On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 04:47:49AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > Denis Barbier wrote: > >On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 01:51:50PM +0200, Martin Dittmar wrote: > >>Package: libc6 > >>Version: 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge3 > >> > >>Problem: after calling the C method "ctime" the global variable > >>"timezone" is not set correctly with certain TZ environment variables. > >>With TZ=JKL3:10PNM4:40 set, the value of "timezone" is expected to be > >>11400, but has a nonsense value of 18000. > >> > >>For a demonstration please see the attched file test.c > >> > >>This is a libc bug (already in libc Bugzilla (see > >>http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2865 )), but can be fixed > >>in Debian. > > > >Your test program runs fine with 2.3.6 (sid) and 2.4 (experimental) > >here, can you please check? > > Yes, but it fails on sarge, the version against which the bug has been > reported.
Right, but it means that upstream bugreport is wrong, CVS does not need to be fixed. We could backport this fix to 2.3.2 instead of applying this patch. Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
