Re: tz screwed up with new libc 2.1
In article <m2n1zwfm5h.fsf@netmeg.net> you wrote:
: I just upgraded from 2.07 to glibc 2.1.
: alls well except the octton picking time zone.
libc6 now provides timezones, and therefore must conflict with
timezones. So my suggestion is to install libc6, and not timezones.
: if i have /etc/locatime --> /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT for example, i
: get a time 4 hours earlier that it really is. i switched over to NT
: and the time reads correct there.
Are you running at UTC time? Check /etc/default/rcS
Also did you try to reboot? There was a race condition which was
affecting cron, which I believe was corrected, but I might be wrong.
: if i pull the link in /etc, i get
: (gustav)~/: date
: Sun Apr 25 21:00:16 /etc/localtime 1999
: which happens to be the correct time, but when i send mail:
: Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 20:57:37 +0000 (/etc/localtime)
cuz you have not time zone set
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