On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 03:55:26PM GMT, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Hi Helge, > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 10:46:25AM GMT, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > Without further ado, the following was found: > > > > Issue: timezone → B<timezone>(3) > > > > "It seems that timezone uses B<tzfile> internally, but glibc refuses to " > > "expose it to userspace. This is most likely because the standardised " > > "functions are more useful and portable, and actually documented by glibc. " > > "It may only be in glibc just to support the non-glibc-maintained timezone " > > "data (which is maintained by some other entity)." > > You're right, but this is a Debian patch. I've CCed Tobias. > I suggest transforming > > +It seems that timezone uses > > into > > +It seems that > +.BR timezone (1) d'oh! s/1/3/ > +uses > > Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reported-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx> > Suggested-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cheers, > Alex > > > > alx@debian:~/src/debian/doc/manpages/debian/latest/debian/patches$ cat ./0010-tzfile.5.patch > From: "Dr. Tobias Quathamer" <toddy@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 01:25:30 +0100 > Subject: tzfile.5 > > --- > man/man5/tzfile.5 | 16 ++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man/man5/tzfile.5 b/man/man5/tzfile.5 > index 4aa3f6c..d0cefa9 100644 > --- a/man/man5/tzfile.5 > +++ b/man/man5/tzfile.5 > @@ -210,6 +210,22 @@ if either > .B tzh_timecnt > is zero or the time argument is less than the first transition time recorded > in the file. > +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=122906#47 > +.\" Reviewed by upstream and rejected, May 2012 > +.SH NOTES > +This manual page documents > +.I <tzfile.h> > +in the glibc source archive, see > +.IR timezone/tzfile.h . > +.PP > +It seems that timezone uses > +.B tzfile > +internally, but glibc refuses to expose it to userspace. This is most > +likely because the standardised functions are more useful and > +portable, and actually documented by glibc. It may only be in glibc > +just to support the non-glibc-maintained timezone data (which is > +maintained by some other entity). > +.\" End of patch > .SS Version 2 format > For version-2-format timezone files, > the above header and data are followed by a second header and data, > > > -- > <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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