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authorMiles Bader <miles@gnu.org>2007-10-19 00:00:21 +0000
committerMiles Bader <miles@gnu.org>2007-10-19 00:00:21 +0000
commit9c8020a8df03dc67a56d7df15664dcf7ace54bf0 (patch)
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Merge from emacs--devo--0
Patches applied: * emacs--devo--0 (patch 890-898) - Update from CVS - Merge from emacs--rel--22 * emacs--rel--22 (patch 122-128) - Update from CVS - Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 * gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 257-258) - Merge from emacs--rel--22 - Update from CVS Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--unicode--0--patch-270
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@@ -2204,6 +2204,13 @@ month names with consistent widths for some locales on some versions
of Windows. This is caused by a deficiency in the underlying system
library function.
+The functions set-time-zone-rule, and display-time-world (which uses it)
+do not work on Windows. Fixing this is difficult, since Windows uses
+localtime for the system clock, and any attempt to change the timezone
+would have to be accompanied by a clock change for the results to remain
+consistent. The way in which these functions are used is not intended to
+cause such system-wide disruption.
+
Files larger than 4GB cause overflow in the size (represented as a
32-bit integer) reported by `file-attributes'. This affects Dired as
well, since the Windows port uses a Lisp emulation of `ls' that relies