Important: bind97 security update. Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:54:52 -0500 Reply-To: Pat Riehecky Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Pat Riehecky Organization: Fermilab Subject: Official archive date for Scientific Linux 4 - June 12 2012 (complete) Comments: To: "SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-ANNOUNCE@" Comments: cc: SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@, "SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-DEVEL@" , scientific-linux-mirrors@fnal.gov In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 The move to /linux/scientific/obsolete/ for Scientific Linux 4 is now complete. On 06/11/2012 10:01 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote: > Reminder: > > As of February 2012 Scientific Linux 4 has been receiving no updates > of any type since it has been designated End of Life. The extra > length of public availability was provided for sites which have > continued to run Scientific Linux 4. > > For the last few months it has remained in the standard location. On > June 12 2012 we will be moving all instances of Scientific Linux 4 > into the 'obsolete' directory under /linux/scientific/. This is the > same place that Scientific Linux 3 has been since it was archived. > They will be at /linux/scientific/obsolete/ . > This move will break all yum update operations that use the old path. > If you wish to use our archived copies you may update your > /etc/yum.repos.d/ files to point to this archived location they can > still function while the archive is available. > > Again, this is location where we will archive Scientific Linux 4 after > June 12 2012. We have no plans to delete Scientific Linux 4 or > Scientific Linux 3 at this time. We are merely making a clear > distinction between current distributions, which can receive updates, > and obsolete ones, which will not receive updates. > > Sites requiring Scientific Linux 3 or Scientific Linux 4 should make a > local copy of these trees so that they are always available to you if > you need them. You can then update your /etc/yum.repos.d/ files to > point to this local mirror for increasedperformance. > > No modifications of Scientific Linux 5 or Scientific Linux 6 will be > made as a part of this change. > . Formal announcement regarding the archiving of Scientific Linux 4, along with critical update guidelines dated June 12, 2012.. Scientific Linux Archive, Linux Security Notices, Software Updates. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
As of February 2012 Scientific Linux 4 has been receiving no updates of any type since it has been designated End of Life. The extra length of public availability was provided for sites which have continued to run Scientific Linux 4. . Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:26:26 -0500 Reply-To: Pat Riehecky Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Pat Riehecky Organization: Fermilab Subject: Official archive date for Scientific Linux 4 - June 12 2012 Comments: To: "SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-ANNOUNCE@" Comments: cc: SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@, "SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-DEVEL@" ,
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