AW: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

Sebastian Stadtlich

13 May 2003 13 May '03

09:17

Hello Sorry to bother, i know this must have been asked on this list, but i could neither find the answer on the following question in the archives nor with google : "When will the SUSE 7.2 Distribution be discontinued?" Thank you Best regards Sebastian Stadtlich

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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Roman Drahtmueller [mailto:draht@suse.de] Gesendet: Montag, 12. Mai 2003 16:12 An: suse-security@suse.com Betreff: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions

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Dear suse-security-announce subscriber and SuSE Linux user,

With the release of the SuSE Linux 8.2 i386 ftp version, we announce that the SuSE Linux 7.1 distribution will be discontinued for all architectures. Our SLES (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server) products and the products based on SLES are not affected by this announcement.

Vulnerabilities found after Friday, May 16 2002, will not be fixed for SuSE Linux 7.1 any more. After two years of successful use, SuSE Linux 7.1 will free resources for the newly released products. By consequence, the 7.1 distribution directories on our ftp server ftp.suse.com have been moved to the /pub/suse/discontinued/ directory tree structure; the 7.1 directories in the update trees will follow near the end of May, soon after all pending update packages have been published.

SuSE puts much effort into adding security improvements (patches) to the software. We usually do not publish new versions of a software package because new features and changed behaviour of a single package can jeopardize the seamless operation of the product as a whole. Over the lifetime of a SuSE Linux distribution, this causes an increasing workload on the SuSE Security Team and SuSE software engineering in general: The older the product (and the package versions in it) is, the more work is needed to prepare patches that fix security related malfunctions. This forces us to focus on the SuSE Linux distributions of a newer release date to ensure that our customers can continuously take advantage of the quality that they are used to with SuSE products. Please note that our SuSE Linux Enterprise Server products have a longer support lifetime which is completely independent from the SuSE Linux distributions. To learn more about the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server product family, please visit http://www.suse.de/en/business/products/index.html .

As usual, SuSE will continue to provide update packages for the remaining distributions SuSE-7.2 SuSE-7.3 SuSE-8.0 SuSE-8.1 and SuSE-8.2

for a two-year period after the release of the respective distribution.

If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please do not hesitate to direct your questions to security@suse.de (SuSE security contact).

Regards, Roman Drahtmüller, SuSE Security. - - | Roman Drahtmüller // "You don't need eyes to see, | SuSE Linux AG - Security Phone: // you need vision!" | Nürnberg, Germany +49-911-740530 // Maxi Jazz, Faithless | - -

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Duncan Carter

13 May 13 May

09:21

New subject: Re Discontinued 7/7.2/7.3

As a side note, I'd be very interested to know when 7.3 is being discontinued, as it is currently being used for one of our internal systems that cannot be update to 8.x due to proprietry software requirements. D.

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-----Original Message----- From: Sebastian Stadtlich [mailto:sstadtl@gmx.de] Sent: 13 May 2003 10:17 To: 'Roman Drahtmueller' Cc: suse-security Subject: AW: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

Hello

Sorry to bother, i know this must have been asked on this list, but i could neither find the answer on the following question in the archives nor with google : "When will the SUSE 7.2 Distribution be discontinued?" Thank you

Best regards Sebastian Stadtlich

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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Roman Drahtmueller [mailto:draht@suse.de] Gesendet: Montag, 12. Mai 2003 16:12 An: suse-security@suse.com Betreff: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions

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Dear suse-security-announce subscriber and SuSE Linux user,

With the release of the SuSE Linux 8.2 i386 ftp version, we announce that the SuSE Linux 7.1 distribution will be discontinued for all architectures. Our SLES (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server) products and the products based on SLES are not affected by this announcement.

Vulnerabilities found after Friday, May 16 2002, will not be fixed for SuSE Linux 7.1 any more. After two years of successful use, SuSE Linux 7.1 will free resources for the newly released products. By consequence, the 7.1 distribution directories on our ftp server ftp.suse.com have been moved to the /pub/suse/discontinued/ directory tree structure; the 7.1 directories in the update trees will follow near the end of May, soon after all pending update packages have been published.

