Re: Scary bugs
On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 12:46:29PM -0800, Ryan Murray wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 11:26:58AM +0100, Thierry Laronde wrote:
> > > ;;
> > > stop|restart|reload)
> > > [ "$GMT" = "-u" ] && GMT="--utc"
> > #hwclock --systohc $GMT
>
> I see this as creating another 10+ bug reports "my clock doesn't
> change after a reboot when I change it", and that being consistent
> through potato (One or two opened every few weeks. The time the user
> sees through "normal" use of the system is what should be set back to
> the CMOS clock. It is the --adjust line that causes the warping, not
> the --systohc line at reboot time. Even someone using NTP doesn't
> really mind the --systohc at reboot time, since it is, after all, a
> reboot.
>
Well, there are no absolute truth in this domain : they are all relative
to the knowledge of the user.
I finally agree that we can keep `hwclock --systohc' with a documentation.
The diff proposed by Henrique M. Holschuh are a good solution for potato.
For woody, we can start working.
Cheers,
--
Thierry LARONDE
thierry.laronde@polynum.com
website : http://www.polynum.com
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