On 29/04/2020 07:59, Tony Whyman wrote: > > Many thanks to those who responded yesterday to my question on ICU > library file installation under Windows. I am in the process of > updating the IBX User Manual to include the Firebird 4 extensions and > this question arose when updating the deployment guidelines. > Specifically, giving IBX users guidance on when to include and provide > an update mechanism for the time zone database. > > it is important to get this guidance right as the target reader is a > developer using IBX and Firebird but who does not intend to become an > expert in Firebird installation. Standalone clients and embedded > server installations are the main focus. > > The draft text for the IBX deployment guidelines for the ICU files > follows. I would be grateful for any review comments that can point to > any remaining mis-understandings I may have about how the time zone > database is used and deployed in Firebird 4. > > It's good in general, but you mix some things in relation to ICU Library x ICU TZ Database.
In Linux (Ubuntu as least) and probably MacOS, the ICU time zone database is not maintained updated in an Ubuntu release. I guess even if they rebuild and update the library, it still comes with the original tz database. So the process of update tz data with *.res files should be for all platforms. Adriano Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
