=item osdistro
(For Linux root partitions only).
-Operating system distribution. One of: "fedora", "redhat",
-"debian".
+Operating system distribution. One of: "fedora", "rhel", "centos",
+"scientific", "debian".
+
+=item package_format
+
+(For Linux root partitions only)
+The package format used by the guest distribution. One of: "rpm", "dpkg".
+
+=item package_management
+
+(For Linux root partitions only)
+The package management tool used by the guest distribution. One of: "rhn",
+"yum", "apt".
=item osversion
# Look into /etc to see if we recognise the operating system.
if ($g->is_file ("/etc/redhat-release")) {
+ $r->{package_format} = "rpm";
+
$_ = $g->cat ("/etc/redhat-release");
if (/Fedora release (\d+\.\d+)/) {
$r->{osdistro} = "fedora";
- $r->{osversion} = "$1"
- } elsif (/(Red Hat Enterprise Linux|CentOS|Scientific Linux).*release (\d+).*Update (\d+)/) {
- $r->{osdistro} = "redhat";
- $r->{osversion} = "$2.$3";
- } elsif (/(Red Hat Enterprise Linux|CentOS|Scientific Linux).*release (\d+(?:\.(\d+))?)/) {
- $r->{osdistro} = "redhat";
- $r->{osversion} = "$2";
- } else {
- $r->{osdistro} = "redhat";
+ $r->{osversion} = "$1";
+ $r->{package_management} = "yum";
+ }
+
+ elsif (/(Red Hat Enterprise Linux|CentOS|Scientific Linux)/) {
+ my $distro = $1;
+
+ if($distro eq "Red Hat Enterprise Linux") {
+ $r->{osdistro} = "rhel";
+ }
+
+ elsif($distro eq "CentOS") {
+ $r->{osdistro} = "centos";
+ $r->{package_management} = "yum";
+ }
+
+ elsif($distro eq "Scientific Linux") {
+ $r->{osdistro} = "scientific";
+ $r->{package_management} = "yum";
+ }
+
+ # Shouldn't be possible
+ else { die };
+
+ if (/$distro.*release (\d+).*Update (\d+)/) {
+ $r->{osversion} = "$1.$2";
+ }
+
+ elsif (/$distro.*release (\d+(?:\.(?:\d+))?)/) {
+ $r->{osversion} = "$1";
+ }
+
+ # Package management in RHEL changed in version 5
+ if ($r->{osdistro} eq "rhel") {
+ if ($r->{osversion} >= 5) {
+ $r->{package_management} = "yum";
+ } else {
+ $r->{package_management} = "rhn";
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ else {
+ $r->{osdistro} = "redhat-based";
}
} elsif ($g->is_file ("/etc/debian_version")) {
+ $r->{package_format} = "dpkg";
+ $r->{package_management} = "apt";
+
$_ = $g->cat ("/etc/debian_version");
if (/(\d+\.\d+)/) {
$r->{osdistro} = "debian";
$r->{os} = $r->{root}->{fsos} if exists $r->{root}->{fsos};
$r->{distro} = $r->{root}->{osdistro} if exists $r->{root}->{osdistro};
$r->{version} = $r->{root}->{osversion} if exists $r->{root}->{osversion};
+ $r->{package_format} = $r->{root}->{package_format}
+ if exists $r->{root}->{package_format};
+ $r->{package_management} = $r->{root}->{package_management}
+ if exists $r->{root}->{package_management};
}
sub _assign_mount_points
my $osn = $os->{os};
if ($osn eq "linux") {
- my $distro = $os->{distro};
- if (defined $distro && ($distro eq "redhat" || $distro eq "fedora")) {
+ my $package_format = $os->{package_format};
+ if (defined $package_format && $package_format eq "rpm") {
my @lines = $g->command_lines
(["rpm",
"-q", "-a",