Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add configure option --with-system-tzdata to use operating system

Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> AFAICS that just moves the problem to a different place, one where an
>> admin *can't* fix it without recompiling ...

> Is there real reason why admin should do it? Timezone files are stored in 
> defined location where "all" software expect it.  If it is important to change 
> timezone file location we could add extra command line parameter or GUC 
> variable, but I don't see any reason for do it configurable on run-time.

[ shrug... ]  This just reinforces my point: if every packager is going
to have his own opinion about how to do it, there's little point in
trying to provide a pre-fab solution.
        regards, tom lane