-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Derek Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ian Abbott wrote: > > | Hi Derek, > | > | On 08/04/05 19:05, you wrote: > | > |> Is there some simple, cross-platform test I could use to fall > |> back on GMT0BST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0 if the Europe/London timezone > |> isn't defined or skip the tests entirely if neither zone is > |> enabled? > | > | > | No idea, sorry. Hopefully it won't matter unless the internal use > | of GMT creaps back in! > > > Anybody have any idea how many platforms won't support the > Large_Place/City timezone format? Mark? Larry? Should I check in > some new tests and see how many nightly test platforms break? I could > always back them out again. I think most of my platforms will work fine (FreeBSD 4.x, GNU/Linux, Solaris, MacOS X). I am not sure about the CRAY... Let me see: ssh login.cray-cyber.org <attach to yel.cray-cyber.org> ###################################################################### # Welcome to yel.cray-cyber.org # # This is a Cray Y/MP EL with 4 CPUs and 1 GB RAM running UNICOS 9.0 # # # # For more information about this machine, see the website # # By logging on, you agree to the terms of usage which can be found # # under http://www.cray-cyber.org/access/terms.php # ###################################################################### [EMAIL PROTECTED] mdb]$ echo $TZ MET-1MET,M3.5.0,M10.5.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mdb]$ export TZ=Asia/Calcutta [EMAIL PROTECTED] mdb]$ date Fri Apr 15 07:01:59 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mdb]$ export TZ=MET-1MET,M3.5.0,M10.5.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mdb]$ date Fri Apr 15 09:02:13 MET 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mdb]$ Let me see what the man page for environ has to say about TZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mdb]$ man -s 7 environ ... TZ Time zone information. The format is xxxnzzz where xxx is standard local time zone abbreviation, n is the difference in hours from GMT, and zzz is the abbreviation for the daylight-saving local time zone, if any; for example, EST5EDT. ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] mdb]$ TZ=Pacific/Honolulu date Fri Apr 15 07:07:12 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mdb]$ That said, I doubt if this will be a big problem given that CRAY doesn't yet support client/server as I have only been able to get :local: to work on it. -- Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCX2kX3x41pRYZE/gRAv2OAKDECR+JK1WE/FasJqigHvsvCzklegCeNZDL K893bsLln1IzWscZc8cLK+c= =DJA9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list Bug-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs