SUSE-RU-2014:1152-2: Recommended update for timezone

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for timezone
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2014:1152-2
Rating:             low
References:         #890921 #892843 #894862 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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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 Software Development Kit 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-timezone-2014g-9693

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-timezone-2014g-9693

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-timezone-2014g-9693

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-timezone-2014g-9694

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-timezone-2014g-9693

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (noarch) [New Version: 2014g]:

      timezone-java-2014g-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2014g]:

      timezone-2014g-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (noarch) [New Version: 2014g]:

      timezone-java-2014g-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2014g]:

      timezone-2014g-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (noarch) [New Version: 2014g]:

      timezone-java-2014g-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2014g]:

      timezone-2014g-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (noarch) [New Version: 2014g]:

      timezone-java-2014g-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2014g]:

      timezone-2014g-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2014g]:

      timezone-2014g-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2014g]:

      timezone-2014g-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (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=1bac29d0fe2c046e1b9c5749ca771ea3
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=22bb5e3b85067bd15225024498e4c57c
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=53bb91de157388b6dbfe355f60118061
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=92c809ee7a5d84406ec5cf97b6407fe8