On Saturday, January 20, 2007 @ 4:09 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
>* Greg Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-20-07 17:03]:
>> I have the following two files --
>>
>> /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago
>> /etc/localtime.rpmnew
>>
>> If I run diff /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.rpmnew I get back "localtime
and
>> localtime.rpmnew differ". No details, just that message. The same thing
>> happens if I substitute the /usr/share/... for localtime in the diff
>> command. If I do a cat localtime.rpmnew I get back TZifUTC. If I do a
cat
>> localtime, I get back a half-dozen lines or so of unprintable characters
>> (apparently it's a binary file). The date on localtime is 1/19. The
date
>> on localtime.rpmnew is 11/25. So, this rpmnew has come out since
localtime
>> was created. Somehow I don't feel comfortable swapping the rpmnew in for
>> the rpm. Suggestions?
>first you need to find out what the first line indicates,
> "/etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago"
Isn't that just a symbolic link? I. e., shouldn't /etc/localtime, which is
really /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago be more or less the same as
/etc/localtime.rpmnew? I can't imagine why they are so wildly different if
rpmnew is supposed to be a replacement for the original file.
>it is not what you think and it is good that you feel uncomfortable
>about swapping the files.
>--
>Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535
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