Scientific Linux Release 309  on x86_64                 October 12, 2007

This is Scientific Linux.

Please read this entire document before installing.

This is based on the rebuilding of RPMS out of SRPMS's from Enterprise 3 AS
*including Update 9.

Please send bug reports and suggestions to [email protected]

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Table of contents

       DOWNLOAD INFO
       ADDED compared to Enterprise 3
       UPDATED compared to Enterprise 3
       Installer modifications
       Site Info
       /contrib
       /notsupported
       SRPMS
       MISC Notes
       HARDWARE SPECIFIC ISSUES
       SOFTWARE ISSUES/BUGS
       INFO
       HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
       ERRATA
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 ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/309/x86_64/

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ADDED compared to 3
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From Cluster Suite

*       clumanager-1.2.35.2-1.x86_64.rpm
       piranha-0.7.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
       redhat-config-cluster-1.0.8-1.noarch.rpm
       ipvsadm-1.21-9.ipvs108.x86_64.rpm

From Developer Suite

       eclipse-2.1.2-8.x86_64.rpm
       eclipse-lomboz-2.1.2-8.i386.rpm
       eclipse-rhaps-develserver-2.1.2-8.i386.rpm

Firefox and Thunderbird

*       Firefox and Thunderbird are not included anymore.

GFS

*       GFS-6.0.2.36-5.ia32e.rpm
*       GFS-6.0.2.36-5.x86_64.rpm
*       GFS-devel-6.0.2.36-5.ia32e.rpm
*       GFS-devel-6.0.2.36-5.x86_64.rpm
*       GFS-modules-6.0.2.36-5.ia32e.rpm
*       GFS-modules-6.0.2.36-5.x86_64.rpm
*       GFS-modules-smp-6.0.2.36-5.x86_64.rpm

Korn shell from ATT

       ksh93-2000.10.31.0-1.i386.rpm

mpg321, xmms-mp3, libmad, libid3tag

       Because of licensing reasons RedHat did not include MP3 support
       in their distribution.  While this does not fill all cases, this
       does allow some of the more popular music players to use mp3's.
       libmad and libid3tag were added for dependancy reasons.

               mpg321-0.2.10-4.fr.x86_64.rpm
               xmms-mp3-1.2.7-2.x86_64.rpm
               libmad-0.15.1b-1.fr.x86_64.rpm
               libmad-devel-0.15.1b-1.fr.x86_64.rpm
               libid3tag-0.15.1b-1.fr.x86_64.rpm
               libid3tag-devel-0.15.1b-1.fr.x86_64.rpm

IceWM

       A small and fast window manager.  Good for slower systems or
       systems with not much memory.  It is put it in the graphical login's
       session list if installed.

       icewm-1.2.20-2.x86_64.rpm
       icewm-l10n-1.2.20-2.x86_64.rpm

Java

       java-1.4.2-sun-compat-1.4.2.12-1jpp.i586.rpm
         This package is the java sdk from sun.
         It's license is found at misc/licenses/j2sdk-1.4.2-x.license
         To have all of it's links (including plugins) setup correctly
         you should also install java-1.4.2-sun-compat
         So the easiest thing to do is
            yum install java-1.4.2-sun-compat
            as it will automatically pull in j2sdk-1.4.2_08-fcs.i586.rpm
       j2sdk-1.4.2_12-fcs.i586.rpm
          This package provides JPackage compatibility symlinks and
          directories for Sun's JDK rpm

MISC
       Added these rpms because they are important as RedHat removed them.

               gv-3.5.8-23.x86_64.rpm          from Fedora Core 1
               ncurses4-5.0-12.x86_64.rpm      from Fedora Core 1
               readline41-4.1-17.x86_64.rpm    from Fedora Core 1
               xcdroast-0.98a14-2.x86_64.rpm   from Fedora Core 1
               jpilot-0.99.6-1.x86_64.rpm      from Fedora Core 1
               cdda2wav-2.0-11.x86_64.rpm      dependency of xcdroast

       Added these rpms because they are useful.  These are from CERN.

               perl-BSD-Resource-1.24-1.x86_64.rpm
               perl-Compress-Zlib-1.16-12.x86_64.rpm
               perl-MailTools-1.62-1.noarch.rpm
               perl-Parse-RecDescent-1.94-1.noarch.rpm
               perl-Pod-Escapes-1.03-1.noarch.rpm
               perl-Pod-Simple-2.05-1.noarch.rpm
               perl-SQL-Statement-1.06-1.noarch.rpm
               perl-TermReadKey-2.20-12.x86_64.rpm
               perl-Text-CSV_XS-0.23-1.x86_64.rpm
               perl-Text-Template-1.44-1.noarch.rpm
               perl-TimeDate-2.22-1.noarch.rpm
               perl-Tk-804.027-1.x86_64.rpm
               perl-Tk-HistEntry-0.42-1.noarch.rpm
               perl-Proc-ProcessTable-0.39-1.x86_64.rpm

