[BBLISA] DST Patches

[Adams, Tony]

We tested and implemented the Terix DST patch for legacy Solaris (2.5,
2.6, 2.7). Best of all, the patches are free.

-----Original Message-----
From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On
Behalf Of Grant Young
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 1:54 PM
To: bblisa at bblisa.org
Subject: Re: [BBLISA] DST Patches

Sun has official patches on a Time and Materials basis for Solaris 6 and
7.  They cost $400 per server.


On Mar 5, 2007, at 1:06 PM, Betsy Schwartz wrote:

> Solaris 8 and up, you can get patches from Sun, all of which require a

> reboot to reload the time zones.
> There may be other patches for Java. Solaris 7 and below, got to roll 
> your own and make sure you're using the non-POSIX TZ format which is 
> not linked to libc:
> http://www.sunmanagers.org/pipermail/summaries/2007-February/
> 007967.html
>
> The terix.com TZ patches come with a handly little test program.
> http://terix.com/dst_registration.htm
>
> (can't help you with linux)
>
>
>
>
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