[tz] 2023c install issue

[Rune Torgersen]

If I remember correctly the glibc (2.5) was probably first configured against a 2.6.10 ish kernel, and might not have been updated for 2.6.25.

Anyways, the patch seems to work, so no need to dive any deeper.
Thanks for the quick patch.

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