From 3c69ed681a2a2a290fabad120137d20d379a03dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 17:48:49 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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. --- timezone/README | 14 ++++++++------ timezone/version | 1 + 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) create mode 100644 timezone/version diff --git a/timezone/README b/timezone/README index fc50f1399f..da814e3bca 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 a 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. diff --git a/timezone/version b/timezone/version new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..63f58006ee --- /dev/null +++ b/timezone/version @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +2018i -- 2.24.1