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Date:      Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:19:00 -0400
From:      Michael Butler <imb@protected-networks.net>
To:        =?UTF-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: TZ changes affect screen
Message-ID:  <d7a441c2-234c-45d1-80a8-d2d6b380556f@protected-networks.net>
In-Reply-To: <865xe6tflz.fsf@ltc.des.dev>
References:  <62eb92d8-f71f-4b8f-bf12-e423ffb0f8fa@protected-networks.net> <865xe6tflz.fsf@ltc.des.dev>

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On 8/29/25 09:35, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Michael Butler <imb@protected-networks.net> writes:
>> It seems the recent tweaks to timezone handling (libc?) affect
>> sysutils/screen on a dual-boot machine (Windows and FBSD) with
>> /etc/wall_cmos_clock present.
> 
> The timezone code does not read this file, so that's not relevant.
> 
> Is /etc/localtime a symlink or a file?  If a symlink, where does it
> point?

imb@d5540:/home/imb> ll /etc/localtime
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root wheel 36 Aug 29 09:24 /etc/localtime@ -> 
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York
imb@d5540:/home/imb> ll /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York
-r--r--r--  1 root wheel 3552 Aug 29 09:24 
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York
imb@d5540:/home/imb> ll /etc/wall_cmos_clock
-r--r--r--  1 root wheel 0 Feb 19  2024 /etc/wall_cmos_clock

> Is the TZ variable set in your environment?  If yes, what is it set to?

TZ is not set in either privileged or unprivileged environments.

	Michael



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