SUSE-RU-2014:1152-1: Recommended update for timezone

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for timezone
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2014:1152-1
Rating:             low
References:         #890921 #892843 #894862 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS
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   An update that has three recommended fixes can now be
   installed. It includes one version update.

Description:


   This update provides the latest timezone information (2014g) for your
   system, including the following changes:

       * Russia will subtract an hour from most of its time zones on
         2014-10-26 at 02:00 local time.
       * Turks & Caicos are switching from US eastern time to UTC-4
         year-round, modeled as a switch from EST/EDT to AST on 2014-11-02 at
         02:00.
       * Many past time stamps were updated for correctness.
       * Many time zone abbreviations were adjusted or fixed.
       * Many performance enhancements and fixes in the time zone
         manipulation utilities.
       * A new file 'zone1970.tab' was added. The new file's extended format
         allows multiple country codes per zone. New applications should use
         the new file.
       * Some code fixes in 'localtime', 'zic', 'mktime' and 'yearistype'.

   For a comprehensive list of changes, refer to the release announces from
   ICANN:

       * http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2014-August/000023.html
         <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2014-August/000023.html>
       * http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2014-August/000024.html
         <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2014-August/000024.html>


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 Server 11 SP2 LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-timezone-2014g-9695

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2014g]:

      timezone-2014g-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (noarch) [New Version: 2014g]:

      timezone-java-2014g-0.3.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/890921
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/892843
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/894862
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=aba0d267a681c3825fc479e8a2c8f8d5