[tz] 2023c install issue

Sept. 14, 2023

      Hi , trying to update tzdata/code on an embedded device. Last install I did was in 2016, so been a while.

System is an old linux system (GCC 4.1.2, GLIBC 2.5), with some updates over the years.

However I get a zic error on installing the zone files:
./zic: Can't link /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Abidjan to /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Accra: Invalid argument

Complete output:
make CFLAGS='-std=gnu99' TZDIR=/usr/share/zoneinfo install
VERSION=`cat version` && sed \
                -e 's|#!/bin/bash|#!/bin/bash|g' \
                -e 's|AWK=[^}]*|AWK='\''awk'\''|g' \
                -e 's|\(PKGVERSION\)=.*|\1='\''(tzcode) '\''|' \
                -e 's|\(REPORT_BUGS_TO\)=.*|\1=tz@iana.org|' \
                -e 's|TZDIR=[^}]*|TZDIR=/usr/share/zoneinfo|' \
                -e 's|\(TZVERSION\)=.*|\1='"$VERSION"'|' \
                <tzselect.ksh >tzselect.out
chmod +x tzselect.out
mv tzselect.out tzselect
VERSION=`cat version` && printf '%s\n' \
          'static char const PKGVERSION[]="(tzcode) ";' \
          "static char const TZVERSION[]=\"$VERSION\";" \
          'static char const REPORT_BUGS_TO[]=tz@iana.org<mailto:tz@iana.org>;' \
          >version.h.out
mv version.h.out version.h
cc -DTZDIR='"/usr/share/zoneinfo"' -std=gnu99   -c -o zic.o zic.c
cc -DTZDIR='"/usr/share/zoneinfo"' -o zic -std=gnu99  zic.o
cc -DTZDIR='"/usr/share/zoneinfo"' -std=gnu99   -c -o zdump.o zdump.c
cc -DTZDIR='"/usr/share/zoneinfo"' -std=gnu99   -c -o localtime.o localtime.c
localtime.c: In function 'tzloadbody':
localtime.c:698: warning: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type
localtime.c:708: warning: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type
cc -DTZDIR='"/usr/share/zoneinfo"' -std=gnu99   -c -o asctime.o asctime.c
cc -DTZDIR='"/usr/share/zoneinfo"' -std=gnu99   -c -o strftime.o strftime.c
cc -DTZDIR='"/usr/share/zoneinfo"' -o zdump -std=gnu99  zdump.o localtime.o asctime.o strftime.o
cc -DTZDIR='"/usr/share/zoneinfo"' -std=gnu99   -c -o difftime.o difftime.c
rm -f libtz.a
ar -rc libtz.a localtime.o asctime.o difftime.o strftime.o
: libtz.a
awk \
  -v DATAFORM=`expr main.zi : '\(.*\).zi'` \
          -v PACKRATDATA='' \
          -v PACKRATLIST='' \
          -f ziguard.awk \
          africa antarctica asia australasia europe northamerica southamerica etcetera factory backward  >main.zi.out
mv main.zi.out main.zi
version=`sed 1q version` && \
          LC_ALL=C awk \
            -v dataform='main' \
            -v deps='ziguard.awk africa antarctica asia australasia europe northamerica southamerica etcetera factory backward   zishrink.awk' \
            -v redo='posix_right' \
            -v version="$version" \
            -f zishrink.awk \
            main.zi >tzdata.zi.out
mv tzdata.zi.out tzdata.zi
awk \
  -v DATAFORM=`expr vanguard.zi : '\(.*\).zi'` \
          -v PACKRATDATA='' \
          -v PACKRATLIST='' \
          -f ziguard.awk \
          africa antarctica asia australasia europe northamerica southamerica etcetera factory backward  >vanguard.zi.out
mv vanguard.zi.out vanguard.zi
awk \
  -v DATAFORM=`expr rearguard.zi : '\(.*\).zi'` \
          -v PACKRATDATA='' \
          -v PACKRATLIST='' \
          -f ziguard.awk \
          africa antarctica asia australasia europe northamerica southamerica etcetera factory backward  >rearguard.zi.out
mv rearguard.zi.out rearguard.zi
make BACKWARD='backward' DESTDIR='' LEAPSECONDS='' PACKRATDATA='' PACKRATLIST='' TZDEFAULT='/etc/localtime' TZDIR='/usr/share/zoneinfo' ZIC='./zic ' LEAPSECONDS= install_data
make[1]: Entering directory `/vmfs/devroot/tz'
./zic  -d '/usr/share/zoneinfo'  tzdata.zi
./zic: Can't link /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Abidjan to /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Accra: Invalid argument
make[1]: *** [install_data] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/vmfs/devroot/tz'
make: *** [posix_only] Error 2

Rune Torgersen
Senior Engineer
Innovative Systems LLC