The 1st minor update to ScientificLinux 6 (which is based on RHEL6) is now ready for deployment to the Informatics SL6 DICE office machines. A minor update like this provides us with the opportunity to update important software and fix any bugs which are not security issues (we apply security updates as soon as they are available) in a controlled manner.

At this stage many users will still be using F13 or SL5 on their office desktop but this update also applies to most of the student lab machines in Appleton Tower.

SL6.1 was released on 28th July 2011 and since then it has been thoroughly tested in our DICE environment so we are confident that this update will not cause any issues for users.

As usual, to complete the update the SL6 machines require a reboot (for those interested, this is so that all processes are restarted using the new version of glibc). You will be prompted over the next few days to do the reboot at your convenience, if ignored the machine will automatically reboot overnight early next week.

Details of the package updates are available on the LCFG wiki. For further, in depth information, there are also release notes from ScientificLinux and RHEL.

If you have any questions or problems with the upgrade please contact our User Support team through the support form.

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