Re: r1381 - in glibc-package/trunk/debian: . local/manpages local/usr_sbin

[Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>]

On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 06:02:47AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> Another possibility would be to compare /etc/localtime and the file 
> corresponding to the timezone in /etc/timezone in the preinst script of 
> tzdata, ie before the timezone files are changed. If they are different, 
> the postinst script will update it, if not, it won't.

Then unconditionally copy it in the postinst, it does the same job and
is simpler.  And if /etc/timezone does not exist or does not point to a
known location, /etc/localtime must not be updated.  THis is exactly
what I suggested in #346342 ;)

Denis