[tz] leapseconds.awk missing from data tarball?
Ian Abbott
abbotti at mev.co.uk
Wed Sep 25 17:18:45 UTC 2013
On 2013-09-24 18:39, Matt Burgess wrote:
> I note from the recent release notes that the leap-seconds.list file is
> generated using leapseconds.awk. Previous to this change, it was
> possible to compile and install the tz files just using the tzdata
> tarball. As the leapseconds.awk file is only shipped in the tzcode
> tarball, this is now no longer possible. Would it be possible to ship
> either the leapseconds.awk file, or a generated copy of
> leap-seconds.list in the tzdata tarball so that the tzcode tarball is
> once more no longer required?
ITYM the leapseconds file should be in the tzdata tarball. It isn't and
that's a bug! (It mistakenly includes the leapseconds.list file instead
of the leapseconds file.)
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