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Some platforms create a file named "localtime" in the system timezone directory, making it a copy or link to the active time zone file. If Postgres is built with --with-system-tzdata, initdb will see that file as an exact match to localtime(3)'s behavior, and it may decide that "localtime" is the most preferred spelling of the active zone. That's a very bad choice though, because it's neither informative, nor portable, nor stable if someone changes the system timezone setting. Extend the preference logic added by commit e3846a00c so that we will prefer any other zone file that matches localtime's behavior over "localtime". On the same logic, also discriminate against "posixrules", which is another not-really-a-zone file that is often present in the timezone directory. (Since we install "posixrules" but not "localtime", this change can affect the behavior of Postgres with or without --with-system-tzdata.) Note that this change doesn't prevent anyone from choosing these pseudo-zones if they really want to (i.e., by setting TZ for initdb, or modifying the timezone GUC later on). It just prevents initdb from preferring these zone names when there are multiple matches to localtime's behavior. Since we generally prefer to keep timezone-related behavior the same in all branches, and since this is arguably a bug fix, back-patch to all supported branches. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CADT4RqCCnj6FKLisvT8tTPfTP4azPhhDFJqDF1JfBbOH5w4oyQ@mail.gmail.com Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/27991.1560984458@sss.pgh.pa.us
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