On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 01:43:41PM -0800, kelsey hudson wrote: > John Oliver wrote: > >Can I copy /etc/localtime with the recent DST change from a RHEL 4 > >machine to machines running Red Hat 9, 8.0, and 7.3? > > Technically, yes, you should be able to, although I'd make a backup of > your /etc/localtime first and try it. If you get weirdness when > executing 'date' afterwards, then chances are it broke something and you > need to restore the original. > > Let me know if this works and I'll use that method to update the 70 or > so machines I need to update -- this is much less painful than > installing an RPM on a bunch of boxes.
I've verified that the localtime file for RHEL 4 works under RH 9 and RH 7.3 -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
