Scientific Linux 4.7 i386 is officially released and available.
We want to thank everyone for their contributions, testing and feedback. With
all your effort we have been able to get this release out in a timely manner.
There are CD iso images available at
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/47/iso/i386/
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/47/iso/i386/
-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson
--SL 4.7 release notes are attached --
Scientific Linux Release 4.7 on i386 September 3, 2008
Items marked with a "*" indicate changes since 4.6 .
It should be possible to upgrade from Scientific Linux 3.0.x via the anaconda
installer. Yum is known to NOT work.
*This includes Update 7
See SL.documentation for the vendor release notes.
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Table of contents
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*915resolution
*
* 915resolution is a tool to modify the video BIOS of the 800 and 900
* series Intel graphics chipsets. This includes the 845G, 855G, and
* 865G chipsets, as well as 915G, 915GM, and 945G chipsets. This
* modification is necessary to allow the display of certain graphics
* resolutions for an Xorg or XFree86 graphics server.
* 915resolution's modifications of the BIOS are transient. There is
* no risk of permanent modification of the BIOS. This also means that
* 915resolution must be run every time the computer boots inorder for
* it's changes to take effect.
*
* 915resolution is derived from the tool 855resolution. However, the i
* code differs substantially. 915resolution's code base is much simpler.i
* 915resolution also allows the modification of bits per pixel.
*
* 915resolution-0.5.3-5.sl4.i386.rpm
*alpine
Alpine is a tool for reading, sending, and managing electronic messages.
Alpine is the successor to Pine and was developed by Computing &
Communications at the University of Washington.
* alpine-1.10-1.i386.rpm
apt
apt-0.5.15cnc6-9.SL.i386.rpm
apt-devel-0.5.15cnc6-9.SL.i386.rpm
* apt-sourceslist-47-1.SL.i386.rpm
apt-autoupdate-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
apt-firstboot-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
apt-scripts-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
cfitsio
CFITSIO is a library of C and FORTRAN subroutines for reading and
writing data files in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) data format
CFITSIO is widely used in the astronomical community.
cfitsio-3.006-3.i386.rpm
cfitsio-devel-3.006-3.i386.rpm
Cluster Suite & GFS
A bug fix required a minor change to the cman/sm message formats
between SL 4.1 and SL 4.2 that make the two versions incompatible, so all
nodes need to be running the SL 4.2 version.
In other words:
If you have to upgrade from SL 4.0 and 4.1, you have to updated your
whole cluster at once.
ccs-1.0.11-1.i686.rpm
ccs-devel-1.0.11-1.i686.rpm
cluster-cim-0.11.0-3.i386.rpm
cluster-snmp-0.11.0-3.i386.rpm
cman-1.0.17-0.el4_6.3.i686.rpm
cman-devel-1.0.17-0.el4_6.3.i686.rpm
cman-kernel-2.6.9-53.8.i686.rpm
cman-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-53.8.i686.rpm
cman-kernel-smp-2.6.9-53.8.i686.rpm
cman-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-53.8.i686.rpm
cman-kernheaders-2.6.9-53.8.i686.rpm
cmirror-1.0.1-1.i386.rpm
cmirror-kernel-2.6.9-38.7.i686.rpm
cmirror-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-38.7.i686.rpm
cmirror-kernel-smp-2.6.9-38.7.i686.rpm
cmirror-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-38.7.i686.rpm
dlm-1.0.7-1.i686.rpm
dlm-devel-1.0.7-1.i686.rpm
dlm-kernel-2.6.9-52.4.i686.rpm
dlm-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-52.4.i686.rpm
dlm-kernel-smp-2.6.9-52.4.i686.rpm
dlm-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-52.4.i686.rpm
dlm-kernheaders-2.6.9-52.4.i686.rpm
fence-1.32.50-2.el4_6.1.i686.rpm
GFS-6.1.15-1.i386.rpm
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-75.11.i686.rpm
GFS-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-75.11.i686.rpm
GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-75.11.i686.rpm
GFS-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-75.11.i686.rpm
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-75.11.i686.rpm
gnbd-1.0.9-1.i686.rpm
gnbd-kernel-2.6.9-10.31.i686.rpm
gnbd-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-10.31.i686.rpm
gnbd-kernel-smp-2.6.9-10.31.i686.rpm
gnbd-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-10.31.i686.rpm
gnbd-kernheaders-2.6.9-10.31.i686.rpm
gulm-1.0.10-0.i686.rpm
gulm-devel-1.0.10-0.i686.rpm
iddev-2.0.0-4.i686.rpm
iddev-devel-2.0.0-4.i686.rpm
luci-0.11.0-3.el4.i386.rpm
lvm2-cluster-2.02.27-2.el4_6.2.i386.rpm
magma-1.0.8-1.i686.rpm
magma-devel-1.0.8-1.i686.rpm
magma-plugins-1.0.12-0.i386.rpm
modcluster-0.11.0-3.i386.rpm
perl-Net-Telnet-3.03-3.noarch.rpm
piranha-0.8.2-1.i386.rpm
rgmanager-1.9.72-1.i386.rpm
ricci-0.11.0-3.el4.i386.rpm
system-config-cluster-1.0.51-2.0.el4_6.1.noarch.rpm
dropit
dropit's intended purpose is to remove directories entries from a
PATH shell variable value, which has colon separated fields.
