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SME Server 7.3 Release Notes |
SME Server 8.0 Beta 4 Release Notes |
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January 1 2008 |
June 2009 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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SME Server 7.3. This release is based on CentOS 4.6 and all packages |
SME Server 8.0 Beta 4. This release is based on CentOS 5.3 and all packages |
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have been updated to the latest releases. |
have been updated to the latest releases. |
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Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised |
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All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. |
in the bug tracker (and only there, please); |
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http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
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Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised |
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in the bug tracker (and only there, please); |
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About SME Server |
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http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
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SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
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About SME Server |
enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc. |
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( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to |
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provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. |
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SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
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enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc. |
SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License |
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( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to |
and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. |
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provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. |
However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on |
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meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
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SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License |
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and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. |
As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further |
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However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on |
development. |
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meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
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Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. |
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As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further |
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development. |
Changes in this release |
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Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. |
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e-smith-apache |
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- Add option to disable SSLv2 [SME: 5034] |
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Thanks |
- Add OpenOffice2 MIME Types [SME: 5112] |
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- Add OpenOffice MIME Types [SME: 4848] |
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The development team would like to thank all of those involved in |
- Add XML MIME Type [SME: 5035] |
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this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the |
- Fix issues in patch that adds Microsoft Office 2007 MIME types [SME: 4548] |
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current level of support. More people are required to help with |
- Add Microsoft Office 2007 MIME types [SME: 4548] |
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bug triage and verification testing. |
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e-smith-backup |
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- Fix DAR e-mail message with regards to incremental backups [SME: 4579] |
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This release contains many new features, all released updates for |
- Fix discrepancy in maximum compression level [SME: 4841] |
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SME Server 7.2 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades |
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will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. |
e-smith-base |
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- Clean up stray symlinks in /lib/modules before depmod [SME: 5336] |
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- Allow for different mdadm output formats for DeviceSize. [SME: 5230] |
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Upgrades |
- Auto-mount USB REV70-drive as usbdisk [SME: 5006] |
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e-smith-horde |
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- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades |
- Updated spec file to remove requires and obsoletes of php-pear-HTTP-Request |
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information moved to e-smith-imp for both sme7 and sme8 [SME: 4821] |
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- An upgrade will preserve the existing data |
- Update to Spec file to obsolete smeserver-trean < 0.1-8 [SME: 4860] |
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- Patch to conf.php template to set a blank cookie domain so that FQDN and non-FQDN |
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- access to webmail will work. Remove klutz template from registry.php [SME: 4787] |
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Changes in this release |
- Upgrade to horde templates to reflect changes in Horde 3.3.2 [SME: 4831] |
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e-smith-imap |
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- Move creation of chrooted dev/urandom to spec-file [SME: 1105] |
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Installer Options |
- Create chroot dev/urandom for stunnel to use [SME: 1105] |
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- Using "sme multipart" boot parameter now enables quotas on all LVM's |
e-smith-imp |
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see bug 3651 on how to create your quota files |
- Updated spec file to require php-pear(HTTP_Request) and remove obsolete |
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php-pear-HTTP-Request line. [SME: 4928] |
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- Updated spec file to require php-pear-HTTP-Request to accomodate HTML composition [SME: 4821] |
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Other mail system changes |
- Updated templates to reflect changes in imp 4.3 [SME: 4832] |
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- Support for disconnect option in rhsbl plugin |
e-smith-ldap |
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- Support for disconnect immediately if dnsbl plugin rejects recipient |
- Create bdb log directory. [SME: 3018] |
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addresses |
- Change ldap backend to bdb, and fix initialisation problem. |
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- Newer version of ipsvd to resolve a few Thunderbird issues |
[SME: 3018, 2859] |
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- Support for configurable timeouts which by default is set to two minutes |
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e-smith-manager |
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- Fix misinterpretation of display string [SME: 5022] |
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Console |
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e-smith-mysql |
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- Now able to remove Corporate DNS setting |
- Rework log-error logic [SME: 4807] |
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- Raid reconstruction now finishes after using "sme nolvm" passed at install |
- Fix log-error detection algorithm [SME: 4807] |
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time |
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e-smith-nutUPS |
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- Fix another instance of ups model for new version of nut [SME: 4750] |
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Backups |
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e-smith-openssh |
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- Ability to use console restore with CD or DVD recordable media |
- Template sshd login grace time, kept default at 600s [SME: 4903] |
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- Remove smbpasswd file prior to restore |
