Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:10:42 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: dieterbsd@engineer.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping /etc/localtime up-to-date Message-ID: <AANLkTim3Axh4FV8oCJSoBYHJEq4=XkhfNjPAxkH9sV-2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8CDBB88B5271976-11D4-322B@web-mmc-d02.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CDBB88B5271976-11D4-322B@web-mmc-d02.sysops.aol.com>
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On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:57 AM, <dieterbsd@engineer.com> wrote: >> And while I (think I) recall that the equivalent of /etc/localtime >> was implemented in some version of SunOS many years ago as a symlink, >> I believe that approach could be problematic for FreeBSD, as it >> could impose some unintended requirements on some of the start-up >> scripts. > > I have been running FreeBSD and NetBSD with /etc/localtime being > a symlink for years and have not seen any problems as a result. +1. Many Linux distros do the same thing as well (Gentoo is just one example). Thanks, -Garrett
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