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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
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