Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 21:56:37 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk> To: ben@skunk.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: time zone trouble with 2.2.8 Message-ID: <199905272056.VAA00371@fdy2.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905271504000.28057-100000@penelope.skunk.org> (message from Ben Rosengart on Thu, 27 May 1999 15:10:14 -0400 (EDT))
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>I am trying to set the time zone to GMT on some 2.2.8 machines. This >is trivial on a 3.x system (cd /usr/share/zoneinfo && tzsetup GMT), but >on 2.x, tzsetup(8) doesn't take a time zone argument. Is there another >interface I can use? Or is it safe to copy a -stable tzsetup(8) over >and use that? Or for that matter a -stable copy of /etc/localtime? >Judging from a diff of the source code to tzsetup, the localtime format >hasn't changed, but I want to make sure, as these are semi-production >systems. ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime Works fine for me. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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