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From: Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] timezone configuration - why copying, not symlinking /etc/localtime ?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 04:48:44
Message-Id: CAAr7Pr-YhQW38Xd=9SjWkP4-TiVdKkyC3J99jM+R9p6X0hNQsw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] timezone configuration - why copying, not symlinking /etc/localtime ? by Ulrich Mueller
1 On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 9:19 PM Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
2 >
3 > >>>>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2021, William Hubbs wrote:
4 >
5 > > /etc/localtime should definitely be a symlink to the proper file in
6 > > /usr/share/zoneinfo.
7 >
8 > > This works fine if /usr is on a separate partition *and* you are using
9 > > an initramfs. The only time it doesn't work is if /usr is separate
10 > > without using an initramfs.
11 >
12 > > Council decided years ago that we don't support separate /usr without
13 > > an initramfs, but we haven't completed that transition yet.
14 >
15 > Which doesn't imply that we deliberately break things.
16
17 Not sure I follow.. how is updating the handbook breaking anything?
18
19 -A
20
21 >
22 > Ulrich

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