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Revision 29 as of 2009-04-01 01:43:23
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  • CentOS5.3

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CentOS 5.3 Release Notes

TableOfContents

1. Translations

Translations of these release notes are available for the following languages:

  • [:Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3/BrazilianPortuguese:Brazilian Portuguese] (português do Brasil) - Cleber Paiva de Souza

  • [:Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3/Czech:Czech] (Česky) - David Hrbáč

  • [:Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3/German:German] (Deutsch) - [:MarcusMoeller:Marcus Moeller]

  • [:Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3/Japanese:Japanese] (日本語) - [:AkemiYagi:Akemi Yagi], [:HajimeTaira:Hajime Taira]

  • [:Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3/Korean:Korean] (한국어) - YoungHoon Park

  • [:Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3/Romanian :Romanian] - Manuel Wolfshant
  • [:Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3/Russian:Russian] (Русский) - [:NikolayUlyanitsky:Nikolay Ulyanitsky]

  • [:Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3/Spanish:Spanish] (Español) - AlainRegueraDelgado

2. Introduction

Welcome to the CentOS 5.3 release. CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by our Upstream OS Provider (UOP)FootNote(Visit http://www.redhat.com/rhel/).

CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.) CentOS is a Free Operating System. The CentOS Project is now accepting donations using PayPal, please see our website at http://www.centos.org for more details. All donations to this project are used to cover bandwidth and development costs.

CentOS 5.3 is the third update to the CentOS 5 distribution series. It contains a lot of bugfixes, updates and new functionality. Before reading any further we advise you to read the UOP release notes at http://www.centos.org/docs/5/. The rest of this document is an addendum, and primarily covers CentOS-specific issues.

3. Install Media and sha1sum

--------------------------------------------
i386 media and their sha1sums are:
4b454d76d06daa0b1772115e9b95c9465a4cecb0  CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-1of6.iso
0da3292ea1d90639714a5e7d77812568bc01ec05  CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-2of6.iso
77e867eb736b58f31cdd25c4835643ab795979e2  CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-3of6.iso
949ee93440e736c8414fb8b571178970a31e6675  CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-4of6.iso
5eafdea33c18f623bb9299ae624b8c8a12132bfa  CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-5of6.iso
90ae5387a38f8ec805d877cc5525ae8dedc7f810  CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-6of6.iso
b7f85a3a493e3051e50515ef881214929c88a5f3  CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.iso
a0c640ae0c68cc0d9558cf4f8855f24671b3dadb  CentOS-5.3-i386-netinstall.iso
--------------------------------------------
x86_64 media and their sha1sums are:
7327174dc0cbb6531bc0e2f26e24788251717e91  CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-1of7.iso
d060ed2826a4c212eebf5e3a825ce75e77cb44e0  CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-2of7.iso
a0b7471ec6b742c962cc06b69624b0746025005f  CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-3of7.iso
fe4106322d6b08344e82df8904142664a8a82522  CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-4of7.iso
8cb5539fa4241bc5d23798a3e2721b2ebd3b18fe  CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-5of7.iso
8a8f32888279f701e15162dec6f52b5f5fb5effc  CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-6of7.iso
f053b05ea8576ea7d72116fa246f914086238ca9  CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-7of7.iso
f8ca12b4acc714f4e4a21f3f35af083952ab46e0  CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso
e971bd1677622708348b8a65264ec360a1cc0196  CentOS-5.3-x86_64-netinstall.iso
--------------------------------------------

4. Known Issues

  • When updating from 5.2 to 5.3 you can run into a problem with rpm: "rpmdb: unable to lock mutex: Invalid argument". To avoid this please update glibc before updating the rest of the installation: yum update glibc && yum update

  • There is a bug when updating openmpi and lam packages. These have to be uninstalled before you update. See the upstream Release Notes for details.

