Re: timezone changes break windows and cygwin

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
Subject: Re: timezone changes break windows and cygwin
Date: 2005-07-06 15:15:51
Message-ID: 200507061515.j66FFpR04880@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> The patch was never supposed to change timezone/SUBSYS.o! Only the zic
> >> executable. If it's having any side effects on what goes into SUBSYS.o,
> >> it's simply wrong.
>
> > Well, my NO_PGPORT is affecting timezone/SUBSYS.o because there is no
> > way to compile zic without removing pgport library symbols from the
> > object files.
>
> We might have to move zic into a separate directory so that it can be
> compiled on its own with its own copies of the relevant .o files.
>
> In the meantime though it's utterly clear that this entire series of
> patches is a failed experiment. Please revert the lot.

I can pull out NO_PGPORT, but what commit causes the original problem?
Was it only one? (I wasn't watching.)

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