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Date:      Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:54:11 -0500
From:      "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net>
To:        kama <kama@pvp.se>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net
Subject:   Re: Linux compat 2.6.16 reports time incorrect?
Message-ID:  <op.ujd1glaw9aq2h7@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20081021144454.P8907@ns1.as.pvp.se>
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:53:01 -0500, kama <kama@pvp.se> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Boris Samorodov wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:10:56 -0500 Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> > On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:46:48 -0500, Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>  
>> wrote:
>>
>> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> > > Hash: SHA1
>> > >
>> > > Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> > >> Hello folks,
>> > >>
>> > >> I have updated RELENG_7 recently, and switched to 2.6.26 and f8 at  
>> the
>> > >> same time. I am not sure which I am supposed to blame on. :-)  
>> Anyway,
>> > >> now my linux-opera M2 (mail) client reports time incorrect. So I  
>> have
>> > >> checked with date(1) and it does indeed report different.
>> > >>
>> > >> ----------------------------------
>> > >> # /bin/date
>> > >> Mon Oct 20 22:28:35 CDT 2008
>> > >> # /compat/linux/bin/date
>> > >> Tue Oct 21 03:28:38 UTC 2008
>> > >> ----------------------------------
>> > >>
>> > >> I do not remember for have to configure the date correct for Linux  
>> 2.4
>> > >> stuff before I update RELENG_7 and switched to newer 2.6.16 stuff.  
>> I am
>> > >> wondering if I have to do that now for configure time or it's not
>> > >> normal?
>> > >
>> > > Looks like you don't have a proper /etc/localtime setting?  I think
>> > > tzsetup would help...
>>
>> > I don't think so. FreeBSD's orignal /bin/date reports correct, but
>> > /compat/linux/bin/date reported different. I have downgraded Linux
>> > compat  back to 2.4 and linux_base-fc4 stuff, now I have this:
>>
>> > ----------------------------------
>> > # /bin/date
>> > Tue Oct 21 01:03:20 CDT 2008
>> > # /compat/linux/bin/date
>> > Tue Oct 21 01:03:23 CDT 2008
>> > ----------------------------------
>>
>> > Which is correct. So.. Must be either a bug in Linux compat 2.6.16 or
>> > linux_base-f8 or it's new that I have to configure in /compat/linux/*
>> > for  time stuff?
>>
>
> Try:
> cp /etc/localtime /usr/compat/linux/etc/

It won't work, because if you read Boris's ktrace and you will see it  
reads in /etc/localtime. So if I copy it to /compat/linux/etc/localtime  
and it won't makes any difference, since it's same file. :-)

Cheers,
Mezz

> cp /etc/resolv.conf /usr/compat/linux/etc/
>
> I used to install gentoo as base (Not through ports) and always needed to
> copy these to make it work properly.
>
> /Bjorn


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