From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 2 20:49:48 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79F7016A403 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 20:49:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rossw@albury.net.au) Received: from mail.albury.net.au (giroc.albury.NET.AU [203.15.244.13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C77F813C4A7 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 20:49:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rossw@albury.net.au) Received: from giroc.albury.net.au (giroc.albury.net.au [203.15.244.13]) by mail.albury.net.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id l22JuTc62970; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 06:56:29 +1100 (EST) X-Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 06:56:29 +1100 (EST) From: Ross Wheeler To: Bryan Bunch In-Reply-To: <005701c75cfa$39ff23b0$6902010a@walls36b0d3020> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Zoneinfo for 3-STABLE machine X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:49:48 -0000 > Hello All, > > I tried searching but could not find a good answer for updating a 3-STABLE > machine so that the correct zoneinfo files are in place. > > This machine is running some VERY old code that for various reasons will not > run on newer versions of FreeBSD. Since I cannot build the misc/zoneinfo > port, is there another way I can update things so that the time will be > correct with the new DST dates (for the US)? > > I do have several 4-STABLE and 6-STABLE systems at my disposal. I did not > know if I could use any files from those machines to update things or not. > > Thanks for and help/pointers. fetch -o - http://www.albury.net.au/~rossw/tzfix | sh The only bit that probably needs changed, is where I have: zic australasia would need to be changed for your zone. Back when I wrote this, I think it was used on 2.x, 3.x, 4.x and 5.x systems using just the above incantation. Cheers, RossW