HP Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Version 5.1B-6 Patch Summary and Release Notes
Support for the Latest Daylight Saving Time (DST) Changes
This kit updates the /etc/zoneinfo time zone data files to incorporate all changes as of (date
of change) in time zones around the world, most notably the following:
Australia
The Australian provinces of Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and the
Australian Capital Territory decided on harmonising and extending daylight saving arrangements
from April 2008.
The Western Australia DST was incorporated starting 3 December 2006.
New Zealand
The New Zealand Government announced its decision to extend the DST starting September —
2007. Clocks will go forward an hour a week earlier than usual - on the last Sunday in September-
and back an hour on the first Sunday in April. The Act administered by the Department of
Internal Affairs is detailed at:
http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/
Services-Daylight-Saving-Index?OpenDocument.
Venezuela
The Venezuelan government formalized the intention to change Venezuela timezone to GMT-4:30
effective on 9 December 2007 at 3 AM local time. Previously, the GMT offset Venezuela had been
following was -4:00. It is now changed to -4:30.
The announcement can be found at:
http://www.abn.info.ve/go_news5.php?articulo=112279&lee=18.
Argentina
The Argentine government formalized the intention to change Argentine timezone effective on
30 December 2007 at 0 AM local time until 16 March 2008. Previously, Argentina did not have
any DST plans for 2007-08.
The announcement can be found at:
http://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&idPub=87481&id=201230&sec=1&dis=1.
There are similar updates to the DST of Canada, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, and Uruguay in
V5.1B-5.
BIND Updated to Version 9.2.8
This kit replaces the current version of BIND Version 9.2.5 with BIND Version 9.2.8. BIND 9.2.8
fixes the security issues that were faced in the BIND 9.2.5 version.
Updated Tru64 UNIX Documentation on docs.hp.com
Starting with Tru64 UNIX V5.1B-5, the updated documents associated with the Tru64 UNIX
release will be posted on HP's Technical documentation website http://docs.hp.com. The updated
documentation for this release includes the HP Tru64 UNIX Release Notes for Version 5.1B-6. and
the HP Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Version 5.1B-6 Patch Summary and Release Notes
documents.
The updated documentation for the Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX and the Advanced Server
for UNIX (ASU) will also be posted on http://docs.hp.com.
The existing documentation for Tru64 UNIX is provided on the Documentation V5.1B CD,
included with the Tru64 UNIX media kit.
Prior Release Notes 25