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Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]>
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Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:37:30 +1100
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The version of firefox in sl-testing is the same as the fastbugs version released on 16th Sept.
Does this have the latest security fixes?

Regards
Bill Maidment 
 
-----Original message-----
> From:Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday 25th October 2014 13:04
> To: Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Posted for testing: security errata for SL6
> 
> There doesn't seem to be a firefox update in sl-testing!!!
> 
> Regards
> Bill Maidment 
>  
> -----Original message-----
> > From:Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday 25th October 2014 6:06
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Posted for testing: security errata for SL6
> > 
> > Updated packages have been posted for testing:
> > 
> > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/testing/i386/
> > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/testing/x86_64/
> > 
> > With the upstream release of EL6.6 there are a number of security errata 
> > packages which may have a fundamental impact on all SL6 systems.
> > 
> > To help ensure these are rolled out safely we have posted them in the 
> > SL6 Testing repo.  Unless critical bugs are reported these packages will 
> > be pushed into SL6 on Nov 3 2014.
> > 
> > All SL6 users are encouraged to select a non-production system and test 
> > the application of these updates.
> > 
> > There are over 250 packages just pushed into the SL6 Testing repo for 
> > evaluation, and as such we cannot list them all in a concise manner.
> > 
> > High profile packages include:
> > cups
> > firefox
> > glibc
> > gtk2
> > kerberos
> > kernel
> > thunderbird
> > xorg
> > 
> > You can install this update for testing via the sl-testing repo on
> > your SL system:
> >    yum --enablerepo=sl-testing update
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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