Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add configure option --with-system-tzdata to use operating system - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add configure option --with-system-tzdata to use operating system
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Msg-id 200708230153.37816.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add configure option --with-system-tzdata to use operating system  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add configure option --with-system-tzdata to use operating system  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Gregory Stark wrote:
> Why would --with-zoneinfo want to use a symlink though? Shouldn't it
> just compile the binary to use the path specified directly?

The way this question is posed appears to imply that doing the latter is 
easier, but it's not.  If someone wants to do the extra work, maybe 
that would help support more cases.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/


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