[RHSA-2008:0521-01] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - 1-Year End Of Life Notice

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - 1-Year End Of Life Notice

Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0521-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0521.html

Issue date: 2008-06-03

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1. Summary:

 

This is the 1-year notification of the End Of Life plans for Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 2.1.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

 

3. Description:

 

In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy, the

7 year life-cycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 will end on May 31, 2009.

 

After this date, Red Hat will discontinue the technical support services,

bug fix, enhancement, and security errata updates for the following

products:

 

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1

* Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1

* Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1

 

Customers still running production workloads on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

2.1 are advised to begin planning the upgrade to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

5. Active subscribers of Red Hat Enterprise Linux already have access to

all currently maintained versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, as part of

their subscription.

 

Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life-cycle can be found on the

Red Hat website: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/

 

4. Solution:

 

This errata contains an updated redhat-release package, that adds a new

file to "/usr/share/doc/", which contains this end of life notice.

 

5. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 :

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/redhat-release-as-2.1AS-123.src.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/redhat-release-as-2.1AS-23.src.rpm

 

i386:

redhat-release-as-2.1AS-23.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

redhat-release-as-2.1AS-123.ia64.rpm

 

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AW/en/os/SRPMS/redhat-release-aw-2.1AW-23.src.rpm

 

ia64:

redhat-release-aw-2.1AW-23.ia64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/redhat-release-es-2.1ES-23.src.rpm

 

i386:

redhat-release-es-2.1ES-23.i386.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/redhat-release-ws-2.1WS-23.src.rpm

 

i386:

redhat-release-ws-2.1WS-23.i386.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

6. References:

 

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

 

7. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.

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