[tz] [PATCH 1/3] * backward: Add backward-compatibility comment.

--- backward | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/backward b/backward index a8fd620..5a86400 100644 --- a/backward +++ b/backward @@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ # also present in the file 'backzone', which has data important only # for pre-1970 timestamps and so is out of scope for tzdb proper. +# Although this file is optional and tzdb will work if you omit it by +# building with 'make BACKWARD=', in practice downstream users +# typically use this file for backward compatibility. + # Link TARGET LINK-NAME Link Africa/Nairobi Africa/Asmera Link Africa/Abidjan Africa/Timbuktu -- 2.36.1