On Thu, 2015-04-09 at 08:25 +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo > > On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:51:53 +0000 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> > wrote: > > Package: e2fsprogs > > Version: 1.42.12-1 > > Severity: important > > Tags: upstream > > > > [...] > > > > e2fsck complains if the superblock write time is in the future, and > > because the RTC is set to local time on some systems, we are doing the > > necessary correction of system time in the initramfs. This is > > undesirable because changing the time zone may now require an > > initramfs rebuild. > > > > You said that this check could be disabled in a configuration file, > > e2fsck.conf, and we can create that in the initramfs. This works in > > so far as it suppresses warnings while the initramfs code is running. > > Unfortunately, every init system currently still checks the root > > file-system again. If the RTC is set to local time and that is east > > of UTC, the first fsck sets the write time in the future, and the > > second fsck warns. > > > > Please disable this warning by default. > > > > Ben. > > > > [...] > > Hi Ben, > > You have reassigned this to the release-notes, but it is not entirely > clear to me what exactly the solution is. > > I had a look at [MAN 5 E2FSCK.CONF] and my best guess was you wanted us > to recommend people to set accept_time_fudge. Though it defaults to > being true. Sorry, I probably should have opened a new bug report for this. The configuration needed to avoid the warning is: [options] broken_system_clock=1 Ben. > ~Niels > > [MAN 5 E2FSCK.CONF]: http://linux.die.net/man/5/e2fsck.conf > -- Ben Hutchings I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett
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