On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Tom Gundersen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Heiko Baums <[email protected]> wrote: >> Am Mon, 16 May 2011 20:28:17 +0200 >> schrieb Tom Gundersen <[email protected]>:
> As far as I know Gentoo does the same as Arch, I'm not sure what > Ubuntu does and Fedora/OpenSuse do what I propose. debian (probably ubuntu), use dpkg-reconfigure which set /etc/localtime with a copy of timezone file. >> That said it's obvious that there must be a way to set a system wide >> timezone at boot time. The current method is, btw., much better, since >> simpler and easier (KISS), than an /etc/rc.d/timezone method. > > The simplest way is to do nothing at all during boot. > > You only need to set the timezone at install and if it actually has > changed, in which case you use a tool (gui/cli) or copy by hand to set > /etc/localtime. > I agree with your analysis tom, dropping timezone from rc.conf and let /etc/localtime as unique refence is a good, kiss and standard decision. Let upstream tzselect program set current timezone is nice. -- Sébastien Luttringer www.seblu.net
