Darrick,
So you are saying /etc/rc should look like:
if [ -f /mnt/kd/TZ ]
then
cp /mnt/kd/TZ /tmp/etc/TZ
fi
if [ "$TIMEZONE" ]
then
echo "$TIMEZONE" > /tmp/etc/TZ
fi
and we then need to set in rc.conf TIMEZONE with a different format
(change rc.conf comments)
TIMEZONE=CST6CDT
Correct?
Lonnie
On Aug 3, 2006, at 2:18 AM, Darrick Hartman wrote:
> Lonnie Abelbeck wrote:
>> Darrick,
>>
>> I have just started to look at 0.4.2 (long time 0.3.0 user).
>> It appears to me that setting TIMEZONE in rc.conf does nothing.
>>
>> I solved the timezone problem as follows:
>>
>> rc.conf: # added TIMEZONE_TZ variable after TIMEZONE variable
>> TIMEZONE_TZ=CST6CDT
>>
>> /etc/init.d/misc: # added below the init() { line
>> if [ "$TIMEZONE_TZ" ]
>> then
>> echo "$TIMEZONE_TZ" > /tmp/etc/TZ
>> fi
>>
>> This works for me.
>> If there is a better way, you won't hurt my feelings
>>
>> Lonnie
>>
>>
>
> Lonnie,
>
> I see what the problem is. If you look in /etc/rc the section that
> reads the $TIMEZONE variable is in the wrong place. It should be
> switched with the section right below it. I removed the section that
> reads the variable from /stat/etc/TZ. No need to get it from /
> stat. If
> it's not set, it defaults to UTC.
>
> if [ "$TIMEZONE" ]
> then
> echo "$TIMEZONE" > /tmp/etc/TZ
> fi
>
> if [ -f /stat/etc/TZ ]
> then
> cp /stat/etc/TZ /tmp/etc/TZ
> fi
>
> if [ -f /mnt/kd/TZ ]
> then
> cp /mnt/kd/TZ /tmp/etc/TZ
> fi
>
> As you can see with that code, it would read the variable set in
> rc.conf, then overwrite it with something out of /stat/etc/TZ if that
> file exists.
>
> Darrick
>
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