       The vendor added the following rpms as part of Update 1

               elfutils-libelf-devel-0.91-3.x86_64.rpm
               jaf-20030319-1.x86_64.rpm
               javamail-20031006-1.x86_64.rpm
               junit-3.8.1-1.x86_64.rpm
               mtx-1.2.18-1.x86_64.rpm
               rh-postgresql-pl-7.3.6-1.x86_64.rpm
               rh-postgresql-server-7.3.6-1.x86_64.rpm
               rh-postgresql-test-7.3.6-1.x86_64.rpm

       The vendor added the following rpms as part of Update 2

               net-snmp-perl-5.0.9-2.30E.3.x86_64.rpm
               imap-utils-2002d-8.x86_64.rpm
               java-javadoc-1.5.33-1jpp_4rh.noarch.rpm
               jpackage-utils-1.5.33-1jpp_4rh.noarch.rpm
               laus-0.1-56RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
               laus-devel-0.1-56RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
               laus-libs-0.1-56RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
               pam_passwdqc-0.7.5-1.x86_64.rpm
               php-devel-4.3.2-11.ent.x86_64.rpm
               rhgb-0.11.2-4.x86_64.rpm
               sg3_utils-1.06-2.x86_64.rpm

       The vendor added the following rpms as part of Update 3

               anacron-2.3-25.1.x86_64.rpm
               qt-config-3.1.2-13.4.x86_64.rpm
               amtu-0.1-6RHEL.x86_64.rpm
               authd-1.4.1-1.rhel3.x86_64.rpm
               bind-libs-9.2.4-EL3_10.x86_64.rpm
               bootparamd-0.17-17.x86_64.rpm
               crash-3.8-3.x86_64.rpm
               diskdumputils-0.4.0-1.x86_64.rpm
               eal3-certification-0.7-1.noarch.rpm
               eal3-certification-doc-0.7-1.noarch.rpm
               libglade-0.17-11.x86_64.rpm
               ltrace-0.3.32-3.EL.x86_64.rpm
               nss_db-2.2-20.4.x86_64.rpm
               openoffice.org-style-gnome-1.1.0-16.9.EL.x86_64.rpm
               rpm-libs-4.2.3-10.x86_64.rpm
               gtkglarea-1.2.2-16.x86_64.rpm
               joe-2.9.8-5.x86_64.rpm
               lynx-2.8.5-11.x86_64.rpm
               nasm-0.98.35-3.x86_64.rpm
               perl-PDL-2.3.4-4.x86_64.rpm
               skkdic-20030211-1.noarch.rpm

       The vendor added the following rpms.  We have had them in
       /notsupported/RPMS .  So they are really just moving.
       And since so many things moved out of /notsupported/RPMS we
       decided to move everything that was in /notsupported/RPMS to
       the main tree.

