Release Notes for Scientific Linux 6.2 February 15 2012
The full release notes are available at
http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/6x/62/
Differences from SL6.1
anaconda
Added the Scientific Linux install classes
DVD installs do not ask for the network unless needed
OpenAFS
Updated to version 1.6.0-97.z2.sl6
This packages includes a patch to disable NAT pings to avoid a race
condition
livecd-tools, liveusb-creator
Updated from upstream to version 13.4
Added support for SL 6.2
redhat-rpm-config
Changed to recognize Scientific Linux as an Enterprise Linux
sl-release
removed Troy Dawson's GPG key
added CERN's GPG
added EULA
yum-autoupdate
yum-autoupdate has had PRERUN and POSTRUN scripts added for more
flexibility
External Repositories for yum
The yum-conf-* packages now require yum-fastestmirror by popular
request
The new x86_64 adobe repo is now available
mingw32, hivex, openmpi-psm
Removed these packages from the i386 tree as they do not belong in
that tree
RHN related tools present in SL6.1 have been removed
rhn-client-tools, rhnlib, rhnsd, rhn-setup-gnome,
subscription-manager, yum-rhn-plugin
Removed compared to Enterprise 6
RHN related tools
* rhn-client-tools
* rhnlib
* rhnsd
* rhn-setup-gnome
* subscription-manager
* yum-rhn-plugin
VDSM
* Was accidentally released by TUV. This is a part of RHEV and not
Enterprise Linux.
Download
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.2/
http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.2/
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.2/
Iso Download area
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.2/i386/iso/
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.2/i386/iso/readme
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.2/x86_64/iso/
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.2/x86_64/iso/readme
Note: the boot.iso in the 'iso' directory is just a hard link of the one
from images.
The 6x link has been updated.
The full release notes are available at
http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/6x/62/
--
Pat Riehecky
Scientific Linux Developer
