From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Nov 21 5:50: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB92437B401 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 05:50:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D4543E6E for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 05:50:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gALDo3x3041083 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 05:50:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gALDo3gp041080; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 05:50:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 05:50:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200211211350.gALDo3gp041080@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Ceri Davies Subject: Re: misc/45493: Confusing comment in /etc/crontab Reply-To: Ceri Davies Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/45493; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies To: Giorgos Keramidas Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, tom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/45493: Confusing comment in /etc/crontab Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:44:39 +0000 On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 05:40:04AM -0800, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > The following reply was made to PR misc/45493; it has been noted by GNATS. > > On 2002-11-21 05:20, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 05:10:05AM -0800, Tom Hukins wrote: > > > Yes, on reflection "Adjust the time zone only if the CMOS clock keeps > > > local time. See adjkerntz(8) for details." seems clearer to me. > > > > What other time does it keep? ;) > > UTC obviously. OK, you got me. > If the comment needs to describe two cases, there should be two > simpler sentences instead of one that doesn't quite cut it. I'd > probably prefer this written as: > > # Adjust the time zone. See adjkerntz(8) for details. If your CMOS > # clock is set to UTC instead of the local time, this does nothing. Good. Ceri -- The stalwart Urgrosh has come! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message