  • When performing remote updates over ssh, consider using a screen session or updating in small chunks to minimize the impact of a lost connection mid update.
  • There is a major anaconda issue when using kickstart. With 5.3 you cannot set the time zone in the kickstart file. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481617 for the bug report. There is a workaround at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-15687

  • The NTFS code is broken. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481495 for details. Because of this defect, the centosplus kernel in 5.3 does not have NTFS turned on, unlike all previous versions. Users who need NTFS should use the ntfs-3g driver. See http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/NTFS

  • There is a dependency bug in !NetworkManager/wpa_supplicant. If you update NetworkManager you also have to update wpa_supplicant, this does not always happen automatically. See http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3399

  • The 5.3 install crashes after a successful installation under Parallels 3. The installation itself crashes on Parallels 3, when you try to install with encrypted hard drives.
  • When using diskboot.img to install from a USB drive, anaconda tries to install GRUB on the USB drive rather than on the local HDD. Removing the USB drive after getting into the GUI (before the partitioning section) works around this problem.
  • If you have installed all the recent updates for 5.2, you might encounter problems if trying to update to 5.3 using only the installer disks or the [base] repository. Please enable the [updates] repository too and the dependency problems should get fixed.

5. Resolved Issues

  • Support for the Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller is now back. It was broken since 5.1 kernel but it's supported (as it was previously) with the sky2 module.
  • The nautilus-sendto bug has been fixed. nautilus-sendto cannot send files via Pidgin this way, but the "Gnome Desktop" group is now installable via yum groupinstall. See http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2483 and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=250403

6. Changes

6.1. New packages in 5.3 that were not present in 5.2

  • cmirror-1.1.36-1.el5
  • compat-dapl-utils-2.0.13-4.el5
  • compat-libcom_err-1.0-7
  • dbus-libs-1.1.2-12.el5
  • dmraid-events-1.0.0.rc13-33.el5
  • e4fsprogs-1.41.1-2.el5
  • fipscheck-1.0.3-1.el5
  • fipscheck-devel-1.0.3-1.el5
  • gcc43-4.3.2-7.el5
  • gcc43-c++-4.3.2-7.el5
  • gcc43-gfortran-4.3.2-7.el5
  • java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-0.25.b09.el5
  • java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-0.25.b09.el5
  • java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-0.25.b09.el5
  • java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-0.25.b09.el5
  • java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-0.25.b09.el5
  • kdegames-devel-3.5.4-1.fc6
  • kdemultimedia-devel-3.5.4-2.fc6
  • kdepim-devel-3.5.4-4.fc6
  • kmod-cmirror-0.1.21
  • kmod-cmirror-PAE-0.1.21
  • kmod-cmirror-xen-0.1.21
  • ktune-0.2-3.el5
  • libcmpiutil-0.4-2.el5
  • libcmpiutil-devel-0.4-2.el5 l
  • ibgfortran43-4.3.2-7.el5
  • libgpod-devel-0.4.0-1.el5
  • libselinux-utils-1.33.4-5.1.el5
  • libstdc++43-devel-4.3.2-7.el5
  • libvirt-cim-0.5.1-4.el5
  • libwpd-devel-0.8.7-3.el5
  • linuxwacom-devel-0.7.8.3-5.el5
  • meanwhile-devel-1.0.2-5.el5
  • mpitests-mvapich2-3.0-2.el5
  • mpitests-mvapich-3.0-2.el5
  • mpitests-openmpi-3.0-2.el5
  • mvapich-1.1.0-0.2931.3.el5
  • mvapich2-1.0.3-3.el5
  • nedit-5.5-21.el5
  • opal-devel-2.2.2-1.1.0.1
  • openib-mstflint-1.3-1.el5_2
  • openib-perftest-1.2-11.el5_2
  • openib-tvflash-0.9.2-8.el5_2
  • openldap-servers-overlays-2.3.43-3.el5
  • perl-Config-General-2.40-1.el5
  • pidgin-docs-2.5.2-6.el5
  • pilot-link-devel-0.11.8-16
  • planner-devel-0.14.1-4.el5
  • pwlib-devel-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5
  • rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-9.el5
  • scribus-devel-1.3.3.2-3.el5
  • sgpio-1.2.0_10-2.el5
  • systemtap-client-0.7.2-2.el5
  • systemtap-server-0.7.2-2.el5
  • wacomexpresskeys-0.4.1-1.el5
  • xorg-x11-server-Xvnc-source-1.1.1-48.52.el5
  • yum-keys-1.1.16-13.el5.centos
  • yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher-1.1.16-13.el5.centos

