Feb. 13, 2015
9:26 p.m.
[please cc me, I am not subscribed] On 02/13/2015 02:40 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
E.g., Debian and Fedora both ship multiple copies of the 'posix' directory, which obviously takes far more disk space than the symbolic-link approach in the tz distribution.
As does Slackware; it also offers up every tzfile to its users during installation: root, posix, and right. Most users have no idea what the difference is. I believe that there is great deal of misunderstanding with regard to the tz database. That is what prompted me to add some information to the hwclock(8) man-page. Thank you for taking time to reply Professor Eggert. It is very much appreciated! William