               alchemist-devel-1.0.27-1.x86_64.rpm
               amanda-devel-2.4.4p1-0.3E.x86_64.rpm
               beecrypt-devel-3.0.1-0.20030630.x86_64.rpm
               db4-java-4.1.25-14.x86_64.rpm
               bind-chroot-9.2.4-EL3_10.x86_64.rpm
               bind-devel-9.2.4-EL3_10.x86_64.rpm
               bogl-devel-0.1.9-27.x86_64.rpm
               busybox-0.60.5-8.x86_64.rpm
               Canna-devel-3.6-20.x86_64.rpm
               cdparanoia-devel-alpha9.8-15.x86_64.rpm
               cdrecord-devel-2.01.0.a32-0.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm
               dhcp-devel-3.0pl2-6.16.x86_64.rpm
               expect-devel-5.38.0-92.2.x86_64.rpm
               finger-server-0.17-18.x86_64.rpm
               FreeWnn-devel-1.11-36.3.x86_64.rpm
               ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.8.x86_64.rpm
               gimp-devel-1.2.3-20.1.x86_64.rpm
               gimp-perl-1.2.3-20.1.x86_64.rpm
               gimp-print-devel-4.2.4-5.x86_64.rpm
               gnome-pilot-devel-2.0.10-1.x86_64.rpm
               gnome-python2-applet-1.99.14-5.x86_64.rpm
               gphoto2-devel-2.1.0-7.x86_64.rpm
               gstreamer-devel-0.6.0-5.x86_64.rpm
               gstreamer-plugins-0.6.0-14.x86_64.rpm
               gstreamer-plugins-devel-0.6.0-14.x86_64.rpm
               guile-devel-1.6.4-8.x86_64.rpm
               ImageMagick-c++-5.5.6-5.1.x86_64.rpm
               ImageMagick-c++-devel-5.5.6-5.1.x86_64.rpm
               ImageMagick-devel-5.5.6-5.1.x86_64.rpm
               ImageMagick-perl-5.5.6-5.1.x86_64.rpm
               imap-devel-2002d-9.x86_64.rpm
               kdegames-devel-3.1.3-3.2.x86_64.rpm
               kdemultimedia-devel-3.1.3-3.1.x86_64.rpm
               libgal2-devel-1.99.10-1.x86_64.rpm
               libglade-devel-0.17-12.2.x86_64.rpm
               libgsf-devel-1.6.0-4.x86_64.rpm
               libgtop2-devel-2.0.2-3.x86_64.rpm
               libmrproject-devel-0.9-5.x86_64.rpm
               libpng10-devel-1.0.13-15.x86_64.rpm
               libsoup-devel-1.99.26-1.x86_64.rpm
               libtabe-devel-0.2.6-5.1.x86_64.rpm
               libwnck-devel-2.2.1-3.x86_64.rpm
               libwvstreams-devel-3.70-10.x86_64.rpm
               libxml-devel-1.8.17-9.1.x86_64.rpm
               mod_perl-devel-1.99_09-10.ent.x86_64.rpm
               openh323-devel-1.11.2-4.1E.x86_64.rpm
               openssl-perl-0.9.7a-33.12.x86_64.rpm
               parted-devel-1.6.3-29.3.x86_64.rpm
               perl-suidperl-5.8.0-88.7.x86_64.rpm
               pump-devel-0.8.19-1.x86_64.rpm
               pwlib-devel-1.4.7-7.EL.x86_64.rpm
               pyorbit-devel-1.99.3-5.x86_64.rpm
               python-tools-2.2.3-5.x86_64.rpm
               qt-ODBC-3.1.2-13.4.x86_64.rpm
               samba-swat-3.0.6-2.3E.x86_64.rpm
               sendmail-devel-8.12.11-4.RHEL3.1.x86_64.rpm
               sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm
               tcl-devel-8.3.5-92.2.x86_64.rpm
               VFlib2-devel-2.25.6-17.x86_64.rpm
               w3c-libwww-devel-5.4.0-5.x86_64.rpm
               Xaw3d-devel-1.5-18.x86_64.rpm
               XFree86-sdk-4.3.0-68.EL.x86_64.rpm
               xmms-devel-1.2.7-22.1.p.x86_64.rpm
               up2date-update-4.2.38-1.x86_64.rpm

