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On 17.01.2012 13:29, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> On Jan 17, 2012 7:20 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <n...@digimed.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> 
>> On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:13:53 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Should be done with:
>>> 
>>> ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime
>> 
>> Symlinking is not recommended as it breaks when /usr is on a
>> separate filesystem. The file should be copied instead.
>> 
> 
> Are you sure you're not confusing that with hardlinking?
> 
> Because AFAIK symlinking is the only linking that can cross
> filesystem borders.
> 
> CMIIW
> 
> Rgds,
> 
 Symlinking works (over filesystem borders, too, Pandu is right) and
it even "autoupdates" localtime when (why ever) something in zoneinfo
changes...
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