Package: manpages Version: 3.05-1 Severity: normal The tzfile.5 man page is very old, from before the Version 2 format of zoneinfo files was defined. Since version 2010j of the upstream zoneinfo files, which is the version now used in the Debian tzdata package, the zoneinfo files are in Version 2 format. Therefore, the tzfile.5 man page is incorrect - it does not reflect the format of the zoneinfo files on Debian systems anymore.
Fix: please replace tzfile.5 with the version that is included in the correct version of the tzcode tarball from upstream. The latest upstream version is at: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub But technically, we want the version that exactly corresponds to the current version of tzcode that is used on Debian, not the latest version from upstream. The correct version of the tzcode tarball is probably available in the Debian source packages somewhere, perhaps glibc. If not, historical versions are available at: ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/oldtz We currently want the one from tzcode2010j.tar.gz. Wouldn't it make more sense for this man page to be part of the tzdata package, so that the version of the man page will track the file format used on Debian? -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.5 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash manpages depends on no packages. manpages recommends no packages. Versions of packages manpages suggests: ii konqueror [man-b 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-6+lenny1 KDE's advanced file manager, web b ii man-db [man-brow 2.5.2-4 on-line manual pager -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
