The files... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2006m.tar.gz ...and... ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2006m.tar.gz ...are now available. These reflect the changes for Uruguay, Palestine, and Egypt circulated last week on the time zone mailing list by Paul Eggert; they also include the (minimalist) changes to zic.8 to clarify "until" information (more changes may follow in this area if there's popular demand).
now in portage, thanks for the report !