Enhancement Advisory tzdata enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2006:0216-4
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2006-03-07
Last updated on: 2006-03-07
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

A tzdata enhancement that includes Timezone/DST rule changes for Australia,
USA, Canada, and other countries, is now available.

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

This update adjusts DST rules for countries that are supposed to join (in
2007) US DST change (including most of Canada), and for Palestine, and zone
changes for Indiana/USA.

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. 4)

SRPMS:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    ee3f8b881807a08e6f51820dc6567f25
 
IA-32:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
x86_64:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    ee3f8b881807a08e6f51820dc6567f25
 
IA-32:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
IA-64:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
PPC:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
s390:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
s390x:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
x86_64:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    ee3f8b881807a08e6f51820dc6567f25
 
IA-32:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
IA-64:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
x86_64:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    ee3f8b881807a08e6f51820dc6567f25
 
IA-32:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
IA-64:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
x86_64:
tzdata-2006a-1.EL4.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:1105
    3981a25450362eaf6010335fbbba6cbd
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Keywords

Canada,, changes, Indiana,, Palestine


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