--- loncom/build/CHECKRPMS	2007/04/23 20:04:52	1.7
+++ loncom/build/CHECKRPMS	2007/06/28 13:30:06	1.8
@@ -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, rhel 5/5+ - yum
+fedora, rhel 5/5+, centos, scientific - yum
 suse 9.X and sles9 - you
 suse 10.X and sles10 - rug
 rhel 4 - up2date
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ if ($distro =~ /^fedora\d+$/) {
         &prepare_msg($tmpfile,$cmd);
         ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_yum($tmpfile);
     }
+} elsif ($distro =~ /^centos\d+$/) {
+    $cmd = 'yum update';
+    &prepare_msg($tmpfile,$cmd);
+    ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_yum($tmpfile);
+} elsif ($distro =~ /^scientific\d+\.\d$/) {
+    $cmd = 'yum update';
+    &prepare_msg($tmpfile,$cmd);
+    ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_yum($tmpfile);
 } else {
     $cmd = '/usr/local/bin/check-rpms --update';
     ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_checkrpms($tmpfile);