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e-smith-qmail |
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- smtproutes template incorrectly uses brackets to avoid MX lookups. [SME: 5257] |
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Localisation |
- Remove qmail-workaround and obsolete it after patch to treat 0.0.0.0 as a |
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local ip [SME: 5171] |
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- The fr-fr browser language is now supported |
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- Italian translation minor update |
e-smith-quota |
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- Remove unnecessary Mount Proc line. [SME: 4112] |
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Software Installer |
e-smith-radiusd |
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- Fix owner/perms for radius files [SME: 5317] |
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- The voxteneo.com and fullnet.co.uk mirrors has been added as a mirror |
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location. Many thanks to all of our mirrors |
e-smith-samba |
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- Removed planetmirror mirror due to being unstable for a number of months |
- Fix warnings in template expansion [SME: 5309] |
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- Added smecontribs repository to smeserver |
- Fix migrate fragments for samba [SME: 4777] |
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e-smith-turba |
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Webmail |
- Remove redundant 49turba_migrate_contacts template fragments [SME: 5148] |
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- Fix date in previous changelog entry [SME: 4910] |
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- Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions |
- Fix turba.sql patch to prevent creating a .orig file [SME: 4910] |
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- Updated template files to reflect changes in Turba 2.3.1 [SME: 4833] |
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Server manager |
horde |
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- Updated to Horde 3.3.3 [SME: 4831] |
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- Updated wording in Server manager > proxy to be correct when running in |
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serveronly mode |
imp-h3 |
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- Now able to remove settings in the Corporate DNS panel |
- Updated to Imp 4.3.3 [SME: 4832] |
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- Make qpsmtpd/state visible in the view log files |
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- Convert squid timestamp in view log files |
initscripts |
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- Since we moved to session-based login changing admin password does no |
- Exit with zero exit status for services not listed in configuration |
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longer invalidate access to server manager |
database to avoid failures in post scriptlets [SME: 1653] |
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- Added support if you use port-forwarding with an external dynamic ip |
- Merge in SME Server /sbin/e-smith/service wrapper so that only |
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initscripts which exist in run-level 7 can be run. This ensures |
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that the supervised service is run, if one exists, and protects |
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against running "service httpd restart" [SME: 61, 1495] |
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Other fixes and updates |
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mod_auth_external |
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- More changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5 |
- Add requires on e-smith-lib so www user is created first [SME: 5318] |
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- Various samba issues fixed with new samba 3.0.25b package |
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- Smartd is disabled by default but has built in templates to enable |
qmail |
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- Import of spamassassin keys are now processed correctly |
- Add Scott Gifford patch to treat 0.0.0.0 as a local ip [SME: 5171] |
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- Fixed various log noise issues |
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- Allow root to be key based login only |
qpsmtpd |
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- Increased dnscache forwarder cache size |
- Adapt to Clamscan parameter change, fixing a log noice issue [SME: 5108] |
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- Freshclam permissions now corrected |
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- Unwanted symlinks in httpd log directory no longer appear |
smeserver-clamav |
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- Added WPAD feature in DHCP |
- Fix permissions on freshclam.conf file [SME: 5319] |
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- Fixed various perl issues |
- Add HeuristicScanPrecedence option, default disabled [SME: 4598] |
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- Using long email address now stops regeneration email every day |
- Obsolete e-smith-antivirus [SME: 4786] |
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smeserver-locale |
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General features |
- apply locale 2009-05-27 patch |
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- Add Romanian language [SME: 5268] |
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- Add Estonian language [SME: 5199] |
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- Based on CentOS 4.6 and all available updates |
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smeserver-release |
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- Add support for Romanian (ro). [SME: 5268] |
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There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2 |
- Obsoletes: rkhunter to remove from default install [SME: 5172] |
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- Add support for Estonian (et). [SME: 5203] |
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- Add support for Norwegian Bokmal (nb) [SME: 5002 ] |
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- Add support for Russian (ru) [SME: 5002] |
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After installing for the very first time: |
- Add support for Chinese China (zh_CN) [SME: 5002] |
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- First night you should receive an email from cron about sa_updates. |
smeserver-yum |
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- First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of |
- Add /etc/yum.smerepos.d to package [SME: 5305] |
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groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification). |
- Change SME mirrorlists to point to ibiblio [SME: 5242] |
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- Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day |
- Require mailx [SME: 5131] |
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about those changes (rkhunter email notification). |
- Add yum-protect-packages support to prevent removal of |
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needed pacakges [SME: 3133] |
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Taking the upgrade path from a 7.x to 7.3 |
turba-h3 |
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- Updated to Turba 2.3.1 [SME: 4833] |
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- First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates |
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- First night you may receive a email saying missing passwd/group files |
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(rkhunter email notification). |
The following files are no longer in the ISO |
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- libdhcp |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.20 2008/01/01 17:18:13 slords Exp $ |
- qmail-workaround |
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- rkhunter |
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The following files were added to the ISO |
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- aspell-ru |
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- dbus-libs |
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- perl-Package-Constants |
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- smeserver-locale-et |
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- smeserver-locale-nb |
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- smeserver-locale-ro |
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- smeserver-locale-ru |
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- smeserver-locale-zh_CN |
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- yum-protect-packages |
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General features |
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- Based on CentOS 5.3 and all available updates |
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