       The vendor added the following rpms as part of Update 4

               aspell-config-0.33.7.1-25.1.x86_64.rpm
               iscsi-initiator-utils-3.6.2-4.x86_64.rpm
               mailman-2.1.5-23.x86_64.rpm
               mikmod-devel-3.1.6-21.2.x86_64.rpm
               sysstat-5.0.5-5.rhel3.x86_64.rpm
               vim-X11-6.3.029-1.30E.3.x86_64.rpm
               net-snmp-libs-5.0.9-2.30E.12.x86_64.rpm
               perl-Crypt-SSLeay-0.51-4.x86_64.rpm
               alchemist-1.0.27-1.i386.rpm
               arts-1.1.3-2.3.i386.rpm
               aspell-0.33.7.1-25.1.i386.rpm
               audiofile-0.2.3-7.1.i386.rpm
               beecrypt-3.0.1-0.20030630.i386.rpm
               blas-3.0-20.i386.rpm
               bogl-0.1.9-27.i386.rpm
               bzip2-libs-1.0.2-11.i386.rpm
               Canna-libs-3.6-20.i386.rpm
               cdparanoia-libs-alpha9.8-15.i386.rpm
               compat-db-4.0.14-5.1.i386.rpm
               compat-pwdb-0.62-3.i386.rpm
               curl-7.10.6-4.2.i386.rpm
               e2fsprogs-1.32-15.1.i386.rpm
               elfutils-0.91-3.i386.rpm
               esound-0.2.28-6.i386.rpm
               fam-2.6.8-15.i386.rpm
               FreeWnn-libs-1.11-36.3.i386.rpm
               gail-1.2.2-1.i386.rpm
               GConf2-2.2.1-4.i386.rpm
               gd-1.8.4-12.3.1.i386.rpm
               gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-11.3.3.i386.rpm
               ghostscript-7.05-32.1.9.i386.rpm
               gimp-print-4.2.4-5.1.i386.rpm
               gmp-4.1.2-5.i386.rpm
               gtk+-1.2.10-31.i386.rpm
               gtk-engines-0.12-2.0.i386.rpm
               gtkglarea-1.2.2-16.i386.rpm
               gtkhtml2-2.2.0-6.i386.rpm
               guile-1.6.4-8.30.1.i386.rpm
               hesiod-3.0.2-28.1.i386.rpm
               ImageMagick-5.5.6-7.i386.rpm
               ImageMagick-c++-5.5.6-7.i386.rpm
               imlib-1.9.13-13.4.i386.rpm
               kdebase-3.1.3-5.5.i386.rpm
               kdelibs-3.1.3-6.6.i386.rpm
               kdemultimedia-3.1.3-3.1.i386.rpm
               lapack-3.0-20.i386.rpm
               laus-libs-0.1-66RHEL3.i386.rpm
               libaio-0.3.96-5.i386.rpm
               libao-0.8.3-3.1.i386.rpm
               libdbi-0.6.5-5.i386.rpm
               libghttp-1.0.9-8.1.i386.rpm
               libglade2-2.0.1-3.i386.rpm
               libgnomecanvas-2.2.0.2-2.i386.rpm
               libgnomeprint22-2.2.1.3-5.i386.rpm
               libgnomeprintui22-2.2.1.3-2.0.i386.rpm
               libgtop2-2.0.2-3.i386.rpm
               libIDL-0.8.0-9.i386.rpm
               libmng-1.0.4-3.i386.rpm
               libogg-1.0-5.1.i386.rpm
               libpcap-0.7.2-7.E3.2.i386.rpm
               libpng10-1.0.13-15.i386.rpm
               libsoup-1.99.26-1.i386.rpm
               libtabe-0.2.6-6.EL.i386.rpm
               libtool-libs-1.4.3-6.i386.rpm
               libungif-4.1.0-15.i386.rpm
               libusb-0.1.6-3.i386.rpm
               libuser-0.51.7-1.EL3.3.i386.rpm
               libvorbis-1.0-7.i386.rpm
               libwvstreams-3.70-10.i386.rpm
               libxml-1.8.17-9.2.i386.rpm
               linc-1.0.3-1.i386.rpm
               lm_sensors-2.6.5-6.i386.rpm
               lockdev-1.0.1-1.2.i386.rpm
               mikmod-3.1.6-21.2.i386.rpm
               netpbm-9.24-11.30.1.i386.rpm
               net-snmp-libs-5.0.9-2.30E.12.i386.rpm
               newt-0.51.5-1.i386.rpm
               openh323-1.11.2-4.1E.i386.rpm
               openjade-1.3.1-12.1.i386.rpm
               ORBit-0.5.17-10.4.i386.rpm
               ORBit2-2.6.2-1.i386.rpm
               pcre-3.9-10.1.i386.rpm
               perl-5.8.0-88.9.i386.rpm
               pilot-link-0.11.7-1.1.i386.rpm
               pspell-0.12.2-16.1.i386.rpm
               pwlib-1.4.7-7.EL.i386.rpm
               qt-3.1.2-13.4.i386.rpm
               rpm-libs-4.2.3-13.i386.rpm
               sane-backends-1.0.9-5.7.i386.rpm
               scrollkeeper-0.3.11-8E.i386.rpm
               SDL-1.2.5-6.i386.rpm
               slang-1.4.5-18.i386.rpm
               startup-notification-0.5-1.i386.rpm
               tcp_wrappers-7.6-34.1.i386.rpm
               unixODBC-2.2.8-2.3.0.2.i386.rpm
               unixODBC-kde-2.2.8-2.3.0.2.i386.rpm
               utempter-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.i386.rpm
               VFlib2-2.25.6-17.i386.rpm
               vte-0.11.10-11.i386.rpm
               w3c-libwww-5.4.0-5.i386.rpm
               Xaw3d-1.5-18.i386.rpm
               bind-libs-9.2.4-5_EL3.i386.rpm
               gphoto2-2.1.0-7.1.i386.rpm
               gsl-1.1.1-5.i386.rpm
               gstreamer-0.6.0-5f1.i386.rpm
               gtk2-2.2.4-12.i386.rpm
               krb5-libs-1.2.7-31.i386.rpm
               libraw1394-0.9.0-10.RHEL3.i386.rpm
               libxml2-2.5.10-7.i386.rpm
               libxslt-1.0.33-5.i386.rpm
               pam-0.75-62.i386.rpm
               pam-devel-0.75-62.i386.rpm
               pango-1.2.5-5.i386.rpm
               popt-1.8.2-13.i386.rpm
               redhat-lsb-1.3-3.1.EL3.i386.rpm
               rh-postgresql-libs-7.3.8-2.i386.rpm
               ruby-libs-1.6.8-9.EL3.3.i386.rpm
               gsl-1.1.1-5.x86_64.rpm
               gsl-devel-1.1.1-5.x86_64.rpm
               gcc-gnat-3.2.3-49.x86_64.rpm
               libgnat-3.2.3-49.x86_64.rpm
               linuxwacom-0.6.4-7.x86_64.rpm
               linuxwacom-devel-0.6.4-7.x86_64.rpm
               libgcc-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
               libgcj-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
               libobjc-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
               libstdc++-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
               libf2c-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
               libgnat-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
               cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.15-10.i386.rpm
               cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.15-10.i386.rpm
               cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.15-10.i386.rpm
               gdb-6.1post-1.20040607.52.i386.rpm
               redhat-artwork-0.73.2-1.SL.i386.rpm


