Re: [PATCH] localtime.cc: Point TZDIR to the /usr/share/zoneinfo

[Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at netscape dot net>]

cygwin-patches@cygwin.com wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 10:07:25AM +0100, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > As discussed in cygwin-apps here's a small patch to point cygwin to an existing
> > time zone datasbase when the tzcode/data package is installed.
>
>
> Should we do some extra stuff to maintain backward compatibility with
> the old /usr/local/etc path?  I don't think so but...

As mentioned in another thread, in theory this should be an evironmental 
variable.  However, IIRC, I think DJ ripped out that portion of the 
code, probably assuming at the time there was no need for timezone data. 
 I'll go back and check, though.

Cheers,
Nicholas