Re: hamm timezones problem

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com>]

On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Gergely Madarasz wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Tim Bell wrote:
> 
> > First, a meta-question: is this the right list to be asking
> > hamm-specific questions, or is there a developers list which is
> > preferred for such things?
> 
> AFAIK this is the right list.
> 
> > 
> > Now, the problem:
> > 
> > $ date
> > Mon Feb 16 23:26:53 /etc/localtime 1998
> 
> I had this problem when I upgraded to hamm after installing only the base
> system, so the timezone package from bo which took care about
> /etc/localtime wasnt installed. I dont know exactly how the new timezones
> package should handle this, but here is a workaround: remove timezones,
> install timezone from bo, then reinstall timezones.

I had timezone installed with bo, but after upgrading to hamm also got the
/etc/localtime indication.  Adding a symbolic link:

ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Arizona /etc/localtime

fixed it.

Bob

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