Enhancement Advisory tzdata enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2005:655-7
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2005-09-28
Last updated on: 2005-09-28
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated tzdata package that adds daylight savings rule enhancements for
various countries is now available.

The tzdata package contains data files with rules for various timezones
around the world.

This update adjusts timezone files for USA, Australia, Haiti, Nicaragua,
Kazakhstan, Tunisia, and Uruguay where daylight savings rules have recently
changed or are going to change in the near future. This update provides
corrections for daylight saving rules for Iran, historical rules
corrections for Japan, Poland, Northern Ireland and Mali and timezone name
change for East Timor.

Users in the specified countries should upgrade to this updated package and
rerun system-config-date to update the local timezone in /etc/localtime.
Upgrading this package is optional for users not in the specified countries.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    6368526b3615335b2f2a1b45989a5d47
 
IA-32:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
x86_64:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    6368526b3615335b2f2a1b45989a5d47
 
IA-32:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
IA-64:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
PPC:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
s390:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
s390x:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
x86_64:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    6368526b3615335b2f2a1b45989a5d47
 
IA-32:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
IA-64:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
x86_64:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    6368526b3615335b2f2a1b45989a5d47
 
IA-32:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
IA-64:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
x86_64:
tzdata-2005m-1.EL3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0506
    b358c155f06a435e3337390aa411c558
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Keywords

Australia,, timezone, USA,


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