Hello,
In SL 5, there is the package openssl097a the is used for compatibility 
with packages compiled on SL 4.
The problem is that in SL4 x86_64, there was both openssl.i386 and 
openssl.x86_64.  But in SL5 there is only openssl097a x86_64.  So a 
program compiled on SL4 x86_64, might not be able to run on SL5 x86_64.
So we are planning on including the i386 version of openssl097a in the 
x86_64 version.
Thus far, all of our tests have worked and we feel this will not have a 
negative impact on any machine.  But we would still like to put this out 
in testing.
If nothing bad is found, we will put this in the security errata for all 
SL5 x86_64 machines on June 9, 2009

To test or install

SL5
-------
      yum --enablerepo=sl-testing install openssl097a.i386

or you can download rpm's by hand at

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/testing/x86_64/openssl/
openssl097a-0.9.7a-9.el5_2.1.i386.rpm

Thanks
Troy Dawson
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