RedHat: RHSA-2014-0349:01 Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Advanced
Summary
In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy,
Advanced Mission Critical (AMC) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 was
retired as of March 31, 2014, and support is no longer 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 March 31, 2014. In addition, technical
support through Red Hat's Global Support Services for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.3 AMC will no longer be provided after this date.
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/site/support/policy/updates/errata/
Summary
Solution
This erratum contains an updated redhat-release package, which provides a
copy of this retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/errata/
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.3 server):
Source:
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.8.src.rpm
i386:
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.8.i386.rpm
redhat-release-debuginfo-5Server-5.3.0.8.i386.rpm
ia64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.8.ia64.rpm
redhat-release-debuginfo-5Server-5.3.0.8.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.8.x86_64.rpm
redhat-release-debuginfo-5Server-5.3.0.8.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 final notification for the retirement of Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 5.3 Advanced Mission Critical (AMC). This notification applies onlyto those customers with subscriptions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3Advanced Mission Critical (AMC).
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.3 server) - i386, ia64, x86_64
Bugs Fixed