Bug#409147: glibc tzdata2005b out of date for 4 Canadian Provinces.

[Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>]

merge 409147 409148
thanks

David Broome wrote:
> Package: glibc
> Version: glibc-2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4
> Severity: critical
> 
> Hello - tzdata in glibc for stable is based on tzdata2006b (from edits 
> in 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge1), this does not have the correct PST changes for 
> this year for 4 Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories.
> 
> This is a critical functional issue in 'stable' Debian that needs be be 
> addressed. If needed as a security update.

Please explain how wrong calculation of DST for a few provinces can
be judged as a security problem.

Please also explain why you have opened the same bug report twice
against the same package (libc6 source is glibc).

Regards,

	Joey

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