[RHSA-2013:1145-01] Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support Retirement Notice

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support Retirement Notice

Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1145-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1145.html

Issue date: 2013-08-07

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1. Summary:

 

This is the final notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise

Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support (EUS).

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

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

Extended Update Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 is retired as of

August 7, 2013, and support is no longer provided. Accordingly, Red Hat

will no longer provide updated packages after the final errata release,

including critical impact security patches or urgent priority bug fixes,

for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 EUS after this date. In addition,

technical support through Red Hat's Global Support Services will no longer

be provided after August 7, 2013.

 

Note: This notification applies only to those customers subscribed to the

Extended Update Support (EUS) channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6.

 

We encourage customers to plan their migration from Red Hat Enterprise

Linux 5.6 to a more recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6. As

a benefit of the Red Hat subscription model, customers can use their active

subscriptions to entitle any system on a currently supported Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 5 release (5.9, for which EUS is available) or Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 6 release (6.2, 6.3, or 6.4, for which EUS is available).

 

Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life cycle can be found here:

https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

 

4. Solution:

 

This erratum contains an updated redhat-release package, that provides a

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

 

5. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server):

 

Source:

redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.9.src.rpm

 

i386:

redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.9.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.9.ia64.rpm

 

ppc:

redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.9.ppc.rpm

 

s390x:

redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.9.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.9.x86_64.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://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

6. References:

 

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

 

7. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

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

 

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.

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