[tz] Version identification (was Re: Downstream use of 2021c)
Guy Harris
gharris at sonic.net
Thu Oct 7 18:49:10 UTC 2021
On Oct 7, 2021, at 10:00 AM, Tom Lane via tz <tz at iana.org> wrote:
> BTW, that brings a thought to mind: why isn't there an easy way to
> identify the release version of an installed tzdata tree?
>
> I'm envisioning that there could be a text file at the top level,
> say /usr/share/zoneinfo/version in typical layouts, containing
> "2021a" or the appropriate string. This'd make it a lot easier
> to diagnose what you've got in a particular installation.
$ cat /usr/share/zoneinfo/+VERSION
2021a
OK, so what is that UN*X?
$ uname -sr
Darwin 20.6.0
So what does that mean?
$ sw_vers
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 11.6
BuildVersion: 20G165
Your mileage will vary on other UN*Xes; I think +VERSION may be an Appleism (Deborah?), and I don't know when it was first provided.
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