From 2edd825d07213ed5039759cef5209e378797b5b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 08:58:04 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Omit US/Pacific-New from default installation * Makefile (BACKWARD): Omit pacificnew. * NEWS: Mention this. --- Makefile | 5 ++++- NEWS | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 97649ca..fc07bdf 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -105,11 +105,14 @@ REDO= posix_right TZDATA_TEXT= leapseconds tzdata.zi # For backward-compatibility links for old zone names, use +# BACKWARD= backward +# If you also want the link US/Pacific-New, even though it is confusing +# and is planned to be removed from the database eventually, use # BACKWARD= backward pacificnew # To omit these links, use # BACKWARD= -BACKWARD= backward pacificnew +BACKWARD= backward # If you want out-of-scope and often-wrong data from the file 'backzone', use # PACKRATDATA= backzone diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8c1241f..de81afc 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes Changes to build procedure + The default installation procedure no longer creates the + backward-compatibility link US/Pacific-New, which causes + confusion during user setup (e.g., see Debian bug 815200). + Use 'make BACKWARD="backward pacificnew"' to create the link + anyway, for now. Eventually we plan to remove the link entirely. + The Makefile now quotes values like BACKWARD more carefully when passing them to the shell. (Problem reported by Zefram.) -- 2.7.4