Fri Jul 5 12:22:51 1996 Roland McGrath <roland@delasyd.gnu.ai.mit.edu>

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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 		Frequently Asked Question on GNU C Library
 
 As every FAQ this one also tries to answer questions the user might have
-when using the pacakge.  Please make sure you read this before sending
+when using the package.  Please make sure you read this before sending
 questions or bug reports to the maintainers.
 
 The GNU C Library is very complex.  The building process exploits the
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ please let me know.
 
 [Q9]	``Why does getlogin() always return NULL on my Linux box?''
 
+[Q10]	``Where are the DST_* constants found in <sys/time.h> on many
+	  systems?''
+
 
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 [Q1]	``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?''
@@ -259,6 +262,18 @@ means to support the new techniques later.
 
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+[Q10]	``Where are the DST_* constants found in <sys/time.h> on many
+	  systems?''
+
+[A10] {UD} These constants come from the old BSD days and are not used
+today anymore (even the Linux based glibc does not implement the handling
+although the cosntants are defined).
+
+Instead GNU libc contains the zone database handling and compatibility
+code for POSIX TZ environment variable handling.
+
+
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 Answers were given by:
 {UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com>