Using yearistype requires "." in $PATH

Olson, Arthur David (NCI) olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov
Tue Aug 8 13:40:48 UTC 2000


>   | Maybe the first step is to change the Makefile line that reads
>   | 	cp zic zdump $(ETCDIR)/.
>   | to read
>   | 	cp yearistype zdump zic $(ETCDIR)/.
> 
> Personally, I don't think that would be the best solution, yearistype
> is hardly the kind of utility that anyone is ever going to want to run
> by hand, nor is it really very likely to be useful for scripts or similar.
> Its sole purpose is for use by zic.
> 
Hmmm...well then how about finessing the issue? Replacing two lines in
australasia with five:

		*** 7.57/australasia	Tue Aug  8 09:34:13 2000
		--- 7.58/australasia	Tue Aug  8 09:34:13 2000
		***************
		*** 1,4 ****
		! # @(#)australasia	7.57
		  # This file also includes Pacific islands.
		  
		  # Notes are at the end of this file
		--- 1,4 ----
		! # @(#)australasia	7.58
		  # This file also includes Pacific islands.
		  
		  # Notes are at the end of this file
		***************
		*** 70,77 ****
		  Rule	AS	1972	only	-	Feb	27
2:00s	0	-
		  Rule	AS	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1
2:00s	0	-
		  Rule	AS	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15
2:00s	0	-
		! Rule	AS	1990	1994	even	Mar	Sun>=18
2:00s	0	-
		! Rule	AS	1990	1994	odd	Mar	Sun>=1
2:00s	0	-
		  Rule	AS	1995	max	-	Mar	lastSun
2:00s	0	-
		  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT
[UNTIL]
		  Zone Australia/Adelaide	9:14:20 -	LMT	1895
Feb
		--- 70,80 ----
		  Rule	AS	1972	only	-	Feb	27
2:00s	0	-
		  Rule	AS	1973	1985	-	Mar	Sun>=1
2:00s	0	-
		  Rule	AS	1986	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=15
2:00s	0	-
		! Rule	AS	1990	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18
2:00s	0	-
		! Rule	AS	1991	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1
2:00s	0	-
		! Rule	AS	1992	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18
2:00s	0	-
		! Rule	AS	1993	only	-	Mar	Sun>=1
2:00s	0	-
		! Rule	AS	1994	only	-	Mar	Sun>=18
2:00s	0	-
		  Rule	AS	1995	max	-	Mar	lastSun
2:00s	0	-
		  # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT
[UNTIL]
		  Zone Australia/Adelaide	9:14:20 -	LMT	1895
Feb

will eliminate the only current use of "yearistype" in distributed time zone
files;
we then just leave the yearistype stuff in place as is as an escape
mechanism for those who might need it.

				--ado



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