  • yum-tmprepo-1.1.16-13.el5.centos
  • yum-verify-1.1.16-13.el5.centos

6.2. Packages that have been upgraded in 5.3 since the 5.2 release

  • alsa-lib-1.0.17
  • alsa-lib-devel-1.0.17
  • alsa-utils-1.0.17
  • anaconda-11.1.2.168
  • anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.168
  • audispd-plugins-1.7.7
  • audit-1.7.7
  • audit-libs-1.7.7
  • audit-libs-devel-1.7.7
  • audit-libs-python-1.7.7
  • booty-0.80.6
  • ccid-1.3.8
  • centos-release-notes-5.3
  • Cluster_Administration
  • cluster-cim-0.12.1
  • cluster-snmp-0.12.1
  • cman-2.0.98
  • cman-devel-2.0.98
  • cmirror-1.1.36
  • compat-dapl-2.0.13
  • compat-dapl-devel-2.0.13
  • compat-dapl-static-2.0.13
  • compat-dapl-utils-2.0.13
  • compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29
  • cpufreq-utils-005
  • cups-1.3.7
  • cups-devel-1.3.7
  • cups-libs-1.3.7
  • cups-lpd-1.3.7
  • dapl-2.0.13
  • dapl-devel-2.0.13
  • dapl-static-2.0.13
  • dapl-utils-2.0.13
  • dbus-1.1.2
  • dbus-devel-1.1.2
  • dbus-glib-0.73
  • dbus-glib-devel-0.73
  • dbus-libs-1.1.2
  • dbus-x11-1.1.2
  • device-mapper-1.02.28
  • device-mapper-event-1.02.28
  • dnsmasq-2.45
  • ecryptfs-utils-56
  • ecryptfs-utils-devel-56
  • elfutils-0.137
  • elfutils-devel-0.137
  • elfutils-devel-static-0.137
  • elfutils-libelf-0.137
  • elfutils-libelf-devel-0.137
  • elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.137
  • elfutils-libs-0.137
  • ethtool-6
  • finch-2.5.2
  • finch-devel-2.5.2
  • firefox-3.0.5
  • firstboot-1.4.27.7
  • firstboot-tui-1.4.27.7
  • fonts-bengali-2.3.1
  • fonts-gujarati-2.3.1
  • fonts-hindi-2.3.1
  • fonts-kannada-2.3.1
  • fonts-malayalam-2.3.1
  • fonts-oriya-2.3.1
  • fonts-punjabi-2.3.1
  • fonts-tamil-2.3.1
  • fonts-telugu-2.3.1
  • gdb-6.8
  • gfs2-utils-0.1.53
  • gfs-utils-0.1.18
  • Global_File_System
  • gnbd-1.1.7
  • gstreamer-0.10.20
  • gstreamer-devel-0.10.20
  • gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.20
  • gstreamer-plugins-base-devel-0.10.20
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.9
  • gstreamer-plugins-good-devel-0.10.9
  • gstreamer-tools-0.10.20
  • hwdata-0.213.11
  • infiniband-diags-1.4.1
  • initscripts-8.45.25
  • kmod-gfs-0.1.31
  • kmod-gfs-PAE-0.1.31
  • kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.31
  • kmod-gnbd-0.1.5
  • kmod-gnbd-PAE-0.1.5
  • kmod-gnbd-xen-0.1.5
  • ksh-20080202
  • kudzu-1.2.57.1.21
  • kudzu-devel-1.2.57.1.21
  • libcxgb3-1.2.2
  • libcxgb3-static-1.2.2
  • libgcrypt-1.2.4
  • libgcrypt-devel-1.2.4
  • libgomp-4.3.2
  • libhugetlbfs-1.3
  • libhugetlbfs-devel-1.3
  • libibcm-1.0.3 l
  • ibibcm-devel-1.0.3
  • libibcm-static-1.0.3
  • libibcommon-1.1.1
  • libibcommon-devel-1.1.1
  • libibcommon-static-1.1.1
  • libibmad-1.2.1
  • libibmad-devel-1.2.1
  • libibmad-static-1.2.1
  • libibumad-1.2.1
  • libibumad-devel-1.2.1
  • libibumad-static-1.2.1
  • libibverbs-1.1.2
  • libibverbs-devel-1.1.2
  • libibverbs-static-1.1.2
  • libibverbs-utils-1.1.2
  • libmthca-1.0.5
  • libmthca-static-1.0.5
  • libpurple-2.5.2
  • libpurple-devel-2.5.2
  • libpurple-perl-2.5.2
  • libpurple-tcl-2.5.2
  • librdmacm-1.0.8
  • librdmacm-devel-1.0.8
  • librdmacm-static-1.0.8
  • librdmacm-utils-1.0.8
  • linuxwacom-0.7.8.3
  • lm_sensors-2.10.7
  • lm_sensors-devel-2.10.7
  • luci-0.12.1 lvm2-2.02.40
  • lvm2-cluster-2.02.40
  • mcstrans-0.2.11
  • modcluster-0.12.1
  • mod_perl-2.0.4
  • mod_perl-devel-2.0.4
  • mpi-selector-1.0.1
  • net-snmp-5.3.2.2
  • net-snmp-devel-5.3.2.2
  • net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2
  • net-snmp-perl-5.3.2.2
  • net-snmp-utils-5.3.2.2
  • NetworkManager-0.7.0

  • NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0

  • NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0

  • NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0

  • NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0

  • nspr-4.7.3 nspr-devel-4.7.3
  • nss-3.12.2.0 nss-devel-3.12.2.0
  • nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.2.0
  • nss-tools-3.12.2.0
  • ofed-docs-1.3.2
  • openib-1.3.2
  • openldap-2.3.43
  • openldap-clients-2.3.43
  • openldap-devel-2.3.43
  • openldap-servers-2.3.43
  • openldap-servers-sql-2.3.43
  • openmotif-2.3.1
  • openmotif-devel-2.3.1
  • openmpi-1.2.7
  • openmpi-devel-1.2.7
  • openmpi-libs-1.2.7
  • opensm-3.2.2
  • opensm-devel-3.2.2
  • opensm-libs-3.2.2
  • opensm-static-3.2.2
  • openssl-0.9.8e
  • openssl-0.9.8e
  • openssl-devel-0.9.8e
  • openssl-perl-0.9.8e
  • openswan-2.6.14
  • openswan-doc-2.6.14
  • pidgin-2.5.2
  • pidgin-devel-2.5.2
  • pidgin-perl-2.5.2
  • pkinit-nss-0.7.6
  • planner-0.14.1
  • planner-eds-0.14.1
  • popt-1.10.2.3
  • prelink-0.4.0
  • pykickstart-0.43.3
  • qperf-0.4.1
  • rgmanager-2.0.46
  • rhythmbox-0.11.6
  • ricci-0.12.1
  • rpm-4.4.2.3
  • rpm-build-4.4.2.3
  • rpm-devel-4.4.2.3
  • rpm-libs-4.4.2.3
  • rpm-python-4.4.2.3
  • rsyslog-2.0.6
  • rsyslog-mysql-2.0.6
  • samba-3.0.33
  • samba-client-3.0.33
  • samba-common-3.0.33
  • samba-swat-3.0.33
  • smartmontools-5.38
  • spamassassin-3.2.5
  • squid-2.6.STABLE21
  • strace-4.5.18
  • sudo-1.6.9p17
  • system-config-audit-0.4.8
  • system-config-cluster-1.0.55
  • system-config-kickstart-2.6.19.8
  • system-config-lvm-1.1.5
  • system-config-network-1.3.99.12
  • system-config-network-tui-1.3.99.12
  • system-config-printer-0.7.32.10
  • system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10
  • system-config-samba-1.2.41
  • systemtap-0.7.2 systemtap-runtime-0.7.2
  • systemtap-testsuite-0.7.2
  • thunderbird-2.0.0.18
  • tog-pegasus-2.7.1
  • tog-pegasus-devel-2.7.1
  • tzdata-2008i
  • wdaemon-0.14
  • wireshark-1.0.3
  • wireshark-gnome-1.0.3
  • wpa_supplicant-0.5.10
  • wpa_supplicant-gui-0.5.10
  • xorg-x11-drv-nv-2.1.12
  • xulrunner-1.9.0.5
  • xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.5
  • xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.5
  • yum-3.2.19
  • yum-aliases-1.1.16
  • yum-allowdowngrade-1.1.16
  • yum-changelog-1.1.16
  • yum-downloadonly-1.1.16
  • yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16
  • yum-filter-data-1.1.16
  • yum-kernel-module-1.1.16
  • yum-kmod-1.1.16
  • yum-list-data-1.1.16
  • yum-merge-conf-1.1.16
  • yum-priorities-1.1.16
  • yum-protectbase-1.1.16
  • yum-protect-packages-1.1.16
  • yum-refresh-updatesd-1.1.16
  • yum-security-1.1.16
  • yum-tsflags-1.1.16
  • yum-updateonboot-1.1.16
  • yum-upgrade-helper-1.1.16
  • yum-utils-1.1.16 yum-versionlock-1.1.16