       The vendor added the following rpms as part of Update 5

               bonobo-activation-2.2.2-1.i386.rpm
               gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.i386.rpm
               libbonobo-2.2.3-1.i386.rpm
               cscope-15.5-9.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
               diskdumputils-1.0.1-4.x86_64.rpm
               jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm
               pstack-1.2-3.EL.2.x86_64.rpm

pine

       Change location of pine.conf from /usr/local/ to /etc
               pine-4.58-3.SL.x86_64.rpm

rhgb

       Remove "Red Hat" from rpm.

               rhgb-0.11.2-5.SL.x86_64.rpm


Yum  -- From Duke University

       yum-2.0.7-12.SL.noarch.rpm

         yum-2.0.7-12 fixes a issue with ftp on the Bluearc NAS server

         yum-2.0.7-8 allows for the updating of ia32e rpms.
               yum-2.0.7-9 fixed kernel-module hangups, as well as installs
               kernel-modules for multiple kernels

         yum-2.0.7-7 allows for the kernel-module-<package> naming convention

               yum 2.0.7 contains minor bug fixes along with the feauture
               of yum [action] package.somearch support added for
               erase/remove, install, update and upgrade

*       yum-conf-309-1.SL.noarch.rpm
*       yum-conf-3x-1-1.SL.noarch.rpm

*       yum.cron now uses /etc/yum.conf for a template for it's configuration
*       file.  If /etc/yum.conf has an excludes line, it will append the
*       excludes in /etc/yum.d/yum.cron.excludes.  If /etc/yum.conf
*       does not have an excludes line, it will add the one from
*       /etc/yum.d/yum.cron.excludes

*       yum-conf-3x was created for those users who want to be at the latest
*       stable release.  It is always pointing at the 3x area.

       yum.cron now checks to see how long the machine is been up
       If it is up less than 20 hours, it doesn't wait, but does the
       update.  This uptime check was done to help laptops and other
       machines that might not be on long enough to wait for the
       random time.

       There is a fastbug repo area to correspond to the vendors fasttrack
       This is not on by default.

       bugfix-308 - reserved for packages from the next Update
       This is not on by default

       Removed nonsupported since these were merged with main rpm's
               Changed main server to ftp.scientificlinux.org

       Made it easier for users to change where their repository is.
       For yum.cron you now only have to change the files
       /etc/yum.d/yum.cron.primary and/or yum.cron.secondary
       You can add multiple repository in either file, or leave either blank.
       The servers in primary will be used in the order they are in the
       file.  The servers in secondary will be used randomly.  So if you
       are concerned about overloading your one server, leave the primary
       blank, and list all your servers in secondary, where they will
       be used randomly
       Fixed the names on yum.conf as well.

       now uses new feature "tolerant=1" for yum.cron

openafs

*       openafs-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-client-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-compat-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-debug-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-devel-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-kernel-source-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-kpasswd-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-krb5-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-server-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm

*       kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-52.EL-1.2.13-15.17.SL.ia32e.rpm
*       kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-52.EL-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-52.ELsmp-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm

       OpenAFS was updated to version 1.2.13 to fix various bugs.
       rpm spec file by Stephan Wiesand
       x86_64 aklog fix - Enrico M.V. Fasanelli put in Chris Wing's patch

       These are not installed by default.

         openafs-firstboot-1.2.11-5.SL.noarch.rpm

       The openafs-firstboot rpm enables "firstboot" to ask about
       what AFS cell you want and if you want afs started at boot.


SL_afs_no_dynroot-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

       This package removes the -dynroot option from the openafs config
       Restarting of afs is needed for this to take effect.
       This rpm does not restart afs

SL_desktop_tweeks-1.1-1.x86_64.rpm

       This adds a terminal and mozilla icon to the kicker panel for
       both KDE and GNOME.  Installed by default for both KDE and GNOME.

SL_enable_serialconsole

       This script makes all the changes necessary to send
       console output to both the serial port and the screen.  This
       also creates a login prompt on the serial port and allows users
       to login at this prompt.
       Bug with the default serial number and dealing with a /boot
       partition were fixed in version 3.1.

               SL_enable_serialconsole-3.1-3.noarch.rpm

SL_firefox_parentlock_fix-1.0-10.noarch.rpm

       When a users home area is in AFS space, it is possible for
       firefox, thunderbird, and/or seamonkey to leave a lock file called
       .parentlock when they are closed.  The user is then not able to
       restart their problem until that lock file is removed.
       This puts in a startup script that cleans up that file.

