Last update to tzcode was 2015g?

Carlos O'Donell carlos@redhat.com
Fri Mar 11 04:32:00 GMT 2016


On 03/10/2016 08:13 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 03/10/2016 01:32 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
>> For tzdata: it's not routinely merged from upstream at all since it's only
>> present as test inputs, and the wiki should emphasise that.
> 
> The data files (currently listed "Unknown") came from the 2009i release.
> 
> Also, the file 'yearistype' in glibc is called 'yearistype.sh' in the 2009i release.

Noted.

>> For tzcode: as timezone/README says, check ChangeLog for the version
>> merged from.  There is a complication: checktab.awk originally came from
>> tzcode, but now is part of tzdata instead (since 2014g).  As far as I can
>> see it's not used in glibc, so could actually be deleted.
> 
> I don't offhand know which tz version checktab.awk came from, but it
> wasn't 2015g. Deleting it would save us the effort of tracking down
> the tz version.

I deleted it.

> Might help to sort the wiki tables by file name.

If I could do it easily I would :}

-- 
Cheers,
Carlos.



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