[tz] Posix time zone question

[Jonathan Leffler]

On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 11:58, Zefram <zefram at fysh.org> wrote:

> Donald MacQueen wrote:
> >But if posix/America/Detroit and America/Detroit are the same, what
> >is the point of even having posix/America/Detroit?
>
> On a right-based system, America/Detroit will be linked to
> right/America/Detroit and different from posix/America/Detroit.
>

Can you elaborate on what it means for a system to be a 'right-based
system'?
Is there a URL to explain this?


(Zefram: sorry for the double-post to you.)

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