--- Important Update to CentOS Linux 7 1503 release ---
In order to better communicate the upstream code relationship, we changed the way we handle /etc/centos-release and /etc/redhat-release in CentOS Linux 7. However, a fallout of this change was that some config management and automation tools were unable to parse the version id properly. We felt this problem had a wide enough impact that it deserved immediate action to resolve. And, to address this issue, we have immediately issued updates for the 'centos-release' package and are working to deliver an install time solution in the next few hours.
Our recommendation for authors of these tools is to consider using the /etc/os-release file as the source of metadata; by design this file is set up to export script consumable content that defines the environment. Furthermore the os-release file can be easily extended to suit site specific requirements.
To verify you have the currect centos-release file, running 'file /etc/redhat-release' should return '/etc/redhat-release: symbolic link to `centos-release`'
In case you have made local edits to these files, there will be no change and your edits would have been preserved through this update cycle.
--- Details What are we doing - We have issued the updated centos-release into centos/7/updates/; this file has Release marked as el7.centos.2.8; everyone running a 'yum update' will get this new content automatically.
- We have updated the base os/ repos with the new centos-release so all network driven installs (nfs, pxe, netinstall, http, ftp) will deliver the right content right from the start, facilitating automation and config management tools to function right away.
- New ISOS for the following media have been rebuilt and are currently syncing out, note the 01 at the end of the filename, this indicates it is a subsequent release. Once these images are widely available, we will remove the older ones.
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