SuSE puts much effort into adding security improvements (patches) to the software. We usually do not publish new versions of a software package because new features and changed behaviour of a single package can jeopardize the seamless operation of the product as a whole. Over the lifetime of a SuSE Linux distribution, this causes an increasing workload on the SuSE Security Team and SuSE software engineering in general: The older the product (and the package versions in it) is, the more work is needed to prepare patches that fix security related malfunctions. This forces us to focus on the SuSE Linux distributions of a newer release date to ensure that our customers can continuously take advantage of the quality that they are used to with SuSE products. Please note that our SuSE Linux Enterprise Server products have a longer support lifetime which is completely independent from the SuSE Linux distributions. To learn more about the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server product family, please visit http://www.suse.de/en/business/products/index.html .

As usual, SuSE will continue to provide update packages for the remaining distributions SuSE-7.2 SuSE-7.3 SuSE-8.0 SuSE-8.1 and SuSE-8.2

for a two-year period after the release of the respective distribution.

If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please do not hesitate to direct your questions to security@suse.de (SuSE security contact).

Regards, Roman Drahtmüller, SuSE Security. - - | Roman Drahtmüller // "You don't need eyes to see, | SuSE Linux AG - Security Phone: // you need vision!" | Nürnberg, Germany +49-911-740530 // Maxi Jazz, Faithless | - -

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Olaf Kock

09:24

Sebastian Stadtlich wrote:

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Hello

"When will the SUSE 7.2 Distribution be discontinued?" Thank you

you included the answer to your own question...

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As usual, SuSE will continue to provide update packages for the remaining distributions SuSE-7.2 SuSE-7.3 SuSE-8.0 SuSE-8.1 and SuSE-8.2

for a two-year period after the release of the respective distribution.

... usually support has been discontinued shortly after the release of a new version, as happens now with 8.2 in favor for 7.1. Olaf

Mathias Homann

09:24

New subject: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

Sebastian Stadtlich wrote:

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Hello

Sorry to bother, i know this must have been asked on this list, but i could neither find the answer on the following question in the archives nor with google : "When will the SUSE 7.2 Distribution be discontinued?" Thank you

Use your head ;) It will happen when the version _after_ 8.2 is available on ftp. bye, MH

Dirk Mueller

10:35

New subject: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

On Die, 13 Mai 2003, Mathias Homann wrote:

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Use your head ;)

Hmm...

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It will happen when the version _after_ 8.2 is available on ftp.

8.2 is _available_ on ftp, thats why _7.1_ was _discontinued_. -- Dirk

Mathias Homann

11:01

New subject: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

Am Dienstag, 13. Mai 2003 12:35 schrieb Dirk Mueller:

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On Die, 13 Mai 2003, Mathias Homann wrote:

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Use your head ;)

Hmm...

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It will happen when the version _after_ 8.2 is available on ftp.

8.2 is _available_ on ftp, thats why _7.1_ was _discontinued_.

and I said "7.2 will be discontinued when the one after 8.2 is on ftp." bye, MH -- Die unaufgeforderte Zusendung einer Werbemail an Privatleute verstößt gegen §1 UWG und 823 I BGB (Beschluß des LG Berlin vom 2.8.1998 Az: 16 O 201/98). Jede kommerzielle Nutzung der übermittelten persönlichen Daten sowie deren Weitergabe an Dritte ist ausdrücklich untersagt! gpg key fingerprint: 5F64 4C92 9B77 DE37 D184 C5F9 B013 44E7 27BD 763C

Roman Drahtmueller

14:59

New subject: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

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It will happen when the version _after_ 8.2 is available on ftp.

8.2 is _available_ on ftp, thats why _7.1_ was _discontinued_.

and I said "7.2 will be discontinued when the one after 8.2 is on ftp."

Looks like 7.2 will die earlier. This has to do with the fact that we used to make 4 distros in one year and three in the following (while this does not reflect the future plans). 7.2 ftp version was released near the end of June 2001, so it will follow soon. Thanks, Roman. -- - - | Roman Drahtmüller // Nail here | SuSE Linux AG - Security Phone: // for a new | Nürnberg, Germany +49-911-740530 // monitor! --> [x] | - -

Roman Drahtmueller

15:00

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Use your head ;)

Hmm...

