RedHat: RHSA-2017-3376:01 Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 TUS Retirement
Summary
In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy,
Telecommunications Update Service for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 was
retired as of November 30, 2017, and active 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 6.5 TUS after November 30, 2017. In addition, on-going
technical support through Red Hat's Customer Experience and Engagement will
be limited as described under "non-current minor releases" in the Knowledge
Base article located here https://access.redhat.com/articles/64664 after
this date.
We encourage customers to migrate from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 to a
more recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. As a benefit of the Red
Hat subscription model, customers can use their active subscriptions to
entitle any system on any currently supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux
release.
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 retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5):
Source:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.5.0.3.el6_5.4.src.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.5.0.3.el6_5.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.5):
Source:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.5.0.3.el6_5.4.src.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.5.0.3.el6_5.4.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/
Topic
This is the final notification for the retirement of Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6.5 Telecommunications Update Support (TUS). This notificationapplies only to those customers subscribed to the Telecommunications UpdateSupport (TUS) channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed