[Triumf-linux-managers] [riehecky at fnal.gov: Official archive date for Scientific Linux 4 - June 12 2012 (complete)]

[Konstantin Olchanski]

Hi, there - SL4 is now officially unsupported by the SL team. Please upgrade you remaining SL4 machines to SL6 today.


K.O.


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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:54:52 -0500
From: Pat Riehecky <riehecky at fnal.gov>
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Subject: Official archive date for Scientific Linux 4 - June 12 2012 (complete)
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The move to /linux/scientific/obsolete/<version name> 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/<version name>.
> 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 increased performance.
> 
> No modifications of Scientific Linux 5 or Scientific Linux 6 will
> be made as a part of this change.
> 

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