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Date:      Wed, 21 Dec 1994 14:10:32 -0500
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: More re time setting
Message-ID:  <9412211910.AA12225@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9412211822.AA00663@cs.weber.edu>
References:  <9412211635.AA11966@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> <9412211822.AA00663@cs.weber.edu>

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<<On Wed, 21 Dec 94 11:22:05 MST, terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) said:

> Why?

> The damn thing should not be using lstat() to be able to tell the difference.

Because some programs (like adjkerntz) need to know the timezone
before /usr is mounted.

-GAWollman

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