Paul Eggert wrote:
> ‘zic -p’ is obsolescent and is incompatible with ‘zic -b slim’.
> * src/tools/msvc/Install.pm (GenerateTimezoneFiles):
> Omit use of zic’s -p option.
> ---
> src/tools/msvc/Install.pm | 9 ++-------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Install.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Install.pm
> index 9bf111c41e..31659fc299 100644
> --- a/src/tools/msvc/Install.pm
> +++ b/src/tools/msvc/Install.pm
> @@ -366,16 +366,11 @@ sub GenerateTimezoneFiles
> || die "Could not find TZDATAFILES line in timezone makefile\n";
> my @tzfiles = split /\s+/, $1;
>
> - $mf =~ /^POSIXRULES\s*:?=\s*(.*)$/m
> - || die "Could not find POSIXRULES line in timezone makefile\n";
> - my $posixrules = $1;
> - $posixrules =~ s/\s+//g;
> -
> print "Generating timezone files...";
>
> my @args = (
> - "$conf/zic/zic", '-d', "$target/share/timezone", '-p',
> - "$posixrules", '-b', 'slim');
> + "$conf/zic/zic", '-d', "$target/share/timezone",
> + '-b', 'slim');
> foreach (@tzfiles)
> {
> my $tzfile = $_;
> --
> 2.25.4
zic on Debian9 has a -p option but no -b option.
Will this change be a problem there?
Presumably it doesn't apply to Debian9
since -b slim was already there.
cheers,
raf