Re: timezone variable not set correctly, bug blocking LSB Conformance

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

Martin Dittmar wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge3
>
> Problem: after calling the C method "ctime" the global variable 
> "timezone" is not set correctly with certain TZ environment variables.
> With TZ=JKL3:10PNM4:40 set, the value of "timezone" is expected to be 
> 11400, but has a nonsense value of 18000.
>
> For a demonstration please see the attched file test.c
>
> This is a libc bug (already in libc Bugzilla (see 
> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2865 )), but can be fixed 
> in Debian.
>
> This would be important for LSB compliance (LSB Runtime tests LSB 
> runtime tests T.ctime_X 1, T.localtim_X 1, T.mktime_X 1).
> LSB test failure message:
>        with TZ=JKL3:10PNM4:40 ctime() did not set timezone correctly
>        value of timezone was 18000, expected 11400

Which version of the LSB ?

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