Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 06:56:29 +1100 (EST) From: Ross Wheeler <rossw@albury.net.au> To: Bryan Bunch <bryanb@walls-media.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Zoneinfo for 3-STABLE machine Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0703030654520.3687-100000@giroc.albury.net.au> In-Reply-To: <005701c75cfa$39ff23b0$6902010a@walls36b0d3020>
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> 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
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