On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Caleb Cushing <xenoterrac...@gmail.com> wrote: > * You have an invalid TIMEZONE setting in /etc/timezone > * Your /etc/localtime has been reset to Factory; enjoy! > * Updating /etc/localtime with /usr/share/zoneinfo/Factory > > cat /etc/timezone > TIMEZONE="EST5EDT"
I believe the entire file contents should be "EST5EDT" sans quotes; I don't know if this is documented anywhere... the only entry for 'man timezone' is for the function in time.h. > > I can't figure out what this file wants. I've tried several settings > and I don't seem to be able to get it right. (maybe a bug?) > > so maybe timezone-data should install the file with a default, and > some examples. because updating documentation is always a good thing. > It's getting hard to keep track of where things are moving to. > > like where I'm supposed to set things like EDITOR, and XSESSION with > openrc moving everything around, could we please put these things in > one place? /etc/env.d or /etc/conf.d? also could all the necessary > files be created for us? I think this should apply to > /etc/env.d/02locale as well. I don't see why this isn't created with > some comments by default. > -- > Caleb Cushing > Thanks, -- Daniel Verkamp
