--- loncom/build/CHECKRPMS	2006/10/10 19:27:48	1.6
+++ loncom/build/CHECKRPMS	2007/04/23 20:04:52	1.7
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ to LON-CAPA systems. distprobe is used t
 
 The utility which is used to complete the check depends on the distro:
 
-fedora - yum
+fedora, rhel 5/5+ - yum
 suse 9.X and sles9 - you
 suse 10.X and sles10 - rug
 rhel 4 - up2date
@@ -88,10 +88,17 @@ if ($distro =~ /^fedora\d+$/) {
     $cmd = 'rug up';
     &prepare_msg($tmpfile,$cmd);
     ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_rug($tmpfile);
-} elsif ($distro =~ /^rhes4$/) {
-    $cmd ='up2date -u --nox';
-    &prepare_msg($tmpfile,$cmd);
-    ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_up2date($tmpfile);
+} elsif ($distro =~ /^rhes(\d+)$/) {
+    my $version = $1;
+    if ($version == 4) {
+        $cmd ='up2date -u --nox';
+        &prepare_msg($tmpfile,$cmd);
+        ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_up2date($tmpfile);
+    } elsif ($version > 4) {
+        $cmd = 'yum update';
+        &prepare_msg($tmpfile,$cmd);
+        ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_yum($tmpfile);
+    }
 } else {
     $cmd = '/usr/local/bin/check-rpms --update';
     ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_checkrpms($tmpfile);