Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Henry Gebhardt <hsggebhardt@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] time issue
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 09:30:24
Message-Id: 20110530092854.GA1864@bimsstein
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] time issue by Florian Philipp
1 On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:57:51AM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote:
2 > Am 30.05.2011 10:15, schrieb András Csányi:
3 >
4 > The localization guide seems to be in a poor state. Copying the zoneinfo
5 > file from /usr/share... to /etc/localtime is not the best way to do it
6 > because then you miss updates. It is better to create a symlink between
7 > the two.
8
9 Copying is just fine. The timezone-data ebuild will update
10 /etc/localtime for you on the next update, and replace the symlink if
11 you have one there. The reason, IIRC, being that /usr might not yet be
12 mounted during early boot.
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