Ken Moffat wrote this on Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 11:03:16AM +0000. My reply is below.
> On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 09:54:44PM -0600, Chuck Rhode wrote: > > ... so, what are US LFS 5.0 users going to do who've configured > > UTC=1 in /etc/sysconfig/clock when clocks change to DST in March > > instead of in April? > For a desktop, 5.0 is so old it isn't funny. The issue exists for > anybody using glibc < 2.3.6. Gosh, you talk like Bill Gates! One of the pleasures of the LFS approach is that one acquires a lot of experience doing piecemeal upgrades. Years ago, when I was employed, I applied software upgrades to OS/1100 on Sperry-Univac and Unisys mainframes. Then Unisys began issuing "base releases" of forty or fifty replacement components at once. Newer component patch levels were always available, but base-release levels had been tested together and were guaranteed to work together. As soon as they started doing that, I was out of a job and haven't worked since. Needless to say, I am not a fan of the "all at once" concept, although I can see how lower out-of-pocket cost benefits customers of proprietary software houses like Unisys, IBM, and Microsoft. Full disclosure: I do think the Ubuntu live CD is kind of cute, and I am tempted to try installing that instead of LFS next time if I can suppress my visceral abhorrence of packaged software. -- .. Chuck Rhode, Sheboygan, WI, USA .. Weather: http://LacusVeris.com/WX .. 8° — Wind W 21 mph -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
