[v4] timezone: add a configure flag to disable program install

Message ID 20151017043331.GL28215@vapier.lan
State Committed
Delegated to: Mike Frysinger
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Commit Message

Mike Frysinger Oct. 17, 2015, 4:33 a.m. UTC
  On 15 Oct 2015 12:02, Joseph Myers wrote:
> I think a new configure option like this should have a NEWS entry.  In 
> general, people making changes should consider if they go beyond routine 
> bug fixes and cleanups, and add NEWS entries if appropriate - such as for 
> new functions, new configure options, new options to installed programs, 
> new optimized function versions, new ports, withdrawn APIs.  (The release 
> manager *also* needs to check for such changes during the freeze to catch 
> cases the contributors missed at the time - item 6.3 at 
> <https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Release>.)

how about:
-mike
  

Comments

Joseph Myers Oct. 19, 2015, 4:42 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sat, 17 Oct 2015, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> how about:
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ Version 2.23
>    19059, 19071, 19074, 19076, 19077, 19078, 19079, 19085, 19086, 19088,
>    19094, 19095, 19124, 19125, 19129, 19134, 19137.
>  
> +* There is now a --disable-timezone-tools configure option for disabling the
> +  building and installing of the timezone related utilities (zic, zdump, and
> +  tzselect).  This is useful for people who build the timezone data and code
> +  independent of the GNU C Library.
> +

OK.
  

Patch

--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@  Version 2.23
   19059, 19071, 19074, 19076, 19077, 19078, 19079, 19085, 19086, 19088,
   19094, 19095, 19124, 19125, 19129, 19134, 19137.
 
+* There is now a --disable-timezone-tools configure option for disabling the
+  building and installing of the timezone related utilities (zic, zdump, and
+  tzselect).  This is useful for people who build the timezone data and code
+  independent of the GNU C Library.
+
 * The LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable can no longer be used to
   disable the pointer guard feature.  It is always enabled.