Hi, Rodrigo Campos [2008-01-03 15:01 -0300]: > Recently we updated tzdata because of this bug: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457938 > But we find out that postgres duplicates the information of tzdata, so > it was pointless doing just that. As it seems duplicate, we just do: > > rm /usr/share/postgresql/8.1/timezone/America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires > ln /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires > /usr/share/postgresql/8.1/timezone/America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires > > It worked ok, and we were wondering if perhaps its posible that postgres uses > tzdata's information. Because having this information duplicated is > disturbing and could cause this annoying bugs :)
Indeed this should work perfectly fine. In Lenny and unstable, all postgresql versions use the system tzdata, so that the duplication is gone. I just wonder if this is an appropriate change to do in Etch. I'll ask the stable release managers. Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
