Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 05:50:03 -0800 (PST) From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/45493: Confusing comment in /etc/crontab Message-ID: <200211211350.gALDo3gp041080@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/45493; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, tom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/45493: Confusing comment in /etc/crontab Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:44:39 +0000 On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 05:40:04AM -0800, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > The following reply was made to PR misc/45493; it has been noted by GNATS. > > On 2002-11-21 05:20, Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 05:10:05AM -0800, Tom Hukins wrote: > > > Yes, on reflection "Adjust the time zone only if the CMOS clock keeps > > > local time. See adjkerntz(8) for details." seems clearer to me. > > > > What other time does it keep? ;) > > UTC obviously. OK, you got me. > If the comment needs to describe two cases, there should be two > simpler sentences instead of one that doesn't quite cut it. I'd > probably prefer this written as: > > # Adjust the time zone. See adjkerntz(8) for details. If your CMOS > # clock is set to UTC instead of the local time, this does nothing. Good. Ceri -- The stalwart Urgrosh has come! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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