RHEA-2010:0621 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new set of OpenJDK packages that update Daylight Saving Time observations for
Egypt is now available.

Description

These packages provide the OpenJDK 6 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 6
Software Development Kit. The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contains the
software and tools that users need to run applications written using the Java
programming language.

These updated packages address the following change to Daylight Saving Time
(DST) observations:

• During Ramadan, that is, during the period between 2010-08-11 and 2010-09-08,

Egypt will suspend DST. The DST period will be officially restored on
2010-09-09. (BZ#622836)

All users, especially those in the locale affected by this time change and users
interacting with people or systems in the affected locale, are advised to
upgrade to these packages, which add this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 622836 - Rebuild OpenJDK to use new tzdata

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)