[gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-system.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/12/19 07:59:36

  Modified:             hb-install-system.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #494466 - Use emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data

Revision  Changes    Path
1.142                xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml

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Index: hb-install-system.xml
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--- hb-install-system.xml	18 Dec 2013 15:20:47 -0000	1.141
+++ hb-install-system.xml	19 Dec 2013 07:59:36 -0000	1.142
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v 1.141 2013/12/18 15:20:47 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-system.xml,v 1.142 2013/12/19 07:59:36 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 to progress to that state.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>33</version>
-<date>2013-12-18</date>
+<version>34</version>
+<date>2013-12-19</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Chrooting</title>
@@ -431,29 +431,31 @@
 
 <p>
 Finally select your timezone so that your system knows where it is physically
-located. Look for your timezone in <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo</path>, then copy
-it to <path>/etc/localtime</path>. This file is used by the C library (and
-perhaps others as well) to get local timezone information from. Please avoid
-the <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT*</path> timezones as their names do not
-indicate the expected zones. For instance, <path>GMT-8</path> is in fact
-GMT+8.
+located. Look for your timezone in <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo</path>, then
+write it in the <path>/etc/timezone</path> file.
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Setting the timezone information">
 # <i>ls /usr/share/zoneinfo</i>
 <comment>(Suppose you want to use Europe/Brussels)</comment>
-# <i>cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime</i>
+# <i>echo "Europe/Brussels" &gt; /etc/timezone</i>
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-Next set the timezone (as text) in the <path>/etc/timezone</path> file. This
-file is used by the timezone-data package to update the
-<path>/etc/localtime</path> file when an update on the timezone
-files is available.
+Please avoid the <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT*</path> timezones as their
+names do not indicate the expected zones. For instance, <path>GMT-8</path> is
+in fact GMT+8.
 </p>
 
-<pre caption="Setting the timezone in plain text">
-# <i>echo "Europe/Brussels" &gt; /etc/timezone</i>
+<p>
+Next, reconfigure the timezone-data package, which will update the
+<path>/etc/localtime</path> file for us, based on the <path>/etc/timezone</path>
+entry. The <path>/etc/localtime</path> file is used by the system C library
+to know the timezone the system is in.
+</p>
+
+<pre caption="Reconfiguring timezone-data">
+# <i>emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data</i>
 </pre>
 
 </body>