Re: /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime !?
On Sun, Jan 02, 2000 at 09:01:07PM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> >>>>> "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?
>
On my Debian Box, it's a symlink to /etc/localtime. Netscape works fine on
my box. On the box where netscape was reporting the wrong time zone in
outgoing messages, the file was simply missing. Both are potato.
--
Brian Ristuccia
brianr@osiris.978.org
bristucc@nortelnetworks.com
bristucc@cs.uml.edu
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