From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 5 21:28:47 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69D716A401 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 21:28:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DB3813C461 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 21:28:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l15LSZ8m009332; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 22:28:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EA89CB845; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 22:28:34 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 22:28:34 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20070205212834.GA87385@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Bill Moran , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1170430862.16189.8.camel@columbus.webtent.org> <1170455418.16189.42.camel@columbus.webtent.org> <20070202223500.GI44511@dan.emsphone.com> <200702022206.43429.lists@jnielsen.net> <20070205143854.dc4309f1.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+QahgC5+KEYLbs62" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070205143854.dc4309f1.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Determining daylight savings changes on BSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:28:47 -0000 --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 02:38:54PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to John Nielsen : >=20 > > On Friday 02 February 2007 17:35, Dan Nelson wrote: > > > In the last episode (Feb 02), Robert Fitzpatrick said: > [snip] > > > Upgrading to 5.5 or 6.2 will get you the new tables as a side-effect = of > > > the upgrade :) If you don't want to upgrade, just install the > > > misc/zoneinfo port and rerun tzsetup. > >=20 > > The last bit (rerunning tzsetup(8)) is good advice for anyone who hasn'= t run=20 > > it in a while. Upgrading from earlier versions of FreeBSD will install = the=20 > > new tzdata files but it will not touch /etc/localtime. >=20 > Is there a good reason why FreeBSD copies the file instead of making a > symlink? Doesn't seem like the best idea to me. One reason I can think of is that /usr might be on a separate partition, which isn't automatically mounted in single user mode. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFx6GCEnfvsMMhpyURAg/3AJ9X8+OfkiSuwwr0oFnEGM0la5roFQCgo8VS I5lUT074RJfXG8rRCHvP2/E= =xDhQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62--