CentOS - May 2016 - Continuous Release repository RPMs now released

The Continuous Release repository RPMs for CentOS-6.8 are now released. 
It includes the following releases:

https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2016-May/thread.html

Specifically, there are following Security Updates included:

CESA-2016:0996 Important CentOS 6 openssl Security Update
CESA-2016:0997 Important CentOS 6 qemu-kvm Security Update 
CESA-2016:1041 Important CentOS 6 thunderbird Security Update

CESA-2016:0760 Moderate CentOS 6 file Security Update
CESA-2016:0778 Moderate CentOS 6 icedtea-web Security Update
CESA-2016:0855 Moderate CentOS 6 kernel Security Update
CESA-2016:0780 Moderate CentOS 6 ntp Security Update 
CESA-2016:0741 Moderate CentOS 6 openssh Security Update 

As well as more than 300 other bug fix updates.

Please read the CentOS-6.8 Release Notes:

https://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS6.8

As well as the RHEL-6.8 release notes and technical notes (since
CentOS-6.8 is based on the RHEL-6.8 source code):

Release Notes:  http://red.ht/1WBF3u4

Technical Notes:  http://red.ht/1YwcEDI

If you do not want to install the CR repository, the full 6.8 release
should happen around 10-21 days from today.  For more information on the
CR repository, see this link:

https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes


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On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>
wrote:
> The Continuous Release repository RPMs for CentOS-6.8 are now released.
> It includes the following releases:
>
>
This is the first time I've installed updates from CR.  I did this on 6.7
in virtualbox.  When I reboot, it still says 6.7.   When I run lsb_release
-a, it is still 6.7. Are they supposed to say 6.7?  Does this change when
it is official in 10-21 days?

Thanks,

-wes

On 05/16/2016 04:02 PM, Wes James wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at
centos.org> wrote:
> 
>> The Continuous Release repository RPMs for CentOS-6.8 are now released.
>> It includes the following releases:
>>
>>
> This is the first time I've installed updates from CR.  I did this on
6.7
> in virtualbox.  When I reboot, it still says 6.7.   When I run lsb_release
> -a, it is still 6.7. Are they supposed to say 6.7?  Does this change when
> it is official in 10-21 days?
> 
Yes, and yes.

When we released the official 6.8 tree and isos, they will have a new
centos-release rpm.

If you continue to run updates against the CR repo, that will be the
only update you get when you switch.




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