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Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:03:45 +0100
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Hi Troy,

On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 08:53 -0600, Troy Dawson wrote:
> This has escalated overnight.  Luckily I only have one last test, which 
> I believe the kernel will pass.  So test now, because this is kernel is 
> being pushed out in a couple hours.

good news, I was afraid of being paranoid once again.

These kernels look good here on (all of) a lot of 5.3 systems we're
running them on now (though many still with openafs-1.4.7).

Cheers,
	Stephan

> Troy
> 
> Troy J Dawson wrote:
> > Hello,
> > The new security update for SL5 has been built and is currently being
> > tested.  This has an important security fix.  But it is also the first 
> > kernel since Update 4 that we plan on pushing out, and as such, we are 
> > being cautious.
> > 
> > We plan on pushing this kernel out on Monday, November 9, 2009 at the 
> > latest, possibly sooner.
> > 
> > To test or update
> > 
> > SL5
> > -------
> > 
> >       yum --enablerepo=sl-testing update kernel\*
> > 
> > or you can download rpm's by hand at
> > 
> > http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/testing/i386/kernel/
> > http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/testing/x86_64/kernel/
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Troy Dawson
> > --
> > __________________________________________________
> > Troy Dawson  [log in to unmask]  (630)840-6468
> > Fermilab  ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group
> > __________________________________________________
> 

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Stephan Wiesand
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  15738 Zeuthen, Germany



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