Recommended update for timezone

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for timezone
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:0295-1
Rating: important
References: #912415 #915422 #915693
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 SP2 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update provides the latest timezone information (2015a) for your
    system, including the following changes:

    * Add positive leap second on 2015-06-30 23:59:60 UTC, as per IERS
    Bulletin C 49. (bsc#912415)
    * Mexico state Quintana Roo (America/Cancun) shifts from Central Time
    with DST to Eastern Time without DST on 2015-02-01 02:00.
    (bsc#915422)
    * Chile (America/Santiago) will retain old DST as standard time from
    April, also Pacific/Easter, and Antarctica/Palmer.

    This release also includes changes affecting past time stamps,
    documentation and some minor bug fixes. For a comprehensive list, refer to
    the release announcement from ICANN:

    * http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2015-January/000028.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-2015a=10310
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-timezone-2015a=10310
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-timezone-2015a=10310
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-timezone-2015a=10257
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-timezone-2015a=10310

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (noarch) [New Version: 2015a]:
      • timezone-java-2015a-0.4.4
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2015a]:
      • timezone-2015a-0.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (noarch) [New Version: 2015a]:
      • timezone-java-2015a-0.4.4
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2015a]:
      • timezone-2015a-0.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (noarch) [New Version: 2015a]:
      • timezone-java-2015a-0.4.4
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2015a]:
      • timezone-2015a-0.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (noarch) [New Version: 2015a]:
      • timezone-java-2015a-0.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2015a]:
      • timezone-2015a-0.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (noarch) [New Version: 2015a]:
      • timezone-java-2015a-0.4.4

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/912415
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/915422
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/915693
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a2b7f6d8e33652ddf01f8277d7f2f2a5
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f4246e8a28faf00016d3d32eb178529d