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It will happen when the version _after_ 8.2 is available on ftp.

8.2 is _available_ on ftp, thats why _7.1_ was _discontinued_.

We are using the occasion to kill one while another gets born. So the benefit for the community remains the same. Roman. -- - - | Roman Drahtmüller // Nail here | SuSE Linux AG - Security Phone: // for a new | Nürnberg, Germany +49-911-740530 // monitor! --> [x] | - -

Roman Drahtmueller

14 May 14 May

09:33

New subject: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

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It will happen when the version _after_ 8.2 is available on ftp.

8.2 is _available_ on ftp, thats why _7.1_ was _discontinued_.

We are using the occasion to kill one while another gets born. So the benefit for the community remains the same.

Roman.

There is something I forgot to add: There is a new directory on the ftp server: /pub/suse/axp/supplementary/8.1/. It is a SuSE Linux 8.1 for AXP/Alpha. The tree is located in the supplementary directory _because_ this distribution will not see any updates. The idea behind it is that we would like to publish what we have (and what we use internally) to provide a service for the community, and since we have removed the last axp distribution from the list of distributions that get updates, it's a good idea to at least publish a new one. We can't provide any updates for the 8.1-axp distribution because we're lacking all kinds of resources for it: Machines (build hosts), testing/qa resources, ... There is no easy way of providing these resources without the necessary funding. The supplementary directory trees for the architectures will see some new entry every once in a while in the next few weeks. Just because there are some things that we have on hold but that can't have updates. Roman.

Jens Kruse

10:24

New subject: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

Hi Roman, that sounds very kind! :-) I'd like to use it, but haven't founf on sdb.suse.de how to create a bootable cdrom from the ftp data. Any hints? Regards, Jens Roman Drahtmueller wrote:

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It will happen when the version _after_ 8.2 is available on ftp.

8.2 is _available_ on ftp, thats why _7.1_ was _discontinued_.

We are using the occasion to kill one while another gets born. So the benefit for the community remains the same.

Roman.

There is something I forgot to add: There is a new directory on the ftp server: /pub/suse/axp/supplementary/8.1/. It is a SuSE Linux 8.1 for AXP/Alpha. The tree is located in the supplementary directory _because_ this distribution will not see any updates. The idea behind it is that we would like to publish what we have (and what we use internally) to provide a service for the community, and since we have removed the last axp distribution from the list of distributions that get updates, it's a good idea to at least publish a new one. We can't provide any updates for the 8.1-axp distribution because we're lacking all kinds of resources for it: Machines (build hosts), testing/qa resources, ... There is no easy way of providing these resources without the necessary funding.

The supplementary directory trees for the architectures will see some new entry every once in a while in the next few weeks. Just because there are some things that we have on hold but that can't have updates.

Roman.

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Vakvarju

10:37

New subject: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

On Wed, 14 May 2003 12:24:00 +0200 Jens Kruse wrote:

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Hi Roman,

that sounds very kind! :-)

I'd like to use it, but haven't founf on sdb.suse.de how to create a bootable cdrom from the ftp data.

Any hints?

Regards, Jens

You got a boot.iso in the boot directory, you can create a bootable cdrom, and install the packages via FTP from an other computer. VV

Jens Kruse

11:05

New subject: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

Hi VV, thx! Vakvarju wrote:

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On Wed, 14 May 2003 12:24:00 +0200 Jens Kruse wrote:

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Hi Roman,

that sounds very kind! :-)

I'd like to use it, but haven't founf on sdb.suse.de how to create a bootable cdrom from the ftp data.

Any hints?

Regards, Jens

You got a boot.iso in the boot directory, you can create a bootable cdrom, and install the packages via FTP from an other computer.

VV

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Vakvarju

12:14

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On Wed, 14 May 2003 13:05:48 +0200 Jens Kruse wrote:

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Hi VV,

thx!