dropit is usable in sh, ksh, and csh shell script files.
dropit-1.2-1.i386.rpm
*FUSE
With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem
in a userspace program.
fuse-smb: you can seamlessly browse your network neighbourhood as if
it were on your own filesystem. Only when you're accessing a share is
a connection made to the remote computer. This also allows users to
mount smb shares using kerberos.
fuse-sshfs: A FUSE-filesystem client based on the
SSH File Transfer Protocol. On the client side mounting the
filesystem is as easy as logging into the server with ssh.
fuse-2.5.3-1.SL.i386.rpm
fuse-devel-2.5.3-1.SL.i386.rpm
fuse-libs-2.5.3-1.SL.i386.rpm
* fuse-smb-0.8.7-1.i386.rpm
* fuse-sshfs-2.1-1.SL.i386.rpm
* kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELhugemem-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELxenU-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
*icewm
A lightweight window manager for the X Window System.
* icewm-1.2.35-1.i386.rpm
* icewm-l10n-1.2.35-1.i386.rpm
Intel wireless firmware
Firmware for the Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100 and 2200 Driver.
Please read the license that comes in the rpm carefully.
ipw2200-firmware-2.4 includes both version 2.4.xx and 2.2.xx
This is needed because newer kernels have a newer driver that
needs the newer firmware. Older kernels, with older drivers,
need the 2.2 firmware version.
ipw2100-firmware-1.3-5.noarch.rpm
ipw2200-firmware-3.0-1.noarch.rpm
ipw3945d is needed to control the ipw3945 wireless card
kernel-module-ipw3945 is needed because this driver is not in
the standard kernel. Note that the installer does NOT know
how to enable the 3945 wireless. You will have to add the
starting of the /sbin/ipw3945d in your startup scripts.
This driver is known to work on the Dell 820 and Dell 620.
It is known to NOT work on the FJS S7110 (Fujitsu).
ipw3945-firmware-1.13-2.noarch.rpm
ipw3945d-1.7.18-1.i386.rpm
* kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELhugemem-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELxenU-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
JAVA
* java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.16-1.1.sl.jpp.noarch.rpm
This package provides JPackage compatibility symlinks and
directories for Sun's JDK rpm.
* jdk-1.5.0_16-fcs.i586.rpm
This packages is the java sdk from sun.
It's license is found at misc/licenses/j2sdk-1.4.2-x.license
To have all of it's links (including plugins) setup correctly you should
also install java-1.5.0-sun-compat
So the easiest thing to do is
yum install java-1.5.0-sun-compat
as it will automatically pull in the current jdk-1.5.0 rpm.
There is no gpg signature on this rpm. Putting one would violate
the user license. It also does not load if one is put on.
ksh
From ATT. Same version as one in SL30x.
ksh93-2000.10.31.0-1.i386.rpm
*madwifi
Support for Atheros G wireless
madfifi is the Multiband Atheros Driver for WiFi, a linux device driver
for 802.11a/b/g universal NIC cards - either Cardbus, PCI or MiniPCI -
that use Atheros chipsets (ar5210, ar5211, ar5212).
