/centos/5.0 to /pub/centos/5.1 
>>>> in each of these files).  Once you do that, you can do a "yum -y update".
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>>>>> -Tim
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>>>>>>> Jerry Yu wrote:
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>>>>>>>> 'yum -y update' should do.
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>>>>>>> I tried that but cat /etc/redhat-release says 5 not 5.1
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