[PATCH][COVER LETTER] tzset.3: correct file paths and TZ use

[JWP <elseifthen-KK0ffGbhmjU@public.gmane.org>]

Hello Everyone,

This is my first contribution to the linux-man
project and I do not know what level of proof is
required for changes, so I'll try to be brief.

tzset.3 says that /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime
is used for the system timezone if TZ is not set.

glibc does not use this file, and its Makeconfig
comments discourages the use of it at all:

# Where to install default configuration files.  These include the local
# timezone specification and network data base files.
ifndef sysconfdir
sysconfdir = $(prefix)/etc
endif
inst_sysconfdir = $(install_root)$(sysconfdir)

# Where to install the "localtime" timezone file; this is the file whose
# contents $(localtime) specifies.  If this is a relative pathname, it is
# relative to $(zonedir).  It is a good idea to put this somewhere
# other than there, so the zoneinfo directory contains only universal data,
# localizing the configuration data elsewhere.
ifndef localtime-file
localtime-file = $(sysconfdir)/localtime
endif

As shown above the localtime file is in etc/

Further, the manual says if the TZ filespec is
omitted it will use /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime,
but glibc actually will use UTC in that case,
which the manual states in the third paragraph of
the DESCRIPTION section.

I made some other minor changes that I hopefully
do not need to justify.

Thank you

J William Piggott (1):
  tzset.3: correct file paths and TZ use

 man3/tzset.3 | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

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