Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 11:20:27 +0100 From: "Michael Ross" <gmx@ross.cx> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Remy Zandwijk" <remy@luckyhands.nl> Subject: Re: tzsetup without menu? Message-ID: <op.zapwcd09g7njmm@workstation> In-Reply-To: <FAEB7D50-F137-4A8D-AE3C-6D1CF8FC98DF@luckyhands.nl> References: <776CD363-26A1-4628-B21E-2CA266609BAE@luckyhands.nl> <op.zapvf6nzg7njmm@workstation> <FAEB7D50-F137-4A8D-AE3C-6D1CF8FC98DF@luckyhands.nl>
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Am .12.2017, 11:09 Uhr, schrieb Remy Zandwijk <remy@luckyhands.nl>: >>> The tzsetup manual page on 11.1-RELEASE-p4 says: >>> >>> It is possible to short-circuit the menu system by specifying the >>> location of a zoneinfo_file or the name of the zoneinfo_name on the >>> command line; this is intended mainly for pre-configured >>> installation >>> scripts or people who know which zoneinfo they want to install. >>> >>> >>> However, when I run the command like this, I still get the menu: >>> >>> tzsetup -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam >>> >>> >>> >>> Am I doing it wrong or does the tzsetup command not act like >>> documented? >>> >>> >>> -Remy >>> >> >> I think you could just copy the zonefile >> >> # md5 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime >> MD5 (/usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin) = >> 4790e83465681cefbf852aed265354bf >> MD5 (/etc/localtime) = 4790e83465681cefbf852aed265354bf >> >> >> thus >> >> cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam /etc/localtime >> echo "Europe/Amsterdam" > /var/db/zoneinfo > > Thanks, that seems to work(around). > > But still: either the documentation is wrong or the command has a bug. > > -Remy > Wait ... this wouldn't adjust the clock, and ignore UTC setting /etc/wall_cmos_clock better: echo "Europe/Amsterdam" > /var/db/zoneinfo touch /etc/wall_cmos_clock # if clock is set to local time tzsetup -r The documentation is not wrong. "Skip the initial question about adjusting the clock if not set to UTC" so it just skips the UTC questionhome | help
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