On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 10:30:54AM +0100, John Beranek wrote:
> So, RHEL 6.7 has been released, but I was surprised at the version
> contained in it:
>
> 1.12.4-47.el6

That's a relict of how RHEL works. You can only put a new tarball until
a certain point, then you're only allowed to add patches that address a
specific problem or RFE. That guarantees a certain level of stability.

The -47 is "patch number", which means 47 bugs addressed atop 1.12.4. (I
normally use a patch number per bugzilla..)

>
> Does this version have the important fixes in it? I thought 1.12.5 was
> required...

1.12.4-47 in RHEL ~= 1.12.5 upstream