On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 15:20 +1030, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> And I've just manually replaced /etc/localtime with a copy of the > >> Adelaide file from /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/, and my PC is now > >> serving time correctly (without the stripey suit with arrows on it). > > Steffen Kluge: > > The tzdata post-install script should have done that for you. The > > necessary information (default time zone) is in /etc/sysconfig/clock. A > > quick glance at the initscripts seems to indicate that /etc/localtime > > never ever gets changed once written by the OS installer, or when you > > change the default time zone. > > Just had another tzdata update today, this time I see the install/update > mention that it's made an /etc/localtime.rpm new file (and it has). > None of the other PCs have one (I haven't updated them yet), so prior > updates didn't do that. I always get a /etc/localtime.rpmnew when there's a glibc update. Same again today on my last FC4 box. As far as rpm's concerned, /etc/localtime is just another config file and it treats it like any other changed config file, hence the .rpmnew version. Paul.
