Ah, I see -- so tzselect uses tzdb distribution too? it is just, tzselect
can alter the timezone database and it looks for TZDIR in some
distributions, however, it is not the source of truth in that sense. I
think I see now why it's not really feasible to make such an adjustment..
Thanks for your
Anatolii Smolianinov writes:
> Right, it is not an official standard, but TZDIR appears in tzselect, which
> comes from GNU libc. https://www.unix.com/man-page/redhat/8/TZSELECT/
No, it comes from the tzdb distribution, which otherwise hard-wires
a compile-time choice for that directory. Which
On 2024-10-21 Anatolii Smolianinov wrote:
> date(1) does not set timezone dir: but it uses TZ, and, in man, it
> refers to tzselect:
> > use tzselect to find TZ"
That's an imperative "use", not an indicative. In other words: the
user, to find an appropriate value for `TZ`, should run the command
Right, it is not an official standard, but TZDIR appears in tzselect, which
comes from GNU libc. https://www.unix.com/man-page/redhat/8/TZSELECT/
date(1) does not set timezone dir: but it uses TZ, and, in man, it refers
to tzselect:
> use tzselect to find TZ"
On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 6:16 P
Anatolii Smolianinov writes:
> As I've mentioned, it's not about embedded really, it is more about support
> of standard $TZDIR mechanics in general.
One problem with your argument is that there's no standard mentioning
TZDIR, nor does it appear to affect actually-standard utilities
like date(1).
Hi Adrian!
Totally agree.
I think embedded postgresql appeared mainly because of compatibility
reasons. If you are using postgres on server, with some of the custom
features which you can't find in other databases, and want to enable "local
mod" for your users, (and also for tests maybe), but you
On 10/21/24 08:03, Anatolii Smolianinov wrote:
Hi Tom, thanks for your reply!
I understand your point, and also, the idea of embedding postgresql --
it might be just not what postgresql is built for. I was just thinking
that respecting the standard TZDIR approach would add more flexibility.
Hi Tom, thanks for your reply!
I understand your point, and also, the idea of embedding postgresql -- it
might be just not what postgresql is built for. I was just thinking that
respecting the standard TZDIR approach would add more flexibility.
If you have 5 linux distros and everyone has a diffe
Anatolii Smolianinov writes:
> I was recently working with a project which embeds postgres into
> application. It uses binaries built for Debian, and configured to look for
> timezones in Debian's timezone folder /usr/share/zoneinfo/, which wasn't
> present on my system.
Why are you trying to use
