The move to /linux/scientific/obsolete/<version name> for Scientific Linux 4 is now complete. On 06/11/2012 10:01 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote: > Reminder: > > As of February 2012 Scientific Linux 4 has been receiving no updates > of any type since it has been designated End of Life. The extra > length of public availability was provided for sites which have > continued to run Scientific Linux 4. > > For the last few months it has remained in the standard location. On > June 12 2012 we will be moving all instances of Scientific Linux 4 > into the 'obsolete' directory under /linux/scientific/ . This is the > same place that Scientific Linux 3 has been since it was archived. > They will be at /linux/scientific/obsolete/<version name>. > This move will break all yum update operations that use the old path. > If you wish to use our archived copies you may update your > /etc/yum.repos.d/ files to point to this archived location they can > still function while the archive is available. > > Again, this is location where we will archive Scientific Linux 4 after > June 12 2012. We have no plans to delete Scientific Linux 4 or > Scientific Linux 3 at this time. We are merely making a clear > distinction between current distributions, which can receive updates, > and obsolete ones, which will not receive updates. > > Sites requiring Scientific Linux 3 or Scientific Linux 4 should make a > local copy of these trees so that they are always available to you if > you need them. You can then update your /etc/yum.repos.d/ files to > point to this local mirror for increased performance. > > No modifications of Scientific Linux 5 or Scientific Linux 6 will be > made as a part of this change. >