| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add configure option --with-system-tzdata to use operating system |
| Date: | 2007-08-23 17:38:30 |
| Message-ID: | 9555.1187890710@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Note, for example, that libc refers to /usr/share/zoneinfo by
> absolute path.
After reflecting more about this, that's an awfully strong point.
Maybe we should go back to the original patch from Sun --- that is,
just have the configure option change pg_TZDIR() to return a hardwired
absolute path. The symlink idea has clearly got more risks than we
understood during the prior discussion. I think the main argument
in favor was that it allowed switching between PG-local and system
TZ databases without recompiling the server, but is anyone really
interested in doing that?
regards, tom lane
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