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Red Hat: RHSA-2011:0219-01 Low: End Of Life Notice for RHEL 4

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2011
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 has reached its end of life. Upgrade to a newer version for improved security, performance, and ongoing support.
This is the 1-year notification of the End Of Life plans for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Solution

This erratum contains an updated redhat-release package, that provides a copy of this end of life notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.

Summary

In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy, the regular 7 year life-cycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 will end on February 29, 2012.
After this date, Red Hat will discontinue the regular subscription services for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. Therefore, new bug fix, enhancement, and security errata updates, as well as technical support services will no longer be available for the following products:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 4 * Red Hat Desktop 4 * Red Hat Global File System 4 * Red Hat Cluster Suite 4
Customers still running production workloads on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 are advised to begin planning the upgrade to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6. Active subscribers of Red Hat Enterprise Linux already have access to all currently maintained versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, as part of their subscription without additional fees.
For customers who are unable to migrate off Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 before its end-of-life date, Red Hat intends to offer a limited, optional extension program. For more information, contact your Red Hat sales representative or channel partner.
Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life-cycle can be found on the Red Hat website: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: redhat-release-4AS-10.1.i386.rpm
ia64: redhat-release-4AS-10.1.ia64.rpm
ppc: redhat-release-4AS-10.1.ppc.rpm
s390: redhat-release-4AS-10.1.s390.rpm
s390x: redhat-release-4AS-10.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-4AS-10.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: redhat-release-4Desktop-10.1.i386.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-4Desktop-10.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: redhat-release-4ES-10.1.i386.rpm
ia64: redhat-release-4ES-10.1.ia64.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-4ES-10.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: redhat-release-4WS-10.1.i386.rpm
ia64: redhat-release-4WS-10.1.ia64.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-4WS-10.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0219-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2011-02-28

Topic

This is the 1-year notification of the End Of Life plans for Red HatEnterprise Linux 4.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

669039 - Send Out RHEL 4 1-Year EOL Notice

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