RedHat: RHSA-2018-2114:01 Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 TUS Six-Month
Summary
In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy,
Telecommunications Update Service for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 will be
retired as of December 31, 2018, 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 6.6 TUS after December 31, 2018. 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 6.6 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 Server AUS (v. 6.6):
Source:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.6.0.5.el6_6.1.src.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.6.0.5.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.6):
Source:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.6.0.5.el6_6.1.src.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.6.0.5.el6_6.1.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 6.6 Telecommunications Update Service (TUS). This notificationapplies only to those customers subscribed to the Telecommunications UpdateService (TUS) channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1573206 - Send out RHEL 6.6 TUS 6-month retirement notice