> 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. >
In addition I believe that it also contains a lot of historic data which you might want to give up. Beside letting the users to configure appropriate the time zone you might want to give them the opportunity to update the time zone information. To the best of my knowledge changing the of DST duration is done from time to time at some country or another. > > > > 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] > -- Shaul Karl, [EMAIL PROTECTED] e t ================================================================= 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]
