The file ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata1998g.tar.gz is now available; it incorporates the Lithuanian change provided by mgedmin at pub.osf.it; it also moves creation of the GMT link with Etc/GMT to "etcetera" (from "backward") to ensure that the GMT file is created even where folks don't want the "backward" links (as suggested by Paul Eggert). --ado