[RHSA-2014:0014-01] Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Extended Update Support Retirement Notice

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Extended Update Support Retirement Notice
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2014:0014-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0014.html
Issue date:        2014-01-08
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1. Summary:

This is the final notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.2 Extended Update Support (EUS).

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.2) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy,
Extended Update Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 is retired as of
January 7, 2014, and support is no longer 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 6.2 EUS
after that date. In addition, technical support through Red Hat's Global
Support Services will no longer be provided after January 7, 2014.

Note: This notification applies only to those customers subscribed to the
Extended Update Support (EUS) channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2.

We encourage customers to plan their migration from Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.2 to a more recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. As a
benefit of the Red Hat subscription model, customers can use their active
subscriptions to entitle any system on a currently supported Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 release (6.3, 6.4, or 6.5 for which EUS is available).

Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life cycle can be found here:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

4. Solution:

This advisory contains an updated redhat-release-server package that
provides a copy of this retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/"
directory.

5. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.2):

Source:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.2.0.6.el6_2.src.rpm

i386:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.2.0.6.el6_2.i686.rpm

ppc64:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.2.0.6.el6_2.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.2.0.6.el6_2.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.2.0.6.el6_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/#package

6. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

7. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert at redhat.com>.  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
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