Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 00:41:51 -4600 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/tzsetup Makefile main.c tzmenu.c Message-ID: <199603312241.AAA01620@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199603312137.BAA00975@astral.msk.su> from "=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=" at Apr 1, 96 01:37:47 am
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As =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= wrote:
> > Would the following be agreeable?
> >
> > if (is_symlink("/etc/localtime")) {
> > unlink("/etc/localtime");
> > symlink(zoneinfo, "/etc/localtime");
> > } else {
> > copy(zoneinfo, "/etc/localtime");
> > }
> Why not simple?
>
> unlink("/etc/localtime");
> copy(zoneinfo, "/etc/localtime");
Since there are people like me who find:
j@uriah 54% ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 23 Mar 28 22:26 /etc/localtime@ -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/MET
more informative, and don't wanna have it broken by the next run of
tzsetup(8).
> Basically, having symlink outside /etc is bad idea.
> Especially pointing to probably mounted /usr: your system date
> can be very damaged when remote NFS hangs on /usr/share f.e.
Like /usr/sbin/rmt, or /usr/share/misc/terminfo, you mean? :-)
(Funny, these are the only symlinks that are normally be found in
/etc, and they all point to /usr.)
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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