From patchwork Wed May 15 05:38:39 2024 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Florian Weimer X-Patchwork-Id: 90159 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork@sourceware.org Delivered-To: patchwork@sourceware.org Received: from server2.sourceware.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BC613857C4F for ; Wed, 15 May 2024 05:39:13 +0000 (GMT) X-Original-To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Delivered-To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25FC1384AB51 for ; Wed, 15 May 2024 05:38:50 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 25FC1384AB51 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 25FC1384AB51 Authentication-Results: server2.sourceware.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=170.10.129.124 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1715751532; cv=none; b=uAqo+px5/QIrktcPJNUfO+DqCr56NpO4AUCgr7AXhrrnWBnRWD8lQteuyk1qdSEfQ4xwb+eq9+7Q1YsvrNBJQbRzpua01w3z4cPI29zNz8fGurrH4Fu/6F0cxu6AtF1zqGcdHGCMnornsHvOeYBSzFloFUtPDaWbwJckLS2Cuz4= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1715751532; c=relaxed/simple; bh=2w9Iu1yFs3v/O1m8RozRGRMlroSN/1e69bPpI8iqJGM=; h=DKIM-Signature:From:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=u3DjFmpWHK+wxqW/L6Lr5lFiiV0Iz1XX9Pw9GZ356NCQdfPl7hft9NUWHyWuICn9cvIMOzpaibZTqm56LWlw9z6ugcrz6WJ6iFWKbL03VWoSrCb/goZFBQ1ZSY8mZ+3LfiCIGyujvMVPkDYi35CDyvqk6YX6KvDIqTJznzQVFJ8= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1715751529; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=2hX99fho/fWgQIFdFzhu4610mWdsUTolFcy6uW0aU5c=; b=RRh1dhTup6vYckEU9rriZK92igoc4FlU4Z+4EpzHG5NONosgzB/felOfoSFrmFU3x94Vfl 4JAwDJ2SNbLgLg+izoenGW/qk053posQNEawVRjkVP2xv9OD0+sUqC7gXbw/P7yCMCNyvI RZz4oujabgsoa3Z+mJI2h/yBiz6Mo0k= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-209-DDtVf89VPEGDDdiJ2Ek_Bw-1; Wed, 15 May 2024 01:38:42 -0400 X-MC-Unique: DDtVf89VPEGDDdiJ2Ek_Bw-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F506805912; Wed, 15 May 2024 05:38:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg.str.redhat.com (unknown [10.39.192.58]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 806F1123CAE0; Wed, 15 May 2024 05:38:41 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Cc: Paul Eggert Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: Document changed zic output format Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 07:38:39 +0200 Message-ID: <87o7971vog.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.11.54.3 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, GIT_PATCH_0, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: libc-alpha-bounces+patchwork=sourceware.org@sourceware.org Commit 1f94147a79fcb7211f1421b87383cad93986797f ("timezone: sync to TZDB 2024a") changed the default output format to -b slim, which causes problems for some current software versions (notably pytz). --- NEWS | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) base-commit: a07e000e82cb71238259e674529c37c12dc7d423 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2234021a95..94f81551e6 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: (except for login_tty) due to locking and session management problems. +* The bundled timezone data compiler, zic, now defaults to the “slim” + output format. This format does not include 32-bit time zone data in + the generated TZif files. If the system time zone database is + compiled with the default zic settings, applications that read the + timezone database directly and do not process the 64-bit part of the + files will treat all time zones as unnamed UTC. + Changes to build and runtime requirements: [Add changes to build and runtime requirements here]