Recommended update for timezone

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:3049-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update provides the latest timezone information (2017c) for your system, including following changes:

  • Northern Cyprus switches from +03 to +02/+03 on 2017-10-29
  • Fiji ends DST 2018-01-14, not 2018-01-21
  • Namibia switches from +01/+02 to +02 on 2018-04-01
  • Sudan switches from +03 to +02 on 2017-11-01
  • Tonga likely switches from +13/+14 to +13 on 2017-11-05
  • Turks and Caicos switches from -04 to -05/-04 on 2018-11-04
  • Corrections to past DST transitions
  • Move oversized Canada/East-Saskatchewan to 'backward' file
  • zic(8) and the reference runtime now reject multiple leap seconds within 28 days of each other, or leap seconds before the Epoch.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-timezone-13346=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-timezone-13346=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-timezone-13346=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-timezone-13346=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-timezone-13346=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • timezone-2017c-0.52.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017c-0.52.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017c-0.52.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586)
    • timezone-2017c-0.52.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017c-0.52.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • timezone-2017c-0.52.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017c-0.52.3.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • timezone-2017c-0.52.3.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017c-0.52.3.1

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