[RHSA-2009:0297-01] Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - 3 Month End Of Life Notice

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - 3 Month End Of Life Notice

Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0297-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0297.html

Issue date: 2009-03-02

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1. Summary:

 

This is the 3-month 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 Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

 

3. Description:

 

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

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

 

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

bugfix, 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 running production workloads on Enterprise Linux 2.1 should plan

to migrate to a later version before May 31, 2009. One benefit of a Red

Hat subscription is the right to upgrade to never versions of Enterprise

Linux for no extra cost. As an Enterprise Linux subscriber, you have the

option of migrating to the following supported versions:

 

* version 3 (Generally Available: Oct 2003, End-Of-Life: Oct 2010)

* version 4 (GA: Feb 2005, EOL: Feb 2012)

* version 5 (GA: Mar 2007, EOL: Mar 2014)

 

These supported versions of Enterprise Linux are available for download

from Red Hat Network.

 

For those customers who cannot migrate from Enterprise Linux 2.1 before its

end-of-life date, Red Hat will offer limited extended support contracts.

For more information, contact your Red Hat sales representative.

 

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 provides a

copy of this end of life notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.

 

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

485896 - Send Out RHEL 2.1 3-Month EOL Notice

 

6. 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-124.src.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/redhat-release-as-2.1AS-24.src.rpm

 

i386:

redhat-release-as-2.1AS-24.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

redhat-release-as-2.1AS-124.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-24.src.rpm

 

ia64:

redhat-release-aw-2.1AW-24.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-24.src.rpm

 

i386:

redhat-release-es-2.1ES-24.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-24.src.rpm

 

i386:

redhat-release-ws-2.1WS-24.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

 

7. References:

 

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

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

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

 

Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc.

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