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swift 13/12/18 10:39:11 |
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Modified: hb-install-system.xml |
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Log: |
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Fix bug #494466 - Add blurbs about localtime/timezone differences |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.140 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml?rev=1.140&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml?rev=1.140&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml?r1=1.139&r2=1.140 |
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Index: hb-install-system.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.139 |
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retrieving revision 1.140 |
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diff -u -r1.139 -r1.140 |
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--- hb-install-system.xml 17 Dec 2013 11:46:12 -0000 1.139 |
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+++ hb-install-system.xml 18 Dec 2013 10:39:11 -0000 1.140 |
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ |
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v 1.139 2013/12/17 11:46:12 swift Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v 1.140 2013/12/18 10:39:11 swift Exp $ --> |
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<sections> |
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@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ |
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to progress to that state. |
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</abstract> |
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-<version>31</version> |
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-<date>2013-12-17</date> |
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+<version>32</version> |
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+<date>2013-12-18</date> |
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<section> |
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<title>Chrooting</title> |
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@@ -432,8 +432,9 @@ |
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<p> |
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Finally select your timezone so that your system knows where it is physically |
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located. Look for your timezone in <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo</path>, then copy |
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-it to <path>/etc/localtime</path>. Please avoid the |
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-<path>/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT*</path> timezones as their names do not |
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+it to <path>/etc/localtime</path>. This file is used by the C library (and |
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+perhaps others as well) to get local timezone information from. Please avoid |
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+the <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT*</path> timezones as their names do not |
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indicate the expected zones. For instance, <path>GMT-8</path> is in fact |
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GMT+8. |
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</p> |
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# <i>ls /usr/share/zoneinfo</i> |
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<comment>(Suppose you want to use Europe/Brussels)</comment> |
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# <i>cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime</i> |
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-<comment>(Next set the timezone)</comment> |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+Next set the timezone (as text) in the <path>/etc/timezone</path> file. This |
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+file is sometimes read by applications that do not support the standard |
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+time methods on the system but want to know the current timezone. |
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+</p> |
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+<pre caption="Setting the timezone in plain text"> |
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# <i>echo "Europe/Brussels" > /etc/timezone</i> |
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</pre> |