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Red Hat: RHSA-2012-1511-01 Low: Extended Update Support EOL

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Calendar Grey November 29, 2012
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Understanding the implications of Red Hat's EUS End of Life is vital for subscribers as support diminishes, impacting system security and reliability.
This is the 6-Month notification of the End Of Life plans for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support Add-On (EUS) 6.1

Solution

This advisory contains an updated redhat-release-server 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 Extended Update Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 will end on 31st May, 2013.
Note: This does not impact you unless you are subscribed to the Extended Update Support (EUS) channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1.
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/

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux support policy EOL Notification Extended Update Support Advisory ID

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1):
Source: redhat-release-server-6Server-6.1.0.3.el6_1.src.rpm
i386: redhat-release-server-6Server-6.1.0.3.el6_1.i686.rpm
ppc64: redhat-release-server-6Server-6.1.0.3.el6_1.ppc64.rpm
s390x: redhat-release-server-6Server-6.1.0.3.el6_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-server-6Server-6.1.0.3.el6_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-2012:1511-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1511.html
Issue date: 2012-11-29

Topic

This is the 6-Month notification of the End Of Life plans for Red HatEnterprise Linux Extended Update Support Add-On (EUS) 6.1.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux support policy EOL Notification Extended Update Support Advisory ID

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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