Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:50:20 GMT From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/95017: Timezone rules are out of date. Message-ID: <200603281050.k2SAoK8c077514@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/95017; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews@isc.org> Cc: FreeBSD Gnats Submit <freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: conf/95017: Timezone rules are out of date. Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:42:59 +1000 On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 04:00:42AM +0000, Mark Andrews wrote: > The following reply was made to PR conf/95017; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews@isc.org> > To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: conf/95017: Timezone rules are out of date. > Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:50:39 +1100 > > > That's why I made misc/zoneinfo. > > > > Well, after the problem occured of course :-( > > > > Edwin > > I can understand for misc/zoneinfo for branches that are > not offically supported anymore. However RELENG_4 is still > offically supported. Well, more for people who want to update their zoneinfo files without upgrading their whole system. > Also for misc/zoneinfo to be useful you need hooks in base > to prevent the port being overwritten whenever you do a > post security installworld. Nice idea. I'll add an option to overwrite /usr/src/share/zoneinfo. Or do you think this is not enough? Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://weblog.barnet.com.au/edwin/
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