----- Original Message -----
From: "Earnie Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: tzname
> Robert Collins wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Earnie Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Everything I've actually cross checked has matched.
> >
>
> That's good to hear. I've used the opengroup for reference before and
> glad to know I can count on it.
<grin> it's not quite the same thing :]
> Q: Is _tznames an ANSI spec? Cygwin supports both ANSI and POSIX.
>
No idea - I went to build a package (netsaint), it had tzname hard coded
(well that or tm->timezone via configure), so I goooooogled for tzname,
read the spec, compared with cygwin, tried a define.. it worked and
voila a patch was mailed.
My personal concept: patch the OS not the package :]
Rob.