U R welcome :) VV

Vaclav Brunnhofer

13:46

New subject: IMAP and 8.2

Being prevented here in this group that the support for 7.2 would finish in the near future (see another thread), I have purchased and upgraded to 8.2. So far, almost everything is working as expected, expect for IMAP (the same case would be POP3, if I would not use qpopper). In the mean time, I have found information that the IMAP rpm, shipped with 8.2 (IMAP 2002) is a major release, enabling to disable fulltext passwords for identification. Apparently the rpm shipped with 8.2 is compiled with this in mind. So far it is good, but I cannot find any information, how to make it work. I have found that it is necessary to use starttls - a ssl based authentification. Just I cannot find (may be I am using incorrect queries in google) how to setup the IMAP server - I have found how to configure the clients, how to compile IMAP for disabling authetification by plaintext passwords, but I am missing information, how to configure inetd (or even xinetd) to work with this imap daemon. The same applies for ipop3, just I have installec qpopper and this works fine. SuSE installation support claims it is beyond the scope of installation support. Does anyone know how to make the imap over startls or ssl work? Thanks a lot S pozdravem Vaclav Brunnhofer ======================================================== ======= | Entomologicky ustav e-mail: vbru@entu.cas.cz | | Akademie Ved Ceske Republiky tel.: 038 7775251 | | Branisovska 31 fax: 038 5310354 | | 370 05 Ceske Budejovice mobil: +420 606 632822 | ======================================================== ======

Bob Vickers

16:41

New subject: [suse-security] IMAP and 8.2

Vaclav, Yesterday we too upgraded our mail server and discovered this change that SuSE quietly introduced. It sounds like you have done the hard part; to configure inetd.conf to support SSL-enabled IMAP and POP you just need lines imaps stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd imapd pop3s stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d I've found it very hard to find good documentation on how to set up an IMAP service that does not use plaintext passwords. Bob On Wed, 14 May 2003, Vaclav Brunnhofer wrote:

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Being prevented here in this group that the support for 7.2 would finish in the near future (see another thread), I have purchased and upgraded to 8.2.

So far, almost everything is working as expected, expect for IMAP (the same case would be POP3, if I would not use qpopper). In the mean time, I have found information that the IMAP rpm, shipped with 8.2 (IMAP 2002) is a major release, enabling to disable fulltext passwords for identification. Apparently the rpm shipped with 8.2 is compiled with this in mind. So far it is good, but I cannot find any information, how to make it work. I have found that it is necessary to use starttls - a ssl based authentification.

Just I cannot find (may be I am using incorrect queries in google) how to setup the IMAP server - I have found how to configure the clients, how to compile IMAP for disabling authetification by plaintext passwords, but I am missing information, how to configure inetd (or even xinetd) to work with this imap daemon. The same applies for ipop3, just I have installec qpopper and this works fine.

SuSE installation support claims it is beyond the scope of installation support.

Does anyone know how to make the imap over startls or ssl work? Thanks a lot

S pozdravem

Vaclav Brunnhofer

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Björn Róbertsson

16 May 16 May

16:27

New subject: [suse-security] IMAP and 8.2

I also discovered that my ssl'd imapd service had stopped working. I'd created stunnel connection and I found in /etc/stunnel a config file which allowed for a very simple configuration... This however requires the service stunnel started and you need to remove the corresponding imap/pop lines from /etc/inetd.conf Hope to help :) Bjorn Robertsson p.s. I use cyrus so the cyrus config does not need to know imaps if you use stunnel.

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Vaclav,

Yesterday we too upgraded our mail server and discovered this change that SuSE quietly introduced. It sounds like you have done the hard part; to configure inetd.conf to support SSL-enabled IMAP and POP you just need lines imaps stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd imapd pop3s stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d

I've found it very hard to find good documentation on how to set up an IMAP service that does not use plaintext passwords.

Bob

On Wed, 14 May 2003, Vaclav Brunnhofer wrote:

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Being prevented here in this group that the support for 7.2 would finish in the near future (see another thread), I have purchased and upgraded to 8.2.

