Re: Resend of Question: Is this the right / best way of updating zoneinfo only

From: Kris Kennaway (kris_at_obsecurity.org)
Date: 03/31/04

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To: Murray Taylor <murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com>

    On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 11:53:18AM +1000, Murray Taylor wrote:
    > Question not responded to in a week..
    >
    > -----Forwarded Message-----
    > From: Murray Taylor <murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com>
    > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
    > Subject: Is this the right / best way of updating zoneinfo only
    > Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:48:17 +1100
    >
    > Is this the right way to update the zoneinfo data
    > used for the time / timezone related calls..
    >
    > cvsup -STABLE
    > cd /usr/src/share/zoneinfo
    > make
    > make install
    >
    > I need to ensure that the zoneinfo is upto date on say a monthly cycle
    > and dont really want or need to recompile everything...
    > I looked at the Makefile and the included bsd.prog.mk file and
    > decided that I dont need to learn _that much_ about makefiles .. ;-)

    That might work, but it's not guaranteed to always work. There's only
    one way to safely rebuild your system, which is the one documented in
    the handbook. In particular, piecewise updates are not supported.

    zoneinfo is hardly ever updated anyway, so you may be trying to solve
    a non-problem.

    Kris

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