* madwifi-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELhugemem-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELhugemem-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
multimedia
Updated to latest version
gstreamer-plugins-mp3-0.8.5-1.SL4x.i386.rpm from livna Repository
k3b-mp3-0.11.24-2.SL4x.i386.rpm from livna Repository
mpg321-0.2.10-5.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
xmms-mp3-1.2.10-11.1.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
These are dependencies of the above rpms.
lame-3.96.1-4.SL4x.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
lame-devel-3.96.1-4.SL4x.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
libid3tag-0.15.1b-3.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
libid3tag-devel-0.15.1b-3.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
libmad-0.15.1b-3.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
libmad-devel-0.15.1b-3.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
ndiswrapper
The ndiswrapper project makes it possible to use WLAN-Hardware
with Linux by means of a loadable kernel module that "wraps
around" NDIS (Windows network driver API) drivers. These rpms contain
just the kernel module and loader. You will also need the Windows driver
for your card.
The installer does NOT install ndiswrapper, you have to install it by
either selecting it on the Packages Install page during the install or
adding later via yum or apt.
WARNING: Scientific Linux-Kernels use 4K size stack. Many Windows drivers
will need at least 8K size stacks. For details read the wiki on:
http:/ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net
ndiswrapper-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELhugemem-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELxenU-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
NumPy
http://numpy.scipy.org//
NumPy derives from the old Numeric code base and can be used as a
replacement for Numeric. It also adds the features introduced by
Numarray and can also be used to replace Numarray.
This package contains:
- a powerful N-dimensional array object
- sophisticated (broadcasting) functions
- basic linear algebra functions
- basic Fourier transforms
- sophisticated random number capabilities
- tools for integrating Fortran code.
numpy-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm
*OpenAFS
We have put in the new stable branch of openafs, version 1.4.6
new optional packages openafs-authlibs and openafs-authlibs-devel
with shared versions of the afsauthent and afsrpc libraries
(using a patch from Russ Allbery to correct the sonames)
man pages for many commands are now included, preferring those
prepared by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell where available
* Upgrade to newer version
* openafs-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-authlibs-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-authlibs-devel-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-client-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-compat-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-debug-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-devel-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-kernel-source-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-kpasswd-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-krb5-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-server-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
* kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL-1.4.7-68.SL4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELhugemem-1.4.7-68.SL4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp-1.4.7-68.SL4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELxenU-1.4.7-68.SL4.i686.rpm
Performance Co-Pilot (PCP)
Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) is a framework and services to
support system-level performance monitoring and performance
management. Not installed by default.
pcp-2.4.0-1.1.i386.rpm
These perl modules have been added as they are useful. They came from CERN
perl-BSD-Resource-1.24-1.i386.rpm
perl-Compress-Zlib-1.16-12.i386.rpm
perl-MailTools-1.62-1.noarch.rpm
perl-Parse-RecDescent-1.94-1.noarch.rpm
perl-Proc-ProcessTable-0.39-1.i386.rpm
perl-SQL-Statement-1.06-1.noarch.rpm
perl-TermReadKey-2.20-12.i386.rpm
perl-Text-CSV_XS-0.23-1.i386.rpm
perl-Text-Template-1.44-1.noarch.rpm
perl-Tk-804.027-1.i386.rpm
*R
http://www.r-project.org/
R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment
which was developed at Bell Laboratories by John Chambers and colleagues.
R can be considered as a different implementation of S. There are some
important differences, but much code written for S runs unaltered under R.
* libRmath-2.7.1-1.sl4.i386.rpm
* libRmath-devel-2.7.1-1.sl4.i386.rpm
* R-2.7.1-1.sl4.i386.rpm
* R-devel-2.7.1-1.sl4.i386.rpm
r1000
This is the Linux device driver released for RealTek Ethernet controllers,
which are listed as following.