SL_inittab_change-1.0-5.x86_64.rpm

       Changes /etc/inittab to require the root password for
       single user mode.  Not installed by default.

SL_libg2c.a_change-3.2.3-2.noarch.rpm

       Creates a missing symbolic link in the gcc-g77 package from
       /usr/lib/libg2c.a
       to /usr/lib/gcc-lib/$arch-redhat-linux/3.2.3/libg2c.a

SL_no_colorls-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm

      Turns off "color" of ls.  Not installed by default.

SL_rpm_show_arch-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

      Adds arch to "rpm -qa" listing.

SL_sendmail_accept-1.0-2.x86_64.rpm

       Changes Sendmail config so that it allows incomming mail.
       Not installed by default.


SL_startkde_afs-1.0-1.i386.rpm

       SL_startkde_afs-1.0-1.i386.rpm

       By default startkde checks to make sure that a users home area has
       at least 25K of disk space.  A bug in the openafs kernel module for
       the enterprise kernel causes single cpu machines to only list 1 K of
       space.  This changes the check to only need 1 K of space.  The check
       to make sure kde can actually write to the users home area is still
       intact.

SL_startgnome_afs-1.1-1.noarch.rpm

       Enables gnome to work better in a afs envirnonment.
       It closes processes left open by gnome after the user has logged out
       since these processes will not be able to touch the users home
       directory anymore.
       It creates lock files in a local temporary directory.  This can
       allow multiple versions of gnome to run, but it prevents AFS corruption.

SL_thunderbird_url_handlers-1-1.noarch.rpm

       Set the URL settings in seamonkey,thunderbird to point to firefox

SL_tweek_pagecache-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
       Modifies the /proc/sys/vm/pagecache settings.  This has been shown
       Changes the values from "1 15 100" to "1 5 15"
       to make the kernel use less memory on desktop systems for buffer cache.
       Not installed by default.


Documentation

       Documentation in /sites/example/build/documentation on how to
       make new "sites" including scripts to create site iso images.

       These are Update 2 versions

       rhel-ig-x8664-multi-en-3-3.noarch.rpm
       rhel-isa-en-3-3.noarch.rpm
       rhel-rg-en-3-3.noarch.rpm
       rhel-sag-en-3-3.noarch.rpm
       rhel-sg-en-3-3.noarch.rpm
       rhel-devtools-en-3-1.noarch.rpm
       rhel-cs-en-3-3.noarch.rpm

apt-get

       Yum will do the auto update function by default.

       Note that apt is not multi-arch enabled.  So since this x86_64
       release is multi-arch then apt should not be used.
       Yum is installed by default and apt is not because of the multi-arch
       issue.

       apt-0.5.15cnc6-4.SL.x86_64.rpm
       apt-devel-0.5.15cnc6-4.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       apt-sourceslist-309-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
       apt-autoupdate-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
       apt-firstboot-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
       apt-scripts-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
       synaptic-0.52-1.x86_64.rpm

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UPDATED compared to 3
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KERNEL

   Latest errata kernel .

   Note the "unsupported" kernel rpms.  These contain modules that
   are not in the "default kernel rpms".

RedHat EULA required changes

       RedHat requires that the following rpms be changed as part of
       their EULA (End User License Agreement)

       anaconda-images
       redhat-artwork
       redhat-logos
       anaconda-help
       indexhtml

       sl-release and redhat-lsb were changed to make S.L. lsb compliant

       sl-release now includes the SL.releasenote
*       sl-release now has the default bookmarks for seamonkey

*               sl-release-3.0.9-7.9.noarch.rpm
*               redhat-lsb-1.3-3.1.SL.309.i386.rpm
*               redhat-lsb-1.3-3.1.SL.309.x86_64.rpm

Http/apache
*
*       Changed the default html web page to contain SL info vs TUV
*
*               httpd-2.0.46-68.sl3.x86_64.rpm
*               httpd-devel-2.0.46-68.sl3.x86_64.rpm
*               mod_ssl-2.0.46-68.sl3.x86_64.rpm

mozilla/seamonkey

       We added the i386 version because many plugins are not available
       for 64bit.

*       The default bookmarks are now changed in sl-release, so we are
*       able to use the generic seamonkey rpm's.

Fixes to misc RPMS

       Added "Requires" of coreutils so that it will install during the install

               gstreamer-0.6.0-5f1.x86_64.rpm
               gstreamer-tools-0.6.0-5f1.x86_64.rpm

       Added "Requires" of tetex-afm so that it will be able to print after
       install.  It was missing fonts provided in tetex-afm.

               a2ps-4.13b-28_SL.x86_64.rpm

firstboot-1.1.33-1SL.noarch.rpm

       Removed the additional_cds.py module

findutils-4.1.7-9.2.SL.x86_64.rpm

       Patch to allow building on systems with afs


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Installer modifications
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Anaconda (installer)


*        anaconda-9.1.6.20-4.SL.x86_64.rpm
*        anaconda-runtime-9.1.6.20-4.SL.x86_64.rpm

*          Updated to Update 9 code

          Fixed genhdlist bug with no --ignorefile bug # 58
          Reverted back to my patch for rpm on cd ordering.

