From owner-freebsd-current Mon Apr 1 04:53:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA23791 for current-outgoing; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 04:53:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA23773 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 04:52:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.13/8.6.12) with ESMTP id NAA21484 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 13:49:54 +0100 Received: from tees by snowdon with SMTP (PP); Mon, 1 Apr 1996 13:43:57 +0100 Received: (from dpr@localhost) by tees (SMI-8.6/8.6.12) id NAA05446; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 13:50:13 +0100 From: Paul Richards Message-Id: <199604011250.NAA05446@tees> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/tzsetup Makefile main.c tzmenu.c To: ache@astral.msk.su (=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 13:50:12 +0100 (BST) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199604010045.EAA01805@astral.msk.su> from "=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=" at Apr 1, 96 04:45:37 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= who said > > > > Basically, having symlink outside /etc is bad idea. > > > Especially pointing to probably mounted /usr: your system date > > > can be very damaged when remote NFS hangs on /usr/share f.e. > > > > Like /usr/sbin/rmt, or /usr/share/misc/terminfo, you mean? :-) > > Missing or corrupting or hanging on (via NFS) any of those files not critical, > but missing/corrupting/hanging on /etc/localtime is very critical, > because even RTC clock can be corrupted. Umm, what would be causing all these problems? Surely if the localtime file is missing then everything should just think it's GMT. If you're in a single user situation with only root mounted I don't see why this would be such a major problem? -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. (Netcraft Ltd. contractor) Elsevier Science TIS online journal project. Email: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 (0)1865 843155