On 08/22/2011 06:26 PM, Troy Dawson wrote:
> On 08/22/2011 10:55 AM, carlopmart wrote:
>> On 08/22/2011 05:32 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 8:05 AM, carlopmart<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Troy and sorry for my delayed response. But I have antoher
>>>> question.
>>>> Will scientificlinux release security fixes updates during EUS of
>>>> certain
>>>> release like 6.0 until upstream it marks as an EOL??
>>>>
>>>> For example:
>>>>
>>>> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1106.html
>>>>
>>>> This is a security fix released by upstream vendor, but I didn't see
>>>> if this
>>>> package is released for SL6.0
>>>
>>> If I'm not mistaken, the SRPMS for EUS are not open to the public, so
>>> they cannot be built.
>>>
>>> Akemi
>>
>> Uhmm ... Thanks Akemi. But why kernels 2.6.32-131.x are released for
>> SL6.0 when these kernels are for SL6.1 release?? Is it safe to install
>> kernel 2.6.32-131.x version on a SL6.0 host?? I dont's see it pretty
>> clear ...
>>
>
> Hi,
> Akemi is correct, the EUS packages are not released to the public
> (except by accident occasionally). The also applied to kernels that are
> released for EUS.
>
> The kernels that we get and release for all the SL6 releases (6.0 ...
> 6.n) are the kernels that we get from RedHat's public ftp site, that
> they release for their general RHEL6 release.
>
> These kernels work fine on the SL 6.0 release, and we test these kernels
> on a SL 6.0 test machine. If there are occasions that a related packages
> are needed to be upgraded for a kernel upgrade we add or update the
> appropriate package. Thus far we haven't had to do that for SL6, but we
> commonly had to do that for SL4.
>
> In summary, SL 6.0 will get the same security update kernel that SL 6.5
> gets, when the time comes. We are able to do that because RedHat has
> promised that they will not remove and/or significantly change API's,
> libraries, etc.. in their kernel. That is why it is still a 2.6.32 kernel.
> They have kept that promise for RHEL3, RHEL4, and RHEL5. We expect them
> to continue doing it for RHEL6 as well.
>
> To answer your question in short. Yes, it is safe to install a
> 2.6.32-131x kernel on a SL 6.0 host.
>
> Troy

Ok, many thaks Troy and Akemi. Now I have everything clear.

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