          Excluded the following RPMS from the "Everything" install

            GFS was excluded as it needs configuration to not complain
            ksh93 is excluded because it has some of the same files as pdksh
            up2date* is excluded as it causes firstboot to not work
              rhn-applet has a dependency on up2date
            *openafs* because it needs configuration and it has kernel modules

          Install kernel*-unsupported by default.  It does not conflict with
          other kernel rpms as it installs into into it's own directory
          Note that it just contains kernel-modules.

          Fixed a bug that RedHat introduced in loader2/method.c which broke
          specifying the install method on the command line.

          Added code to support "site" customizations which include

               Custom installer kernel(needs nptl)
               Custom installer(anaconda) including graphics
               Added RPMS
               ability to select packages to install by default via "comps.xml"
               Modified/replaced RPMS (ability to upgrade or downgrade version)

               see /sites

         Made a "Packages added to SL" group so that you could select
         any of these added RPMS during the install

       anaconda-help-9.1-3.SL.noarch.rpm

         Changed to reflect SL vs redhat.

       Included "generic" installer graphics

         RedHat requires us as part of their "EULA" that we replace
         the images in "anaconda-images" with our own.

         anaconda-images
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Site Info
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/sites/example/
README   Now just says to read docs in /sites/example/documentation
build/documentation/
  README         Describes files and directories in /sites/example/
  README.steps   Step by step of what is needed to make a new site
  README.images  Info on how to change the graphics used during the install

/sites/example/build/scripts/
   transform.sh                Script that does all the steps of
                               README.steps except the original copying
                               of the example tree over to the new site

   make.site.from.release.sh  Script that will take a Enterprise 3 tree
                               and make a site out of it.  Tested with
                               cel3(CERN) and Fermi Linux .  Called by
                               make.new.site.sh

   make.new.site.sh            Script that will take either a Enterprise 3 tree
                               or the example site and make a site out of it.

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/contrib/
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The packges in this section have been contributed by various people.  They
are presented AS IS and there is no guarantee of them working.  These packages
are NOT supported by us.  They will only get security updates if the
contributor provides them.  If you have questions about them then ask the
contributor.

There are some rules to follow to be able to contribute to this area.   These
rules might adjust some.

1- Contract Troy Dawson <[email protected]> with the rpm's that you wish to
contribute.  If Troy doesn't personally know you, be prepared with some some
way to show him that you can be trusted.  He is a nice guy but
he also is very concerned that this contrib section doesn't get abused.

2- The contributed rpm's must be able to go into a standard Scientific
Linux 3.0.1 release without any extra outside rpms.  If extra rpm's are
required, they must be supplied.  All extra rpm's supplied must meet the
same criteria as the main rpm's.

3- For each rpm, the source rpm (src.rpm)  must be provided.

4- For each source rpm, you must provide where you got it.

5- Both rpm's and srpm's must be digitally signed.

6- Rpms must be freely distributable.

We understand this sounds like alot of work, but once you do it once, it
becomes much easier.

RPMS/

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/notsupported/RPMS/
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Moved over to main tree.  Directory does not exist any more.

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/../SRPMS/
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/
       Contains the SRPMS for what we added or changed.
/vendor/
 /errata
       SRPMS from vendor for errata.
 /original
       SRPMS from vendor for originally released Enterpise 3 .
/sites/<sites>/SRPMS
       SRPMS for site
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MISC NOTES
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Upgrades from prior versions.

       UPDATES are NOT supported for all versions of SL . This is NOT
       something that we changed.  Future releases may support upgrading
       from SL 3.0.1 to future version of SL 3.0.x.

       UPDATES will NOT work from anything except RedHat AS 2.1.

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HARDWARE SPECIFIC ISSUES
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ATI 9600/9700/9800 Video card

 The version of X included here does NOT support these video cards very
 well.  If you have one of these cards then you should do a text install
 and at the "X" screen select "vesa".  This should be enough to get
 installed.  You can either stay with the "vesa" driver or download and
 install the "X" driver from www.ati.com .  See
 http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html
 See http://bugzilla.redhat.com bug id 111948

Nvidia Nforce(motherboard chipset) drivers
 IDE is supported.  NO SUPPORT for ethernet, audio, sata. See
 www.nvidia.com for drivers.  There may be "open" drivers for some
 of these devices.  Use google to find them.  These are NOT included
 here.  Because of this Nvidia based motherboard are NOT recommended.
 There are also issues with apic/acpi that can make the system unstable
 or not boot.

