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Date:      Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:08:59 +0200
From:      Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>
To:        jgh@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: java/163456: [patch] java/openjdk6: build and distribute open timezone data (tzdata)
Message-ID:  <4EEFB5FB.6000903@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20111219212801.GB24344@dormouse.experts-exchange.com>
References:  <1324319944.277110.72549.nullmailer@experts-exchange.com> <201112191840.pBJIe5HB029523@freefall.freebsd.org> <20111219184422.GD53882@dormouse.experts-exchange.com> <4EEF91DF.9090701@FreeBSD.org> <20111219212801.GB24344@dormouse.experts-exchange.com>

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on 19/12/2011 23:28 jgh@FreeBSD.org said the following:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 09:34:55PM +0200, Andriy Gapon thus spake:
>> on 19/12/2011 20:44 Jason Helfman said the following:
>>> Updated patch. jtreg was removed from distinfo
>>
>> Jason,
>>
>> I wonder if it would make sense to add a dependency on misc/zoneinfo and use
>> data from there instead of separately downloading and using it.
> 
> This wouldn't work, as java needs to prepare the files and distribute them.
> I have updated the patch, and it works now. The updated zonefiles were being
> clobbered. Had to move build location. Updated patch is attached.

Oh, I didn't mean to use the files as is.  My suggestion was to create Java tz
files from the already installed zoneinfo files.  So that e.g. Java software and
other software have the same idea of the timezones.

-- 
Andriy Gapon



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