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| From: | Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] timezone configuration - why copying, not symlinking /etc/localtime ? | ||
| Date: | Sun, 21 Mar 2021 04:19:16 | ||
| Message-Id: | uk0q16swj@gentoo.org | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-dev] timezone configuration - why copying, not symlinking /etc/localtime ? by William Hubbs |
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| 1 | >>>>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2021, William Hubbs wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > /etc/localtime should definitely be a symlink to the proper file in |
| 4 | > /usr/share/zoneinfo. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | > This works fine if /usr is on a separate partition *and* you are using |
| 7 | > an initramfs. The only time it doesn't work is if /usr is separate |
| 8 | > without using an initramfs. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | > Council decided years ago that we don't support separate /usr without |
| 11 | > an initramfs, but we haven't completed that transition yet. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Which doesn't imply that we deliberately break things. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Ulrich |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] timezone configuration - why copying, not symlinking /etc/localtime ? | Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> |
| Re: [gentoo-dev] timezone configuration - why copying, not symlinking /etc/localtime ? | James Le Cuirot <chewi@g.o> |
| Re: [gentoo-dev] timezone configuration - why copying, not symlinking /etc/localtime ? | "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o> |