Re: [gentoo-user] Re: howto get systemd to use localtime (I think)

Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 27 May 2014 01:37:17 -0400, covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
>
> > OK, thanks, I have no /etc/adjtime at all,  and I have two files,
> > /etc/localtime  (not a link) and /etc/timezone.  Should I delete the
> > later and change the former to a link?
>
> No. Gentoo copies the correct file from /usr/share/zoneinfo rather than
> making a symlink, so that it still works if /usr is a separate filesystem
> that has not yet been mounted - the clock is set before local filesystems
> are mounted. It uses the contents of /etc/timezone to determine which
> file to copy.
>
> Check that /etc/timezone is correct. If not, change it and either copy
> the correct file manaually or re-emerge sys-libs/timezone-data.

/etc/timezone is correct.  I wonder when systemd using dracut sets the
time, maybe its confused.  I don't see it using hwclock like openrc used
to, but I found an hwclock unit somewhere, should I try to use that?


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