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Re: /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime !?



>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Ristuccia <brianr@osiris.978.org> writes:

    Brian> I found that Netscape sends messages with the timestamps in
    Brian> GMT/UTC instead of the local time zone if
    Brian> /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime is not a symlink to
    Brian> /etc/localtime.

It my up-to-date potato, it is a symlink...

I have no idea what is correct.

    Brian> Is this _supposed_ to be a symlink, and if so, what program
    Brian> is responsible for making it that way? I want to file a
    Brian> bug, but I'm not sure which program is buggy -- netscape
    Brian> for requiring /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime, the C library
    Brian> perhaps, or some intermediary setup script that forgot to
    Brian> make the symlink.

In potato, I believe libc6 is the responsible package.

    Brian> GNU date, asclock, and most other programs work fine
    Brian> without the symlink.

What is /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime on your computer?  Does a normal
file exist in place of the symlink?

-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>


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