RedHat: RHSA-2019-2947:01 Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Advanced
Summary
In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy,
Advanced Mission Critical for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 will be retired
as of March 31, 2020, and active support will no longer be provided.
Accordingly, Red Hat will no longer provide updated packages, including
Critical Impact security patches or Urgent Priority bug fixes, for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.9 AMC after March 31, 2020. In addition, on-going
technical support through Red Hat's Customer Experience and Engagement will
be limited as described under "non-current minor releases" in the Knowledge
Base article located here https://access.redhat.com/articles/64664 after
this date.
We encourage customers to migrate from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 to a
more recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. As a benefit of the Red
Hat subscription model, customers can use their active subscriptions to
entitle any system on any currently supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux
release.
Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life cycle can be found here:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
Summary
Solution
This erratum contains an updated redhat-release-server package that
provides a copy of this retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/"
directory.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.9 server):
Source:
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.5.2.src.rpm
i386:
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.5.2.i386.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.5.2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
This is the Six-Month notification for the retirement of Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 5.9 Advanced Mission Critical (AMC). This notification applies onlyto those customers subscribed to the Advanced Mission Critical (AMC)channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.9 server) - i386, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1750975 - RHEL 5.9 AMC 6 Month Retirement Notice