Subject: Re: 1.12.maint1 - fourth try
To: dj AT ctron DOT com (DJ Delorie)
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 09:55:21 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Henrik Storner <storner AT olicom DOT dk>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

About 1.12.maint1 beta4:

It WORKS!

Only nag that I can find is that, although the tzsetwall() routine has
been re-enabled in ctime.c, some startup-code sets TZ to 'EST5EDT' if 
it is not defined in the environment. I haven't been able to figure
out where this happens, but I believe it is go32 that does it. Even
the following program - which doesn't call any time routines - result
in TZ=EST5EDT being output when run with TZ undefined:

   void main(void) { printf("%s\n", getenv("TZ")); }


> 1) strings.exe opens files in binary mode

While on the subject of the utility programs: Perhaps the utilities
using the broken 1.12 stat() and time-functions should be included
in the maintenance release ? I've noticed that the timestamps 
produced by diff are not correct, because they were linked with the
old 1.12 libs. Not sure if this affects make as well ...


> Let me know if it's finally good enough to make it official.

Go for it.

And a big "Thank You" for doing this!
-- 
Henrik Storner        | "Man is the best computer we can put aboard a space-
(storner AT olicom DOT dk)   |  craft ... and the only one that can be mass produced 
System Engineering    |  with unskilled labor."
Olicom Denmark        |                                   Wernher von Braun