Hi,
The algorithm that OpenJDK uses to guess the local timezone ID on Linux
goes like this:
1. If TZ environment variable is set, use that
2. If /etc/timezone is readable, read the time zone from there
3. If /etc/localtime is a symlink, resolve that, and use the name to
guess the time zone.
4. Sc
On 24/08/2013 7:09 AM, Omair Majid wrote:
Hi,
The algorithm that OpenJDK uses to guess the local timezone ID on Linux
goes like this:
1. If TZ environment variable is set, use that
2. If /etc/timezone is readable, read the time zone from there
3. If /etc/localtime is a symlink, resolve that, an
Hi David,
Thanks for looking at the patch!
On 08/25/2013 09:59 PM, David Holmes wrote:
> On 24/08/2013 7:09 AM, Omair Majid wrote:
>> The algorithm that OpenJDK uses to guess the local timezone ID on Linux
>> goes like this:
>>
>> 1. If TZ environment variable is set, use that
>> 2. If /etc/timez
Hi Omair,
I have reservations about this but will let others comment.
Looking at the code, readEntireFile doesn't close the file if it returns
-ENOMEM. It also doesn't free the allocated memory if it returns -ENOMEM
or via the goto fail path. (I'm not a fan of this goto fail style either.)
T
Including i18n-dev on this discussion because that is where this code is
maintained.
On 23/08/2013 22:09, Omair Majid wrote:
Hi,
The algorithm that OpenJDK uses to guess the local timezone ID on Linux
goes like this:
1. If TZ environment variable is set, use that
2. If /etc/timezone is rea
Hi Omair,
/etc/sysconfig/clock used to be supported, but it was removed in JDK 7.
The problem is discussed in bug #6456628.
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6456628
Have you tested your fix on all Red Hat-like distros, including some
older releases, with all the time zone I
On 08/27/2013 03:00 AM, Masayoshi Okutsu wrote:
> /etc/sysconfig/clock used to be supported, but it was removed in JDK 7.
> The problem is discussed in bug #6456628.
>
> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6456628
Thanks for that link. I did not know that this support was present i
- Original Message -
> On 08/27/2013 03:00 AM, Masayoshi Okutsu wrote:
> > /etc/sysconfig/clock used to be supported, but it was removed in JDK 7.
> > The problem is discussed in bug #6456628.
> >
> > http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6456628
>
> Thanks for that link. I d
