Please test the following release. -Connie Sieh -Troy Dawson -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scientific Linux "SL 5.0 Release Candidate 1" on x86_64 April 20, 2007 See SL.documentation for Upstream vendor release notes. Items marked with a "**" indicate changes compared to SL5 beta See comments/issues/test reports to [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDED compared to vendor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- **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-3.030-1.sl5.x86_64.rpm ** cfitsio-devel-3.030-1.sl5.x86_64.rpm ** **JAVA ** **jdk-1.5.0_11-fcs.i586.rpm **jdk-1.5.0_11-fcs.x86_64.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-1.4.2-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 j2sdk-1.5.0 rpm. ** ** java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.11-1jpp.noarch.rpm ** ** This package provides JPackage compatibility symlinks and ** directories for Sun's JDK rpm. **madwifi - updated ** madwifi-0.9.3-10.sl5.x86_64.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-8.1.1.el5-0.9.3-10.sl5.x86_64.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-8.1.1.el5xen-0.9.3-10.sl5.x86_64.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-8.1.1.el5-0.9.3-10.sl5.x86_64.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-8.1.1.el5xen-0.9.3-10.sl5.x86_64.rpm **These perl modules have been added as they are useful. ** ** perl-MailTools-1.62-1.noarch.rpm ** perl-Parse-RecDescent-1.94-1.noarch.rpm ** perl-SQL-Statement-1.06-1.noarch.rpm ** perl-TermReadKey-2.20-12.x86_64.rpm ** perl-Text-CSV_XS-0.23-1.x86_64.rpm ** perl-Text-Template-1.44-1.noarch.rpm ** perl-TimeDate-2.22-1.noarch.rpm ** perl-Tk-804.027-1.x86_64.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) ** ** The installer does not automatically install these. ** ** r1000-1.05-1.sl.x86_64.rpm ** kernel-module-r1000-2.6.18-8.1.1.el5-1.05-1.sl.x86_64.rpm ** kernel-module-r1000-2.6.18-8.1.1.el5xen-1.05-1.sl.x86_64.rpm **SL_enable_serialconsole-3.1-6.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. ** gv-3.6.2-2.sl5.x86_64.rpm from Stephan Wiesand ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changed RPMS compared to vendor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** anaconda-11.1.2.36-1.sl.1.x86_64.rpm ** anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.36-1.sl.1.x86_64.rpm ** redhat-logos-4.9.16-1.SL.5.noarch.rpm ** sl-release-5.0-4.x86_64.rpm ** sl-release-notes-5.0-4.noarch.rpm ** yum-conf-5x was created for those users who want to be at the latest ** stable release. It is always pointing at the 5x area. This means ** that when we make new versions you will automatically be upgraded to ** them. ** ** yum-conf-50-1.SL.noarch.rpm ** yum-conf-5x-1-1.SL.noarch.rpm -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group __________________________________________________