Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add configure option --with-system-tzdata to use operating system

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add configure option --with-system-tzdata to use operating system
Date: 2007-08-22 23:53:37
Message-ID: 200708230153.37816.peter_e@gmx.net
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Gregory Stark wrote:
> Why would --with-zoneinfo want to use a symlink though? Shouldn't it
> just compile the binary to use the path specified directly?

The way this question is posed appears to imply that doing the latter is
easier, but it's not. If someone wants to do the extra work, maybe
that would help support more cases.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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