6.3. Packages removed by upstream in 5.3 that were present in 5.2

  • cachefilesd-0.8-5.el5
  • frysk-0.0.1.2008.03.19.rh1-1.el5
  • frysk-devel-0.0.1.2008.03.19.rh1-1.el5
  • frysk-gnome-0.0.1.2008.03.19.rh1-1.el5
  • kmod-gfs2-1.92
  • kmod-gfs2-PAE-1.92
  • kmod-gfs2-xen-1.92
  • sysreport-1.4.3-13.el5
  • yum-basearchonly-1.1.10-9.el5.centos
  • yum-cron-0.6-1.el5.centos
  • yum-skip-broken-1.1.10-9.el5.centos

6.4. Packages released as 5.2 updates with older packages on the 5.3 install media

  • avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1
  • firefox-3.0.6-1.el5.centos
  • nss-3.12.2.0-4.el5.centos
  • nss-devel-3.12.2.0-4.el5.centos
  • nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.2.0-4.el5.centos
  • nss-tools-3.12.2.0-4.el5.centos
  • squirrelmail-1.4.8-5.el5.centos.3
  • xulrunner-1.9.0.6-1.el5
  • xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.6-1.el5
  • xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.6-1.el5

7. Changes done by CentOS

7.1. Packages modified by CentOS

7.2. Packages removed from CentOS that are included upstream

  • redhat-release-5Client-5.3.0.3
  • redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3
  • redhat-release-notes-5Client-25
  • redhat-release-notes-5Server-25
  • rhel-instnum-1.0.9-1.el5
  • rhn-check-0.4.19-17.el5
  • rhn-client-tools-0.4.19-17.el5
  • rhnlib-2.2.6-2.el5
  • rhnsd-4.6.1-1.el5
  • rhn-setup-0.4.19-17.el5
  • rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.19-17.el5
  • yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.3-30.el5

7.3. Packages added by CentOS that are not included upstream

  • perl.i386 in the x86_64 distro (note: as of CentOS-5.2 the package has been moved from the distro to the extras repo)

8. How to help and get help

As a CentOS user there are various ways you can help out with the CentOS community. Take a look at our ["Contribute"] page for further information on how to get involved.

8.1. Special Interest Groups

CentOS consists of different [http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup Special Interest Groups] (SIGs) that bring together people with similar interests. The following SIGs already exist:

  • [:SpecialInterestGroup/Artwork:Artwork] - create and improve artwork for CentOS releases and promotion

  • [:SpecialInterestGroup/Promo:Promotion] - help promoting CentOS online or at events

  • [:SpecialInterestGroup/Virtualization:Virtualization] - unite people around virtualization in CentOS

And we encourage people to join any of these SIGs or start up a new SIG, eg.

  • Alpha, S390, Sparc and PPC port - help with porting CentOS to other architectures
  • Hardware compatibility - provide feedback about specific hardware
  • QA - help out with fixing bugs and testing new releases
  • RPM Packaging - contribute new useful RPM packages
  • Translation - help translating the documentation, website and wiki content

8.2. Mailinglists and Forums

Another way you can help out others in the community is by actively helping and resolving problems that users come up against in [http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo the mailinglists] and [http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/ forums].

8.3. Wiki and website

Even as an inexperienced CentOS user we can use your help. Because we like to know what problems you encountered, if you had problems finding specific information, how you would improve documentation so it becomes more accessible. This kind of feedback is as valuable to others as it would have been to you so your involvement is required to make CentOS better.

So if you want to help out and improve our documentation and wiki, register on the wiki or subscribe to the [http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs centos-docs] mailinglist.

9. Further Reading

The following websites contain large amounts of information to help people with their CentOS systems :

  • Upstream release notes and documentation : http://www.centos.org/docs/5/

  • http://www.centos.org/

  • http://wiki.centos.org/

  • http://lists.centos.org/

  • http://bugs.centos.org.

  • http://planet.centos.org/

  • http://mirrors.kernel.org/redhat/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/

  • http://mirrors.kernel.org/redhat/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/

10. Thanks

We thank everyone involved for helping us produce this product.

Copyright (C) 2009 CentOS


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