DST tip: make sure /etc/localtime is also right

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Mon Mar 12 22:37:19 EDT 2007


> From: Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com>
> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:35:16 -0400

> On Mar 12, 2007, at 16:51, Ben Scott wrote:
> 
> > On 3/12/07, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
> >> Back in the day /etc/localtime used to always be a symlink to a
> >> zonefile.  This seem[d,s] like a good idea - does anybody know why
> >> Fedora might have gotten away from that model?
> >
> >  /usr might not be mounted is the usual reason for things like that.
> > That would be my guess.
> 
> I was just about to reply with the exact same reason, until I saw Ben  
> already had... :)

I've learned to wait a couple of hours before posting answers to
questions on the list.  Often, Ben will respond first with much of
what I would have said, and (as Ben says a lot) this trick has saved
me quite a bit of typing. :^)


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