Re: r1381 - in glibc-package/trunk/debian: . local/manpages local/usr_sbin
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 10:07:17AM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote:
> 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 ;)
>
Ok, so basically it's using /etc/timezone as a way to flag locale
updates. Nice idea I think. Could you commit that in the SVN?
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