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On 05/25/2011 07:34 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message<MPG.2846cfc422e5e705989760@news.justthe.net>, Steve Sobol wrote:
>
>> In article<iric9v$l95$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>, Lawrence D'Oliveiro says...
>>
>>> So the answer is “no”: you need to download, install and run a separate
>>> tool to apply a patch to fix it up.
>>
>> Funny. At times I've had to do EXACTLYY THE SAME THING to update TZ data
>> in the operating system.
>
> Compare the difference: this
> <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/3702>  versus this
> <http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/tzupdater/1.3.38/tzupdater-1_3_38-2011e.zip>
>
> The first one is a diff. What does it do? Why, just look at the diff itself,
> and you can see what it does. No hidden surprises there; it’s not even code,
> it’s just data, i.e. timezone rules. How to apply it? Just use patch(1), a
> standard utility available on all self-respecting open-source-based systems.
>
> What’s the second one? It’s a .jar file with a readme. What does it do?
> Don’t know for sure, actually. The readme says one thing, but without source
> code to refer to, how can you be sure?
>
> How do you roll out that Oracle patch? You have to double-click it or
> something on every single system where you want to install it. Do you have
> to reboot or something afterwards? To be safe, probably yes.
>
> How do you roll out the tzdata patch? That’s easy: you can run a bulk SSH
> loop across all your systems.

"No true Scotsman", Lawrence.

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Lew
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