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\section{Warnings}{
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\section{Warnings}{
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%% glibc and macOS have _POSIX_TZNAME_MAX and define it as 6.
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%% glibc and macOS have _POSIX_TZNAME_MAX and define it as 6.
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%% Earlier versions of R's code assumed 10, and it was discovered
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%% Earlier versions of R's code assumed 10, and it was discovered
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%% that some implemntations did not abbreviate unusual names, thereby
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%% that some implementations did not abbreviate unusual names, thereby
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%% exceeding this.
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%% exceeding this.
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%% Olson's tzcode has a limit of 255 and does not check: this has been
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%% Olson's tzcode has a limit of 255 and does not check: this has been
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%% corrected in R's copy.
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%% corrected in R's copy.
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%% sysconf(_SC_TZNAME_MAX) might allow it to be checked:
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%% sysconf(_SC_TZNAME_MAX) might allow it to be checked:
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%% that gives 27 on macOS.  However, seems it is dynamic on glibc.
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%% that gives 27 on macOS.  However, seems it is dynamic on glibc.