Re: UCT (Re: pgsql: Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2019a.)

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk> writes:
>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

>>> This isn't good enough, because it still picks "UCT" on a system
>>> with no /etc/localtime and no TZ variable. Testing on HEAD as of
>>> 3da73d683 (on FreeBSD, but it'll be the same anywhere else):

Tom> [ shrug... ] Too bad. I doubt that that's a common situation anyway.

Andrew> I'm also reminded that this applies also if the /etc/localtime
Andrew> file is a _copy_ of the UTC zonefile rather than a symlink,
Andrew> which is possibly even more common.

And testing shows that if you select "UTC" when installing FreeBSD, you
indeed get /etc/localtime as a copy not a symlink, and I've confirmed
that initdb picks "UCT" in that case.

So here is my current proposed fix.

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Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)