X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-workers-bounces using -f
In-Reply-To: <200702220509.l1M59XCw017125@envy.delorie.com>
Subject: Re: North American Daylight Saving Time 2007 Changes
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 7.0.2 September 26, 2006
Message-ID: <OFFE8121CA.A47E04C0-ON8725728A.0059898C-8725728A.005B4EC6@seagate.com>
From: Gordon DOT Schumacher AT seagate DOT com
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:37:20 -0700
X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on SV-GW1/Seagate Internet(Release 7.0.1 HF29|March 07, 2006) at
 02/22/2007 08:37:23 AM
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
X-Proofpoint-FWRule: outbound2
X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=4.65.5502:2.3.11,1.2.37,4.0.164 definitions=2007-02-22_06:2007-02-21,2007-02-22,2007-02-22 signatures=0
Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com
Precedence: bulk

DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote on 02/21/2007 10:09:33 PM:

# > I already downloaded and compiled the updated data files from
# > ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2007b.tar.gz
# > but are there libraries or other packages that need rebuilt to pick up
# > the changes?
#
# I don't think so.  libc pulls in that data by reading the files at
# runtime, not by compiling them in (they change OFTEN).

Hmm... if they change often, perhaps I can look at writing some kind of
automation to pull and build them so that we don't fall behind again...