From 1109959907cbfe7d1ea510028c03ebac73f8b1e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 05:34:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove no-longer-relevant information about trying to force
your OS to support PST8PDT time zone for the regression tests.
---
doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml | 36 ++++--------------------------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml
index 76d242671bc..2e70233551e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml,v 1.40 2004/05/21 05:07:55 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml,v 1.41 2004/08/09 05:34:39 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="regress">
<title id="regress-title">Regression Tests</title>
@@ -230,39 +230,11 @@ gmake installcheck
<para>
Most of the date and time results are dependent on the time zone
environment. The reference files are generated for time zone
- <literal>PST8PDT</literal> (Berkeley, California), and there will be apparent
- failures if the tests are not run with that time zone setting.
+ <literal>PST8PDT</literal> (Berkeley, California), and there will be
+ apparent failures if the tests are not run with that time zone setting.
The regression test driver sets environment variable
<envar>PGTZ</envar> to <literal>PST8PDT</literal>, which normally
- ensures proper results. However, your operating system must provide
- support for the <literal>PST8PDT</literal> time zone, or the time zone-dependent
- tests will fail. To verify that your machine does have this
- support, type the following:
-<screen>
-env TZ=PST8PDT date
-</screen>
- The command above should have returned the current system time in
- the <literal>PST8PDT</literal> time zone. If the <literal>PST8PDT</literal> time zone is not available,
- then your system may have returned the time in UTC. If the
- <literal>PST8PDT</literal> time zone is missing, you can set the time zone
- rules explicitly:
-<programlisting>
-PGTZ='PST8PDT7,M04.01.0,M10.05.03'; export PGTZ
-</programlisting>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- There appear to be some systems that do not accept the
- recommended syntax for explicitly setting the local time zone
- rules; you may need to use a different <envar>PGTZ</envar>
- setting on such machines.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Some systems using older time-zone libraries fail to apply
- daylight-saving corrections to dates before 1970, causing
- pre-1970 <acronym>PDT</acronym> times to be displayed in <acronym>PST</acronym> instead. This will
- result in localized differences in the test results.
+ ensures proper results.
</para>
</sect2>
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