Only the major version number is interesting for CentOS.

diff --git a/build.common b/build.common
index 5faf9b4..9cd25f2 100644 (file)
--- a/build.common
+++ b/build.common
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ function pl_getReleaseName () {
                releasename=f$release
            fi ;;
        [Cc]entOS*)
-           if [ "$release" = "4.5" ] ; then
-           # centos 4.5 is just centos4 + enhancements
-               releasename=centos4
-           else
-               releasename=centos$release
-           fi ;;
+           old_IFS="$IFS"
+           IFS="."
+           set -- $release
+           IFS="$old_IFS"
+           releasename=centos$1
+           ;;
        *)
            releasename="unknown-name-for-${pl_DISTRO}-please-edit-build.common"
            echo 1>&2 "build.common: WARNING - releasename not set for distro=$distro"