Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:26:02 +0200 From: Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org> To: dieterbsd@engineer.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping /etc/localtime up-to-date Message-ID: <AANLkTikgvBdTWk9SxCsqiHXjKHV8zbVKj8T9Kzq5HMzQ@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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2011/3/28 <dieterbsd@engineer.com>: >> 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. The symlink's target is in /usr (/usr/share/zoneinfo/), which is separated in the default partition layout. But both /etc/rc.d/adjkerntz and /usr/src/UPDATING require mounting filesystems before calling adjkerntz, so it should be ok. -- Olivier Smedts _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) e-mail: olivier@gid0.org - against HTML email & vCards X www: http://www.gid0.org - against proprietary attachments / \ "Il y a seulement 10 sortes de gens dans le monde : ceux qui comprennent le binaire, et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas."help
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