Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 16:06:26 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Default time zone setting Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0406091603290.62813@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <200406091558.i59Fw1PI052371@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> References: <20040609115036.GD3046@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0406091315510.62813@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> <200406091558.i59Fw1PI052371@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:20:56 +0000 (UTC), "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> said: > > > please do and if you are about UTC can you PLEASE also update the > > somewhat unrelated tzsetup to be able to chose timezones from > > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/ (where UTC lives) too ? > > tzsetup(8) only offers zones that are listed in zone.tab -- i.e., > zones that are associated with a state or national region. If you > want UTC, don't run tzsetup, and delete /etc/localtime if you already > have one. I know how to do this but sysinstall uses tzsetup. So when installing releases from CD on new machines it is not possible to set UTC. > I don't believe that any of the files in > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc serve a useful purpose. all my maschines have /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/UTC as /etc/localtime up to now. -- Bjoern A. Zeeb bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT
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