So far, almost everything is working as expected, expect for IMAP (the same case would be POP3, if I would not use qpopper). In the mean time, I have found information that the IMAP rpm, shipped with 8.2 (IMAP 2002) is a major release, enabling to disable fulltext passwords for identification. Apparently the rpm shipped with 8.2 is compiled with this in mind. So far it is good, but I cannot find any information, how to make it work. I have found that it is necessary to use starttls - a ssl based authentification.

Just I cannot find (may be I am using incorrect queries in google) how to setup the IMAP server - I have found how to configure the clients, how to compile IMAP for disabling authetification by plaintext passwords, but I am missing information, how to configure inetd (or even xinetd) to work with this imap daemon. The same applies for ipop3, just I have installec qpopper and this works fine.

SuSE installation support claims it is beyond the scope of installation support.

Does anyone know how to make the imap over startls or ssl work? Thanks a lot

S pozdravem

Vaclav Brunnhofer

======================================================== ======= | Entomologicky ustav e-mail: vbru@entu.cas.cz | | Akademie Ved Ceske Republiky tel.: 038 7775251 | | Branisovska 31 fax: 038 5310354 | | 370 05 Ceske Budejovice mobil: +420 606 632822 | ======================================================== ======

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Jerry A!

14 May 14 May

14:25

New subject: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 11:33:52AM +0200, Roman Drahtmueller wrote: : > > > It will happen when the version _after_ 8.2 is available on ftp. : > > : > > 8.2 is _available_ on ftp, thats why _7.1_ was _discontinued_. : > > : > : > We are using the occasion to kill one while another gets born. So the : > benefit for the community remains the same. : > : > Roman. : : There is something I forgot to add: There is a new directory on the ftp : server: /pub/suse/axp/supplementary/8.1/. It is a SuSE Linux 8.1 for : AXP/Alpha. The tree is located in the supplementary directory _because_ : this distribution will not see any updates. The idea behind it is that : we would like to publish what we have (and what we use internally) to : provide a service for the community, and since we have removed the : last axp distribution from the list of distributions that get updates, : it's a good idea to at least publish a new one. : We can't provide any updates for the 8.1-axp distribution because we're : lacking all kinds of resources for it: Machines (build hosts), testing/qa : resources, ... There is no easy way of providing these resources without : the necessary funding. Would we be able to grab the SRPMs from the x86 side of the house and compile them? I wouldn't mind the extra work if I knew it was doable. --Jerry Open-Source software isn't a matter of life or death... ...It's much more important than that!

Roman Drahtmueller

14:35

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Would we be able to grab the SRPMs from the x86 side of the house and compile them? I wouldn't mind the extra work if I knew it was doable.

Of course, and it is doable. I would recommend to run the "rpm --rebuild package.spm" in a chrooted system each time (with proc mounted within!) to not have the package build influence the hosting installation, but that's a side note.

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--Jerry

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Ruediger Oertel

14:40

New subject: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

On Wed, 14 May 2003, Jerry A! wrote:

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: There is something I forgot to add: There is a new directory on the ftp : server: /pub/suse/axp/supplementary/8.1/. It is a SuSE Linux 8.1 for : AXP/Alpha. The tree is located in the supplementary directory _because_ : this distribution will not see any updates. The idea behind it is that : we would like to publish what we have (and what we use internally) to : provide a service for the community, and since we have removed the : last axp distribution from the list of distributions that get updates, : it's a good idea to at least publish a new one. : We can't provide any updates for the 8.1-axp distribution because we're : lacking all kinds of resources for it: Machines (build hosts), testing/qa : resources, ... There is no easy way of providing these resources without : the necessary funding.

Would we be able to grab the SRPMs from the x86 side of the house and compile them? I wouldn't mind the extra work if I knew it was doable.

well, using the 8.1-i386 src.rpms should be possible except for the kernels and some packages that needed some hacks and thus are different on 8.1-axp. But all these modifications/sources are in the 8.1-axp tree and then there is the suse-axp list for questions ;)

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"Antônio Pires de Castro Jr."

