Description of problem: The default yum configuration for fedora is invalid Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.0.3-1.fc6 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install yum Actual results: /etc/yum.conf has distroverpkg=redhat-release Expected results: /etc/yum.conf has distroverpkg=fedor-arelease Additional info: For some reason, yum still works, but installs packages for fedora core 7, even though I have fedora core 6 installed.
when looking up distrover yum does the equivalent of: rpm --whatprovides redhat-release which returns fedora-release on fedora and centos-release on centos, and redhat-release on rhel. it is so it works everywhere.