On Mar 9, 2012, at 22:11 , Pat Riehecky wrote: > 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] Our usual x86_64 kickstart installation (on bare metal) worked well, but there are a few minor issues: Some of the i386 gcc subpackages are still at their old version: SL/5rolling % find ./ -name libgomp\*.rpm ./x86_64/SL/libgomp-4.4.4-13.el5.i386.rpm ./x86_64/SL/libgomp-4.4.6-3.el5.1.x86_64.rpm ./i386/SL/libgomp-4.4.4-13.el5.i386.rpm SL/5rolling % ls i386/SL/*-4.4.6-3.el5.1.* i386/SL/gcc44-4.4.6-3.el5.1.i386.rpm i386/SL/gcc44-c++-4.4.6-3.el5.1.i386.rpm i386/SL/gcc44-gfortran-4.4.6-3.el5.1.i386.rpm SL/5rolling % ls i386/SL/*-4.4.4-13.el5.* i386/SL/libgfortran44-4.4.4-13.el5.i386.rpm i386/SL/libgomp-4.4.4-13.el5.i386.rpm i386/SL/libstdc++44-devel-4.4.4-13.el5.i386.rpm I haven't done any systematic check for similar problems. [...] > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 These should all be -80.1.sl5 . The 32bit userland packages seem to be at their old version. > - 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 This one doesn't, but # lsb_release -rs 5.rolling does. Testing would be easier if this returned 5.8 . [...] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 I may be wrong here, but aren't some of those required on Spacewalk clients? -- Stephan Wiesand DESY - DV - Platanenallee 6 15738 Zeuthen, Germany