java/163456: [patch] java/openjdk6: build and distribute open timezone data (tzdata)

[Andriy Gapon]

The following reply was made to PR java/163456; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andriy Gapon <avg at FreeBSD.org>
To: jgh at FreeBSD.org
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, freebsd-java at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: java/163456: [patch] java/openjdk6: build and distribute open
 timezone data (tzdata)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:08:59 +0200

 on 19/12/2011 23:28 jgh at FreeBSD.org said the following:
 > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 09:34:55PM +0200, Andriy Gapon thus spake:
 >> on 19/12/2011 20:44 Jason Helfman said the following:
 >>> Updated patch. jtreg was removed from distinfo
 >>
 >> Jason,
 >>
 >> I wonder if it would make sense to add a dependency on misc/zoneinfo and use
 >> data from there instead of separately downloading and using it.
 > 
 > This wouldn't work, as java needs to prepare the files and distribute them.
 > I have updated the patch, and it works now. The updated zonefiles were being
 > clobbered. Had to move build location. Updated patch is attached.
 
 Oh, I didn't mean to use the files as is.  My suggestion was to create Java tz
 files from the already installed zoneinfo files.  So that e.g. Java software and
 other software have the same idea of the timezones.
 
 -- 
 Andriy Gapon