Re: Set TZ environment variable when not set

[Michael Stefaniuc]

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 :-)
> Well, can't help with that but we could start a new flame war about why
> UTC is better for this then GMT0.

bye
	michael
-- 
Michael Stefaniuc               Tel.: [phone]
System Administration           Fax.: [phone]
Red Hat GmbH                    Email: mstefani(a)redhat.com
Hauptstaetterstr. 58            http://www.redhat.de/
D-70178 Stuttgart

Set TZ environment variable when not set

[Uwe Bonnes]

> > > > > "Michael" == Michael Stefaniuc <mstefani(a)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
-- 
Uwe Bonnes                bon(a)elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de

Institut fuer Kernphysik  Schlossgartenstrasse 9  64289 Darmstadt
--------- Tel. [phone] -------- Fax. [phone] ----------

Set TZ environment variable when not set

[Sylvain Petreolle]

Could you point us to a link where the setting of this environment
variable is described ?
I never  heard of this variable yet after 15 years of Windows use.

=====
Sylvain Petreolle (spetreolle at users dot sourceforge dot net) ICQ #170597259
No more War !

"What if tomorrow the War could be over ?" Morpheus, in "Reloaded".

For the Law of Oil and Fire, Im an European that lives in France.
For all my Brothers and friends, Im a human living on Earth.

___________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français !
Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

Set TZ environment variable when not set

[Uwe Bonnes]

> > > > > "Sylvain" == Sylvain Petreolle <spetreolle(a)yahoo.fr> writes:

Sylvain> Could you point us to a link where the setting of this
    Sylvain> environment variable is described ?  I never heard of this
    Sylvain> variable yet after 15 years of Windows use.

E.g. http://www.clipx.net/ng/wcpp/ng47f2.php

Bye

-- 
Uwe Bonnes                bon(a)elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de

Institut fuer Kernphysik  Schlossgartenstrasse 9  64289 Darmstadt
--------- Tel. [phone] -------- Fax. [phone] ----------

Set TZ environment variable when not set

[Uwe Bonnes]

> > > > > "Uwe" == Uwe Bonnes <bon(a)elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de> writes:
> > > > > "Sylvain" == Sylvain Petreolle <spetreolle(a)yahoo.fr> writes:
> > > > >     Sylvain> Could you point us to a link where the setting of this
> > > > >     Sylvain> environment variable is described ?  I never heard of this
> > > > >     Sylvain> variable yet after 15 years of Windows use.

Uwe> E.g. http://www.clipx.net/ng/wcpp/ng47f2.php

And
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore98/ht...
-- 
Uwe Bonnes                bon(a)elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de

Institut fuer Kernphysik  Schlossgartenstrasse 9  64289 Darmstadt
--------- Tel. [phone] -------- Fax. [phone] ----------