Re: [gpsd-users] Build broken for non-QT

[Eric S. Raymond]

Greg Troxel <address@hidden>:
> 
> "Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> -    return (timestamp_t)mktime(&tm) - timezone + usec;
> >> +    return (timestamp_t)timegm(&tm) + usec;
> >>  #else
> >>      double usec = 0;
> >
> > That patch would reintroduce a glibc dependency, which we're trying to 
> > avoid.
> >
> > The timezone global is an ugly but standardized feature of the POSIX/SuS 
> > API,
> > supposed to be set after tzset(3).  Does FreeBSD really not have it?  
> > Perhaps
> > there's a feature macro you need to enable.
> 
> FWIW, gmtime is specified by POSIX:
> 
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/gmtime.html
> 

Look again. timegm(), not gmtime().
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>

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