On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Connie Sieh wrote:

> I have rebuilt all of the "generic"(did not have SL modifications)s rpm
> for Update 6 for i386 and x86_64.
>
> These rpms are available from
>
> ftp://ftp.scientific.org/linux/scientific/30rolling/i386/errata/bugfix/RPMS/
> ftp://ftp.scientific.org/linux/scientific/30rolling/x86_64/errata/bugfix/RPMS/

It took me 5 attempts before I noticed that it should probably be:

   ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/...

ftp.scientific.org seems to belong to a totally different project :-)

> Both of these areas are yumable.
>
> The only Update 6 rpms that are NOT included here are
>
> anaconda-9.1.6.8-2.RHEL.src.rpm  	Have to put in the SL changes
> redhat-artwork-0.73.3-2E.src.rpm	Have to put in the SL changes
> firstboot-1.1.33-1.src.rpm		Have to put in the SL changes
> redhat-release-3AS-13.6.2.src.rpm	This turns into sl-release
>
> The Update 6 kernel was just released to the "errata" area as it is a
> security errata.
>
> Please test these rpms and let us know if there are any issues with them.

Is the plan to put them into:

  .../linux/scientific/305/.../errata/bugfix/RPMS/

once they have been tested enough?  If so I ought to check that my scripts 
know to rsync that from your servers...

> Thanks
>
> -Connie Sieh

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