From: kifox AT hotmail DOT com (kifox) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: zoneinfo Date: 2 Dec 1997 00:53:09 GMT Organization: Your Organization Lines: 44 Message-ID: <65vm5l$5kv$1@winter.news.erols.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: user3.firstsaga.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk In article , eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il says... > > >On 30 Nov 1997, kifox wrote: > >> >This is explained at some length in the DJGPP FAQ list, section >> >22.16. >> >> Why waste everyone's time by posting this kind of useless answer? > >I fail to understand why is this answer useless. The issue is too >complex to explain in full in a message. The FAQ explains why the >timezone files are needed, how do they work, and which ones should be >left on your system if you cannot afford the disk space to keep them >all. I think that a precise pointer to that section should be quite >useful. > >> If you didn't want to answer the question, you shouldn't have >> bothered replying to it. > >But I *did* want to answer. I fail to understand why do I deserve >flames and rudeness for wanting to help you. > >> DJ himself thought the question deserved a *real* answer.... > >I've read DJ's reply before writing mine. DJ's message was a short >summary of the issue. I thought that pointing to the rest of the info >would be helpful. What's wrong with that? How would you react if you asked someone for directions and they threw a traffic map in your face? That's pretty much what your response amounted to. With all the flakness going on with the internet these days, how do you know if I ever saw DJ's message? You don't. If you're going to take the time to answer a question,*answer* the question like DJ did and don't play games about looking at a FAQ. After you answer the question then suggest where in the FAQ futher information on the question can be found.