On 2010-01-28, Otto Moerbeek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 04:58:41PM +0100, Daniele Pilenga wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:39 PM, frantisek holop <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > hi there, >> > >> > $ ls -l /etc/localtime >> > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 36 Jan 28 16:34 /etc/localtime@ -> >> > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam >> > >> >> Have you tried *copying* the file over? That's how the installer does it. >> >> Ciao, >> D. > > You are mistaken. The installer symlinks.
...and indeed, copying is the wrong way to do it, because the timezone file that's actually used won't be updated when DST dates change.
