Re: [PATCH 02/12] tzset: state vars unspecified if geographical TZ

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On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 05:42:44PM GMT, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 08:29:05AM GMT, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > ---
> >  man/man3/tzset.3 | 8 +++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/man/man3/tzset.3 b/man/man3/tzset.3
> > index 8479b17b0..6e89dd530 100644
> > --- a/man/man3/tzset.3
> > +++ b/man/man3/tzset.3
> > @@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ In a System-V-like environment, it will also set the variables \fItimezone\fP
> >  have any daylight saving time rules, or to nonzero if there is a time,
> >  past, present, or future when daylight saving time applies).
> >  .P
> > +The
> > +.BR tzset ()
> > +function initializes these variables to unspecified values if this
> > +timezone is a geographical timezone like "America/New_York" (see below).
> > +.P
> 
> Do we want this in a CAVEATS section?

Ahh, sorry, I hadn't read patch 3 yet.  Never mind.

> 
> Cheers,
> Alex
> 
> >  If the
> >  .B TZ
> >  variable does not appear in the environment, the system timezone is used.
> > @@ -155,7 +160,8 @@ TZ="NZST\-12:00:00NZDT\-13:00:00,M10.1.0,M3.3.0"
> >  .EE
> >  .in
> >  .P
> > -The second format specifies that the timezone information should be read
> > +The second, or "geographical",
> > +format specifies that the timezone information should be read
> >  from a file:
> >  .P
> >  .in +4n
> > -- 
> > 2.45.2
> > 
> 
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> <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>



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