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Re: timezones 2.0.7pre1-1 is broken



Try rerunning /usr/sbin/tzconfig ; when I run that the /etc/localtime gets
fixed.  (Seems to occur if you remove the timezone package from bo after
installing timezones in hamm)



On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Robert D. Hilliard wrote:

>      When I updated my hamm system tonight from my local mirror,
> timezones was updated to 2.0.7pre1-1.  It removed the setting GMT=""
> from wherever it belongs in hamm. (It was in /etc/init.d/boot
> pre-hamm, but I haven't looked for it before now that /etc/init.d/boot
> is no longer used.  I inserted GMT="" near the top of
> /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh, and it works, but that probably isn't the
> correct place.  Where should it be?  
> 
>      When I run the date command, I get the following:
> 
>      Thu Feb 12 22:40:27 /etc/localtime 1998
> 
> There is no file /etc/localtime, which I suppose should contain my
> time zone, which tzconfig says (correctly) is EST5EDT.
> 
>      dpkg -L shows that timezones includes the directory
> /usr/doc/timezones, but no files in that directory.  A listing of this
> directory shows: 
> 
> bob:vc-2:bob>ls /usr/doc/timezones
> BUGS.gz                          NOTES.gz
> ChangeLog.gz                     PROJECTS.gz
> ChangeLog.linuxthreads.gz        README.Xfree3.2.linuxthreads.gz
> ChangeLog.localedata.gz          README.crypt.gz
> Changes.linuxthreads.gz          README.gz
> FAQ.Debian.gz                    README.linuxthreads.gz
> FAQ.gz                           README.localedata.gz
> INSTALL.gz                       changelog.Debian.gz
> NEWS.gz                          copyright
> 
>      Many of these files, but not all, are related to glibc, and none
> seem related to timezones.
> 
>      Are these known problems with this version of timezones, or
> should I file a bug report?
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
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