SUSE-RU-2012:1258-1: Recommended update for timezone

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for timezone
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:1258-1
Rating:             low
References:         #762210 #780276 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that has two recommended fixes can now be
   installed. It includes one version update.

Description:


   This update for timezone provides 2012f, which includes the
   following time  zone changes:

   * Fiji DST is October 21st 2012 -> January 20th, 2013
   * Pacific/Fakaofo: Tokelau is UTC+13, not UTC+14

   It also includes a fix for cleaning up stale symlinks of
   posixrules to  /etc/localtime confusing 3rd party
   applications, like Java.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-timezone-2012f-6827

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-timezone-2012f-6827

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-timezone-2012f-6827

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-timezone-2012f-6827

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (noarch):

      timezone-java-2012f-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2012f]:

      timezone-2012f-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (noarch) [New Version: 2012f]:

      timezone-java-2012f-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2012f]:

      timezone-2012f-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (noarch) [New Version: 2012f]:

      timezone-java-2012f-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2012f]:

      timezone-2012f-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (noarch) [New Version: 2012f]:

      timezone-java-2012f-0.3.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/762210
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/780276
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=671e76473fad3351ef7e978126e84c47