Bug 594986 – [RFE] provide dist macros for RHEL5

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Bug 594986 - [RFE] provide dist macros for RHEL5

Summary:	[RFE] provide dist macros for RHEL5

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 481023

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	redhat-release (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	5.5
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Daniel Mach
QA Contact:	Release Test Team
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Keywords:	FutureFeature

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Reported:	2010-05-22 10:57 EDT by Alexander Todorov
Modified:	2010-11-09 08:13 EST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Enhancement
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Clone Of:	513075
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Last Closed:	2010-05-24 03:28:30 EDT
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Description Alexander Todorov 2010-05-22 10:57:39 EDT

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #513075 +++

Description of problem:
fedoras packaging guidelines state that el<version> should be defined to 1 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/DistTag#Conditionals

redhat-release defines the disttag to .el6 and rhel to 6  but is missing el6  defined to 1 



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
redhat-release-6-6.0.0.7.i586

How reproducible:

always 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install system 
2. cat /etc/rpm/macros.dist
3.
  
Actual results:
%rhel 6
%dist .el6

Expected results:
%rhel 6
%dist .el6
%el6  1

Additional info:

Comment 1 Alexander Todorov 2010-05-22 10:58:42 EDT

Cloning for RHEL5:

Expected results:
%rhel 5
%dist .el5
%el5  1

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