[El-errata] ELEA-2012-1488 Oracle Linux 6 tzdata enhancement update

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Mon Nov 26 11:51:35 PST 2012


Oracle Linux Enhancement Advisory ELEA-2012-1488

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1488.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
tzdata-2012i-2.el6.noarch.rpm
tzdata-java-2012i-2.el6.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
tzdata-2012i-2.el6.noarch.rpm
tzdata-java-2012i-2.el6.noarch.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/tzdata-2012i-2.el6.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[2012i-2]
- Preserve hardlinks that zic leaves behind, install with cp -d

[2012i-1]
- Upstream 2012i
   - Cuba switched to DST

[2012h-2]
- Switch back to using system zic, ignore upstream Makefile at all.
   We do so for java anyway.
- Drop Factory from distribution

[2012h-1]
- Upstream 2012h
   - Brazilian state Bahia no longer has DST.
   - Brazilian state Tocantins now has DST.
   - Israel has new DST rules next year.
   - Jordan stays on DST this winter.

[2012g-1]
- Upstream 2012g
   - Adjust the packaging for new Makefile
   - Palestine: Fall transition was Sep 21, not Sep 28
   - Samoa: Daylight Saving Time commences on Sunday 30th September
     2012 and ends on Sunday 7th of April 2013.
- Resolves: #868173





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