From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 28 10:50:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECD2316A41F for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:50:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B709943D49 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:50:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2SAoKfu077515 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:50:20 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k2SAoK8c077514; Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:50:20 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:50:20 GMT Message-Id: <200603281050.k2SAoK8c077514@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Edwin Groothuis Cc: Subject: Re: conf/95017: Timezone rules are out of date. X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Edwin Groothuis List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:50:21 -0000 The following reply was made to PR conf/95017; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Edwin Groothuis To: Mark Andrews Cc: FreeBSD Gnats Submit Subject: Re: conf/95017: Timezone rules are out of date.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 > To: Edwin Groothuis > 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 Subject: Re: conf/95017: Timezone rules are out of date.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/