From owner-freebsd-current Sun Mar 31 17:13:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA15656 for current-outgoing; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 17:13:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA15650 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 17:13:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA09907 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Mon, 1 Apr 1996 04:05:11 +0300 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Mon, 1 Apr 96 04:05:10 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA01805; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 04:45:38 +0400 (MSD) Message-Id: <199604010045.EAA01805@astral.msk.su> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/tzsetup Makefile main.c tzmenu.c To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 04:45:37 +0400 (MSD) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199603312241.AAA01620@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at "Apr 1, 96 00:41:51 am" From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) X-Class: Fast X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL14 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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? :-) Missing or corrupting or hanging on (via NFS) any of those files not critical, but missing/corrupting/hanging on /etc/localtime is very critical, because even RTC clock can be corrupted. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - http://dt.demos.su/~ache : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849