Last Modified
2015-08-25 09:57:00 -0400
Requires

Description

Fact: operatingsystemrelease

Purpose: Returns the release of the operating system.

Resolution:

Uses the release key of the os structured hash, which itself
operates on the following conditions:

On RedHat derivatives, returns their `/etc/<variant>-release` file.
On Debian, returns `/etc/debian_version`.
On Ubuntu, parses `/etc/lsb-release` for the release version.
On Suse, derivatives, parses `/etc/SuSE-release` for a selection of version
information.
On Slackware, parses `/etc/slackware-version`.
On Amazon Linux, returns the `lsbdistrelease` value.
On Mageia, parses `/etc/mageia-release` for the release version.

On all remaining systems, returns the kernelrelease fact's value.

Caveats: