Kali 2016.2 cat /etc/*release reports OS is 2016.1

[william tell]

I downloaded the ISO kali-linux-2016.2-amd64.iso and used dd to create
a bootable flash drive. Works great.

Then ran the command cat /etc/*release to obtain verify I had the
right ISO after the install. I was surprised to see that the returns
for "Version" and "Version ID" were 2016.1. Is this a typo or
did the version number not increment?

The results are shown below:

root@kali:~# cat /etc/*release
DISTRIB_ID=Kali
DISTRIB_RELEASE=kali-rolling
DISTRIB_CODENAME=kali-rolling
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Kali GNU/Linux Rolling"
PRETTY_NAME="Kali GNU/Linux Rolling"
NAME="Kali GNU/Linux"
ID=kali
VERSION="2016.1" :eek:
VERSION_ID="2016.1" :eek:
ID_LIKE=debian
ANSI_COLOR="1;31"
HOME_URL="http://www.kali.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://forums.kali.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.kali.org/"

Thanks in advance.

Bill

[awfulwaffle]

You need to go back to the exact link you used to download Kali and than copy that SHA1sum value next to the link you used. Open a terminal on a PC where you can access the .iso file, namely linux, now use the command "sha1sum" followed by the VALUE you took from the link. sha1sum will calculate the hash of the .iso you downloaded and if the VALUE does not match, you may want to consider a new download, perhaps by a different method(torrent).

[william tell]

Used the link on Kali's website. Ran sha1sum and returned value matched that displayed website.
Not sure what to make of this. Surely I am not the only one seeing this?

Thanks

Bill