Ken Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello -questions: > > This is most certanly a FAQ but I'm not yet finding the kind of > answer I need... > > I have a couple of old FreeBSD systems that I can't (yet) update > to the new Daylight Saving Time rules (based on the email message > that came out on -announce in late February). One is > 4.10-stable, last updated late November 2004 & the other is > 5.4-release. Cvsup brings /usr/src in order but I can't update > ports (yet) to get misc/zoneinfo and it doesn't look like I can > just "transfer" the /usr/share/zoneinfo bits over from /usr/src > without a {build,install}world (also impractical at this time). > > Best I can tell from the message that came from -announce sometime > back, the same fix(es) would apply to both the 4 & 5 branches. > > Is there a "proper" way to fix the timezone on these machines > "manually" pending the "real" change that will happen in the > system according to the previous rules/schedule? (e.g. Fix it > temporarily/manually but not clobber the original rules.) > > Or is there some way to install the new cvsup'ed zoneinfo bits > into an "old" system so I can run tzsetup and have everything > fixed "correctly?" I'm in US Central timezone and I've seen it > reported as CST6CDT (I guess that's in SysV). > > FAQ/doc/book pointers/references are welcome of course - I'm > still digging around in both the Handbook & Complete FreeBSD > and wherever else I can find...
Copying the zoneinfo files (and running tzsetup) should work fine. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"