OSG 1.2.11 Update Notification

OSG 1.2.11 Update Notification



Date: July 1, 2010



Affected Components

This update affects all OSG installations.



Summary



This update replaces Java 5 with Java 6 because Java 5 is past its end of life and no longer has security updates. This affects all software in the OSG software stack that uses Java. In addition, we have updated to the latest version of Java 6, 1.6.0_20.



This release updates several software components to new versions, see the complete list below.



* Java

* Java software has been altered to use Java 6 instead of Java 5

* osg-version





Issues Fixed

The default for Java software has been altered to use the Java 6 VM. In addition, Java 6 has been updated to the latest Sun Java release which has some bug and security fixes.



Update Instructions

Update instructions can be found on the OSG TWiki under the OSG 1.2.11 update instructions: https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/bin/view/ReleaseDocumentation/OSG12UpdateInstructions.



Additional Information

The release notes for the VDT 2.0.0p18 release underlying this release can be found here: http://vdt.cs.wisc.edu/releases/2.0.0/release-p18.html.