Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 13:52:28 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Rusty Nejdl <rnejdl@ringofsaturn.com> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TimeZone Bug Message-ID: <20000724135228.K82241@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20000723232003.S62650@tethys.ringofsaturn.com>; from rnejdl@ringofsaturn.com on Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 11:20:04PM -0500 References: <20000722132721.I62650@tethys.ringofsaturn.com> <20000723095545.A7908@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200007230240.WAA94345@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20000723232003.S62650@tethys.ringofsaturn.com>
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On Sunday, 23 July 2000 at 23:20:04 -0500, Rusty Nejdl wrote: > Garrett Wollman(wollman) wrote: >> <<On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 09:55:45 +0930, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> said: >> >>> non-country-related time zones, so you'll have to do it manually >>> (which is easier, anyway): >> >>> # cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/UTC /etc/localtime >> >> Or even easier: >> >> # rm /etc/localtime >> >>> This is definitely not a bug with the system; you could consider it a >>> bug in sysinstall, and I suppose you could file a bug report for it. >> >> Nit: if it's a bug (and as the author I don't believe it is), it's a >> bug in tzsetup(8). Perhaps the wording could be a bit clearer. I'm a >> bit at a loss as to how. (Probably some wording needs to be added as >> an introductory screen explaining both this issue and the multiplicity >> of time zones for places which currently have only one.) > > The reason that I submitted it was the functionality seemed to > have changed from my 3.3 version to the other versions. When I > clicked on that my computer is in UTC, then why was I prompted for a > list of countries? I explained this in my reply. You misunderstood the meaning of the question. This hasn't changed since 3.3, nor for as long back as I can remember. > That was what was confusing for me. I think that in my 3.3 version, > when I hit yes there, it just stopped and went on as that was enough > information. No, your recollection is wrong. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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