15 May 15 May

13:02

New subject: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

Folks, Is it possible to download the SuSE iso images for i386? If it is possible, where can I do it? thanks in advanced, Antônio. Jerry A! wrote:

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On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 11:33:52AM +0200, Roman Drahtmueller wrote: : > > > It will happen when the version _after_ 8.2 is available on ftp. : > > : > > 8.2 is _available_ on ftp, thats why _7.1_ was _discontinued_. : > > : > : > We are using the occasion to kill one while another gets born. So the : > benefit for the community remains the same. : > : > Roman. : : There is something I forgot to add: There is a new directory on the ftp : server: /pub/suse/axp/supplementary/8.1/. It is a SuSE Linux 8.1 for : AXP/Alpha. The tree is located in the supplementary directory _because_ : this distribution will not see any updates. The idea behind it is that : we would like to publish what we have (and what we use internally) to : provide a service for the community, and since we have removed the : last axp distribution from the list of distributions that get updates, : it's a good idea to at least publish a new one. : We can't provide any updates for the 8.1-axp distribution because we're : lacking all kinds of resources for it: Machines (build hosts), testing/qa : resources, ... There is no easy way of providing these resources without : the necessary funding.

Would we be able to grab the SRPMs from the x86 side of the house and compile them? I wouldn't mind the extra work if I knew it was doable.

--Jerry

Open-Source software isn't a matter of life or death... ...It's much more important than that!

-- Antonio Pires Suporte Tecnico - AGANP

Vakvarju

13:16

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On Thu, 15 May 2003 10:02:53 -0300 "Antônio Pires de Castro Jr." wrote:

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Folks,

Is it possible to download the SuSE iso images for i386? If it is possible, where can I do it?

thanks in advanced, Antônio.

OFF ON As far as I know SuSe does not publish ISO images. You have to use the FTP tree. OFF OFF VV

webmaster

14:25

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NOT RIGHT Just go to /boot directory where is an boot.iso file Use lynx to find it ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/8.2/boot/ Dr.Leisen Antal Grid International Magyarország antal.leisen@kreorg.hu +36-1-321-0031 -----Eredeti üzenet----- Feladó: Vakvarju [mailto:vakvarju@spektrum-3d.hu] Küldve: Thursday, May 15, 2003 3:16 PM Címzett: suse-security@suse.com Tárgy: Re: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?) On Thu, 15 May 2003 10:02:53 -0300 "Antônio Pires de Castro Jr." wrote:

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Folks,

Is it possible to download the SuSE iso images for i386? If it is possible, where can I do it?

thanks in advanced, Antônio.

OFF ON As far as I know SuSe does not publish ISO images. You have to use the FTP tree. OFF OFF VV -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands, e-mail: suse-security-help@suse.com Security-related bug reports go to security@suse.de, not here

Duncan Carter

14:33

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The ISO is for booting the machine and installing from FTP/NFS/HTTP etc, it is an amalgamation of the four floppy disks, and presumably because of the size contains other useful software. There is no ISO available for download to install the whole OS. On Thursday 15 May 2003 2:25 pm, webmaster scribbled this:

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NOT RIGHT

Just go to /boot directory where is an boot.iso file Use lynx to find it ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/8.2/boot/

Dr.Leisen Antal Grid International Magyarország

antal.leisen@kreorg.hu +36-1-321-0031

-----Eredeti üzenet----- Feladó: Vakvarju [mailto:vakvarju@spektrum-3d.hu] Küldve: Thursday, May 15, 2003 3:16 PM Címzett: suse-security@suse.com Tárgy: Re: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?)

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"Antônio Pires de Castro Jr." wrote:

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Folks,

Is it possible to download the SuSE iso images for i386? If it is possible, where can I do it?

thanks in advanced, Antônio.

OFF ON As far as I know SuSe does not publish ISO images. You have to use the FTP tree. OFF OFF

VV

Andreas Bittner

13:17

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Antônio Pires de Castro Jr." To: "Jerry A!" Cc: Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [suse-security] Discontinued SuSE Linux Distributions ( when will this happen to 7.2?) Folks, Is it possible to download the SuSE iso images for i386? If it is possible, where can I do it? thanks in advanced, Antônio.

its not possible to download iso images for the x86 platform. there are fewer exotic platforms that suse has available for download, but not the for the ibm/pc x86.

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