Scientific Linux "SL 5.8" Alpha 1 March 9, 2012
See SL.documentation for Upstream vendor release notes.
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Table of contents
DOWNLOAD INFO
CHANGES from SL 5.7
REMOVED compared to Enterprise 5
INFO
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DOWNLOAD INFO
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http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/i386/http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/x86_64/
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CHANGES from SL 5.7
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- OpenAFS
This version fixes a minor locking bug.
openafs-1.4.14-80.sl5
openafs-authlibs-1.4.14-80.sl5
openafs-authlibs-devel-1.4.14-80.sl5
openafs-client-1.4.14-80.sl5
openafs-compat-1.4.14-80.sl5
openafs-debug-1.4.14-80.sl5
openafs-devel-1.4.14-80.sl5
openafs-kernel-source-1.4.14-80.sl5
openafs-kpasswd-1.4.14-80.sl5
openafs-krb5-1.4.14-80.sl5
openafs-server-1.4.14-80.sl5
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-308.1.1.el5-1.4.14-80.1.sl5
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-308.1.1.el5PAE-1.4.14-80.1.sl5
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-308.1.1.el5xen-1.4.14-80.1.sl5
- sl-release
lsb_release -a now reports the same as SL6.
Was $ lsb_release -a -> ScientificSL
Is $ lsb_release -a -> Scientific
Please notify us if this change effects you negatively
See
http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1111&L=SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS&P=R10419
sl-release-58-0.sl.rolling.noarch.rpm
- yum-conf
yum-conf-58-0.sl.rolling points to the rolling tree
The gpgcheck lines have been modified to be smarter about the jdk rpm
yum-conf-58-0.sl.rolling
yum-conf-5x-1-10.SL
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REMOVED compared to Enterprise 5
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We have removed the RHN tools as they cannot be used for SL
rhel-instnum
rhn-check
rhn-client-tools
rhnlib
rhnsd
rhn-setup
rhn-setup-gnome
subscription-manager
subscription-manager-firstboot
subscription-manager-gnome
yum-rhn-plugin
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Web Site
https://www.scientificlinux.org
FTP
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/
Upstream release notes available at
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/i386/SL.documentation/
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