[MBT] new ticket for pkg glibc "Europe/TAllinn timezone file wrong"

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Date: 2003-04-02 00:41:40+02	Author:  (glen) <glen at delfi.ee> 
Title:         Europe/TAllinn timezone file wrong
Ticket ID:     #628
Ticket URL:    http://bugs.pld.org.pl/?bug=628
Package:       glibc-2.2.5-23
Distribution:  
Category:      doesn't work as it should
Current state: opened
Text:

the summer savings time turn is not updated after 1999 year:

$ /usr/sbin/zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn

/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Sun Oct 31 00:59:59 1999 UTC = Sun Oct 31 03:59:59 1999 EEST isdst=1 g
mtoff=10800
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Sun Oct 31 01:00:00 1999 UTC = Sun Oct 31 03:00:00 1999 EET isdst=0 gm
toff=7200
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Mon Jan 18 03:14:07 2038 UTC = Mon Jan 18 05:14:07 2038 EET isdst=0 gm
toff=7200
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 UTC = Tue Jan 19 05:14:07 2038 EET isdst=0 gm
toff=7200


but looking at same info of redhat 7.3 system, then all is ok (checked on glibc = 2.2.5-42)

/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Sun Oct 31 00:59:59 1999 UTC = Sun Oct 31 03:59:59 1999 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Sun Oct 31 01:00:00 1999 UTC = Sun Oct 31 03:00:00 1999 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Sun Mar 31 00:59:59 2002 UTC = Sun Mar 31 02:59:59 2002 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Sun Mar 31 01:00:00 2002 UTC = Sun Mar 31 04:00:00 2002 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Sun Oct 27 00:59:59 2002 UTC = Sun Oct 27 03:59:59 2002 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Sun Oct 27 01:00:00 2002 UTC = Sun Oct 27 03:00:00 2002 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Sun Mar 30 00:59:59 2003 UTC = Sun Mar 30 02:59:59 2003 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Sun Mar 30 01:00:00 2003 UTC = Sun Mar 30 04:00:00 2003 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Sun Oct 26 00:59:59 2003 UTC = Sun Oct 26 03:59:59 2003 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Tallinn  Sun Oct 26 01:00:00 2003 UTC = Sun Oct 26 03:00:00 2003 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200


besides there's no easy way of keeping /etc/localtime not being symlinked to glibc zoneinfo file, since after some upgrades i found that some rpm %post script has again ran:
# chkconfig --add timezone
verified, rc-scripts does not add it,
but some other are out there probably ;(