July 26, 2022
11:06 p.m.
Guy Harris wrote:
From some quick tests on my collection of macOS VMs, the change from links to copies appears to have occurred in High Sierra. I have some vague memory of this having been brought up on the list at some point.
I believe Deborah mentioned it had to do with tz files being distributed by an "over the air" mechanism which does not know how to handle links. https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2021-February/029825.html https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2021-February/029836.html