[PATCH v3] timezone: add a configure flag to disable program install

Paul Eggert eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Fri Sep 18 20:45:00 GMT 2015


On 09/18/2015 01:09 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> +     Note that you need to make sure the external tools are up-to-date
> +     with the versions that glibc uses so that newer formats glibc may
> +     utilize are supported.

glibc lags behind tzcode, so a common case will be external tools newer 
(not older) than the glibc versions of the tools, with a potential issue 
being that glibc's 'make check' procedure won't test new features (this 
happened in late 2013).  I suggest rewording the above text to warn more 
generally that if you use the new option it's your responsibility to 
check that the glibc runtime works well with your external tools, and 
that glibc 'make check' won't suffice.



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