<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Your explanation is very helpful. Thanks a lot, Paul.<br></span></div><div> </div><div>nz<br><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Paul Robert Marino <prmarino1@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 5, 2012 5:14:10 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] Is SW compatible with RHEL 4? Can SW work as Satellite replacement?<br> </font> </div> <br>On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 3:48 PM, <<a
ymailto="mailto:rhn-satellite@epperson.homelinux.net" href="mailto:rhn-satellite@epperson.homelinux.net">rhn-satellite@epperson.homelinux.net</a>> wrote:<br>> On Thu, July 5, 2012 15:29, <a ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a> wrote:<br>>> Please ignore my previous message. Here is the updated one:<br>>><br>>> Thank you for the info, Paul. It's very helpful. But one thing I don't<br>>> understand well, that is: RHEL 4 is in its Extended Life Phase and Product<br>>> Life Cycle that will be ended by February 28, 2015<br>>> (<a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/</a>). Why do you say<br>>> "RHEL 4 and all of its derivatives are EOL (End of Life) don't expect any<br>>> thing to support it any more"? Would you please explain it further? Thank<br>>>
you!<br>>><br>><br>> If you have the paid extended support add-on, you can get _some_ security<br>> errata for RHEL4 through 2/28/2015. Otherwise, Paul is correct.<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Spacewalk-list mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com" href="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com">Spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br>> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list</a><br><br>Essentially the extended life support is only intended for legacy<br>systems which wouldn't be cost and or time effective to update because<br>you plan on completely replacing them within the 3 year time frame any<br>way.<br>While you do still get critical security updates during the extended<br>life phase you still would not pass a security audit without having an<br>explicit plan including dates
for when those systems were planed to be<br>retired or replaced.<br>No new software versions or addons should support RHEL 4 any more, and<br>no one should be using RHEL 4, CentOS 4, or Scientific Linux 4 for new<br>installs.<br>If you have any thing running on RHEL 4 you should plan to replace,<br>retire, or update to RHEL 6 it as soon as possible.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Spacewalk-list mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com" href="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com">Spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>