[systemd-devel] [PATCH] timedatectl: check for getenv("TZDIR")

[Lennart Poettering]

On Fri, 27.03.15 09:46, Shawn Landden (shawn at churchofgit.com) wrote:

> I liked having the DST information. It is a pity glibc doesn't export
> this information.
> 
> If TZDIR is set, glibc will look there rather than /usr/share/zoneinfo.
> See tzset(3).

What's the rationale for this? Why would we override the users's
choice of $TZDIR?

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat