Patch 7204

Patch 7204 : TimeZone processing change and 2007 zonefiles update for 6.5.22m -- 16-Jan-2008

This patch replaces the following patches:

   7062, 7094, 7154 

This patch has no known incompatibilities

This patch fixes the following bugs:

   940809 - New Daylight Savings Time in US
   950520 - northamerica and backward zic files conflict
   951935 - libc getzname SEGV when TZ is unset
   952109 - Patch request for PV 951935
   959453 - daylight savings time mods (eg. patches 7094-7101) yield performance degradation
   959998 - keep timezone information up-to-date with the community
   975404 - IRIX timezone update for 2007
   975405 - TASK timezone patch for IRIX 6.5.28/29/30

1.3 Bugs_Fixed_by_Patch_SG0007204

This patch contains fixes for the following bugs in IRIX 6.5.22m. Bug numbers from Silicon Graphics bug tracking system are included for reference.

Patch 7204 fixes:

• Bug #975404- IRIX timezone update for 2007

Replaces and rolls up:

• Patch 7154, which fixes:
  • Bug #959453- tzload() has performance degradation
  • Bug #959998- Upgrade to community zonefiles version tzdata2007a

Replaces and rolls up:

• Patch 7094, which fixes:
  • Bug #951935- libc getzname SEGV when TZ is unset

Replaces and rolls up:

• Patch 7062, which fixes:
  • Bug #940809-DST fix for new 2007 law, including northamerica and australasia TZ files
  • Bug #950520- northamerica and backward zic files conflict

1.4 Subsystems_Included_in_Patch_SG0007204

This patch release includes these subsystems:

• patchSG0007204.eoe_sw.base
• patchSG0007204.eoe_sw64.lib
• patchSG0007204.dev_sw.abi