<font size=2 face="sans-serif">As previously announced, the ‘<i>Patches
for CentOS 5</i>’ and ‘<i>Patches for CentOS 6</i>’ sites are to be
deprecated by December 31, 2016. These sites are being replaced by the
'<i>Patches for CentOS 5 Native Tools</i>' and the '<i>Patches for CentOS
6 Native Tools</i>' sites</font><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif">,
which are more efficient at handling third-party packages.</font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Baselines and custom sites that are
associated with the non-native tools sites are affected by this change.
</font><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif">The source Fixlets
will still be visible, but no new content will be provided. </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Support
will also no longer be provided for the non-native tools sites beyond the
stated date. </font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Actions to take:</b></font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Subscribe your endpoints to the following
CentOS Linux sites to avoid any disruption during patching:</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* Patches for CentOS 5 Native Tools
site</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* Patches for CentOS 6 Native Tools
site</font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If you are using baselines or custom
sites, you must create new ones with the native tools sites.</font><br><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>More information:</b></font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">To learn more, see the IBM BigFix Knowledge
Center at</font><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif"> </font><a href=https://ibm.biz/BdrF3A><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">https://ibm.biz/BdrF3A</font></a><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif">.</font><br><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif"> </font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><i>Application Engineering Team</i></font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><i>BigFix Patch</i></font><br><BR>