On Mon, 2011-03-28 at 16:52 -0400, dieter...@engineer.com wrote: > >>> And while I (think I) recall that the equivalent of /etc/localtime > >>> was implemented in some version of SunOS many years ago as a > symlink, > >>> I believe that approach could be problematic for FreeBSD, as it > >>> could impose some unintended requirements on some of the start-up > >>> scripts. > >> > >> I have been running FreeBSD and NetBSD with /etc/localtime being > >> a symlink for years and have not seen any problems as a result. > > > > The one (and only) problem that I've seen from using a symlink for > > /etc/localtime is that -- since the /usr partition is not mounted > > early-on -- boot messages get logged in GMT offset until /usr is > mounted. > > > > However, some simply ignore this. > > What boot messages are these?
The messages generated during boot -- see /var/log/messages. > grep 2011 /var/run/dmesg.boot Those aren't the boot messages I'm referring to (and by convention, I would call those the "kernel boot messages" as only the kernel messages are found there). > Copyright (c) 1992-2011 The FreeBSD Project. > FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #9: Sun Mar 6 18:47:36 pst 2011 Huh? Please help me understand why you'd grep for "2011" in the context of this topic (timezone differences). Here's an impirical test: 1. Put your BIOS into GMT 2. Make /etc/localtime a symbolic link to /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles 3. Reboot In our experience, the "Regents of the University of California" message is logged to /var/log/messages in GMT and subsequent messages (produced after /usr is mounted) are logged in the desired timezone. NOTE: This assumes that "/" and "/usr" are separate partitions. -- Devin _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
