I liked having the DST information. It is a pity glibc doesn't export this information.
If TZDIR is set, glibc will look there rather than /usr/share/zoneinfo. See tzset(3). --- src/timedate/timedatectl.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/timedate/timedatectl.c b/src/timedate/timedatectl.c index 1d10c19..b10ab82 100644 --- a/src/timedate/timedatectl.c +++ b/src/timedate/timedatectl.c @@ -81,12 +81,18 @@ static void print_status_info(const StatusInfo *i) { assert(i); - /* Enforce the values of /etc/localtime */ + /* Enforce the values of /etc/localtime, or remote /etc/localtime*/ if (getenv("TZ")) { fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Ignoring the TZ variable.\n\n"); unsetenv("TZ"); } + /* also use /usr/share/zoneinfo */ + if (getenv("TZDIR")) { + fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Ignoring the TZDIR variable. Using system zoneinfo data.\n\n"); + unsetenv("TZDIR"); + } + r = setenv("TZ", i->timezone, false); if (r < 0) { log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to set TZ environment variable: %m"); -- 2.2.1.209.g41e5f3a _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel