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On Mon, 30 May 2011 10:57:51 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> The localization guide seems to be in a poor state. Copying the zoneinfo |
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> file from /usr/share... to /etc/localtime is not the best way to do it |
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> because then you miss updates. It is better to create a symlink between |
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> the two. |
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Which will break if /usr is on a separate filesystem. |
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> Also, instead of setting the timezone in /etc/conf.d/clock, you |
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> do it in /etc/timezone nowadays (change introduced in baselayout-2 if |
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> I'm not mistaken). |
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Setting it in /etc/timezone also takes care of the updates situation, |
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because the timezone-data ebuild automatically copies the correct file |
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to /etc/. |
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