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From: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
To: musl@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: do_tzset() prevents reusing the same name of a timezone file
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 22:20:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141019022056.GJ32028@brightrain.aerifal.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+QjRn+=hf5kPUn80SNN3=Kygf=fBK=zeD7-zL9C=A94ES2WkA@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 12:20:05AM +0400, Королев Сергей wrote:
> Hi, all.
> 
> I have a question about do_tzset() function implementation (musl v1.1.5).
> The function has the following conditions to prevent timezone file remapping
> 
> if (old_tz && !strcmp(s, old_tz)) return;

All this line does is prevent any reloading if the TZ variable has not
changed since do_tzset() was last called.

> which do not allow to use "TZ" environment variable pointing to the same
> file (e.g. /etc/localtime). But some distros replace this file directly or
> use it as a symlink.
> 
> Is this limitation a bug or a feature?

Can you clarify what problem you're actually experiencing?
/etc/localtime is currently supported/used if TZ is unset or set to
the empty string.

Rich


  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-19  2:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-17 20:20 Королев Сергей
2014-10-19  2:20 ` Rich Felker [this message]
2014-10-19  7:26   ` Королев Сергей
2014-10-19  9:36     ` u-wsnj
2014-10-19 10:00       ` Timo Teras
2014-10-19 17:33         ` Rich Felker

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