Patch: some extra defines

[J. Johnston]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> Is there any further word on this patch?  It doesn't seem to be
> checked in.
> 
> I have no objections to this patch.
> 
> cgf
> 

Checked in.

-- Jeff J.

> On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 08:52:15PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> >The attached patch creates a define for tzname, daylight and timzeone ,
> >which I got the definitions for from the opengroup standards pages.
> >These three variables are apparently part of the "SVID issue 1"
> >standard - whatever that is.
> >
> >I did this because a program I was porting tested for tzname, not
> >_tzname (which is currently defined).
> >
> >Lastly, there is a symbol conflict - timezone() with long int timezone,
> >so I've #ifdef'd that symbol. If a user defines timezonevar (Couldn't
> >see a better define to base it on :[ ), then timezone will be #defd to
> >_timezone. This won't cause linking or compatablity issues - it's
> >strictly a compile time decision.
> >
> >Rob
> 
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