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Re: Question about general updates...SL6
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:36:34 -0700
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On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Les Fairall <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Are there any details posted as to how normal updates are handled?
> Example, I was asked this morning what version of php
> was in SL6.   It appears to be 5.3.2-6.   But then I noticed that RHEL6 is
> running 5.3.3-3 which was put out on May 19 2011.
>
> I found this about security patches
> http://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/errata
> but nothing on regular updates.
>
> I am not complaining, just trying to understand how regular bug fixes are
> brought into the SL6 tree so that I can explain
> to the users/developers that I deal with.

php 5.3.3-3 is part of the EL-6.1 distribution. So it will be in
SL-6.1 (currently beta2).

Akemi

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