Update.

1999-01-20  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/vfork.c: Once again use generic version.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/FAQ.in b/FAQ.in
index 3635e7e..0af7145 100644
--- a/FAQ.in
+++ b/FAQ.in
@@ -932,7 +932,8 @@ look at the file `login/README.utmpd'.
 defined).
 
 Instead GNU libc contains zone database support and compatibility code for
-POSIX TZ environment variable handling.
+POSIX TZ environment variable handling.  For former is very much preferred
+(see ?tzdb).
 
 ??	The prototypes for `connect', `accept', `getsockopt',
 	`setsockopt', `getsockname', `getpeername', `send',
@@ -1201,13 +1202,14 @@ Also, as of the 2.1 release the IPv6 API provided by GNU libc is not
 100% complete.  In particular the getipnodebyname and getipnodebyaddr
 functions are not implemented.
 
-??	When I set the timezone by setting the TZ environment variable
+??tzdb	When I set the timezone by setting the TZ environment variable
 	to EST5EDT things go wrong since glibc computes the wrong time
 	from this information.
 
 {UD} The problem is that people still use the braindamaged POSIX method to
 select the timezone using the TZ environment variable with a format EST5EDT
-or whatever.  People, read the POSIX standard, the implemented behaviour is
+or whatever.  People, if you insist on using TZ instead of the timezone
+database (see below), read the POSIX standard, the implemented behaviour is
 correct!  What you see is in fact the result of the decisions made while
 POSIX.1 was created.  We've only implemented the handling of TZ this way to
 be POSIX compliant.  It is not really meant to be used.
@@ -1216,9 +1218,9 @@ The alternative approach to handle timezones which is implemented is the
 correct one to use: use the timezone database.  This avoids all the problems
 the POSIX method has plus it is much easier to use.  Simply run the tzselect
 shell script, answer the question and use the name printed in the end by
-making a symlink to /usr/share/zoneinfo/NAME (NAME is the returned value
-from tzselect) from the file /etc/localtime.  That's all.  You never again
-have to worry.
+making a symlink /etc/localtime pointing to /usr/share/zoneinfo/NAME (NAME
+is the returned value from tzselect).  That's all.  You never again have to
+worry.
 
 So, please avoid sending bug reports about time related problems if you use
 the POSIX method and you have not verified something is really broken by