1. RTL8169S/SB/SC (Gigabit Ethernet with PCI interface)
2. RTL8168B (Gigabit Ethernet with PCI-Express interface)
3. RTL8101E (Fast Ethernet with PCI-Express interface)
These are not installed by the installer. You must install them either by
selecting them during the install or later with yum or apt.
r1000-2.2-1.SL4x.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELhugemem-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELxenU-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
SL_afs_no_dynroot-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
This package removes the -dynroot option from the openafs config
Restarting of afs is needed for this to take effect.
This rpm does not restart afs
SL_desktop_tweaks-2.0-4.noarch.rpm
This adds a terminal icon to the kicker panel for both KDE and GNOME.
This also enables 'Last Session' in gdm login screen.
Installed by default for both KDE and GNOME.
SL_disable_print_notification-1.0-4.noarch.rpm
Removes eggcups notification. Not installed by default.
SL_enable_serialconsole-3.1-4.noarch.rpm
This script makes all the changes necessary to send
console output to both the serial port and the screen. This
also creates a login prompt on the serial port and allows users
to login at this prompt.
Update to include a missing dependency.
SL_enable_slocate_cron-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
By default slocate does not run daily, it is turned off in it's
config file. This turns it on when the rpm is added, and
turns it back off when the rpm is removed.
SL_firefox_parentlock_fix-1.0-10.noarch.rpm
When a users home area is in AFS space, it is possible for
firefox, thunderbird, and/or seamonkey to leave a lock file called
.parentlock when they are closed. The user is then not able to
restart firefox, thunderbird, and/or seamonkey until that lock file
is removed. This puts in a startup script that removes the .parentlock
lock file.
SL_inittab_change-1.0-6.noarch.rpm
Changes /etc/inittab to require the root password for
single user mode. Not installed by default.
SL_libg2c.a_change-3.4.3-1.noarch.rpm
Creates a missing symbolic link in the gcc-g77 package from
/usr/lib/libg2c.a to it's proper place
Installed with gcc-g77.
SL_no_colorls-1.0-2.noarch.rpm
Turns off "color" of ls. Not installed by default.
SL_pc_speaker-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
This package changes the rc.sysinit boot script so that
the pcspkr kernel module is loaded at an early stage.
This will allow the PC speaker to beep again.
SL_rpm_show_arch-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
Adds arch to "rpm -qa" listing.
SL_sendmail_accept-1.1-3.noarch.rpm
Changes Sendmail config so that it allows incomming mail.
Not installed by default.
Changed to not obsolete the older zz_sendmail_accept which is
not needed any more
tidy
When editing HTML it's easy to make mistakes. Wouldn't it be nice if
there was a simple way to fix these mistakes automatically and tidy up
sloppy editing into nicely formated markup?
Dave Raggett's HTML TIDY is a free utility for doing just that.
It also works great on the atrociously hard to read markup generated
by specialized HTML editors and conversion tools, and can help you
identify where you need to pay further attention on making your i
pages more accessible to people with disabilities.
tidy-2005.9.21-2.sl4.i386.rpm
tidy-devel-2005.9.21-2.sl4.i386.rpm
yum
NOTE: That just because a yum repository exists does NOT mean
it is SL 4.4 compatible with all other SL 4.4 yum repositories.
Use of other "packages" such as "smart" may cause the rpm database
to be not compatible with yum.
createrepo is used to create yum repositories on the server for
yum 2.1 and above, and possibly future versions of apt.
yum-conf has the check for a running yum in it, so that if
yum has been running for a long time, when the yum.cron
starts up, it will kill the old yum. This was changed because we
had reports that yum was "hanging".
yum-conf-4.1-4.SL has atrpms, dag, and dries repo's in it, but they
are not enabled by default. To enable them for one time use, use the
--enablerepo command, such as
yum --enablerepo=atrpms list madwifi
yum --enablerepo=dag install mplayer
If you want the repositories to be enabled all the time then you need
to edit the config files and change enabled=0 to enabled=1.
The config files are
/etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/dag.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/dries.repo
Yum version 2.4 and above has the kernel-module plugin that let's yum
understand how kernel-module rpm's are related to kernels. Because of
this updates dealing with kernel-module rpm's (such as afs) now work
python-elementtree, python-sqlite, sqlite, and urlgrabber are all
needed for yum 2.4 and above.
