similar to: 3.4 beta testing

Due to a number of build problems with perl, we have issued a new set of rpms that no longer have strange provide/require items ... See https://bugzilla.caosity.org/show_bug.cgi?id=519 for details. The updated rpms are :- updates/i386/RPMS/perl-5.8.0-88.4.0.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/perl-CGI-2.81-88.4.0.i386.rpm

I have built a set of preview U4 beta rpms for CentOS i386 - these will become the basis of CentOS 3.4 when Rhel 3 U4 is released. I will not be pushing these out to the mirrors, but they are available at http://beta.caosity.org/centos/3.3/U4beta The beta packages are not signed. To add then to yum.conf add :- [u4beta] name=CentOS-$releasever - U4beta

There is a new updated kernel for centos 3.1 that fixes a security issue. As I have not had time to test this build I am releasing it for testing for 24 hours to pick up any problems before general release. It is available at :- http://caos2.caosity.org:/centos/3.1/updates/i386/RPMS/ The version is 2.4.21-15.0.2.el.c0 Please install and test these packages, they are as yet unsigned and not

There is an update to httpd and mod_ssl for CentOS-3.1 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-084.html refers. Updated files are :- updates/i386/RPMS/httpd-2.0.46-32.ent.centos.1.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/httpd-devel-2.0.46-32.ent.centos.1.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mod_ssl-2.0.46-32.ent.centos.1.i386.rpm updates/i386/SRPMS/httpd-2.0.46-32.ent.centos.1.src.rpm These are available at

CentOS has been nominated for an award in the Linux User awards. Please vote for CentOS !! Voting finishes tomorrow - 13th September. Please vote at :- http://www.linuxawards.co.uk/index.php You will need to vote for all categories otherwise the vote wont count. Thanks Lance -- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.

The CentOS 3.1 update2 packages have now been released. They are available on mirror.centos.org and should be on all mirrors within a few hours. To update just run 'yum update' Please bugzilla any problems. There was a problem with the pam build in testing not being linked against the laus library, so the released version is a .c0 so that anyone who has installed the testing version

If anyone is coming to the show I will be on the uklinux.net stand and will happily discuss/demo CentOS Lance -- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.

Thanks to all who have tested - CentOS 3.1 has now been released. .... The release includes all security updates for rhel released by 18th March. For now further security announcements will be posted to both the centos at caosity.org and centos-devel at caosity.org mailing lists. .... CentOS-3 also now includes the rhel documentation, both on the cds (cd3 /docs) and also on the mirrors in

Unless anyone shouts I intend to push all the update2/testing stuff into updates for 3.1 later on today - say about 22:00 UTC All the security related updates have already been released. I am not convinced that lack of feedback means that there are no problems, more likely it means that not many people have tested the stuff, but I have had no serious problems and cant do any more testing.

I had sent my reply to centos-devel, but as there is discussion here - here it is ... Lance ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:47:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Lance Davis <lance at uklinux.net> Reply-To: centos-devel at caosity.org To: John Newbigin <jn at it.swin.edu.au> Cc: centos-devel at caosity.org Subject: [CentOS-devel] Re: [Centos] Issues/thoughts re

Hi Lance, sure i can do it. Lets start it even today! just send me a list of the moderators needed. The forum is for the community but obviously we MUST have moderators. The mantainers are my suggestion. and we must create the topics of the forum. i will browse some forums this afternoon and then post a basic structure of the topics. if anyone has some ideas of topics needed just reply. Thks

Please can someone give right to GeoffFoster to the MarketingMaterials page on the wiki - I thought I had done it but he doesnt seem to have edit access. Thanks Lance -- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.

There is an updated kernel available for CentOS-3.1 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html refers. Updated files are :- Common Files i386/updates/RPMS/kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-15.EL.c0.i386.rpm i386/updates/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.4.21-15.EL.c0.i386.rpm i386/updates/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.21-15.EL.c0.i386.rpm athlon specific i386/updates/RPMS/kernel-2.4.21-15.EL.c0.athlon.rpm

CentOS will be guest of honour on the Linux tech link show tonight http://www.thelinuxlink.net/ 8.30 pm Eastern US time 00:30 am UTC 01.30 am UK BST Johnny and I will hope to give good answers to whatever is thrown at us :) Lance -- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.

An update has been released to centos-yumconf , the yum configuration file for centos because it was not set ot check the gpgkey on the packages ity installed. It was assumed that if there was a key then it would be checked, but that is not the case, it has to be explicitly enabled per repo. https://bugzilla.caosity.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543 refers The updated file is :-

There is an update to cvs for CentOS-3.1 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-153.html referes. Updated files are :- updates/i386/RPMS/cvs-1.11.2-18.i386.rpm updates/i386/SRPMS/cvs-1.11.2-18.src.rpm These are available at http://mirror.centos.org/3.1/ and should be on all mirrors within a few hours. To update to the latest version 'yum update cvs' should be sufficient. Lance

There is an update to squid for CentOS-3.1 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-133.html refers. Updated files are :- updates/i386/RPMS/squid-2.5.STABLE3-5.3E.i386.rpm updates/i386/SRPMS/squid-2.5.STABLE3-5.3E.src.rpm These are available at http://mirror.centos.org/3.1/ and should be on all mirrors within a few hours. To update to the latest version 'yum update squid' should be

There is an update to openoffice for CentOS-3.1 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-160.html refers. Updated files are :- updates/i386/RPMS/openoffice.org-1.1.0-15.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.0-15.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/openoffice.org-libs-1.1.0-15.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/SRPMS/openoffice.org-1.1.0-15.EL.src.rpm These are available at

There is an update to ipsec-tools for CentOS 3.1 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-165.html refers. Updated files are :- updates/i386/RPMS/ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4.i386.rpm updates/i386/SRPMS/ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4.src.rpm which is also dependant on :- updates/i386/RPMS/initscripts-7.31.13.EL-1.centos.1.i386.rpm updates/i386/SRPMS/initscripts-7.31.13.EL-1.centos.1.src.rpm These are

A number of new packages are now in the contrib repository including cluster manager, courier-imap, maildrop and piranha - amongst others - thanks to bilbo for these. (we are still waiting for some of the src.rpms) There are also kernels for i586 in the contrib section. contrib packages are supplied by third parties, not (necessarily) tested by CentOS developers and not GPG signed by Centos.