Pull up the following, requested by kre in ticket #1935:

external/public-domain/tz/dist/Makefile        up to 1.1.1.38
external/public-domain/tz/dist/NEWS            up to 1.1.1.45
external/public-domain/tz/dist/TZDATA_VERSION  up to 1.37
external/public-domain/tz/dist/africa          up to 1.1.1.33
external/public-domain/tz/dist/asia            up to 1.12
external/public-domain/tz/dist/australasia      up to 1.9
external/public-domain/tz/dist/checknow.awk    up to 1.1.1.2
external/public-domain/tz/dist/etcetera        up to 1.1.1.8
external/public-domain/tz/dist/europe          up to 1.1.1.39
external/public-domain/tz/dist/leap-seconds.list up to 1.7
external/public-domain/tz/dist/leapseconds      up to 1.7
external/public-domain/tz/dist/leapseconds.awk  up to 1.1.1.14
external/public-domain/tz/dist/northamerica    up to 1.1.1.35
external/public-domain/tz/dist/southamerica    up to 1.1.1.25
external/public-domain/tz/dist/theory.html      up to 1.1.1.19
external/public-domain/tz/dist/version          up to 1.12
external/public-domain/tz/dist/zishrink.awk    up to 1.1.1.9
external/public-domain/tz/dist/zonenow.tab      up to 1.1.1.2
doc/3RDPARTY apply patch

Updated tzdata to 2024a

(martin)