> Hi, > Please help me review the change to enhance getting time zone ID from > /etc/localtime on linux. > > We use `realpath` instead of `readlink` to obtain the link name of > /etc/localtime, because `readlink` can only read the value of a symbolic of > link, not the canonicalized absolute pathname. > > For example, the value of /etc/localtime is > "../usr/share/zoneinfo//Asia/Shanghai", then the linkbuf obtained by > `readlink` is "../usr/share/zoneinfo//Asia/Shanghai", and then the call of > `getZoneName(linkbuf)` will get "/Asia/Shanghai", not "Asia/Shanghai", which > consider as invalid in `ZoneInfoFile.getZoneInfo()`. Using `realpath`, you > can get “/usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai“ directly from “/etc/localtime“. > > Thanks, > wuyan
Wu Yan has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains four additional commits since the last revision: - Merge branch 'master' into timezone - change functions to be static - replace realpath - 8273111: Default timezone should return zone ID if /etc/localtime is valid but not canonicalization on linux ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5327/files - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5327/files/38177cd0..93cff3d1 Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=5327&range=03 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=5327&range=02-03 Stats: 1449026 lines in 13982 files changed: 735454 ins; 659127 del; 54445 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5327.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/5327/head:pull/5327 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5327
