Scientific Linux "SL 5.8" Alpha 1 March 9, 2012 See SL.documentation for Upstream vendor release notes. Send comments/issues/test reports to [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of contents DOWNLOAD INFO CHANGES from SL 5.7 REMOVED compared to Enterprise 5 INFO _____________________________________________________________________________ DOWNLOAD INFO _____________________________________________________________________________ http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/i386/ http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/x86_64/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES from SL 5.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - OpenAFS This version fixes a minor locking bug. openafs-1.4.14-80.sl5 openafs-authlibs-1.4.14-80.sl5 openafs-authlibs-devel-1.4.14-80.sl5 openafs-client-1.4.14-80.sl5 openafs-compat-1.4.14-80.sl5 openafs-debug-1.4.14-80.sl5 openafs-devel-1.4.14-80.sl5 openafs-kernel-source-1.4.14-80.sl5 openafs-kpasswd-1.4.14-80.sl5 openafs-krb5-1.4.14-80.sl5 openafs-server-1.4.14-80.sl5 kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-308.1.1.el5-1.4.14-80.1.sl5 kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-308.1.1.el5PAE-1.4.14-80.1.sl5 kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-308.1.1.el5xen-1.4.14-80.1.sl5 - sl-release lsb_release -a now reports the same as SL6. Was $ lsb_release -a -> ScientificSL Is $ lsb_release -a -> Scientific Please notify us if this change effects you negatively See http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1111&L=SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS&P=R10419 sl-release-58-0.sl.rolling.noarch.rpm - yum-conf yum-conf-58-0.sl.rolling points to the rolling tree The gpgcheck lines have been modified to be smarter about the jdk rpm yum-conf-58-0.sl.rolling yum-conf-5x-1-10.SL ------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMOVED compared to Enterprise 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have removed the RHN tools as they cannot be used for SL rhel-instnum rhn-check rhn-client-tools rhnlib rhnsd rhn-setup rhn-setup-gnome subscription-manager subscription-manager-firstboot subscription-manager-gnome yum-rhn-plugin ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- INFO ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Site https://www.scientificlinux.org FTP http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/ http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/ ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/ Upstream release notes available at http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/i386/SL.documentation/ Mailing Lists [log in to unmask] Development of Scientific Linux [log in to unmask] Users of Scientific Linux supporting each other [log in to unmask] Announcements concerning Scientific Linux [log in to unmask] Announcements about Security Errata -- Pat Riehecky Scientific Linux Developer