[php-maint] Bug#492025: Timezone database is corrupt

[Martin Sebald]

Package: php5
Version: 5.2.6-2
Severity: critical

Hello,

after upgrading from php5 5.2.5-3 to 5.2.6-2 we experienced the following
errors:

Wordpress:
> Fatal error: strftime() [<a href='function.strftime'>function.strftime</a>]: Timezone database is corrupt - this should *never* happen! in /var/www/www.domain.tld/wp-content/plugins/timezone.php on line 150

Typo3:
> Fatal error: mktime() [<a href='function.mktime'>function.mktime</a>]: Timezone database is corrupt - this should *never* happen! in /var/www/www.domain.tld/typo3conf/temp_CACHED_ps4760_ext_tables.php on line 148

I'm sure other programs also have the same problem.

We did not change anything with the php.ini config files.

After downgrading to 5.2.5-3 again (this was just a show stopper)
everything works fine again.

Regards,
Martin