Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 07:50:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/14035: tzfile.h referenced in tzfile(5) doesn't exist Message-ID: <199909301450.HAA08773@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/14035; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: jkoshy@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, wollman@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/14035: tzfile.h referenced in tzfile(5) doesn't exist Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 10:44:24 -0400 (EDT) <<On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 00:33:46 -0700 (PDT), jkoshy@FreeBSD.org said: > a) tzfile.5 refers to 4 4-byte quantities in the header, however > the header file "tzfile.h" defines 6. This bug is there is -CURRENT > too. tzfile(5) should not reference tzfile.h -- it's an internal header, not for public consumption. tzfile.5 may well be more correct -- there is some amount of version skew between libc and zic(8). (For example, the current file format includes a magic number at the beginning of the file, which libc doesn't know about or check for.) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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