Zoneinfo for 3-STABLE machine

[Ross Wheeler]

> Hello All,
>
> I tried searching but could not find a good answer for updating a 3-STABLE
> machine so that the correct zoneinfo files are in place.
>
> This machine is running some VERY old code that for various reasons will not
> run on newer versions of FreeBSD. Since I cannot build the misc/zoneinfo
> port, is there another way I can update things so that the time will be
> correct with the new DST dates (for the US)?
>
> I do have several 4-STABLE and 6-STABLE systems at my disposal. I did not
> know if I could use any files from those machines to update things or not.
>
> Thanks for and help/pointers.



fetch -o - http://www.albury.net.au/~rossw/tzfix | sh


The only bit that probably needs changed, is where I have:

      zic australasia

would need to be changed for your zone.

Back when I wrote this, I think it was used on 2.x, 3.x, 4.x and 5.x
systems using just the above incantation.

Cheers,
RossW