Re: [MiNT] TZ change?

[Martin-Eric Racine <q-funk@pp.fishpool.fi>]

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Frank Naumann wrote:

> > Btw, that timezone database really should not be called MINTLIB,
> > but instead TZLIB or LOCALELIB, since it has nothing to do with
> > the programming lib. 
> 
> The timezone database is an important part of the MiNT-Lib
> and can't be sperated.

It already is:

TIMELIB:  mintlib-0.53-1.m68kmint.rpm
MINTLIB:  mintlib-devel-0.53-1-m68kmint.rpm

Giving each the proper name would be desirable.  It should be:

TIMELIB:  timelib-0.53-1.m68kmint.rpm
MINTLIB:  mintlib-0.53-1-m68kmint.rpm

This has the merit of maintaining the traditional naming scheme,
and is far more clear about the content.  You can declare that
MINTLIB has a dependancy called TIMELIB in the RPM; it works.

> And it has a lot todo with the programming lib. The MiNT-Lib
> itself access the timezone database.

Which results in applications hard-coded to change to winter time
according to the timezone of whoever compiled a binary.   Clumsy.

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