From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 6 16:53:09 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id QAA20437 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 Jun 1995 16:53:09 -0700 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id QAA20430 ; Tue, 6 Jun 1995 16:53:08 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: Bruce Evans cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, jan@bagend.atl.ga.us Subject: Re: june 5 14:39 boot.flp In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 07 Jun 95 02:17:19 +1000." <199506061617.CAA17195@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1995 16:53:07 -0700 Message-ID: <20429.802482787@freefall.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > (1) /etc/wall_cmos_clock isn't removed when the state is switched > to CMOS_UTC. > (2) if /etc/wall_cmos_clock exists, or if there is already a timezone > file installed, then tzsetup never asks you for the time so you > can't set the time or switch the state to or from CMOS_UTC :-). Work-around. I now nuke /etc/localtime and /etc/wall_cmos_clock before running tzsetup, and not optionally at that. If you select tzsetup, you'd better be prepared to go through with it.. :-) Jordan