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Oracle Corporation (NasdaqGS: ORCL) has released new Enterprise Linux  updates, this time mitigating issues with time zone related code challenges (in support of Bangladeshi DST timezone switch, the latest Dhaka POSIX binary data support, an update to support time zone mods for Egypt, as well as the recent dropping of DST observance by Mauritius). The updates to Oracle’s Enterprise Linux operating system are available via the company’s Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) site. Oracle Enterprise Linux is a variant of RED HAT, INC.’s (NYSE: RHT)  Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS. Additional information consisting of release notes and links appears after the jump.

Enterprise Linux Enhancement Advisory ELEA-2009-1214

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1214.html

The following updated rpms for Enterprise Linux 5 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
tzdata-2009k-1.el5.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
tzdata-2009k-1.el5.noarch.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el5/SRPMS-updates/tzdata-2009k-1.el5.src.rpm

Description of changes:

[2009k-1.el5]
- Upstream 2009j
- DST switch for Bangladesh will occur an hour earlier than was thought (we can drop Bangladesh patch).
- Upstream 2009k
- Mauritius will not continue to observe DST the coming summer
- Arbitrarily end DST at the end of 2009 so that a POSIX-style time zone string can appear in the Dhaka binary file
- Egypt starts winter time on August 21.
- Resolves: #517009

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Enterprise Linux Enhancement Advisory ELEA-2009-1214

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1214.html

The following updated rpms for Enterprise Linux 4 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
tzdata-2009k-1.el4.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
tzdata-2009k-1.el4.noarch.rpm

ia64:
tzdata-2009k-1.el4.noarch.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el4/SRPMS-updates/tzdata-2009k-1.el4.src.rpm

Description of changes:

[2009k-1.el4]
- Upstream 2009j
- DST switch for Bangladesh will occur an hour earlier than was thought (we can drop Bangladesh patch).
- Upstream 2009k
- Mauritius will not continue to observe DST the coming summer
- Arbitrarily end DST at the end of 2009 so that a POSIX-style time zone string can appear in the Dhaka binary file
- Egypt starts winter time on August 21.
- Resolves: #517011

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Enterprise Linux Enhancement Advisory ELEA-2009-1214

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1214.html

The following updated rpms for Enterprise Linux 3 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
tzdata-2009k-1.el3.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
tzdata-2009k-1.el3.noarch.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el3/SRPMS-updates/tzdata-2009k-1.el3.src.rpm

Description of changes:

[2009k-1.el3]
- Upstream 2009j
- DST switch for Bangladesh will occur an hour earlier than was
thought (we can drop Bangladesh patch).
- Upstream 2009k
- Mauritius will not continue to observe DST the coming summer
- Arbitrarily end DST at the end of 2009 so that a POSIX-style time
zone string can appear in the Dhaka binary file
- Egypt starts winter time on August 21.
- Resolves: #517012