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Re: [PATCH v3] timezone: add a configure flag to disable program install
- From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
- To: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:45:22 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] timezone: add a configure flag to disable program install
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On 09/18/2015 01:09 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
+ Note that you need to make sure the external tools are up-to-date
+ with the versions that glibc uses so that newer formats glibc may
+ utilize are supported.
glibc lags behind tzcode, so a common case will be external tools newer
(not older) than the glibc versions of the tools, with a potential issue
being that glibc's 'make check' procedure won't test new features (this
happened in late 2013). I suggest rewording the above text to warn more
generally that if you use the new option it's your responsibility to
check that the glibc runtime works well with your external tools, and
that glibc 'make check' won't suffice.