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On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 19:41, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen |
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<h.v.bruinehsen@×××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> |
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> On 17.01.2012 13:29, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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>> On Jan 17, 2012 7:20 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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>> wrote: |
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>>> |
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>>> On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:13:53 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen |
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>>> wrote: |
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>>>> Should be done with: |
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>>>> |
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>>>> ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime |
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>>> |
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>>> Symlinking is not recommended as it breaks when /usr is on a |
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>>> separate filesystem. The file should be copied instead. |
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>>> |
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>> |
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>> Are you sure you're not confusing that with hardlinking? |
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>> Because AFAIK symlinking is the only linking that can cross |
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>> filesystem borders. |
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> Symlinking works (over filesystem borders, too, Pandu is right) and |
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> it even "autoupdates" localtime when (why ever) something in zoneinfo |
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> changes... |
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As to the "why" ... |
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Just two sample cases: In 2010 (or 2009, I forgot) the USA Federal |
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Govt "redefines" the changeover dates for DST. Also, at the very end |
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of 2011, Samoa changed their timezone from UTC-11 to UTC+13 (+14 in |
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summer) [1][2] |
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Date_Line#Samoan_Islands_and_Tokelau |
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[2] http://www.webcitation.org/64jx2ob6X |
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Rgds, |
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