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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2020-01-09 23:00:25 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2020-01-09 23:00:25 -0800 |
| commit | e1195b207c057ccc61bd5e9334da5c2b361f8b2a (patch) | |
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Update timezone/README
* timezone/version: New file, also taken from tzcode2018i. * timezone/README: Reword so that people needn't paw through old ChangeLog files to see which version we're using, a process that is error-prone. Update an obsolescent URL.
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diff --git a/timezone/README b/timezone/README index fc50f1399f..2297558940 100644 --- a/timezone/README +++ b/timezone/README @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ The files - zic.c zdump.c tzfile.h private.h tzselect.ksh + zic.c zdump.c tzfile.h private.h tzselect.ksh version come from the tzcode package by Arthur David Olson et.al. +The 'version' file specifies which tzcode version was used. The files africa antarctica asia australasia europe @@ -8,14 +9,15 @@ The files backward systemv solar87 solar88 solar89 iso3166.tab zone.tab leapseconds yearistype come from the tzdata package by Arthur David Olson et.al. - -Please check the ChangeLog files in the top level directory for the -version of the tzcode and tzdata packages. +except that its 'yearistype.sh' file is renamed to 'yearistype'. +These tzdata files were taken from tzdata 2009i and have not been +updated since, as they do not affect glibc installation and are +present only for regression testing. Please also see: https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/SharedSourceFiles -These packages may be found at ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/. Commentary -should be addressed to tz@iana.org. +These packages may be found at https://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/. +Commentary should be addressed to tz@iana.org. The subdirectory testdata contains manually edited data files for regression testing purposes. |