New for yum-conf-4.3: a sl-testing area (not on by default)
and yum.cron now checks to see how long the machine is been up
If it is up less than 20 hours, it doesn't wait, but does the update
This uptime check was done to help laptops and other machines that
might not be on long enough to wait for the random time.
metadata_expire variable was set to 20 hours to allow for normal users
to be able to use yum for those commands they can run
There is a fastbug repo area to correspond to the vendors fasttrack
This is not on by default.
yum-conf-4x was created for those users who want to be at the latest
stable release. It is always pointing at the 4x area. This means
that when we make new versions you will automatically be upgraded to
them.
We have changed flash.repo to be adobe.repo
adobe.repo now points to the repository at linuxdownload.adobe.com
yum-2.4.3-2.SL.noarch.rpm
* yum-conf-47-1.SL.noarch.rpm
yum-conf-4x-1-7.SL.noarch.rpm
createrepo-0.4.4-1.noarch.rpm
python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.i386.rpm
python-sqlite-1.1.6-1.i386.rpm
sqlite-3.1.2-3.i386.rpm
sqlite-devel-3.1.2-3.i386.rpm
urlgrabber-2.9.6-1.noarch.rpm
Yumex is a graphical user interface for yum.
Yumex-applet replaces rhn-applet, and users yumex instead of up2date
Yumex 0.43 and above support plugins
yumex-1.0.2-1.0.noarch.rpm
yumex-applet-2.1-2.i386.rpm
yum-utils is a collection of utilities and examples for the yum
package manager. It includes utilities by different authors that
make yum easier and more powerful to use. Some utilities are
plugin's.
yum-utils-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
yum-changelog-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
yum-downloadonly-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
yum-fastestmirror-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
yum-installonlyn-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
yum-protectbase-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
yum-tsflags-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
yum-updateonboot-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
yum-versionlock-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
MISC
Added these rpms because they are important but upstream vendor did
not include them.
* pine was replaced by alpine
gv-3.5.8-29.i386.rpm from Fedora Core 3
jpilot-0.99.8-7.1.i386.rpm from Scientific Linux 5.x
ncurses4-5.0-12.i386.rpm from Scientific Linux 3.0.x
readline41-4.1-17.i386.rpm from Scientific Linux 3.0.x
Documentation
rhd-dg-en-4-2.SL1.noarch.rpmi Desktop Deployment Guide
rhel-ig-x8664-multi-en-4-3.SL1.noarch.rpm Installation Guide
rhel-isa-en-4-3.SL1.noarch.rpm Intro System Admin Guide
rhel-rg-en-4-3.SL1.noarch.rpm Reference Guide
rhel-sag-en-4-3.SL1.noarch.rpm System Administrator Guide
rhel-sbs-en-4-1.SL1.noarch.rpm Step-by-Step Guide
rhel-selg-en-4-1.SL1.noarch.rpm SElinux Guide
rhel-sg-en-4-3.SL1.noarch.rpm Security Guide
rh-glossary-en-2-1.SL1.noarch.rpm Glossary
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anaconda
Added support for sites
Added support for openafs on smp
Added support for openafs on xen
Updated icons
* Updated to Update 7
* anaconda-10.1.1.91-1SL.i386.rpm
anaconda-help-10.0.5-1SL1.noarch.rpm
* anaconda-runtime-10.1.1.91-1SL.i386.rpm
Vendor "logo" and other required changes
There are minimal changes compared to the "vendor" release. We have changed
the "rpms" that are required to be changed. These changes are defined
by the "vendor".
sl-release has been determined to be the place to change several
global properties. This is how fedora does it.
sl-release changes the default mozilla and firefox bookmarks.
sl-release changes the default up2date configuration to use yum and
points this configuration to ftp.scientificlinux.org
Fixes /etc/redhat-release containing "Release" vs "release"
Includes SL.releasenote
Changes grub to put in the new release name for the default kernel
indexhtml-4.1-1.SL.1.noarch.rpm
redhat-artwork-0.120.1-1.2SL.2.i386.rpm
redhat-logos-1.1.25-1.SL.8.noarch.rpm
* sl-release-4.7-1.noarch.rpm
These rpm's are not required to be changed by the vendor, we removed
some vendor references customizations
desktop-backgrounds-basic-2.0-26.2.3SL.noarch.rpm
desktop-backgrounds-extra-2.0-26.2.3SL.noarch.rpm
*comps-47-0.*.i386.rpm
* The comps.xml file got a update with SL 4.7.
