Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:51:07 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 5e16809c953f - main - tzsetup: symlink /etc/localtime instead of copying Message-ID: <CANCZdfpYLW0BeDrDYwWe2o5makDRwEBNkz0ObqPx6jxwkWZrqQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ZWBOD4a-dXluIN1S@kib.kiev.ua> References: <202311240217.3AO2HBCq026261@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <ZWBOD4a-dXluIN1S@kib.kiev.ua>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 12:17 AM Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 02:17:11AM +0000, Ed Maste wrote: > > The branch main has been updated by emaste: > > > > URL: > https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5e16809c953f4cd19fadb1767469dec319de0353 > > > > commit 5e16809c953f4cd19fadb1767469dec319de0353 > > Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> > > AuthorDate: 2022-10-14 16:44:35 +0000 > > Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> > > CommitDate: 2023-11-24 02:13:49 +0000 > > > > tzsetup: symlink /etc/localtime instead of copying > > > > Using a symlink means that new timezone data (installed by an errata > > update, say) will be usable without having to be copied again. > Does this mean that installations with split / and /usr get broken? > Not in any real sense, no. Very little is run prior to /usr being mounted in these setups. What is run isn't a daemon and very few of them print times. And if they were, they'd print it in UTC not local time. The only thing I can think of that might be user-visible would be boot -s to single user. Date will report UTC instead of local time in these setups (which these days have become somewhat rare). Warner [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 12:17 AM Konstantin Belousov <<a href="mailto:kostikbel@gmail.com">kostikbel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 02:17:11AM +0000, Ed Maste wrote:<br> > The branch main has been updated by emaste:<br> > <br> > URL: <a href="https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5e16809c953f4cd19fadb1767469dec319de0353" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5e16809c953f4cd19fadb1767469dec319de0353</a><br>; > <br> > commit 5e16809c953f4cd19fadb1767469dec319de0353<br> > Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org><br> > AuthorDate: 2022-10-14 16:44:35 +0000<br> > Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org><br> > CommitDate: 2023-11-24 02:13:49 +0000<br> > <br> > tzsetup: symlink /etc/localtime instead of copying<br> > <br> > Using a symlink means that new timezone data (installed by an errata<br> > update, say) will be usable without having to be copied again.<br> Does this mean that installations with split / and /usr get broken?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Not in any real sense, no. Very little is run prior to /usr being mounted in these setups. What is run isn't a daemon and very few of them print times. And if they were, they'd print it in UTC not local time.</div><div><br></div><div>The only thing I can think of that might be user-visible would be boot -s to single user. Date will report UTC instead of local time in these setups (which these days have become somewhat rare).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Warner <br></div></div></div>
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