RedHat: RHSA-2013-1376:01 Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Advanced
Summary
In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy,
Advanced Mission Critical for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 will be retired
as of March 31, 2014, and support will no longer be provided. Accordingly,
Red Hat will no longer provide updated packages, including critical impact
security patches or urgent priority bug fixes, for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.3 AMC after that date. In addition, technical support through Red
Hat's Global Support Services will no longer be provided after March 31,
2014.
Note: This notification applies only to those customers with subscriptions
for Advanced Mission Critical Support (AMC) channels for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.3.
We encourage customers to plan their migration from Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.3 to a more recent release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6. As
a benefit of the Red Hat subscription model, customers can use their active
subscriptions to entitle any system on a currently supported Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 release (AMC is available on 5.9) or Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6 release (AMC is available on 6.2 and 6.4, and planned for 6.6).
Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life cycle can be found here:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
Summary
Solution
This erratum contains an updated redhat-release package, that provides a
copy of this notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.3 server):
Source:
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.6.src.rpm
i386:
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.6.i386.rpm
redhat-release-debuginfo-5Server-5.3.0.6.i386.rpm
ia64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.6.ia64.rpm
redhat-release-debuginfo-5Server-5.3.0.6.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.6.x86_64.rpm
redhat-release-debuginfo-5Server-5.3.0.6.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
Topic
This is the 6-month notification for the retirement of Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 5.3 Advanced Mission Critical (AMC).
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.3 server) - i386, ia64, x86_64
Bugs Fixed