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diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml index 6a1b89419..392682994 100644 --- a/chapter06/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <sect3> <title>Adding time zone data</title> - <para>Install and set up the timezone data with the following:</para> + <para>Install and set up the time zone data with the following:</para> <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz ZONEINFO=/usr/share/zoneinfo @@ -291,14 +291,14 @@ unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>zic -L /dev/null ...</parameter></term> <listitem> - <para>This creates posix timezones, without any leap seconds. It is + <para>This creates posix time zones, without any leap seconds. It is conventional to put these in both <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename> and <filename class="directory">zoneinfo/posix</filename>. It is - necessary to put the POSIX timezones in + necessary to put the POSIX time zones in <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename>, otherwise various test-suites will report errors. On an embedded system, where space is - tight and you do not intend to ever update the timezones, you could save + tight and you do not intend to ever update the time zones, you could save 1.9MB by not using the <filename class="directory">posix</filename> directory, but some applications or test-suites might produce some failures.</para> @@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>zic -L leapseconds ...</parameter></term> <listitem> - <para>This creates right timezones, including leap seconds. On an + <para>This creates right time zones, including leap seconds. On an embedded system, where space is tight and you do not intend to - ever update the timezones, or care about the correct time, you could + ever update the time zones, or care about the correct time, you could save 1.9MB by omitting the <filename class="directory">right</filename> directory.</para> </listitem> @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen> <para>After answering a few questions about the location, the script will output the name of the time zone (e.g., <emphasis>America/Edmonton</emphasis>). There are also some other possible - timezones listed in <filename + time zones listed in <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/zoneinfo</filename> such as <emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis> or <emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> that are not identified by the script but can be used.</para> |