Ethernet devices based on

"Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yakou Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T
 Adapter" do not work out of the box.  A driver is available from
 http://www.marvell.com

Intel 965 based motherboards
       Intel does not include a PATA(IDE) controller on the 965 chipset.
       Most motherboard vendors are including a PATA(IDE) controller but
       some are not compatible with the 308 kernel.  You can try the
       "all-generic-ide" kernel boot option.  It has worked with some
       pata controllers.

       Some motherboard vendors are using a non intel sata controller
       that is not compatible with the 308 kernel.

       Some motherboard vendors are using a non intel ethernet controller
       that is not compatible with the 308 kernel.

       So research this issue before buying a Intel 965 based
       motherboard.

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SOFTWARE ISSUES/BUGS
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sgi_fam with tcpwrappers(/etc/hosts.deny)

 Error messages /var/log/secure such as

       Jan 22 12:33:33 systemname xinetd[25122]: FAIL: sgi_fam libwrap
       from=<no address>
       Jan 22 12:33:33 systemname xinetd[3819]: START: sgi_fam pid=25123
       from=<no address>Jan 22 12:33:33 systemname xinetd[25123]: FAIL:
       sgi_fam libwrap from=<no address>

 Only solution so far is to change /etc/hosts.allow to allow sgi_fam
 with

       fam: ALL

 This could be a security risk so you must decide.

redhat-config-packages

 This rpm only installs packages via cdrom.  It is not useful.
 It does NOT work so do NOT try to use it.  Use yum instead.
 It is useful.  It is only included here because rpms have dependencies
 on it and I do not want to change those to remove the dependencies.

/usr/X11R6/lib

The "final link" to each of the libraries is missing.

  Should be

       libX11.so.6.2 <- libX11.so.6 <- libX11.so

  But is

       libX11.so.6.2 <- libX11.so.6

  Solution is to install Xfree86-devel.  This rpm will make the
  missing links.

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INFO
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Web Site

 http://www.scientificlinux.org

FTP

 ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/309/

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*       gimp-1.2.3-20.9.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       gimp-devel-1.2.3-20.9.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       gimp-perl-1.2.3-20.9.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-2.4.21-52.EL.ia32e.rpm
*       kernel-2.4.21-52.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-doc-2.4.21-52.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-smp-2.4.21-52.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-52.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-source-2.4.21-52.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-52.EL.ia32e.rpm
*       kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-52.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       php-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       php-devel-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       php-imap-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       php-ldap-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       php-mysql-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       php-odbc-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       php-pgsql-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       yum-conf-309-1.SL.noarch.rpm
*       bind-9.2.4-21.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       bind-chroot-9.2.4-21.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       bind-devel-9.2.4-21.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       bind-libs-9.2.4-21.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       bind-utils-9.2.4-21.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       cups-1.1.17-13.3.45.x86_64.rpm
*       cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.45.x86_64.rpm
*       cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.45.i386.rpm
*       cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.45.x86_64.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-2.1.15-15.i386.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-2.1.15-15.x86_64.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.15-15.x86_64.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.15-15.i386.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.15-15.x86_64.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.15-15.i386.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.15-15.x86_64.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.15-15.i386.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.15-15.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-2.3.2-95.50.i686.rpm
*       glibc-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-common-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-debug-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-devel-2.3.2-95.50.i386.rpm
*       glibc-devel-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-headers-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-profile-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-utils-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       httpd-2.0.46-68.sl3.x86_64.rpm
*       httpd-devel-2.0.46-68.sl3.x86_64.rpm
*       mod_ssl-2.0.46-68.sl3.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-2.4.21-51.EL.ia32e.rpm
*       kernel-2.4.21-51.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-doc-2.4.21-51.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-51.EL-1.2.13-15.17.SL.ia32e.rpm
*       kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-51.EL-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-51.ELsmp-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-smp-2.4.21-51.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-51.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-source-2.4.21-51.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-51.EL.ia32e.rpm
*       kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-51.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       libvorbis-1.0-8.el3.i386.rpm
*       libvorbis-1.0-8.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       libvorbis-devel-1.0-8.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       nptl-devel-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       nscd-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       openoffice.org-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
*       openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
*       openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
*       perl-Net-DNS-0.31-4.el3.noarch.rpm
*       qt-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.i386.rpm
*       qt-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       qt-config-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       qt-designer-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       qt-devel-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       qt-MySQL-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       qt-ODBC-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       qt-PostgreSQL-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       squid-2.5.STABLE3-7.3E.x86_64.rpm
*       star-1.5a08-5.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-afm-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-doc-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-dvips-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-fonts-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-latex-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-xdvi-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       vsftpd-1.2.1-3E.14.x86_64.rpm
*       xpdf-2.02-10.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm