>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
Tom> No zone1970.tab. zone.tab is an adequate substitute - a fact which I thought was sufficiently obvious as to not be worth mentioning. (also see https://reviews.freebsd.org/D20646 ) Tom> I do not think we can rely on that file being there, since zic Tom> itself doesn't install it; it's up to packagers whether or where Tom> to install the "*.tab" files. The proposed rules I suggested do work almost as well if zone[1970].tab is absent, though obviously that's not the optimal situation. But are there any systems which lack it? It's next to impossible to implement a sane "ask the user what timezone to use" procedure without it. Tom> In general, the point I'm trying to make is that our policy should Tom> be "Ties are broken arbitrarily, and if you don't like the choice Tom> that initdb makes, here's how to fix it". Yes, you've repeated that point at some length, and I am not convinced. Is anyone else? -- Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)