> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 09:55:52 +0200 > From: Alexey Orishko <alexey.oris...@gmail.com> > To: lfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org > Subject: [lfs-support] issue with 6.9.2. Configuring Glibc - localtime > > Hi, > > While using LFS system I found one problem related to recommendations in ch. > 6.9.2. Configuring Glibc (ch. number from devel book): > it is impossible for C-application (or bash script) to track down > timezone/location if original file is copied to /etc/localtime. >
Do you mean that it's not easy for progs to know which original file had been copied over to /etc/localtime ? If yes, then ref e.g. '/etc/localtime-copied-from' symlink below. > I would recommend to change suggestion in the book from copying to > making a symbolic link, thus allowing to use readlink(3) to track down > an original file: > > "Then create the /etc/localtime file by running: > ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/<xxx> /etc/localtime" > Some folks have e.g.: == lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 [...] /etc/localtime-copied-from -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London -rw-r--r-- 7 root root 3661 [...] /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3661 [...] /etc/localtime == (OTTOMH, there is/was some reason for making /etc/localtime a file and not a symlnk). > Comment might also be provided in the errata of the current book. > (Or not.) > Regards, > Alexey -- -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
