Re: [PATCH] Stop using zic’s -p option.

Paul Eggert wrote:

> ‘zic -p’ is obsolescent and is incompatible with ‘zic -b slim’.
> * src/tools/msvc/Install.pm (GenerateTimezoneFiles):
> Omit use of zic’s -p option.
> ---
>  src/tools/msvc/Install.pm | 9 ++-------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Install.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Install.pm
> index 9bf111c41e..31659fc299 100644
> --- a/src/tools/msvc/Install.pm
> +++ b/src/tools/msvc/Install.pm
> @@ -366,16 +366,11 @@ sub GenerateTimezoneFiles
>  	  || die "Could not find TZDATAFILES line in timezone makefile\n";
>  	my @tzfiles = split /\s+/, $1;
>  
> -	$mf =~ /^POSIXRULES\s*:?=\s*(.*)$/m
> -	  || die "Could not find POSIXRULES line in timezone makefile\n";
> -	my $posixrules = $1;
> -	$posixrules =~ s/\s+//g;
> -
>  	print "Generating timezone files...";
>  
>  	my @args = (
> -		"$conf/zic/zic", '-d', "$target/share/timezone", '-p',
> -		"$posixrules",   '-b', 'slim');
> +		"$conf/zic/zic", '-d', "$target/share/timezone",
> +		'-b', 'slim');
>  	foreach (@tzfiles)
>  	{
>  		my $tzfile = $_;
> -- 
> 2.25.4

zic on Debian9 has a -p option but no -b option.
Will this change be a problem there?
Presumably it doesn't apply to Debian9
since -b slim was already there.

cheers,
raf