git: 5d50c2397a96 - main - src.conf.5: Add WITH_ZONEINFO_LEAPSECONDS_SUPPORT warning
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Date: Fri, 09 May 2025 18:53:58 UTC
The branch main has been updated by jrm:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5d50c2397a96c2b24219df53c7e94c5d512d65e1
commit 5d50c2397a96c2b24219df53c7e94c5d512d65e1
Author: Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao146.riddles.org.uk>
AuthorDate: 2025-05-09 18:04:17 +0000
Commit: Joseph Mingrone <jrm@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-05-09 18:53:42 +0000
src.conf.5: Add WITH_ZONEINFO_LEAPSECONDS_SUPPORT warning
People are turning on the option and then tripping over weird
consequences. See bugs 248338 and 271170 as examples.
Approved by: cy, imp, philip
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25902
Co-authored-by: Joseph Mingrone <jrm@FreeBSD.org>
---
share/man/man5/src.conf.5 | 7 ++++++-
tools/build/options/WITH_ZONEINFO_LEAPSECONDS_SUPPORT | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man5/src.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
index b3a327069393..ba88b995e51d 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\" DO NOT EDIT-- this file is @generated by tools/build/options/makeman.
-.Dd May 5, 2025
+.Dd May 9, 2025
.Dt SRC.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -1896,6 +1896,11 @@ When set, it enforces these options:
.El
.It Va WITH_ZONEINFO_LEAPSECONDS_SUPPORT
Build leapsecond information in to the timezone database.
+This option violates
+.St -p1003.1
+and all other applicable standards, and is known to cause unexpected
+issues with date/time handling in many applications and programming
+languages.
.El
.Pp
The following options accept a single value from a list of valid values.
diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITH_ZONEINFO_LEAPSECONDS_SUPPORT b/tools/build/options/WITH_ZONEINFO_LEAPSECONDS_SUPPORT
index f3d97df2fb89..32aadf6d46c9 100644
--- a/tools/build/options/WITH_ZONEINFO_LEAPSECONDS_SUPPORT
+++ b/tools/build/options/WITH_ZONEINFO_LEAPSECONDS_SUPPORT
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
Build leapsecond information in to the timezone database.
+This option violates
+.St -p1003.1
+and all other applicable standards, and is known to cause unexpected
+issues with date/time handling in many applications and programming
+languages.