* All groups are now alphabetical
* Groups that are completely commented out have been removed.
* Where available, I have updated the international group name and
* description to be the same as Update 7
* Except for where I have specifically added or removed a package
* or default setting, I have updated the groups to be the same as Update 7
* Most changes were minor, but the following were noteworthy
* - audit is now optional in the core group
* - development-tools now includes the group emacs and xemacs
RPM which contains the comps.xml file used during the install.
Needed by Rocks.
glade2-2.6.0-1.SL4.i386.rpm
glade2 has an bug so that all you got was a blank window when it started.
This was an infinate loop bug, which was fixed.
Apache
Changed index.html to not have Upstream Vendor info but to
have SL info.
* httpd-2.0.52-41.sl4.i386.rpm
* httpd-devel-2.0.52-41.sl4.i386.rpm
* httpd-manual-2.0.52-41.sl4.i386.rpm
* httpd-suexec-2.0.52-41.sl4.i386.rpm
* mod_ssl-2.0.52-41.sl4.i386.rpm
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ADDED BY UPSTREAM VENDOR
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Added as part of Update 5
dapl-1.2.1-7.i386.rpm
dapl-devel-1.2.1-7.i386.rpm
ibutils-1.0-4.i386.rpm
dmraid-1.0.0.rc14-5_RHEL4_U5.i386.rpm
dmraid-devel-1.0.0.rc14-5_RHEL4_U5.i386.rpm
ibutils-devel-1.0-4.i386.rpm
ibutils-libs-1.0-4.i386.rpm
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.EL.i686.rpm
lam-7.1.2-8.i386.rpm
lam-devel-7.1.2-8.i386.rpm
lam-libs-7.1.2-8.i386.rpm
libacl-devel-2.2.23-5.3.el4.i386.rpm
libibcm-0.9.1-7.i386.rpm
libibcm-devel-0.9.1-7.i386.rpm
libibcommon-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
libibcommon-devel-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
libibmad-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
libibmad-devel-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
libibumad-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
libibumad-devel-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
libibverbs-1.0.4-7.i386.rpm
libibverbs-devel-1.0.4-7.i386.rpm
libibverbs-utils-1.0.4-7.i386.rpm
libmthca-1.0.3.1-7.i386.rpm
libmthca-devel-1.0.3.1-7.i386.rpm
librdmacm-devel-0.9.1-7.i386.rpm
librdmacm-utils-0.9.1-7.i386.rpm
libsdp-1.1.0-7.i386.rpm
numactl-0.6.4-1.39.i386.rpm
openib-1.1-7.i386.rpm
openib-mstflint-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
openib-perftest-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
openib-srptools-0.0.5-7.i386.rpm
openib-tvflash-0.9.1-7.i386.rpm
openmpi-1.1.1-8.i386.rpm
openmpi-devel-1.1.1-8.i386.rpm
openmpi-libs-1.1.1-8.i386.rpm
opensm-2.0.0-7.i386.rpm
opensm-devel-2.0.0-7.i386.rpm
opensm-libs-2.0.0-7.i386.rpm
pam_ccreds-3-3.rhel4.2.i386.rpm
setools-devel-2.3-4.i386.rpm
sg3_utils-devel-1.22-3.1.i386.rpm
sg3_utils-libs-1.22-3.1.i386.rpm
sysfsutils-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm
systemtap-runtime-0.5.12-1.i386.rpm
wpa_supplicant-0.4.9-1.1.el4.i386.rpm
Added as part of Update 4
dapl-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm
dapl-devel-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm
dmraid-devel-1.0.0.rc11-3_RHEL4_U4.i386.rpm
ibmasm-3.0-7.i386.rpm
kernel-ib-1.0-1.i386.rpm
libgomp-4.1.0-18.EL4.i386.rpm
libgssapi-0.8-1.i386.rpm
libgssapi-devel-0.8-1.i386.rpm
libibcm-0.9.0-1.i386.rpm
libibcommon-1.0-1.i386.rpm
libibcommon-devel-1.0-1.i386.rpm
libibmad-1.0-1.i386.rpm
libibmad-devel-1.0-1.i386.rpm
libibumad-1.0-1.i386.rpm
libibumad-devel-1.0-1.i386.rpm
librdmacm-0.9.0-1.i386.rpm
mstflint-1.0-1.i386.rpm
nfs-utils-lib-1.0.6-3.i386.rpm
nfs-utils-lib-devel-1.0.6-3.i386.rpm
oddjob-0.26-1.1.i386.rpm
oddjob-devel-0.26-1.1.i386.rpm
oddjob-libs-0.26-1.1.i386.rpm
openib-diags-1.0-1.i386.rpm
perftest-1.0-1.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-base-1.5.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-base-devel-1.5.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-base-test-1.5.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-devel-1.0.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-fsvol-1.4.3-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-fsvol-devel-1.4.3-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-fsvol-test-1.4.3-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-network-1.3.7-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-network-devel-1.3.7-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-network-test-1.3.7-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-nfsv3-1.0.13-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-nfsv3-test-1.0.13-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-nfsv4-1.0.11-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-nfsv4-test-1.0.11-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-params-1.2.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-params-test-1.2.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-sysfs-1.1.8-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-sysfs-test-1.1.8-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-syslog-0.7.9-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-syslog-test-0.7.9-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-gather-2.1.1-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-gather-devel-2.1.1-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-gather-provider-2.1.1-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-gather-test-2.1.1-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-testsuite-1.2.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-wbemcli-1.5.1-12.EL4.i386.rpm
srptools-0.0.4-1.i386.rpm
tog-pegasus-test-2.5.1-2.EL4.i386.rpm
tvflash-0.9.0-1.i386.rpm
Added as part of Update 3
frysk-0.0.1.2006.02.19.rh1-0.EL4.1.i386.rpm
keyutils-1.0-2.i386.rpm
keyutils-devel-1.0-2.i386.rpm
keyutils-libs-1.0-2.i386.rpm
libibverbs-1.0.rc4-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
libibverbs-devel-1.0.rc4-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
libibverbs-utils-1.0.rc4-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
libmthca-1.0.rc4-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
libmthca-devel-1.0.rc4-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
libsdp-0.90-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
opensm-1.0-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
opensm-devel-1.0-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
opensm-libs-1.0-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
rarpd-ss981107-18.40.2.i386.rpm
udapl-1.2-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
udapl-devel-1.2-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
Added as part of Update 2
audit-libs-1.0.3-6.EL4.i386.rpm
audit-libs-devel-1.0.3-6.EL4.i386.rpm
amtu-1.0.2-2.EL4.i386.rpm
convmv-1.08-3.EL.noarch.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-6.0.RHEL4.i386.rpm
gamin-python-0.1.1-3.EL4.i386.rpm
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-2.i386.rpm
keyutils-0.3-1.i386.rpm
keyutils-devel-0.3-1.i386.rpm
lksctp-tools-1.0.2-6.4E.1.i386.rpm
lksctp-tools-devel-1.0.2-6.4E.1.i386.rpm
lksctp-tools-doc-1.0.2-6.4E.1.i386.rpm
OpenIPMI-1.4.14-1.4E.7.i386.rpm
OpenIPMI-devel-1.4.14-1.4E.7.i386.rpm
OpenIPMI-libs-1.4.14-1.4E.7.i386.rpm
OpenIPMI-tools-1.4.14-1.4E.7.i386.rpm
systemtap-0.4-0.EL4.i386.rpm
tog-pegasus-2.4.1-4.4.rhel4.i386.rpm
tog-pegasus-devel-2.4.1-4.4.rhel4.i386.rpm
gcc4-java-4.0.1-4.EL4.2.i386.rpm
libgcj4-4.0.1-4.EL4.2.i386.rpm
libgcj4-devel-4.0.1-4.EL4.2.i386.rpm
libgcj4-src-4.0.1-4.EL4.2.i386.rpm
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/contrib
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RPMS provided by colaboraters that either cannot go in main release or are
intesting before going into main release.
