Set TZ environment variable when not set

Uwe Bonnes bon at elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de
Wed Apr 16 16:21:55 CDT 2003


>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Stefaniuc <mstefani at redhat.de> writes:

    Michael> On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 09:05:28PM +0200, Uwe Bonnes wrote:
    >> Changelog: memory/environ.c: build_environment Set the TZ value to
    >> GMT0, if TZ is not set
    >> 
    >> Synplify.exe from the Quicklogic FPGA suite refused to work with the
    >> demo license. Setting TZ to any value made it work. GMT0 should be a
    >> good approach.
    >> 
    >> Awaiting the "flame war" about noise level for that silent change :-)
    Michael> Well, can't help with that but we could start a new flame war
    Michael> about why UTC is better for this then GMT0.

At least the program set TZ=GMT0 for a spawned process, when TZ was not set
before. Alsothe first hits with a Goggle search "TX win32" gave no UTC at a
prominent place.

Bye
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