- Issued:
- 2008-06-03
- Updated:
- 2008-06-03
RHSA-2008:0521 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - 1-Year End Of Life Notice
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Low
Topic
This is the 1-year notification of the End Of Life plans for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 2.1.
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/
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.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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