Package: util-linux Version: 2.13.1.1-1 Severity: normal File: /etc/init.d/hwclockfirst.sh
The /etc/default/rcS configuration file has a setting UTC which replicates a setting which is stored by hwclock in /etc/adjtime. This is wrong for two reasons. Frist this places the setting in two places and setting the correct value in one place (by hwclock) is not sufficient for the system to work correctly. Second the there is no way how the location of this setting can be determined other than grepping /etc several times. There is no apparent relation of time and this file. If this setting is to be stored in /etc/default then it should be stored in a file that apparently relates to time or system clock. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable'), (290, 'stable-i386'), (280, 'testing-i386'), (270, 'unstable-i386'), (1, 'experimental-i386'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages util-linux depends on: ii libc6 2.9-25 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libselinux1 2.0.87-3 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii libslang2 2.1.3-3 The S-Lang programming library - r ii libuuid1 2.16.1-4 Universally Unique ID library ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii tzdata 2009l-0lenny1 time zone and daylight-saving time ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime util-linux recommends no packages. Versions of packages util-linux suggests: ii console-tools 1:0.2.3dbs-65.1 Linux console and font utilities ii dosfstools 3.0.1-1 utilities for making and checking pn util-linux-locales <none> (no description available) -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
