Enhancement Advisory tzdata enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2006:0614-4
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2006-08-08
Last updated on: 2006-08-08
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
OVAL: N/A

Details

A tzdata enhancement, with updates for Edmonton, Guatemala, Indiana, Thule,
Canada, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Nicaragua, and Tunisia, is now available.

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

This package contains version 2006g of timezone data. The changes herein
include updates for America/Edmonton, America/Guatemala,
America/Indiana/Vincennes, America/Thule, Canada, Haiti, Honduras, Iran,
Nicaragua, and Tunisia. Users in affected countries should upgrade to this
updated package. Upgrading this package is optional for other users.

NOTE: It is necessary to rerun system-config-date to update the local
timezone in /etc/localtime.


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 Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
tzdata-2006g-1.EL2_1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:0422
    953f2d0a660a4f72e9563adc0f821f10
 
IA-32:
tzdata-2006g-1.EL2_1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:0422
    a10c1463a92632dda16f9f23032b33bd
 
IA-64:
tzdata-2006g-1.EL2_1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:0422
    a10c1463a92632dda16f9f23032b33bd
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
tzdata-2006g-1.EL2_1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:0422
    953f2d0a660a4f72e9563adc0f821f10
 
IA-32:
tzdata-2006g-1.EL2_1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:0422
    a10c1463a92632dda16f9f23032b33bd
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
tzdata-2006g-1.EL2_1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:0422
    953f2d0a660a4f72e9563adc0f821f10
 
IA-32:
tzdata-2006g-1.EL2_1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:0422
    a10c1463a92632dda16f9f23032b33bd
 
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
tzdata-2006g-1.EL2_1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:0422
    953f2d0a660a4f72e9563adc0f821f10
 
IA-64:
tzdata-2006g-1.EL2_1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2009:0422
    a10c1463a92632dda16f9f23032b33bd
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)


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