/contrib/RPMS/
/contrib/SRPMS/
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/errata/
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SL/RPMS/
Security errata
fastbugs/RPMS/
Packages rebuilt from the Upstream Vendor Fastrack rpms
These are rpms that are expected to be in the next Update
They have gone through full QA by the Upstream Vendor
bugfix45/RPMS/
Reserved for packages from the next Update.
obsolete/RPMS/
Packages that used to be in the release but have been
updated
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/../SRPMS/
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/
Contains the SRPMS for what we added or changed. Put these in the
top level directory as these are really the ones we changed. All
the others can be obtained from the upstream vendor ftp updates area
/vendor/
/errata
SRPMS from vendor for errata.
/original
SRPMS from vendor for originally released Enterpise 4 .
sites/<sites>/SRPMS
SRPMS for site if there is a site
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LIMITATIONS
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Virtulization
Scientific Linux 4.5 can *not* be a xen host, only a guest.
Scientific Linux 4.5 and above have a xen kernel. This allows them
to be installed as a xen paravirtulizaed guest. Follow the Virtual Host's
instructions for installing a paravirtulizaed guest, to install
Scientific Linux 4.5 as a xen guest.
Paravirtualizaed guests on Scientific Linux 5.0
This is a limitation of Scientific Linux 5.0, but affects installing
Scientific Linux 4.5 as a paravirtulized guest. These limitations will
hopefully be fixed in Scientific Linux 5.1 or 5.2
- 32 bit (i386) paravirtualized guests cannot run on a
64 bit (x86_64) host (dom0). It will fail.
- 64 bit (x86_64) paravirtualized guests cannot run on a
32 bit (i386) host (dom0). It will fail.
Fully Virtualizaed guests on Scientific Linux 5.0
This is a limitation of Scientific Linux 5.0, but affects installing
Scientific Linux 4.5 as a fully virtulized guest.
- 64 bit fully-virtulizaed guests cannot run on a
32 bit (i386) host (dom0). It will fail.
system-config-packages add,remove packages
This does NOT work use yum instead.
up2date
up2date is not supported in Scientific Linux.
Please use yum instead.
ipw3945
Does not work in the installer and does not work on some laptops.
3ware 8xxx and 9xxx in same system
Grub can get confused about which "drives" are which if both
of these cards are installed. You can either run grub manually
before rebooting or use "noprobe" during the install and install
only the 3ware driver for the card that you will be booting off of.
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Web Site
https://www.scientificlinux.org
FTP
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/40rolling/
Mailing Lists
[log in to unmask] Development of Scientific Linux
[log in to unmask] Users of Scientific Linux supporting
each other
[log in to unmask] Announcements concerning Scientific Linux
[log in to unmask] Announcements about Security Errata
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ERRATA rebuilt from SRPMS
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* htdig-3.2.0b6-6.el4_7.i386.rpm
* htdig-web-3.2.0b6-6.el4_7.i386.rpm
* libxslt-1.1.11-1.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
* libxslt-devel-1.1.11-1.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
* libxslt-python-1.1.11-1.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
* nss_ldap-253-5.sl4.1.i386.rpm
* cman-kernel-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* cman-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* cman-kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* cman-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* cman-kernheaders-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* cmirror-kernel-2.6.9-43.4.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* cmirror-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-43.4.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* cmirror-kernel-smp-2.6.9-43.4.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* cmirror-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-43.4.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* dlm-kernel-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* dlm-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* dlm-kernel-smp-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* dlm-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* dlm-kernheaders-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* GFS-kernel-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* GFS-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* GFS-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* gnbd-kernel-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* gnbd-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* gnbd-kernel-smp-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* gnbd-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* gnbd-kernheaders-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.1.i686.rpm
* kernel-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
* kernel-devel-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
* kernel-doc-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm
* kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
* kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
* kernel-smp-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
* kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
* kernel-xenU-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
* kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
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