2007 DST update for RH7.2

We have some RedHat 7.2 machines that we are stuck with for
the time
being.  Of concern is the new daylight savings time rules
that take effect
this year.  I did some searching on this list and found an
update for 7.3
<http://www.redhat.com/archive
s/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-March/msg00014.html>.

I understand that no one is making updates for 7.2 anymore,
so I was
wondering if I can adapt the one for 7.3.  The timezone
rules are part of
the glibc packages.  Do I really need the new version of
glibc, or can I
simply copy the /usr/share/zoneinfo files from the updated
7.3 packages
onto 7.2?  In other words, do the new zoneinfo files require
the new glibc
to work properly?


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On Friday 05 January 2007 11:11, Paul Rupe wrote:
> I understand that no one is making updates for 7.2
anymore, so I was
> wondering if I can adapt the one for 7.3.  The timezone
rules are part of
> the glibc packages.  Do I really need the new version
of glibc, or can I
> simply copy the /usr/share/zoneinfo files from the
updated 7.3 packages
> onto 7.2?  In other words, do the new zoneinfo files
require the new glibc
> to work properly?

I don't believe so.  In future releases, tzdata was separate
from glibc so 
that one didn't have to do a glibc update to get new zone
info, which seems 
to change on a month to month basis (looking at the world
view).

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