On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 09:55:46AM +0200, Michael Sternberg wrote: > > Another question then. > I'm working in embedding environment and size on disk is precious resource. > >From the other side - our computer can be installed all around the globe. > I want user to be able to configure appropriate timezone. > > Directory /usr/share/zoneinfo (compiled files) takes something around 4.5 > Mb. > I thought to compile needed file on-the-fly from source but you're telling > me > that it takes around 16 Mb compressed :(.
No! The _entire_ glibc takes 16MB. tz sources take only a few 100's KB. Do you really all of it? Does it need to support daylight saving? If not, you can put only the GMT+-[0-9]* zones. > > What can I do ? > Of course I can make "TZ=GMT+xx ; export TZ" but I loose this way > daylight savings... > > Thanks, Michael. > > -- -----Original Message----- > -- From: Yedidyah Bar-David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > -- Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:40 AM > -- To: Michael Sternberg > -- Cc: linux-il (E-mail) > -- Subject: Re: Zone info > -- > -- Get the glibc source, look in the subdirectory timezone. > -- I am willing to put it somewhere - the complete tar.gz is > -- 16MB, a bit long over a modem. > -- > -- Didi > -- > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Didi ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
