Patch for glibc2 date problems

The Hermit Hacker wrote:
  >On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote:
  >
  >> I have a potential patch for the glibc2 date problem; however I can't
  >> test it because the snapshot won't build.
  >
  >    remove src/backend/parser/scan.c...that should fix your problem
  >

Thanks, it did.


The patch for glibc2 dates is attached.  With this applied, a Linux system
with libc6 (glibc2) passes all the date and time related regression tests.


Oliver Elphick                                Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
Isle of Wight                              http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver

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