Greg Wallace wrote: > 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? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> ls -l /etc/localtime -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 121 2006-11-25 18:36 /etc/localtime I would rm the symlink, rename (i.e. mv localtime.rpmnew localtime, and then run Yast to check that the localtime is still properly set for your clock. rpm -qf says the file is from the timezone package, but there was too many files to list with rpm -ql. I would guess that is one of the changes in that package, but you can be sure Yast and the timezone package from 10.2 are matched.
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