Release Notes for Scientific Linux 6.4 Release Candidate 2
If no major bugs are reported by March 28 this Release Candidate will be
released as Scientific Linux 6.4.
Send comments/issues/test reports to [email protected] during
our pre-release period.
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Major Differences from SL6.3
OpenAFS
OpenAFS kernel module package has changed. With SL6.0 we started
packaging the OpenAFS client's kernel module according to the guidelines
from TUV's Driver Update Program.
Due to unanticipated changes with the 6.3 kernel, we've had to revisit
the process. With the 6.4 release, we modified the packaging to provide a
dedicated build of the module for each minor SL release, instead of one
kernel module (kmod) for all SL6 kernels. Since the EL kernel ABI is
supposed to be kept stable within a minor release, this should avoid the
problems some SL users experienced.
For those updating their system using yum, this change should be
completely transparent.
yum-conf-sl6x
This is now installed by default. You may remove it to return to the
historical behavior.
yum-conf-sl-other
This now features an entry for 'sl-addons' repo. For more information on
sl-addons please view the README file within the addons repo itself.
xorg-x11-server
Features a new ABI, this was a security errata so it should be available
to earlier releases.
matahari
Upstream has discontinued the matahari packages
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CHANGED compared to Enterprise 6
Packages modified by Scientific Linux should contain 'sl' within their
release string.
Packages can be changed for a few reasons - removing trademarks, fixing
errors, providing different behavior, or fixing build issues. Each of the
changed packages below lists is reason for its change along with some
historical information.
httpd
Changed the default index.html to remove upstream's branding.
This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this release.
plymouth
Removed the red colors for text mode.
This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this release.
redhat-logos
Changed all trademarked icons and pictures from upstream.
Changed styles of items such as background, gdm, and kdm to change the
tradedress style.
This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this release.
sl-bookmarks
sl-bookmarks replaces redhat-bookmarks and removes upstream branding
This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this release.
sl-indexhtml
sl-indexhtml replaces redhat-indexhtml and removes upstream branding
This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this release.
sl-release
sl-release replaces redhat-release and removes upstream branding
This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this release.
sl-release-notes
sl-release-notes replaces Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes*
This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this release.
anaconda
Add the Scientific Linux install classes
DVD installs do not ask for the network unless needed
This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this release.
redhat-rpm-config
Changed to recognize Scientific Linux as an Enterprise Linux
This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this release.
xorg-x11-server
Changed to remove TUV's support URL
This change went into effect with SL 6.3 and continues in this release.
Changes to comps.xml
The comps.xml file determines what packages are in groups. This determines
what packages get installed automatically when you select a group during
install, or when you use yum groupinstall.
We have made the following changes to comps.
We merged all of the comps.xml files from The Upstream Vendor into one
file for each arch. If a group was in any of TUV comps.xml files, for that
arch, then it was included in our comps.xml file. If a group was default
for either of TUV comps.xml, then is was made default in our comps.xml
file. If a package was in a group for either of TUV comps.xml files, then
it was put in that group in our comps.xml file.
Added the following groups:
icewm
misc-sl
openafs-client
repos
spins
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Removed compared to Enterprise 6
rhn-client-tools
We cannot provide RHN connections, so we have removed the RHN tools.
People requiring RHN must use Enterprise Linux from upstream
This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this release.
rhnlib
We cannot provide RHN connections, so we have removed the RHN tools.
People requiring RHN must use Enterprise Linux from upstream
This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this release.
rhnsd
We cannot provide RHN connections, so we have removed the RHN tools.
People requiring RHN must use Enterprise Linux from upstream
This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this release.
rhn-setup-gnome
We cannot provide RHN connections, so we have removed the RHN tools.
People requiring RHN must use Enterprise Linux from upstream
This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this release.
subscription-manager
We cannot provide RHN connections, so we have removed the RHN tools.
People requiring RHN must use Enterprise Linux from upstream
This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this release.
yum-rhn-plugin
We cannot provide RHN connections, so we have removed the RHN tools.
People requiring RHN must use Enterprise Linux from upstream
This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this release.
vdsm
Was accidentally released by TUV. This is a part of RHEV and not
Enterprise Linux so it has been removed.
This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this release.
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ADDED compared to Enterprise 6
We have added several packages to Scientific Linux that are not found anywhere
on the Enterprise releases. These have been added for various reasons which
are noted below.
icewm
This was added with SL 6.0 and continues in this release.
Summary : Fast and small X11 window manager
Added because we needed a lightweight modern window manager. There are
some machines that just don't have much CPU and/or memory, and both KDE
and GNOME can really slow these machines down.
This is not installed by default.
icewm
icewm-l10n
imlib - for dependencies
gtk+ - for dependencies
glib - for dependencies
OpenAFS
This was added with SL 6.0 and continues in this release.
Summary : OpenAFS distributed filesystem
Added because many educational and research centers around the world use
AFS as some type of central file system.
This is not installed by default.
openafs
openafs-authlibs
openafs-client
openafs-compat
openafs-firstboot
openafs-kernel-source
openafs-kpasswd
openafs-krb5
openafs-plumbing-tools
openafs-server
kmod-openafs
revisor, livecd-tools, liveusb-creator
This was added with SL 6.0 and moved into 'sl-adons' in 6.4.
Summary : Scientific Linux Spin Creation
Tools to create Scientific Linux "Spins" or "Sites"
This was not installed by default.
revisor
revisor-cli
revisor-gui
revisor-isolinux
revisor-rebrand
revisor-reuseinstaller
revisor-unity-scripts
sl-revisor-configs
livecd-tools
liveusb-creator
yum-autoupdate
This was added with SL 6.0 and continues in this release.
Summary : Automatically update your machine daily via yum.
Added for those users who want their system automatically updated without
having to worry about doing it by hand.
This is installed by default.
yum-autoupdate
abattis-cantarell-fonts
This was added with SL 6.1 and continues in this release.
Summary : Cantarell, a Humanist sans-serif font family
Added because our new graphical theme uses this font.
This is not installed by default.
abattis-cantarell-fonts
External Repositories for yum
This was added with SL 6.0 and continues in this release.
Summary : Various External Yum Repositories
These are not supported by Scientific Linux but are here for your
convenience.
This is not installed by default.
adobe-release / yum-conf-adobe
atrpms-repo / yum-conf-atrpms
elrepo-release / yum-conf-elrepo
epel-release / yum-conf-epel
rpmforge-release / yum-conf-rpmforge
rpmfusion-free-release / yum-conf-rpmfusion
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Info
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