--- loncom/build/distprobe	2004/11/01 21:53:23	1.7
+++ loncom/build/distprobe	2005/07/18 15:10:11	1.8
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 #
-# $Id: distprobe,v 1.7 2004/11/01 21:53:23 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: distprobe,v 1.8 2005/07/18 15:10:11 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ if (-e '/etc/redhat-release') {
 	} else {
 	    $dist = 'fedora'.int($version);
 	}
+    } elsif ($versionstring =~ /Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release ([\d\.]+) /) {
+        $dist = 'rhes'.$1;
     } else {
         warn('Unable to interpret /etc/redhat-release '.
              'to determine system type');