[tz] 2023c install issue

[Rune Torgersen]

It's a PowerPC system, so that might a reason.


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> Subject: Re: [tz] 2023c install issue
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> On 9/15/23 08:33, Rune Torgersen wrote:
> > Kernel version is actually 2.6.24 and 2.6.25.
> 
> That's odd, as linkat's AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW support was introduced by
> Ulrich Drepper in Linux 2.6.18; I just checked the Linux source code
> repository. Perhaps your glibc is configured to not use the *at kernel
> calls, or maybe you're using an unusual (not x86; or tailored) platform.
> 
> It's probably not worth our time spelunking this old kernel. Glad my
> patch fixed things for you. The patch should appear in the next TZDB
> release.