D 2011-04-05T20:06:00.148
L How\sTo\sImport\stzdata
U kbk
W 1173
1. Download the new version of tzdata: (Example: http://elsie.nci.nih.gov/tzdata2011e.tar.gz)
2. Unpack the tarball <i>in an empty directory.</i> (For compatibility reasons, the tzdata tarball does not have a top-level directory.)
3. Go to the top directory of a Tcl 8.5 sandbox, and utter the command:
<verbatim>
tclsh8.5 tools/tclZIC.tcl /path/to/unpacked/tzdata library/tzdata
</verbatim>
where <tt>/path/to/unpacked/tzdata</tt> is the path name of the directory you used at step 2.
4. Review the output for errors (there should be none).
5. Do <tt>fossil extra</tt>, and do <tt>fossil add</tt> for any new locales that have appeared in <tt>library/tzdata</tt>.
6. Do <tt>fossil status</tt> to find out what locales have new data. Write a log message in <tt>ChangeLog</tt> to describe the import.
7. <tt>fossil commit</tt> your changes.
8. As with any maintenance change, go to a trunk sandbox (or <tt>fossil update trunk</tt>), and do
<verbatim>
fossil merge core-8-5-branch
</verbatim>
9. Resolve the inevitable merge conflict in <tt>ChangeLog</tt> and commit.
10. <tt>fossil sync</tt> and you're done.
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